Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 New Orleans Saints 35 Sunday 11 November 1990 at The Superdome CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan and Irv Cross
Chris Chandler opened the scoring on a spectacular cart- wheeling TD run after an 80-yard 15-play drive to start the game. From then on, the Bucs gained just another 119 yards and watched the Saints score five unanswered touchdowns. Chandler went out with a concussion and Vinny threw two interceptions and suffered six sacks. Paul Gruber was even called for a holding penalty, his first in 2,155 plays and 35 games.
GAME SCORING TB 4:44-1Q Chandler 12 run (Christie kick) NO 5:30-2Q Perriman 26 pass from Walsh (Andersen kick) NO 1:51-2Q Heyward 47 run (Andersen kick) NO 3:05-3Q Mayes 4 run (Andersen kick) NO 2:07-3Q Heyward 2 run (Andersen kick) NO 9:22-4Q Mayes 1 run (Andersen kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 75 Bax DT 96 Newton C 60 Grimes DE 71 Skow RG 62 Beckles LOLB 51 Thomas RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 82 Hall RILB 58 Moss WR 84 Hill ROLB 59 Murphy WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 33 Cobb RCB 45 Haddix RB 40 Anderson SS 30 Robinson QB 17 Chandler FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 14 Testaverde, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 31 Rice, 32 Perkins, 42 Everett, 52 McCants, 53 Coleman, 54 Randle, 56 Anno, 61 Mayberry, 66 Wyatt, 69 Bruhin, 70 Swayne, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 86 E Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 89 J Anderson, 91 White INACTIVE 7 Carlson, 81 Ford
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: G Anderson 13-38, Cobb 8-26, Chandler 2-20, Testaverde 2-3, Perkins 2-2. SAINTS: Heyward 20-155, Mayes 15-56, Fenerty 1-2, Walsh 3-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Chandler 7-5-44-0-0, Testaverde 19-11-110-2-0. SAINTS: Walsh 13-7-84-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 5-67, Harvey 3-23, Pillow 2-24, G Anderson 2-15, Hall 2-11, Perkins 1-10, Hill 1-4. SAINTS: Perriman 3-50, Martin 2-22, Mayes 1-8, Fenerty 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Hamilton 1-9. SAINTS: Cook 1-50, Thompson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 1-21, Peebles 1-10. SAINTS: Atkins 2-62. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Morse 4-49. SACKS BUCS: none. SAINTS: Swilling 4-26, Wilks 2-18.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Chris Chandler’s touchdown run made highlight reels everywhere The defense did force a fumble in the second quarter Harry Hamilton’s fourth quarter interception came late on