Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Phoenix Cardinals 30 Sunday 18 September 1988 at Tampa StadiumCBS COMMENTARY CREW unknown
Down 20-3 at half-time, the Bucs looked dead and buried again at home. But they came back and were only beaten on a blown defensive assignment that left TE Jay Novacek wide open for the game winner with just over three minutes to play. Lars Tate's go-ahead TD run was a good one as he was hit at the line of scrimmage, landed back on his feet and then raced through a second gap for the score from 47-yards out.
GAME SCORINGPHO10:45-1Q Del Greco FG47PHO1:52-1Q Mitchell 6 run (Del Greco kick)PHO0:00-1Q Del Greco FG37TB9:05-2Q Igwebuike FG34PHO0:48-2Q Ferrell 1 run (Del Greco kick)TB12:15-3Q Hill 23 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)PHO0:43-3Q Del Greco FG23TB13:42-4Q Wilder 5 run (Igwebuike kick)TB10:55-4Q Tate 47 run (Igwebuike kick)PHO3:14-4Q Novacek 42 pass from Stoudt (Del Greco kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Tate 4-54, Wilder 14-52, Howard 1-8, Testaverde 2-0.CARDINALS: Mitchell 18-110, Ferrell 10-38, Green 1-18, Jordan 5-14, Lomax 1-3, Stoudt 3-(-2).PASSINGBUCS: Testaverde 28-16-211-2-1.CARDINALS: Lomax 13-10-148-0-0, Stoudt 19-9-149-0-1.RECEIVINGBUCS: Wilder 5-55, Hill 4-80, Hall 3-37, Carrier 3-34, J.Smith 1-5.CARDINALS: Smith 6-103, Novacek 5-102, Awalt 3-24, Mitchell 2-19, Jones 1-25, Green 1-21, Ferrell 1-3.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.CARDINALS: Young 1-2, Carter 1-0.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Elder 3-87, McAdoo 3-77, J.Smith 1-18.CARDINALS: Mitchell 3-68.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Futrell 1-0.CARDINALS: Sikahema 1-11.SACKSBUCS: Holmes 1-3.CARDINALS: Clasby 1-11, Bell 1-6, Nunn 1-6, Harvey 1-4.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clipBruce Hill had another touchdown reception from Vinny TestaverdeAnd then came the legendary touchdown when Lars Tate jumped the line and was not tackled so he scored