Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 21 Sunday 14 December 1986 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING GB 0:25-2Q Wright 6 run (Del Greco kick) GB 1:27-3Q Ellis 2 run (Del Greco kick) GB 11:51-4Q Carruth 1 run (Del Greco kick) TB 6:50-4Q Magee 9 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
Just over 30,000 showed up for Leeman Bennett's last home game as head coach and watched the Packers stroll to an easy win over the 2-12 Bucs. Seven sacks and two interceptions was the Bucs' offensive total as Green Bay only allowed a late consolation score to Calvin Magee for the few home supporters left in the stadium to cheer.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Howard 10-57, Springs 7-49, Young 3-19. PACKERS: Carruth 11-56, Ellis 13-49, Davis 7-31, Stanley 1-19, Ellerson 2-17, Wright 2-4. PASSING BUCS: Young 20-10-104-1-0, DeBerg 10-4-71-1-1. PACKERS: Wright 25-14-190-0-0, Fusina 3-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Magee 4-45, Springs 4-26, Carter 3-46, Dunn 1-34, Heflin 1-15, Howard 1-9. PACKERS: Stanley 3-63, Ivery 3-40, Carruth 3-12, Lofton 2-33, Moffitt 1-23, Ellis 1-12, Ross 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Cade 1-0, Greene 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Freeman 3-56, Walker 1-26. PACKERS: Davis 1-35, Carruth 1-3. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Walker 5-19. PACKERS: Stanley 4-10. SACKS BUCS: Holmes 1-10, Kellin 1-7. PACKERS: Greene 1-14, Cade 1-13, Watts 1-11, Harris 1-9, Noble 1-7, Carreker 1-4, Johnson 1-0.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Taylor DE 71 Nelson LG 66 Yarno DT 76 Logan C 60 Grimes DE 90 Holmes RG 62 Farrell LOLB 56 Walker RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 86 Magee RILB 52 Brantley WR 87 Carter ROLB 51 Washington WR 84 Heflin LCB 21 McKeever RB 20 Springs RCB 22 Jones RB 25 Howard SS 44 Sully QB 8 Young FS 31 Curry PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 23 Castille, 35 Franklin, 36 Futrell, 37 K Walker, 38 Bligen, 41 Swoope, 54 Randle, 59 Murphy, 64 Robinson, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 78 Cannon, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 85 Dunn DID NOT PLAY 28 Allen, 32 Wilder, 57 Browner, 83 Gillespie
COMMENTARY CREW Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Calvin Magee had the only Tampa Bay touchdown of the game as Steve DeBerg relieved Steve Young KD Dunn’s 34-yard reception was his longest in a Buccaneer uniform Ivory Sully blocked a punt late in the game but the Bucs still could not score from a ball at the goal-line