Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 Minnesota Vikings 26

***HISTORIC MARKER*** #32 James Wilder became the first Buccaneer to pass the 4,000-yard offensive rushing mark.

An attempted rally from a 19–0 deficit died when a holding penalty called back a Kevin House pass reception at the Vikings' 3-yard line. The Buccaneers committed 10 penalties in all, for a total of 76 yards.

In a 1:42 stretch of the third quarter, the two teams combined for five turnovers in nine plays, with James Wilder afterward fumbling on his next possession. Kick returner Phil Freeman broke a wrist and linebacker Dennis Johnson bruised a shoulder, both while making tackles. Craig Curry suffered an eye injury, and Scot Brantley injured a shoulder.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Chuck Heberling
• UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
• LINE JUDGE: Dale Orem
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
• BACK JUDGE: Al Jury
• FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
• SIDE JUDGE: Ray Dodez

SCORING

• VIKINGS: 10:30-1Q Stenerud FG24
• VIKINGS: 04:04-1Q Stenerud FG24
• VIKINGS: 08:51-2Q Nelson 1 run (Stenerud kick)
• VIKINGS: 03:42-2Q Stenerud FG25
• VIKINGS: 12:03-3Q Stenerud FG35
• BUCCANEERS: 06:34-3Q Magee 7 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
• VIKINGS: 03:25-4Q Brown 8 run (Stenerud kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 K. House
• LT: #66 G. Yarno
• LG: #68 R. Mallory
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #08 S. Young
• TE: #86 C. Magee
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #54 E. Randle
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• LC: #23 J. Castille
• RC: #21 J. Holt
• SS: #31 C. Curry
• FS: #44 I. Sully

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 26 Easmon, 30 Greenwood, 40 Armstrong, 50 Wilson, 55 D Johnson, 56 C Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 67 Morgan, 71 Studaway, 72 Courson, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Dunn, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte

DID NOT PLAY

• 17 DeBerg, 50 Wilson

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 25-94, Young 8-53, Springs 1-4.
• VIKINGS: Brown 15-79, Nelson 17-69, Kramer 3-11, Anderson 3-6.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Young 32-13-187-3-1.
• VIKINGS: Kramer 36-21-309-2-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Magee 4-62, T.Bell 3-28, Wilder 2-33, Springs 1-22, Giles 1-21, House 1-14, Carter 1-7.
• VIKINGS: Jones 4-104, Jordan 4-50, Carter 3-45, White 3-31, Nelson 3-25, Anderson 2-3, Brown 1-28, Mularkey 1-23.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 1-12, Castille 1-0.
• VIKINGS: Teal 1-6, Doleman 1-5, Newton 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 6-122, Springs 1-26.
• VIKINGS: Rhymes 2-59.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: Carter 3-23.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: Millard 2-8, Newton 1-3.

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