Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 St Louis Cardinals 31Sunday 8 November 1987 at Busch StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREW Jack Buck and Will McDonough
One of the biggest comebacks in NFL history - the Bucs led 28-3 in the fourth quarter. And to make it worse, Donald Igwebuike's 53-yard fieldgoal as time expired, bounced back off the crossbar. This game also led to one of the famous Tampa sports headlines, “When a Buc is only worth three quarters”.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Wilder 11-49, Smith 19-48, DeBerg 1-(-1), Howard 1-(-3), Hill 1-(-10).CARDINALS: Mitchell 17-79, Ferrell 9-33, Lomax 4-23, Wolfley 1-2.PASSINGBUCS: DeBerg 37-23-303-0-3.CARDINALS: Lomax 36-25-314-1-3.RECEIVINGBUCS: Wilder 6-87, Carter 6-82, Hill 4-56, Smith 3-43, Howard 2-19, Magee 1-11, Carrier 1-5.CARDINALS: Awalt 9-124, Smith 8-96, Mitchell 4-58, Holmes 4-36.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Jones 1-9.CARDINALS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 3-54, Miller 1-22.CARDINALS: Sikahema 3-70, McAdoo 2-51.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 1-5.CARDINALS:Sikahema 2-12.SACKSBUCS: Washington 2-16, Holmes 1-11, Moss 1-9.CARDINALS: Greer 1-9.
VIDEO CLIPSMark Carrier’s touchdown opened the scoringWhen Jeff Smith extended the lead, it seemed all overDonald Igwebuike’s 53-yard FG attempt hit the crossbar as time expired