Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Atlanta Falcons 23 Sunday 28 September 1986 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING TB 10:29-1Q Igwebuike FG23 ATL 1:31-1Q Dixon 27 pass from Archer (Luckhurst kick) TB 11:32-2Q Igwebuike FG24 TB 2:27-2Q Magee 11 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick) TB 1:20-2Q Young 21 run (Igwebuike kick) ATL 0:34-3Q Riggs 1 run (Luckhurst kick) ATL 4:03-4Q Luckhurst FG43 ATL 0:00-4Q Luckhurst FG34 ATL 2:25-OT Luckhurst FG34
This was the Bucs' second appearance on British TV, but it was seen from an Atlanta standpoint as the show focused on Mick Luckhurst who won the game for the Falcons in overtime. Both starting DEs, Ron Holmes and John Cannon, were lost to injury on the same play, and the Bucs lost a 20-7 half-time lead. David Archer completed a miracle 4th down pass on the final FG-tying drive and even that kick was partially deflected by Tyrone Keys.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Young 7-68, Wonsley 19-65, Springs 10-42. FALCONS: Riggs 27-129, Austin 9-71, Archer 9-32, Stamps 1-14, Andrews 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Young 21-12-160-1-1. FALCONS: Archer 36-19-246-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Springs 3-58, House 2-43, Giles 2-23, Magee 2-19, Wonsley 2-8, Harris 1-9. FALCONS: Brown 7-110, Dixon 3-58, Allen 3-24, Cox 1-18, Stamps 1-15, Riggs 1-10, Williams 1-7, Whisenhunt 1-2, Andrews 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Cason 1-10. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stamps 4-103, Harris 3-63. FALCONS: Croudip 1-20. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 1-4. FALCONS: Dixon 2-10. SACKS BUCS: Logan 1-5. FALCONS: Pitts 1-13.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Taylor DE 78 Cannon LG 66 Yarno DT 76 Logan C 60 Grimes DE 90 Holmes RG 62 Farrell LOLB 57 Browner RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 88 Giles RILB 52 Brantley WR 89 House ROLB 51 Washington WR 87 Carter LCB 23 Castille TE 86 Magee RCB 22 Jones RB 20 Springs SS 41 Swoope QB 8 Young FS 44 Sully PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 21 McKeever, 31 Curry, 34 Boatner, 36 Futrell, 46 Wonsley, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 68 Mallory, 71 Nelson, 80 Williams, 81 Freeman, 82 Bell, 84 Harris, 98 Keys DID NOT PLAY 26 Easmon, 32 Wilder, 67 Morgan, 74 Powell, 77 Maarleveld
COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip The Buccaneer defense got things started by forcing a key turnover Calvin Magee had a nice touchdown reception Then it was Steve Young’s turn showing his amazing wheels on a scoring run up the middle