Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Detroit Lions 10
Sunday 18 December 1988 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
6:00-1Q
Hill 31 pass from Testaverde (Carney kick)
TB
11:46-2Q
Carrier 31 pass from Testaverde (Carney kick)
DET
10:26-3Q
Murray FG27
DET
3:06-3Q
Chadwick 19 pass from Hilger (Murray kick)
TB
10:12-4Q
Carrier 27 pass from Testaverde (Carney kick)
The Bucs finished with their third win in six games in a meaningless game to end the 1988 season, marked by
Vinny setting an NFL record by throwing 35 interceptions in a single year. Three more came in this game although
he did balance his books a little with three scoring passes to his own guys. "I'm really proud of my team" Ray
Perkins said afterwards. "I'm proud of the progress we've made this season and not just because we won today."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Tate 19-53, J.Smith 10-39, Goode 4-9, Hill 1-3, Testaverde
1-(-1).
LIONS: James 7-26, Paige 5-16, Jones 5-14, Hilger 3-2, Mandley
1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 23-12-189-3-3.
LIONS: Hilger 39-16-211-3-1, Jones 1-0-0-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 3-71, Hill 3-53, J.Smith 3-17, Hall 2-37, D.Smith 1-
11.
LIONS: Chadwick 5-70, Mandley 4-69, James 3-19, Jones 2-22,
Bland 1-17, Carter 1-14.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Hamilton 1-1, Elder 1-0, Robinson 1-0.
LIONS: Blades 1-5, Griffin 1-0, Mitchell 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: D.Smith 1-19, Elder 1-13, J.Smith 1-13.
LIONS: Starring 3-48, Painter 1-25.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 3-31.
LIONS: Mandley 5-30.
SACKS
BUCS: Lee 2-15, Cannon 1-5.
LIONS: Jamison 2-21, Blades 1-19, Ball 1-10.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
68 Mallory
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
RG
50 Turk
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
35 Smith
RCB
36 Futrell
RB
27 Goode
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
4 Carney, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris. 22 R Jones, 25 B Howard, 34
Tate, 40 Elder, 47 D Smith, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 53
Coleman, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 69 Bruhin, 71
Cooper, 73 McHale, 75 Kellin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 85 Parks,
97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson
INACTIVE
43 W Howard, 89 Richardson
COMMENTARY CREW
Ken Stabler
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Bruce Hill’s 31-yard touchdown helped him reach the 1,000-yard receiving mark on the season
Mark Carrier scored from the same distance later in the first half
And Carrier’s second touchdown of the game made the result secure for Ray Perkins’ squad