| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at St. Louis Cardinals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 21, 1986 Location: St. Louis, MO |
| Venue: Busch Stadium Attendance: 23957 |
| Weather: Drizzle Temp: 37 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | STL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bobby Howard 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Vai Sikahema 71 punt return (Eric Schubert kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Vai Sikahema 60 punt return (Eric Schubert kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Neil Lomax 2 run (Eric Schubert kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 36 FG | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Phil Freeman 33 pass from Steve Young (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 17 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 89 | WR | Vince Heflin |
| 72 | LOT | Rob Taylor |
| 66 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 62 | ROG | Sean Farrell |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 86 | TE | Calvin Magee |
| 8 | QB | Steve Young |
| 25 | RB | Bobby Howard |
| 20 | FB | Ron Springs |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 56 | LOLB | Jackie Walker |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 21 | LCB | Vito McKeever |
| 41 | SS | Craig Swoope |
| 31 | FS | Craig Curry |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 87 | WR | Troy Johnson |
| 84 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 62 | LOG | Ray Brown |
| 58 | C | Gene Chilton |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Doug Marsh |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | HB | Stump Mitchell |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bob Clasby |
| 65 | NT | David Galloway |
| 60 | RDE | Bubba Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 54 | LILB | E.J. Junior |
| 57 | RILB | Niko Noga |
| 52 | ROLB | Charlie Baker |
| 48 | LCB | Lionel Washington |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 47 | RCB | Cedric Mack |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bobby Howard | 15 | 37 | 2.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Ron Springs | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 19 | 0 |
| Pat Franklin | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Greg Allen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Young | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Earl Ferrell | 9 | 71 | 7.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 16 | 1 |
| Vai Sikahema | 7 | 21 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve Young | 34 | 13 | 38.2 | 2 | 157 | 4.6 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 31 | 19 | 61.3 | 2 | 144 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 45.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Calvin Magee | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Vince Heflin | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| K.D. Dunn | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Phil Freeman | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Rick Mallory | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Springs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Pat Franklin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| J.T. Smith | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vai Sikahema | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Marsh | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Wolfley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Vito McKeever | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Rod Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Cedric Mack | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 9 | 289 | 32.1 | 43 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Cater | 6 | 247 | 41.2 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Kevin Walker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 4 | 3 | 145 | 36.3 | 71t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Kevin Walker | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Phil Freeman | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| K.D. Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Eric Swanson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Kevin Kellin | 1.0 |
| Ervin Randle | 0.5 |
| Chris Washington | 0.5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
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