Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 23Sunday 14 September 1986 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREWJack Buck and Joe Theismann
GAME SCORINGMIN11:17-1Q Doleman 59 interception return (Nelson kick)MIN10:07-1Q Nelson FG31TB3:09-1Q Igwebuike FG37MIN13:30-2Q Mularkey 10 pass from KramerTB0:31-2Q Giles 1 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)MIN14:52-4Q Nelson FG35MIN6:23-4Q Nelson FG27
Five minutes into the game, it was 10-0 Minnesota thanks to another Steve DeBerg interception, and a James Wilder fumble that led to a fieldgoal. The Bucs did battle back to get within a score, but two late Minnesota drives kept the Bucs off the field and put the result beyond doubt.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Wilder 18-48, Springs 12-35.VIKINGS: Nelson 19-76, Anderson 8-26, Rice 5-19, Kramer 1-3, Wilson 1-0, Lewis 1-(-2).PASSINGBUCS: DeBerg 28-18-181-2-1.VIKINGS: Kramer 21-9-130-0-1, Rice 1-0-0-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Wilder 6-73, Carter 4-31, Giles 4-31, Springs 2-11, House 1-18, Magee 1-17.VIKINGS: Rice 3-55, Jordan 2-18, Nelson 1-20, Jones 1-17, Mularkey 1-10, Anderson 1-10.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.VIKINGS: Doleman 1-59, Harris 1-27.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Wonsley 3-61, Freeman 2-35.VIKINGS: Rhymes 1-28.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 2-13.VIKINGS: Bess 3-17.SACKSBUCS: Holmes 1-16, Browner 1-6.VIKINGS: Millard 1-10, Howard 1-8, Newton 1-7.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clipJimmie Giles had the final touchdown of his Buc career in this gameRon Holmes had a big sack in the third quarterThe other Tampa Bay sack was recorded by Keith Browner