Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Indianapolis Colts 35
Sunday 16 October 1988 at the Hoosier Dome
SCORING
IND
1:43-1Q
Dickerson 1 run (Biasucci kick)
TB
12:43-2Q
Igwebuike FG39
IND
6:12-2Q
Dickerson 27 run (Biasucci kick)
TB
1:05-2Q
Hill 10 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
IND
0:11-2Q
Chandler 2 run (Biasucci kick)
IND
4:48-3Q
Brooks 28 pass from Chandler (Biasucci kick)
IND
2:43-3Q
Daniels 41 interception return (Biasucci kick)
TB
14:08-4Q
Smith 5 run (Igwebuike kick)
TB
8:02-4Q
Hill 16 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
TB
3:19-4Q
Tate 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
GAME REPORTS
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How Michelle Kaufman of the St.Petersburg Times saw the game
Vinny passed for the second-highest yardage total in Buc history as Tampa Bay came back with three fourth
quarter touchdowns, but they could get no closer than the Colt 43-yard line on their last desperate drive and the
comeback came up four points short. Ron Hall had a career-high receiving day, but two earlier interceptions
and a dominant Indianapolis team in the first half proved to be too much for the Bucs to overcome.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: W.Howard 7-21, D.Smith 3-15, Goode 3-3, Tate 1-1,
Testaverde 1-(-1).
COLTS: Dickerson 27-80, Chandler 8-23.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 42-25-469-2-2.
COLTS: Chandler 32-19-246-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hill 7-162, Hall 7-121, Carrier 4-61, D.Smith 3-49, Pillow 2-
55, Howard 1-16, Goode 1-5.
COLTS: Brooks 7-139, Boyer 6-49, Beach 3-17, Verdin 1-18,
Bentley 1-12, Bouza 1-6, Dickerson 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Marve 1-29, Reynolds 1-0.
COLTS: Daniel 1-41, Prior 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: J.Smith 3-54, Howard 1-9.
COLTS: Bentley 4-80, Wright 1-22, Prior 1-0.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 2-23.
COLTS: Verdin 1-1.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
COLTS: Bickett 1.5-12, Johnson 1-10, Klecko 0.5-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
70 Swayne
LG
68 Mallory
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
90 Holmes
RG
50 Turk
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
53 Coleman
WR
84 Hill
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
43 Howard
RCB
36 Futrell
RB
27 Goode
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris, 22 R Jones, 33 McAdoo,
34 Tate, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 47 D Smith, 51 Washington, 52 V
Jones, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 69 Bruhin, 71 Cooper, 73
McHale, 79 Davis, 80 Pillow, 81 Starring, 86 Magee, 94 Goff,
97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson
INACTIVE
32 Wilder, 95 Jarvis
COMMENTARY CREW
Jim Nantz and Pat Haden
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Bruce Hill had the biggest game of his NFL career including this touchdown catch
Eugene Marve intercepted Chris Chandler and had a nice return
Don Smith scored his first touchdown of the season as the Bucs mounted their comeback attempt