Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New Orleans Saints 20
Sunday 22 September 1985 at the Superdome
SCORING
NO
4:07-1Q
Hardy 23 pass from DWilson (Andersen kick)
TB
13:34-2Q
Igwebuike FG38
NO
8:38-2Q
Brenner 3 pass from DWilson (Andersen kick)
TB
1:49-2Q
Igwebuike FG51
NO
0:41-3Q
Andersen FG37
NO
4:04-3Q
Andersen FG40
TB
1:01-4Q
Carter 22 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Dave Wilson led the Saints to their first win of the season with a pair of first half TD passes and the Bucs fell to 0-3
in spite of James Wilder's seventh straight 100-yard rushing game. Jerry Bell had his best receiving game as a pro
but the Bucs could get no closer than seven points on Steve DeBerg's 4th quarter TD pass to Gerald Carter.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 26-114.
SAINTS: Gajan 18-67, Campbell 14-47, W.Wilson 2-4, D.Wilson
4-(-6).
PASSING
BUCS: DeBerg 44-22-252-2-1.
SAINTS: D.Wilson 25-16-246-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: J.Bell 8-89, Wilder 6-40, Witte 3-28, T.Bell 2-45, Carter 2-
40, House 1-10.
SAINTS: Brenner 4-54, Martin 4-53, Goodlow 3-80, Gajan 2-12,
Hardy 1-23, Campbell 1-14, Scott 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Hoage 1-21, Wattelet 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Freeman 2-41, Bright 1-21.
SAINTS: Martin 1-51, Anthony 1-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Bright 2-17.
SAINTS: Martin 3-27.
SACKS
BUCS: Jackson 2-18, Paul 2-14.
SAINTS: Greenwood 1-11, Green 1-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
66 Yarno
DE
78 Cannon
LG
72 Courson
DT
76 Logan
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
62 Farrell
LOLB
51 Washington
RT
73 Heller
LILB
58 Davis
TE
88 Giles
RILB
52 Brantley
TE
82 Bell
ROLB
53 Green
WR
87 Carter
LCB
23 Castille
WR
89 House
RCB
21 Holt
RB
32 Wilder
SS
30 Greenwood
QB
17 DeBerg
FS
44 Sully
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 29 Bright,
31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 47 Dombrowski, 54 Randle, 56
Johnson, 57 Browner, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 79
Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
8 Young, 74 Sanders, 75 Lindstrom
COMMENTARY CREW
Verne Lundqvist and Terry Bradshaw
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
David Greenwood recorded his NFL sack on a blind-side safety blitz
Hugh Green’s sack should have been ruled a fumble but for a way-too-quick in-the-grasp whistle
Gerald Carter had the Bucs’ only touchdown of the game