Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 Minnesota Vikings 15
The Buccaneers were held to 169 offensive yards with Craig Erickson throwing four interceptions as the offensive line was unable to control the Vikings attach sacking Erickson five times in the game.
Hardy Nickerson achieved a single game high 18 tackles with the Buccaneers defense strong armed the Viklings offensive line with five sacks of its own.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Gerry Austin
- UMPIRE: John Keck
- LINE JUDGE: Tom Barns
- SIDE JUDGE: David Wyant
- HEAD LINESMAN: Bobby McGrath
- BACK JUDGE: Tim Mills
- FIELD JUDGE: Jack Vaughan
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
SCORING
- VIKINGS: 09:17-2Q Reveiz FG26
- VIKINGS: 06:19-2Q Safety - Erickson called for intentional grounding in the endzone
- VIKINGS: 01:55-2Q Word 1 run (Reveiz kick)
- VIKINGS: 14:41-4Q Reveiz FG25
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #85 C. Hawkins
- LT: #76 S. Dill
- LG: #66 B. Reimers
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckles
- RT: #72 R. Taylor
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- WR: #84 C. Wilson
- QB: #07 S. DeBerg
- TE: #86 T. Armstrong
- RB: #34 R. Cobb
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #90 C. Ahanotu
- NT: #77 M. Wheeler
- UT: #71 S. Dotson
- RE: #75 E. Curry
- LLB: #51 B. Thomas
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- RLB: #93 D. DuBose
- LCB: #50 R. Burnette
- RCB: #35 M. Mayhew
- FS: #41 J. King
- SS: #23 M. Carter
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 20 Gray, 24 Jones, 27 Bussey, 29 Reynolds, 33 Royster, 43 Harris, 44 Anderson, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 66 Tomberlin, 70 McRae, 81 Claiborne, 83 Moore, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 96 Wilson, 98 Seals
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Weldon, 17 DeBerg
INACTIVE
- 21 Mack, 37 McDowell, 40 Anderson, 67 Sullivan, 73 Adams, 79 Love
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Cobb 16-55, Erickson 1-2, Workman 1-2, Royster 2-0.
- VIKINGS: Smith 8-64, Word 20-53, Ismail 2-9, McMahon 1-1, Salisbury 2-(-3).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Erickson 29-12-122-4-0.
- VIKINGS: McMahon 25-15-157-1-0, Salisbury 3-2-22-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 2-34, Cobb 2-26, Hall 2-13, Armstrong 2-9, Workman 2-5, Thomas 1-18, Wilson 1-17.
- VIKINGS: C.Carter 5-57, Jordan 3-37, Smith 3-16, A.Carter 2-37, Tice 2-26, Tennell 1-4, Ismail 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: King 1-0.
- VIKINGS: Glenn 2-35, Lee 1-0, Scott 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Claiborne 3-57, Wilson 1-20.
- VIKINGS: Guilford 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Claiborne 1-13.
- VIKINGS: Guilford 4-26.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Curry 2-14, Wheeler 1-8, Seals 1-7, Ahanotu 1-6.
- VIKINGS: Randle 1-8, Harris 1-4, Jenkins 1-0.
