Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 St Louis Cardinals 31Sunday 20 December 1987 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Dan Jiggetts
31 unanswered points were bookended by a couple of Vinny Testaverde TD passes as the Cardinals completed a two-game sweep of the Bucs in 1987. Vinny's scoring pass to Ron Hall was upheld by instant replay, the first such event in team history. Gerald Carter had the last of his 100-yard games in his eighth and final season with the Bucs in this one.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Wilder 10-80, Smith 14-40, Testaverde 2-19, Howard 3-15, Hunter 1-5, Hill 1-4.CARDINALS: Mitchell 23-101, Wolfley 5-17, Lomax 1-9, Green 1-8, McAdoo 3-1, Stoudt 1-(-2).PASSINGBUCS: Testaverde 38-16-240-2-2.CARDINALS: Lomax 29-22-233-1-3, Stoudt 1-0-0-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Carter 5-116, Hill 4-74, Smith 3-25, Hall 2-10, Magee 1-8, Howard 1-7.CARDINALS: Mitchell 6-41, Green 5-86, Smith 5-54, Awalt 3-15, Johnson 2-22, Novacek 1-15.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Futrell 1-23.CARDINALS: Junior 1-25, Mack 1-0.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 2-29, Smith 1-20.CARDINALS: Sikahema 1-20, McAdoo 1-17.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 3-29.CARDINALS: Sikahema 4-54.SACKSBUCS: Holmes 3-26.CARDINALS: Nunn 3-13, Junior 1-8, Clasby 1-6, Bell 1-6.
VIDEO CLIPSBobby Futrell had a nice inteception and returnRon Hall scored the first-ever Buc touchdown that went to instant replayGerald Carter’s touchdown was long after the result had been decided