Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 Minnesota Vikings 31
Sunday 7 October 1984 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
MIN
10:22-1Q
Brown 1 run (Stenerud kick)
MIN
6:15-1Q
Brown 13 pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick)
TB
0:40-1Q
Armstrong 1 run (Ariri kick)
TB
12:24-2Q
House 7 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
MIN
9:53-2Q
Mularkey 1 pass from Kramer (Stenerud kick)
TB
5:15-2Q
Wilder 11 run (Ariri kick)
TB
5:29-3Q
Carter 6 pass from DeBerg (Ariri kick)
MIN
8:27-4Q
Stenerud FG20
TB
5:05-4Q
Wilder 10 run (Ariri kick)
MIN
1:10-4Q
Anderson 6 run (Stenerud kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The second straight high-scoring game for the Bucs that saw them even their record on the season at 3-3.
The Vikings outgained the Bucs 543-314 in total yardage, but five Minnesota turnovers proved to be the difference.
David Logan forced two fumbles and Kevin House had his first 100-yard receiving game of the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 25-89, Morton 3-16, Armstrong 1-1, DeBerg 2-(-4).
VIKINGS: Brown 9-80, Anderson 18-78, Waddy 2-13, Manning 1-0,
Kramer 2-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 29-16-212-0-2.
VIKINGS: Kramer 47-27-386-2-2, Manning 2-1-7-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: House 7-126, Wilder 6-40, Giles 1-22, J.Bell 1-18, Carter 1-6.
VIKINGS: Brown 8-71, Jones 6-110, Lewis 4-72, Jordan 4-54, White
3-71, Nelson 2-14, Mularkey 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Holt 1-25, Brantley 1-13.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Morton 4-79, Wood 1-14.
VIKINGS: Waddy 3-64, Anderson 3-48.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 1-6.
VIKINGS: Lewis 2-18, Waddy 1-(-3).
SACKS
BUCS: Logan 2-15, Selmon 1-4.
VIKINGS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Sanders
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
50 Wilson
RDE
63 Selmon
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
56 Johnson
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
57 Browner
WR
89 House
LCB
23 Castille
QB
14 Thompson
RCB
21 Holt
FB
46 Armstrong
SS
43 Reece
RB
32 Wilder
FS
34 Brown
PLAYED
2 Ariri, 5 Garcia, 16 Kiel, 20 Morton, 24 Harvey, 27 Acorn, 29
Bright, 33 Cotney, 41 Thomas, 51 Washington, 54 Wood, 55
Spradlin, 60 Grimes, 65 Jackson, 67 Morgan, 71 Braggs, 79
Kaplan, 81 Tuttle, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Carroll, 87 Carter
DID NOT PLAY
14 Thompson, 25 Dierking, 53 Green, 70 Thomas, 75 Manor
COMMENTARY CREW
Verne Lundqvist and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Five Buccaneer touchdowns naturally meant one for Kevin House
And another for Gerald Carter as Steve DeBerg’s favourite targets found the endzone
This was one of James Wilder’s two rushing touchdowns in the victory