Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 St.Louis Cardinals 21
Sunday 21 December 1986 at Busch Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tom Brookshier and Dick Vermiel
GAME SCORING
TB
4:58-1Q
Howard 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
STL
12:31-2Q
Sikahema 71 punt return (Schubert kick)
STL
3:27-2Q
Sikahema 60 punt return (Schubert kick)
STL
0:39-2Q
Lomax 2 run (Schubert kick)
TB
12:38-3Q
Igwebuike FG36
TB
3:31-3Q
Freeman 33 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
Only the 1986 Bucs could give up two punt returns for touchdowns in the
same game. This was the encounter where LB Keith Browner fell asleep
on the bench in the fourth quarter and the lights thankfully went out on
Leeman Bennett's coaching career.
GAME REPORTS
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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
56 Walker
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
86 Magee
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
87 Carter
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
84 Heflin
LCB
21 McKeever
RB
20 Springs
RCB
22 Jones
RB
25 Howard
SS
44 Sully
QB
8 Young
FS
31 Curry
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 23 Castille, 26 Easmon, 28 Allen, 35
Franklin, 36 Futrell, 37 K Walker, 38 Bligen, 44 Sully, 54 Randle, 57
Browner, 59 Murphy, 64 Robinson, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld,
78 Cannon, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 85 Dunn
DID NOT PLAY
83 Gillespie
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Howard 15-37, Springs 9-37, Franklin 7-7, Allen 1-3, Young 1-2.
CARDINALS: Ferrell 9-71, Lomax 7-30, Sikahema 7-21, Wolfley 1-4,
Mitchell 2-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Young 34-13-157-2-1.
CARDINALS: Lomax 31-19-144-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Magee 4-24, Heflin 2-27, Dunn 1-38, Freeman 1-33, Howard 1-
11, Mallory 1-9, Carter 1-8, Springs 1-5, Franklin 1-2.
CARDINALS: Smith 5-66, Green 3-28, Mitchell 3-15, Sikahema 3-14,
Marsh 2-13, Ferrell 2-4, Wolfley 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: McKeever 1-10, Jones 1-0.
CARDINALS: Mack 2-42.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Walker 2-27, Freeman 1-13, Dunn 1-0.
CARDINALS: Sikahema 2-42, Swanson 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Walker 2-10.
CARDINALS: Sikahema 4-145.
SACKS
BUCS: Kellin 1-2, Randle 0.5-3, Washingon 0.5-3.
CARDINALS: none.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Bobby Howard scored the first Tampa Bay touchdown of the game
Rod Jones had his first NFL interception on a deflected pass
Phil Freeman scored the final touchdown of the Leeman Bennett era
