| New York Jets at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1984 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 43817 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 79 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York JetsNYJ | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 10 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 41 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYJ | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Obed Ariri 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 6 run (Obed Ariri kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jerry Bell 3 pass from Steve DeBerg (Obed Ariri kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Glenn Dennison 5 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Obed Ariri 35 FG | 7 | 20 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jerry Bell 18 pass from Steve DeBerg (Obed Ariri kick) | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Jay Carroll 4 pass from Steve DeBerg (Obed Ariri kick) | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Tony Paige 3 pass from Ken O'Brien (Pat Leahy kick) | 14 | 34 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 4 run (Obed Ariri kick) | 14 | 41 |
| 4 | New York JetsNYJ | Johnny Hector 2 run (Pat Leahy kick) | 21 | 41 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Lam Jones |
| 85 | WR | Wesley Walker |
| 68 | LOT | Reggie McElroy |
| 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 |
| 25 | RB | Cedric Minter |
| 49 | FB | Tony Paige |
| Defense | ||
| 99 | LDE | Mark Gastineau |
| 78 | LDT | Barry Bennett |
| 95 | RDT | Tom Baldwin |
| 74 | RDE | Ron Faurot |
| 58 | LLB | Bobby Bell |
| 59 | MLB | Kyle Clifton |
| 56 | RLB | Lance Mehl |
| 22 | LCB | Mike Dennis |
| 21 | SS | Kirk Springs |
| 27 | FS | Russell Carter |
| 29 | RCB | Johnny Lynn |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 89 | WR | Kevin House |
| 79 | LOT | Ken Kaplan |
| 72 | LOG | Steve Courson |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 62 | ROG | Sean Farrell |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 82 | TE | Jerry Bell |
| 86 | TE | Jay Carroll |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 32 | TB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 76 | NT | Dave Logan |
| 63 | RDE | Lee Roy Selmon |
| 57 | LOLB | Keith Browner |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 52 | RILB | Scot Brantley |
| 53 | ROLB | Hugh Green |
| 23 | LCB | Jeremiah Castille |
| 33 | LS | Mark Cotney |
| 43 | RS | Beasley Reece |
| 27 | RCB | Fred Acorn |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 12 | 1 |
| Cedric Minter | 10 | 44 | 4.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken O'Brien | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 31 | 103 | 3.3 | 11 | 2 |
| Steve DeBerg | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Ken O'Brien | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 2 | 201 | 5.9 | 49 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 68.4 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 34 | 26 | 76.5 | 0 | 280 | 8.2 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 129.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Johnny Hector | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Lam Jones | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Mickey Shuler | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Wesley Walker | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Glenn Dennison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Cedric Minter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Kevin House | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Jerry Bell | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 2 |
| Jay Carroll | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Adger Armstrong | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Theo Bell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jeremiah Castille | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Mark Cotney | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | |||||
| Chuck Ramsey | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 60 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 54 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Cedric Minter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Zach Thomas | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Cedric Minter | 5 | 107 | 21.4 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bobby Humphery | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Chy Davidson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Leon Bright | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New York Jets | |
| Mark Gastineau | 2.0 |
| Barry Bennett | 1.0 |
| Russell Carter | 1.0 |
| Ron Faurot | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| John Cannon | 2.0 |
| Hugh Green | 2.0 |
| Lee Roy Selmon | 2.0 |
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