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Sunday, September 15, 1985 - Home Game

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Minnesota Vikings 31

The Minnesota Vikings took advantage of Buccaneer turnovers intercepting Steve DeBerg twice, recovering two James Wilder fumbles, and blocking a punt. Joey Browner returned one of the interceptions for a touchdown, and the blocked punt set up a 1-yard Alfred Anderson touchdown run. Wilder rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown, while catching 13 passes for 71 yards.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Cloudy - 82°F. - Humidity 78% - Wind N.E. 15-20mph Wind Chill 81°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Bob Frederic
    • UMPIRE: John Keck
    • LINE JUDGE: Ron Blum
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Liqouri Hagerty
    • BACK JUDGE: Bob Swanson
    • FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes
    • SIDE JUDGE: Duwayne Gandy
    SCORING
    • VIKINGS: 01:48-1Q Rice 2 run (Stenerud kick)
    • VIKINGS: 13:18-2Q Stenerud FG31
    • BUCCANEERS: 04:40-2Q Igwebuike FG25
    • VIKINGS: 01:29-2Q Browner 15 interception return (Stenerud kick)
    • VIKINGS: 12:06-3Q Anderson 1 run (Stenerud kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 08:24-3Q Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 14:56-4Q J.Bell 12 pass from DeBerg (kick failed)
    • VIKINGS: 05:59-4Q Brown 54 pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick)
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #87 K. House
    • LT: #74 G. Sanders
    • LG: #72 S. Courson
    • C: #50 S. Wilson
    • RG: #62 S. Farrell
    • RT: #73 R. Heller
    • TE: #88 J. Giles
    • WR: #87 G. Carter
    • QB: #17 S. DeBerg
    • UB: #46 A. Armstrong
    • RB: #32 J. Wilder
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LE: #78 J. Cannon
    • NT: #76 D. Logan
    • RE: #90 R. Holmes
    • LOLB: #51 C. Washington
    • LILB: #58 J. Davis
    • RILB: #52 S. Brantley
    • ROLB: #53 H. Green
    • RCB: #23 J. Castille
    • LCB: #21 J. Holt
    • LS: #30 D. Greenwood
    • RS: #44 I. Sully
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 24 Prior, 28 Carver, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 57 Browner, 67 Morgan, 74 Sanders, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Branton, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
    DID NOT PLAY
    • 8 Young, 68 Mallory
    INACTIVE
    • none.

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Wilder 22-113, DeBerg 1-2.
    • VIKINGS: Nelson 11-42, Brown 6-15, Anderson 5-15, Rice 5-12, Kramer 4-(-5).
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 38-26-237-2-1.
    • VIKINGS: Kramer 28-18-183-2-1.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Wilder 13-71, J.Bell 5-52, House 2-32, Carter 2-26, Giles 2-17, T.Bell 1-23, Magee 1-16.
    • VIKINGS: Brown 5-82, Jordan 5-50, Nelson 3-27, Carter 2-11, Lewis 2-8, Rice 1-5.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: Greenwood 1-4, Castille 1-0.
    • VIKINGS: Turner 1-22, Browner 1-15.
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Freeman 4-86, Bright 2-29.
    • VIKINGS: Turner 2-31.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Bright 1-11.
    • VIKINGS: Nelson 1-10.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: none.
    • VIKINGS: Martin 1-3.

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