| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: November 17, 1985 Location: East Rutherford, NJ |
| Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 65344 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 55 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 17 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 62 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Kevin House 39 pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Calvin Magee 7 pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Wesley Walker 22 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 14 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 23 FG | 14 | 17 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Mickey Shuler 11 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 24 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Mickey Shuler 10 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 2 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 21 | 31 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Mickey Shuler 8 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 38 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Pat Leahy 27 FG | 21 | 41 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Al Toon 78 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 48 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 7 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 55 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 28 | 55 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Tony Paige 1 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 28 | 62 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 62 | LOT | Sean Farrell |
| 72 | LOG | Steve Courson |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 68 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 88 | TE | Jimmie Giles |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | RB | James Wilder |
| 86 | UBK | Calvin Magee |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 54 | LOLB | Ervin Randle |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 22 | LCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| 31 | SS | Craig Curry |
| 44 | FS | Ivory Sully |
| 21 | RCB | John Holt |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Toon |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 66 | LOT | Billy Shields |
| 53 | LOG | Jim Sweeney |
| 65 | C | Joe Fields |
| 60 | ROG | Dan Alexander |
| 79 | ROT | Marvin Powell |
| 82 | TE | Mickey Shuler |
| 7 | QB | Ken O'Brien |
| 24 | RB | Freeman McNeil |
| 34 | FB | Johnny Hector |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 73 | NT | Joe Klecko |
| 78 | RDE | Barry Bennett |
| 55 | LOLB | Charles Jackson |
| 59 | LILB | Kyle Clifton |
| 56 | RILB | Lance Mehl |
| 94 | ROLB | Rusty Guilbeau |
| 40 | LCB | Bobby Jackson |
| 39 | SS | Harry Hamilton |
| 29 | FS | Johnny Lynn |
| 35 | RCB | Kerry Glenn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 8 | 2 |
| Steve DeBerg | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 21 | 79 | 3.8 | 9 | 2 |
| Dennis Bligen | 12 | 49 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 1 |
| Kurt Sohn | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Pat Ryan | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 198 | 6.2 | 39t | 2 | 1 | 8 | 90.4 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 30 | 23 | 76.7 | 1 | 367 | 12.2 | 78t | 5 | 1 | 7 | 142.6 |
| Pat Ryan | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Kevin House | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 39t | 1 |
| Calvin Magee | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Gerald Carter | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jimmie Giles | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Mickey Shuler | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 29 | 3 |
| Al Toon | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 78t | 1 |
| Wesley Walker | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 22t | 1 |
| Johnny Hector | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Kurt Sohn | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 29 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Freeman McNeil | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 7 | 308 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mike Prior | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Jojo Townsell | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| Kurt Sohn | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Phil Freeman | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 45 | 0 | |
| Mike Prior | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 27 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Kerry Glenn | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jojo Townsell | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Ron Holmes | 1.0 |
| New York Jets | |
| Barry Bennett | 1.0 |
| Joe Klecko | 0.5 |
| Marty Lyons | 0.5 |
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