Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Minnesota Vikings 26
Sunday 8 December 1985 at the Metrodome
SCORING
MIN
10:30-1Q
Stenerud FG24
MIN
4:04-1Q
Stenerud FG24
MIN
8:51-2Q
Nelson 1 run (Stenerud kick)
MIN
3:42-2Q
Stenerud FG25
MIN
12:03-3Q
Stenerud FG35
TB
6:34-3Q
Magee 7 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
MIN
3:25-4Q
Brown 8 run (Stenerud kick)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
I remember this one as someone in the early days of the British support got the game on tape and offered to
show it on an American format video where he worked in London. I went up there only to find it was recorded
on long-play and his machine couldn't view it - doh! Probably just as well as the Bucs got well beaten. Three
lost fumbles, three interceptions, three sacks - the defense gave up 474 yards in total offense and only Steve
Young's first NFL touchdown was worth noting in the end.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 25-94, Young 8-53, Springs 1-4.
VIKINGS: Brown 15-79, Nelson 17-69, Kramer 3-11, Anderson
3-6.
PASSING
BUCS: Young 32-13-187-3-1.
VIKINGS: Kramer 36-21-309-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Magee 4-62, T.Bell 3-28, Wilder 2-33, Springs 1-22, Giles
1-21, House 1-14, Carter 1-7.
VIKINGS: Jones 4-104, Jordan 4-50, Carter 3-45, White 3-31,
Nelson 3-25, Anderson 2-3, Brown 1-28, Mularkey 1-23.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Johnson 1-12, Castille 1-0.
VIKINGS: Teal 1-6, Doleman 1-5, Newton 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 6-122, Springs 1-26.
VIKINGS: Rhymes 2-59.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Carter 3-23.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Millard 2-8, Newton 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
68 Mallory
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
54 Randle
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
86 Magee
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
31 Curry
QB
8 Young
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 26
Easmon, 30 Greenwood, 40 Armstrong, 50 Wilson, 55 D
Johnson, 56 C Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 67 Morgan,
71 Studaway, 72 Courson, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Dunn,
81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte
DID NOT PLAY
17 DeBerg, 50 Wilson
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
The third quarter saw five turnovers within a space of 10 plays - here is Cecil Johnson’s interception
Calvin Magee scored the Buccaneer touchdown
James Wilder’s 28-yard run was a brief offensive highlight for the Bucs