Sunday, October 27, 1985
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriots (5-3-0) | 0 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| Buccaneers (0-8-0) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| NWE | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Jimmie Giles 16 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Buccaneers | James Wilder 1 yard rush (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Patriots | Tony Franklin 35 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| Patriots | Tony Franklin 50 yard field goal | 6 | 14 | |
| Patriots | Tony Collins 11 yard pass from Craig James (Tony Franklin kick) | 13 | 14 | |
| 3rd | Patriots | Tony Franklin 49 yard field goal | 16 | 14 |
| 4th | Patriots | Craig James 8 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 23 | 14 |
| Patriots | Craig James 22 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 30 | 14 | |
| Patriots | Safety, Blackmon tackled DeBerg in end zone | 32 | 14 |
| NWE | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-197-2 | 26-79-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-22-248-1-0 | 13-26-141-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-25 | 3-11 |
| Net pass yards | 223 | 130 |
| Total yards | 420 | 209 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-55 | 6-37 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Tony Collins | NWE | 10 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 109 | 1 | 49 | ||||||
| Steve Grogan | NWE | 14 | 21 | 237 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Craig James | NWE | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 96 | 2 | 22 | ||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 3 | 55 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 0 | 38 | ||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 7 | 23 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Derrick Ramsey | NWE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | TAM | 13 | 26 | 141 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 21 | 62 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Kevin House | TAM | 4 | 55 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Bell | TAM | 4 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jimmie Giles | TAM | 2 | 24 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 2 | 17 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ron Springs | TAM | 5 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Theo Bell | TAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Don Blackmon | NWE | 1.0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Marion | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kenneth Sims | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Garin Veris | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Leon Bright | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Keith Browner | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Cannon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Phil Freeman | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Prior | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ervin Randle | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Rich Camarillo | NWE | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | ||||
| Tony Franklin | NWE | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Garcia | TAM | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | ||||