Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 New York Jets 62 Sunday 17 November 1985 at the Meadowlands
SCORING TB 13:16-1Q House 39 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick) TB 11:49-1Q Magee 7 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick) NYJ 7:21-1Q Hector 2 run (Leahy kick) NYJ 4:48-1Q Walker 22 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) NYJ 3:14-1Q Leahy FG23 NYJ 14:55-2Q Shuler 11 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) NYJ 7:36-2Q Shuler 10 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) TB 5:19-2Q Wilder 2 run (Igwebuike kick) NYJ 2:35-2Q Shuler 8 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) NYJ 0:02-2Q Leahy FG27 NYJ 13:06-3Q Toon 78 pass from O'Brien (Leahy kick) NYJ 4:33-3Q Hector 8 run (Leahy kick) TB 0:47-3Q Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick) NYJ 1:24-4Q Paige 1 run (Leahy kick)
This was payback for the final game of 1984 when John McKay let the Jets score to try and get James Wilder an NFL record. The Jets ran the score up big-time on the Bucs, even after Tampa Bay had taken an early 14-0 lead. The Bucs were outgained 581-212 in total yardage and lost five fumbles to the fired up Jets. This remains the most points the Bucs have ever conceeded in a game and one of the highest totals in NFL history.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Wilder 14-13, DeBerg 2-9. JETS: Hector 21-79, Bligen 12-59, McNeil 8-41, Paige 8-24, Sohn 1-2, Ryan 2-(-3). PASSING BUCS: DeBerg 32-16-198-0-2. JETS: O'Brien 30-23-367-1-5, Ryan 3-2-19-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: House 6-92, Magee 4-35, Carter 3-42, Giles 2-19, Wilder 1-10. JETS: Shuler 7-84, Toon 6-133, Walker 5-75, Hector 3-43, Sohn 2-37, Paige 1-10, McNeil 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Castille 1-3. JETS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Freeman 5-117, Prior 4-47. JETS: Glenn 2-24, Townsell 1-19, Humphrey 1-17. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Prior 1-5. JETS: Townsell 3-46, Sohn 2-30, Humphery 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Holmes 1-7. JETS: Klecko 0.5-4, Lyons 0.5-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 62 Farrell DE 78 Cannon LG 72 Courson DT 76 Logan C 60 Grimes DE 90 Holmes RG 68 Mallory LOLB 54 Randle RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 88 Giles RILB 52 Brantley TE 86 Magee ROLB 51 Washington WR 87 Carter LCB 23 Castille WR 89 House RCB 21 Holt RB 32 Wilder SS 31 Curry QB 17 DeBerg FS 44 Sully PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 26 Easmon, 30 Greenwood, 40 Armstrong, 55 D Johnson, 56 C Johnson, 57 Browner, 64 Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 71 Studaway, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 80 Dunn, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte DID NOT PLAY 8 Young, 61 Kersten
COMMENTARY CREW Verne Lundqvist and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Kevin House opened the scoring down the sideline on a typical Steve DeBerg bomb Calvin Magee made it 14-0 shortly afterwards with his second NFL touchdown James Wilder’s second quarter touchdown was only a brief respite in the Jet onslaught