Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 Chicago Bears 27 Sunday 20 November 1988 at Tampa Stadium CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts
How can I forget this one? Not just the first NFL game I saw live, but one I watched from the Bucs' bench as a guest of Ray Perkins. The game was never in doubt, the Bears were far too good and the only historical note came when Kerry Goode recorded the first safety in Buc history. Joe Ferguson replaced Vinny in the 4th quarter and Donald Igwebuike was lost for the season with a hamstring pull.
GAME SCORING CHI 10:38-1Q Anderson 1 run (Butler kick) CHI 6:59-1Q Anderson 17 run (Butler kick) TB 3:10-1Q Igwebuike FG27 CHI 6:10-2Q Muster 40 pass from Tomczak (Butler kick) TB 0:00-2Q Igwebuike FG23 TB 13:22-4Q Safety - Wagner tackled in the endzone CHI 7:29-4Q Butler FG36 CHI 2:20-4Q Butler FG43 TB 0:59-4Q Pillow 7 pass from Ferguson (Criswell kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 68 Mallory DT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes DE 94 Goff RG 69 Bruhin LOLB 59 Murphy RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 86 Magee RILB 53 Coleman WR 84 Hill ROLB 58 Moss WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 43 Howard RCB 36 Futrell RB 34 Tate SS 20 Harris QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 12 Ferguson, 13 Criswell, 21 Wright, 27 Goode, 28 Brown, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 47 D Smith, 50 Turk, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 54 Randle, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 75 Kellin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Clinkscales, 97 Lee INACTIVE 22 R Jones, 82 Hall
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Tate 19-66, Testaverde 5-55, Howard 14-47. BEARS: Anderson 19-66, Sanders 10-50, Muster 3-17, Harbaugh 1-8, Wagner 1-0, Suhey 3-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 22-7-86-2-0, Ferguson 10-5-77-0-1. BEARS: Tomczak 21-9-179-2-1, Harbaugh 4-1-30-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Pillow 3-47, Hill 3-37, Carrier 2-39, D.Smith 2-22, Howard 1-14, Magee 1-4. BEARS: Morris 3-70, McKinnon 2-49, Muster 1-40, Davis 1-21, Anderson 1-17, Moorehead 1-6, Thornton 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Hamilton 1-23, Harris 1-2. BEARS: Douglass 1-29, Singletary 1-13. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Elder 3-93, Futrell 1-18. BEARS: Gentry 1-42. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 4-54. BEARS: McKinnon 2-18, Kowlowski 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Cannon 1-9. BEARS: Rivers 1-10.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Kerry Goode recorded the first safety in team history after 13 seasons Frank Pillow scored his first NFL touchdown after Joe Ferguson came in Punter Ray Criswell was a straight-on PAT kicker