The Bucs had the lead at half-time in a game in which both starting quarterbacks were knocked out injured. Santana Dotson put Rich Gannon out with his fifth sack in three games, while Vinny had his throwing hand go numb after a sack too. Steve DeBerg led the Bucs to within six with a late fourth quarter drive, but the Vikings were able to run all but 16 seconds off the clock to hand the Bucs their first loss under Sam Wyche.

GAME SCORING MIN 10:28-1Q Carter 30 pass from Gannon (Reveiz kick) TB 0:11-1Q Willis FG40 TB 6:47-2Q Hawkins 28 pass from DeBerg (Willis kick) TB 0:06-2Q Willis FG29 MIN 9:28-3Q Allen 1 run (Reveiz kick) MIN 3:43-3Q Carter 29 pass from Salisbury (Reveiz kick) MIN 13:15-4Q Reveiz FG36 MIN 7:13-4Q Safety - Doleman sacked DeBerg in the end zone TB 4:08-4Q Dawsey 14 pass from DeBerg (Willis kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Click here for the Rick Stroud column Click here for Hubert Mizell's morning-after column Third downs proved to be the Bucs' undoing

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: G.Anderson 7-61, Cobb 15-41, Testaverde 1-0. VIKINGS: Allen 26-87, Craig 10-33, A.Carter 1-6, Gannon 1-2, C.Carter 1-1, Salisbury 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 8-3-25-0-0, DeBerg 29-19-213-1-2, Stryzinksi 1-1-12-0-0. VIKINGS: Gannon 6-3-57-1-1, Salisbury 22-12-162-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: G.Anderson 7-60, Carrier 5-74, Hall 4-35, Hawkins 2-50, Highsmith 2-5, Dawsey 1-14, Fullington 1-12, Jennings 1-0. VIKINGS: C.Carter 4-84, Jones 4-58, A.Carter 3-40, Allen 3-29, Jordan 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Pollard 1-24. VIKINGS: Lee 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 3-34. VIKINGS: Johnson 3-37, Parker 1-15. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hawkins 1-1, Drewrey 0-0. VIKINGS: Parker 2-1. SACKS BUCS: Thomas 3-16, Dotson 1-8, Wheeler 1-5. VIKINGS: Doleman 2-11, Merriweather 1-8.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 98 Seals LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 73 McHale DE 52 McCants RT 70 McRae LLB 54 Williams TE 82 Hall MLB 58 Tiggle WR 80 Dawsey RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds WR 5 Hawkins RCB 21 Mack RB 40 Anderson SS 23 Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 27 Fullington PLAYED 1 Willis, 4 Stryzinski, 17 DeBerg, 22 Lewis, 28 Jennings, 31 Pollard, 32 Highsmith, 33 Barber,34 Cobb, 41 King, 47 Browner ,53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 56 Burnette, 57 Chamblee, 59 Alexander, 64 Ryan, 67 Sullivan, 72 Taylor, 79 Davis, 86 Armstrong, 87 Drewrey DID NOT PLAY 91 Hall INACTIVE 7 Erickson, 89 Harrison