Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Minnesota Vikings 10

Buccaneers Vince Workman rushed for a touchdown during his 100 yards rushing gams as rookie kicker Michael Husted booted three field goals to lead the Buccaneers to a 23-10 upset win over the Minnesota Vikings before 40,848 BuccaneersFans in Tampa Stadium and a national television audience on ESPN.

The Tampa Bay victory ended a losing streak (3-7) with the Vikings' (5-5) chances of climbing back into the NFC Central race. But the Buccaneers earned the Vikings victory as safety Marty Carter batted down a pass by quarterback Sean Salisbury and intercepted his own deflection to set up Husted's first field goal. And on the second play after halftime, defensive back Milton Mack intercepted a Chris Carter pass opportunity returning it 27 yards for a touchdown to give the Buccaneers a 13-7 lead.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Gary Lane
• UMPIRE: Bob Boylston
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Baynes
• SIDE JUDGE: Ron Spitler
• HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
• BACK JUDGE: Bill Lovett
• FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 04:45-1Q Husted FG26
• BUCCANEERS: 13:06-2Q Husted FG54
• VIKINGS: 00:54-2Q A.Carter 2 pass from Salisbury (Reveiz kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 14:08-3Q Mack 27 interception return (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:03-3Q Husted FG21
• VIKINGS: 05:30-3Q Reveiz FG43
• BUCCANEERS: 10:20-4Q Workman 1 run (Husted kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 C. Hawkins
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #66 B. Reimers
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #62 I. Beckles
• RT: #76 S. Dill
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #88 H. Copeland
• QB: #07 c. Erickson
• TE: #86 T. Armstrong
• RB: #46 V. Workman

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #98 R. Seals
• NT: #90 C. Ahanotu
• UT: #71 S. Dotson
• RE: #75 E. Curry
• LLB: #93 D. DuBose
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #51 B. Thomas
• LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #20 J. Gray

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 21 Mack, 23 Carter, 24 Jones, 27 Bussey, 28 Buckley, 33 Royster, 41 King, 43 Harris, 44 Anderson, 53 Brady, 54 Williams, 55 Brownlow, 67 Sullivan, 72 Taylor, 73 Adams, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 87 Thomas, 92 Price

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 Weldon, 79 Love

INACTIVE

• 13 Vlasic, 34 Cobb, 40 Anderson, 50 Burnette, 70 McRae, 77 Wheeler, 81 Claiborne, 96 Wilson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Workman 20-58, Royster 9-38, Copeland 1-8, Erickson 3-(-2), Harris 1-(-2).
• VIKINGS: Word 10-36, Craig 6-32, Carter 1-8, Salisbury 1-6.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Erickson 32-19-239-0-0.
• VIKINGS: Salisbury 34-15-161-2-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Workman 7-65, Copeland 2-35, Hawkins 2-32, Armstrong 2-31, Wilson 2-26, Harris 2-16, Thomas 1-23, Moore 1-11.
• VIKINGS: A.Carter 9-104, Jordan 3-31, C.Carter 2-10, Craig 1-16.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Mack 1-27, Carter 1-0.
• VIKINGS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wilson 1-39, Royster 1-20.
• VIKINGS: Guilford 4-78.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 3-43.
• VIKINGS: Guilford 4-9.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Price 1-7, Dotson 1-1.
• VIKINGS: Doleman 2-21, Barker 1-11, Thomas 1-7.

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