Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 24
Sunday 12 November 1989 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
MIN
8:40-1Q
Karlis FG41
MIN
4:33-1Q
Rutland 27 fumble return (Karlis kick)
MIN
2:24-1Q
Jordan 3 pass from Wilson (Karlis kick)
TB
11:06-2Q
Igwebuike FG22
TB
13:26-4Q
Wilder 5 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
MIN
5:40-4Q
Walker 1 run (Karlis kick)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Click here for Michelle Kaufman's comments
Click here for how the Bucs got mauled by the Viking defense
The Bucs managed to allow seven sacks of Vinny Testaverde but still fought back from an early deficit to
within a score in the fourth quarter. Then a 76-yard, 13-play drive resulted in Herschel Walker's clinching
score with 5:40 remaining in the game. James Wilder started his 100th game in this one, the fifth Buc to reach
that milestone.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Wilder 8-30, Tate 13-27, Testaverde 2-20, Stamps 2-8,
Howard 1-3, Ferguson 1-2.
VIKINGS: Fenney 13-55, Wilson 8-55, Walker 18-48.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 28-18-165-0-1, Ferguson 2-0-0-1-0.
VIKINGS: Wilson 21-13-146-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hill 4-55, Wilder 4-42, Stamps 4-23, Carrier 2-31, Drewrey
2-10, Hall 1-2, Tate 1-2.
VIKINGS: Jordan 4-25, Carter 2-49, Gustafson 2-22, Dozier 1-16,
Jones 1-13, Walker 1-8, Fenney 1-7, Lewis 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Brim 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 1-14, Stamps 1-0.
VIKINGS: Dozier 3-69.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 2-27.
VIKINGS: Lewis 4-28.
SACKS
BUCS: Moss 1-1.
VIKINGS: Doleman 3-33, Millard 2-12, Noga 2-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
73 McHale
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
77 Weston
RG
75 Bax
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
84 Hill
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
32 Wilder
RCB
22 Jones
RB
34 Tate
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 12 Ferguson, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25
Cocroft, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas,
56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 71 Cooper, 78 Cannon, 80
Pillow, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 92 Smith, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
65 Graham
INACTIVE
83 Peebles, 94 Goff
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Ryan and Randy Cross
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Sylvester Stamps produced a big special teams play when he recovered a fumbled punt
This led to Donald Igwebuike’s short fieldgoal to put the Bucs on the board
James Wilder’s touchdown reception gave Tampa Bay some fourth quarter hope