Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 31 Sunday 16 November 1986 at Milwaukee County Stadium
SCORING GB 10:03-1Q Epps 53 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GB 6:04-1Q Lofton 12 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GB 0:40-2Q Epps 5 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GB 9:57-3Q Del Greco FG27 GB 3:11-3Q Ellerson 1 run (Del Greco kick) TB 3:00-4Q Carter 10 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)
Any hopes of an upset Buccaneer victory went out of the window in the first quarter when James Wilder left the game through injury. In spite of a monster day by Gerald Carter, the Bucs only got on the scoreboard with three minutes left in the game and the result beyond doubt. The Packers took the lead on a Randy Wright to Phillip Epps pass on their second offensive play of the game, and their defense forced six sacks of Steve Young and two interceptions.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Young 6-33, Springs 11-30, Wilder 4-0. PACKERS: Davis 11-59, Ellis 6-31, Ellerson 8-28, Carruth 6-13, Wright 1-13, Ivery 1-9, Clark 3-1. PASSING BUCS: Young 35-20-234-2-1. PACKERS: Wright 29-18-238-3-3, Fusina 4-2-45-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: G.Carter 7-143, Springs 6-24, Freeman 4-42, Franklin 2- 14, Dunn 1-11. PACKERS: Lofton 5-80, Epps 4-77, Stanley 4-54, Ivery 3-56, Ross 1-15, Davis 1-5, Carruth 1-(-1), Clark 1-(-3). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: McKeever 2-2, Curry 1-0. PACKERS: Leopold 1-21, Cade 1-3. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Howard 3-47, Williams 2-29, Futrell 1-18. PACKERS: Watts 1-26, Carruth 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Stanley 4-62. SACKS BUCS: none. PACKERS: : Harris 2-10, Leopold 1.5-12, Carreker 1.5-10, Thomas 1-2.
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 57 Browner RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 86 Magee RILB 52 Brantley WR 87 Carter ROLB 51 Washington WR 81 Freeman LCB 21 McKeever RB 35 Frankin RCB 22 Jones RB 32 Wilder SS 44 Sully QB 8 Young FS 31 Curry PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 20 Springs, 23 Castille, 25 Howard, 36 Futrell, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 84 Heflin, 85 Dunn, 98 Keys DID NOT PLAY 26 Easmon, 28 Allen, 41 Swoope, 64 Robinson, 83 Gillespie
COMMENTARY CREW Unknown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Vito McKeever had his first inteception for the Bucs and added another later in the game Craig Curry stopped a Green Bay scoring threat with a pick at the goal-line But only Gerald Carter’s fourth quarter scoring pass with the only Tampa Bay touchdown of the game