Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 31
Sunday 16 November 1986 at Milwaukee County Stadium
SCORING
GB
10:03-1Q
Epps 53 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
GB
6:04-1Q
Lofton 12 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
GB
0:40-2Q
Epps 5 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
GB
9:57-3Q
Del Greco FG27
GB
3:11-3Q
Ellerson 1 run (Del Greco kick)
TB
3:00-4Q
Carter 10 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Any hopes of an upset Buccaneer victory went out of the window in the first quarter when James Wilder left
the game through injury. In spite of a monster day by Gerald Carter, the Bucs only got on the scoreboard with
three minutes left in the game and the result beyond doubt. The Packers took the lead on a Randy Wright to
Phillip Epps pass on their second offensive play of the game, and their defense forced six sacks of Steve
Young and two interceptions.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Young 6-33, Springs 11-30, Wilder 4-0.
PACKERS: Davis 11-59, Ellis 6-31, Ellerson 8-28, Carruth 6-13,
Wright 1-13, Ivery 1-9, Clark 3-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Young 35-20-234-2-1.
PACKERS: Wright 29-18-238-3-3, Fusina 4-2-45-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: G.Carter 7-143, Springs 6-24, Freeman 4-42, Franklin 2-
14, Dunn 1-11.
PACKERS: Lofton 5-80, Epps 4-77, Stanley 4-54, Ivery 3-56,
Ross 1-15, Davis 1-5, Carruth 1-(-1), Clark 1-(-3).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: McKeever 2-2, Curry 1-0.
PACKERS: Leopold 1-21, Cade 1-3.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Howard 3-47, Williams 2-29, Futrell 1-18.
PACKERS: Watts 1-26, Carruth 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
PACKERS: Stanley 4-62.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
PACKERS: : Harris 2-10, Leopold 1.5-12, Carreker 1.5-10,
Thomas 1-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Taylor
DE
71 Nelson
LG
66 Yarno
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
57 Browner
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
86 Magee
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
87 Carter
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
81 Freeman
LCB
21 McKeever
RB
35 Frankin
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
44 Sully
QB
8 Young
FS
31 Curry
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 20 Springs, 23 Castille, 25
Howard, 36 Futrell, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 67
Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 84
Heflin, 85 Dunn, 98 Keys
DID NOT PLAY
26 Easmon, 28 Allen, 41 Swoope, 64 Robinson, 83 Gillespie
COMMENTARY CREW
Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Vito McKeever had his first inteception for the Bucs and added another later in the game
Craig Curry stopped a Green Bay scoring threat with a pick at the goal-line
But only Gerald Carter’s fourth quarter scoring pass with the only Tampa Bay touchdown of the game