Buccaneers Vs. Vikings Final Score: Minnesota Survives In Overtime, 19-13

By Josh Hill | Oct 26, 2014

Oct 26, 2014; Tampa, FL, USA; Minnesota Vikings outside linebacker Anthony Barr (55) and free safety Harrison Smith (22) tackle Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Louis Murphy (18) during the first half at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports /

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings are not good teams, but they turned in a surprisingly exciting game on Sunday afternoon.

When you looked at the schedul for this week and saw that the 1-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2-5 Minnesota Vikings were playing each other, the last thing you expected was for the game to be exciting. It wasn’t a high scoring affair, but it was perhaps the most competitive and tightly contested game of the season for either team.

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Call it poor offense or deem it solid defense, but the score at halftime was 3-0 in favor of the Vikings after Blair Walsh gave them a last second lead in the second quarter. The offenses were not impressive for large stretches of the game, which may or may not have made the defenses look better. That being said, the defenses of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Minnesota Vikings looked like they were in control all day long.

Early on, it was the Vikings holding down the Buccaneers offensive attack — if you want to call it that — and taking the lead into the half.

But the second half of the game was a lot more thrilling to watch. After two quarters if being largely stagnant, the Vikings offense woke up for a scoring drive in the third quarter to give the Vikings a 10-0 lead. But seemingly out of nowhere the Buccaneers woke up as well, scoring 13 unanswered to take a 13-10 lead with under two minutes left to play in the game.

There was plenty of time on the clock though for Teddy Bridgewater to drive the Vikings down the field and tie the game up at 13-13. The Buccaneers got the ball first in overtime, but the Minnesota Vikings didn’t care, forcing a fumble on the first offensive possession of overtime and returning it for a touchdown.

It was a surprisingly entertaining game, and while neither team is going to go anywhere this season, the game was more than anyone thought it would be.

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