Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Green Bay Packers 27 Sunday 2 December 1984 at Lambeau Field
SCORING TB 9:17-2Q Armstrong 16 pass from Wilder (Ariri kick) TB 6:53-3Q J.Bell 9 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick) GB 4:11-3Q Ivery 4 run (Del Greco kick) GB 14:14-4Q Ivery 2 run (Del Greco kick) GB 10:35-4Q Dickey 1 run (Del Greco kick) GB 3:11-4Q Crouse 10 pass from Dickey (kick failed)
Despite the Bucs having a 14-0 lead early in the third quarter, the Packers adapted to the muddy conditions created by pre-game snow and scored four times in the second half to drop the Bucs to 4-10 on the season. James Wilder threw a TD pass on a half-back option and the Bucs picked off three Lynn Dickey passes, but four Tampa Bay fumbles proved too much to overcome.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Wilder 27-88, Armstrong 2-12, DeBerg 1-0. PACKERS: Ivery 16-73, Crouse 6-31, Ellis 4-12, Huckleby 2-(-1), Dickey 3-(-3), Rodgers 2-(-6). PASSING BUCS: DeBerg 34-22-190-2-1, Wilder 1-1-16-0-1. PACKERS: Dickey 32-18-205-3-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Wilder 11-48, House 6-105, A.Armstrong 2-22, J.Bell 2-17, Carter 2-14. PACKERS: Ivery 5-29, Coffman 4-63, Crouse 4-36, Epps 3-38, Ellis 2-39. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brantley 1-38, Reese 1-12, Cannon 1-0. PACKERS: Lewis 1-12, Anderson 1-2. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Morton 2-25, Bright 1-10, Wood 1-7, Spradlin 1-5. PACKERS: Rodgers 2-41, D.Jones 1-19. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Bright 3-10, Holt 1-2. PACKERS: Flynn 4-24. SACKS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Martin 1-12, Brown 1-11,T.Jones 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Sanders LDE 78 Cannon LG 72 Courson DT 76 Logan C 50 Wilson RDE 63 Selmon RG 77 Bujnoch LOLB 57 Browner RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 88 Giles RILB 52 Brantley WR 82 Bell ROLB 53 Green WR 89 House LCB 23 Castille QB 14 Thompson RCB 21 Holt TE 46 Armstrong SS 33 Cotney RB 32 Wilder FS 43 Reece PLAYED 2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 25 Dierking, 27 Acorn, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 38 Peoples, 41 Thomas, 51 Washington, 54 Wood, 55 Spradlin, 59 Thompson, 60 Grimes, 67 Morgan, 70 Thomas, 71 Braggs, 75 Darns, 79 Kaplan, 81 Dixon, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll, 87 Carter DID NOT PLAY 14 Thompson, 62 Farrell
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Scot Brantley ended a Packer scoring threat with an inteception and long return James Wilder’s one and only NFL pass was a touchdown to Adger Armstrong Jerry Bell put the Bucs 14-0 up on a muddy day at Lambeau Field