Tampa Bay Buccaneers 22 Pittsburgh Steelers 31
Sunday 24 December 1989 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
PIT
12:11-1Q
Worley 1 run (Anderson kick)
TB
6:45-1Q
Carrier 7 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)
PIT
13:54-2Q
Lipps 79 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
TB
6:33-2Q
Igwebuike FG45
PIT
1:01-2Q
Lipps 12 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
PIT
0:00-2Q
Anderson FG32
TB
4:56-3Q
Igwebuike FG24
PIT
0:05-3Q
Worley 2 run (Anderson kick)
TB
3:52-4Q
Safety – Cocroft blocked punt through the endzone
TB
3:02-4Q
Carrier 39 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)
GAME REPORTS
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This was the coldest home game in Buc history with the game temperature at just 39 degrees leading to a
crowd of less than 30,000 showing up. Mark Carrier had his fourth straigth 100-yard game, one again missed
by Vinny due to his ankle injury.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Tate 11-38, Stamps 2-18, Howard 5-15, Wilder 7-13.
STEELERS: Hoge 18-90, Worley 18-51, Brister 1-6.
PASSING
BUCS: Ferguson 41-21-244-1-2.
STEELERS: Brister 15-7-178-2-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 6-101, Stamps 3-34, Hall 3-33, Drewrey 2-24, Tate
2-20, Wilder 2-4, Harris 1-17, Howard 1-7, Peebles 1-4.
STEELERS: Lipps 4-137, Mularkey 1-27, Hill 1-13, Worley 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Reynolds 1-4, Futrell 1-1.
STEELERS: Woodson 1-39.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stamps 2-39, Elder 2-38, Drewrey 1-26.
STEELERS: Woodson 2-86.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-9.
STEELERS: Woodson 3-12.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
STEELERS: Lloyd 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
78 Cannon
LG
75 Bax
DT
97 Lee
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
RG
69 Bruhin
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
89 Carrier
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
84 Hill
LCB
36 Futrell
FB
43 Howard
RCB
22 Jones
RB
34 Tate
SS
30 Robinson
QB
12 Ferguson
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 11 Bell, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft,
29 Reynolds, 32 Wilder, 40 Elder, 41 Mitchell, 51 Thomas, 56
Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 73 McHale, 77 Weston, 79
Davis, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey
DID NOT PLAY
65 Graham
INACTIVE
3 Carney, 71 Cooper
COMMENTARY CREW
Joel Meyers and Paul Maguire
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Bobby Futrell had an interception in this game
Mark Carrier had a late touchdown reception
There was also a safety on a punt block that the commentary highlights mistakenly called a touchdown