Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Minnesota Vikings 15 Sunday 10 October 1993 at the Metrodome
SCORING MIN 9:17-2Q Reveiz FG26 MIN 6:19-2Q Safety - Erickson called for intentional grounding in the endzone MIN 1:55-2Q Word 1 run (Reveiz kick) MIN 14:41-4Q Reveiz FG25
The Bucs were held to just 169 yards offense in the Metrodome and Craig Erickson was picked off four times as well as being sacked five times in the game. Hardy Nickerson recorded a single-game high 18 tackles and the Buc defense did notch up five sacks of its own, but the offensive woes meant it was an effort in containment rather than potential victory.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 16-55, Erickson 1-2, Workman 1-2, Royster 2-0. VIKINGS: Smith 8-64, Word 20-53, Ismail 2-9, McMahon 1-1, Salisbury 2-(-3). PASSING BUCS: Erickson 29-12-122-4-0. VIKINGS: McMahon 25-15-157-1-0, Salisbury 3-2-22-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hawkins 2-34, Cobb 2-26, Hall 2-13, Armstrong 2-9, Workman 2-5, Thomas 1-18, Wilson 1-17. VIKINGS: C.Carter 5-57, Jordan 3-37, Smith 3-16, A.Carter 2-37, Tice 2-26, Tennell 1-4, Ismail 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: King 1-0. VIKINGS: Glenn 2-35, Lee 1-0, Scott 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Claiborne 3-57, Wilson 1-20. VIKINGS: Guilford 1-19. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Claiborne 1-13. VIKINGS: Guilford 4-26. SACKS BUCS: Curry 2-14, Wheeler 1-8, Seals 1-7, Ahanotu 1-6. VIKINGS: Randle 1-8, Harris 1-4, Jenkins 1-0.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Dill DE 90 Ahanotu LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 72 Taylor LLB 51 Thomas TE 82 Hall MLB 56 Nickerson WR 84 Wilson RLB 93 DuBose WR 85 Hawkins LB 50 Burnette TE 86 Armstrong CB 35 Mayhew RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 7 Erickson FS 41 King PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 20 Gray, 24 Jones, 27 Bussey, 29 Reynolds, 33 Royster, 43 Harris, 44 Anderson, 46 Workman, 47 Lynch, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 66 Tomberlin, 70 McRae, 81 Claiborne, 83 Moore, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 96 Wilson, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 17 DeBerg INACTIVE 11 Weldon, 21 Mack, 37 McDowell, 40 Anderson, 67 Sullivan, 73 Adams, 79 Love, 80 Dawsey
COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Matt Millen