Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Green Bay Packers 20
Sunday 22 December 1985 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
6:13-1Q
Igwebuike FG33
GB
8:22-1Q
Epps 30 run (Del Greco kick)
TB
6:09-2Q
Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
GB
14:44-2Q
Del Greco FG29
GB
12:16-3Q
Del Greco FG40
TB
1:44-4Q
Giles 3 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
GB
7:57-4Q
Clark 6 run (Del Greco kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The 1985 season ended with another loss when Donald Igwebuike's 48-yard fieldgoal that would have tied the
scores, missed with 2:58 remaining. Randy Wright replaced future Buc strike QB Jim Zorn in the second half,
and led the Packers to their go-ahead touchdown midway through the final period. Four turnovers and
another earlier miss by Igwebuike didn't help the Buccaneer cause either.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 26-49, Young 7-40.
PACKERS: Ellerson 9-57, Epps 1-30, Ivery 7-20, Ellis 5-18, Clark
4-14, Zorn 1-1, Wright 3-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Young 37-21-277-2-1.
PACKERS: Zorn 22-8-117-2-0, Wright 11-8-101-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Magee 5-74, Carter 5-73, House 4-55, T.Bell 3-46, Giles 3-
26, Wilder 1-3.
PACKERS: Lofton 6-95, Coffman 4-48, Ivery 3-36, Epps 1-19,
Ellerson 1-11, Clark 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Castille 1-11, Greenwood 1-3.
PACKERS: Douglass 1-46, Flynn 1-7.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Springs 3-52, Prior 1-14.
PACKERS: Epps 4-85.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Prior 2-24.
PACKERS: Stanley 1-22, Flynn 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Holmes 1-10, Washington 1-10, Greenwood 1-6.
PACKERS: Murphy 1-9, Johnson 1-6, Carreker 1-3, Scott 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
68 Mallory
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
54 Randle
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
56 Johnson
TE
86 Magee
ROLB
51 Washington
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Greenwood
QB
8 Young
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 26
Easmon, 31 Curry, 38 Peoples, 40 Armstrong, 50 Wilson, 55 D
Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 67 Morgan, 71 Studaway, 72
Courson, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Dunn, 83 T Bell, 85
Witte
DID NOT PLAY
17 DeBerg, 81 Verser
COMMENTARY CREW
Dan Dierdoft and Jean Fugett
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
James Wilder scored yet another touchdown for the Bucs
Jimmie Giles had Tampa’s final offensive touchdown of the season
This game featured one of the great blooper plays in franchise history