Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 Buffalo Bills 28
Sunday 2 November 1986 at Tampa Stadium
NBC COMMENTARY CREW Steve Brandt and Sam Rutligiano
GAME SCORING
TB
6:11-1Q
Igwebuike FG49
TB
6:00-1Q
Franklin fumb rec in the endzone (Igwebuike)
TB
4:32-2Q
Igwebuike FG26
TB
4:15-2Q
Young 2 run (Igwebuike kick)
BUF
7:23-3Q
Metzelaars 1 pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)
BUF
0:17-3Q
Metzelaars 44 pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)
TB
12:06-4Q
Young 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
BUF
7:32-4Q
Pitts 49 punt return (Norwood kick)
TB
6:27-4Q
Wilder 45 run (Igwebuike kick)
BUF
3:20-4Q
Butler 9 pass from Kelly (Norwood kick)
After being punished severly for first-half errors, the Bills mounted a furious
comeback which only fell short when RB Robb Riddick couldn't hang on to
Jim Kelly's 4th down pass from the Tampa 3-yard line. The Bucs had
taken advantage of Buffalo fumbles in the first half by scoring 17 of their
points after recovering Bills' miscues in their endzone, and on the Buffalo 2-
and 31-yard lines. This game was Jim Kelly's first 300-yard passing game
in the NFL after coming over to Buffalo from the USFL's Houston
Gamblers.
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
57 Browner
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
82 Bell
RILB
52 Brantley
WR
87 Carter
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
81 Freeman
LCB
21 McKeever
TE
86 Magee
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
41 Swoope
QB
8 Young
FS
31 Curry
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 25 Howard, 35 Franklin, 36 Futrell,
44 Sully, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75
Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 83 Gillespie, 84 Harris, 88 Spek, 98
Keys
DID NOT PLAY
23 Castille, 26 Easmon, 56 Walker, 64 Robinson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 20-97, Young 7-32, Wonsley 4-11, Carter 1-(5).
BILLS: Kelly 5-42, Riddick 10-35, Harmon 4-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Young 24-14-193-0-0.
BILLS: Kelly 39-29-342-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Wilder 5-50, Magee 4-52, J.Bell 3-23, Carter 1-45, Harris 1-23.
BILLS: Metzelaars 7-113, Riddick 7-50, Harmon 6-45, Butler 3-71, Reed 3-
38, Richardson 2-17, Rolle 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BILLS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Wonsley 3-73, Futrell 2-47.
BILLS: Richardson 3-62, Broughton 3-43.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 0-0.
BILLS: Pitts 2-49, Broughton 1-1.
SACKS
BUCS: Swoope 1-18.
BILLS: McNanie 2-15.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
The famous volleyball blooper with James Wilder scoring a point for Tampa
Pat Franklin’s TD was a comedy of errors by the Buffalo kick reutrn team
Wilder put the Bucs up by two scores again with a long touchdown run
