Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Minnesota Vikings 23
Sunday 15 November 1987 at the Metrodome
SCORING
TB
11:02-2Q
Magee 20 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
MIN
6:58-2Q
Nelson FG29
MIN
0:11-2Q
Nelson FG27
MIN
10:58-3Q
Fenney 1 run (Nelson kick)
TB
6:54-3Q
Igwebuike FG26
MIN
0:03-3Q
Nelson FG26
MIN
10:56-4Q
Jordan 2 pass from Kramer (Nelson kick)
TB
7:55-4Q
Freeman 64 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
Steve DeBerg brought the Bucs back with the longest pass play of the season to Phil Freeman, and then had
Tampa inside Viking territory in a bid for the winning TD but was picked off by Wymon Henderson at the
Minnesota 25-yard line. James Wilder did not have a rushing attempt for the only time in his Buc career. Ray
Isom started his first game for the Bucs and came up with an interception of Tommy Kramer.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: BUCS: Smith 8-16, DeBerg 1-(-1).
VIKINGS: Nelson 17-103, Fenney 9-40, Wilson 3-33, Dozier 6-
28, Rice 10-22, Kramer 2-(-2).
OPPONENTS:
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 37-22-284-1-2.
VIKINGS: Wilson 19-8-97-0-0, Kramer 9-4-30-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Magee 6-65, Smith 5-47, Wilder 5-38, Carter 3-56,
Freeman 2-76, Carrier 1-2.
VIKINGS: Carter 3-37, Jordan 3-28, Lewis 2-27, Rice 2-21,
Jones 1-12, Fenney 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Isom 1-29.
VIKINGS: Henderson 1-17.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: J.Smith 3-43, Futrell 1-40.
VIKINGS: Guggemos 3-94, Rice 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 2-24.
VIKINGS: Lewis 4-56.
SACKS
BUCS: Kellin 1-8, Moss 0.5-6.5, Washington 0.5-6.5.
VIKINGS: Doleman 2-20, Browner 1-11, Martin 1-9, Team 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
77 Maarleveld
LDE
78 Cannon
LG
66 Yarno
NT
94 Stensrud
C
60 Grimes
RDE
90 Holmes
RG
68 Mallory
LOLB
51 Washington
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
86 Magee
RILB
54 Randle
WR
87 Carter
ROLB
57 Moss
WR
81 Freeman
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
35 Smith
RCB
22 Jones
RB
32 Wilder
SS
33 Kemp
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
28 Isom
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 23 Anderson, 24 Tripoli, 25 Howard, 31
Gordon, 36 Futrell, 50 Turk, 52 Brantley, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy,
70 Swayne, 74 Powell, 75 Kellin, 79 Goode, 82 Hall, 83 Miller,
84 Hill, 89 Carrier, 93 Sileo
DID NOT PLAY
11 Shula, 14 Testaverde, 42 Bartalo
INACTIVES
20 Woods, 32 Gladman, 80 S Holloway. 85 G.Taylor, 91 Gant
COMMENTARY CREW
James Brown and Dan Jiggetts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Steve DeBerg found Calvin Magee for the opening score
Ray Isom returned an interception deep into Minnesota territory
Phil Freeman’s long touchdown reception came off a deflection by a Viking defender