Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Atlanta Falcons 23
Sunday 28 September 1986 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
10:29-1Q
Igwebuike FG23
ATL
1:31-1Q
Dixon 27 pass from Archer (Luckhurst kick)
TB
11:32-2Q
Igwebuike FG24
TB
2:27-2Q
Magee 11 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
TB
1:20-2Q
Young 21 run (Igwebuike kick)
ATL
0:34-3Q
Riggs 1 run (Luckhurst kick)
ATL
4:03-4Q
Luckhurst FG43
ATL
0:00-4Q
Luckhurst FG34
ATL
2:25-OT
Luckhurst FG34
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Click here for Leeman Bennett's post-game thoughts
Click here for a game report on this narrow loss to the Falcons
Click here for how Mick Luckhurst came through for Atlanta
This was the Bucs' second appearance on British TV, but it was seen from an Atlanta standpoint as the show
focused on Mick Luckhurst who won the game for the Falcons in overtime. Both starting DEs, Ron Holmes and
John Cannon, were lost to injury on the same play, and the Bucs lost a 20-7 half-time lead. David Archer completed
a miracle 4th down pass on the final FG-tying drive and even that kick was partially deflected by Tyrone Keys.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Young 7-68, Wonsley 19-65, Springs 10-42.
FALCONS: Riggs 27-129, Austin 9-71, Archer 9-32, Stamps 1-14,
Andrews 1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Young 21-12-160-1-1.
FALCONS: Archer 36-19-246-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Springs 3-58, House 2-43, Giles 2-23, Magee 2-19,
Wonsley 2-8, Harris 1-9.
FALCONS: Brown 7-110, Dixon 3-58, Allen 3-24, Cox 1-18,
Stamps 1-15, Riggs 1-10, Williams 1-7, Whisenhunt 1-2, Andrews
1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: Cason 1-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stamps 4-103, Harris 3-63.
FALCONS: Croudip 1-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 1-4.
FALCONS: Dixon 2-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 1-5.
FALCONS: Pitts 1-13.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Taylor
DE
78 Cannon
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
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
89 House
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
TE
86 Magee
RCB
22 Jones
RB
20 Springs
SS
41 Swoope
QB
8 Young
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 21 McKeever, 31 Curry, 34
Boatner, 36 Futrell, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59
Murphy, 68 Mallory, 71 Nelson, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 82
Bell, 84 Harris, 98 Keys
DID NOT PLAY
26 Easmon, 32 Wilder, 67 Morgan, 74 Powell, 77 Maarleveld
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
The Buccaneer defense got things started by forcing a key turnover
Calvin Magee had a nice touchdown reception
Then it was Steve Young’s turn showing his amazing wheels on a scoring run up the middle