Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Green Bay Packers 21 Sunday 10 September 1989 at Lambeau Field

SCORING GB 8:50-1Q Fullwood 3 run (Jacke kick) TB 14:51-2Q Tate 2 run (Igwebuike kick) TB 8:16-2Q Tate 1 run (Igwebuike kick) TB 0:25-2Q Howard 9 pass from Testaverde (kick failed) GB 9:02-3Q West 11 pass from Majkowski (Jacke kick) TB 1:40-3Q Igwebuike FG52 GB 12:16-4Q Bland recovery of fumble in the endzone (Jacke kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Click here for Michelle Kaufman's game report Click here for John Romano's view on the defense Click here for Hubert Mizell's morning-after column

Vinny won NFC Offensive Player of the Week honours with an almost faultless performance in this season- opening win in Lambeau Field. Mark Robinson's second pick of the game ended a Packer drive at the Tampa 16-yard line with 5:32 to play, and the Bucs managed to run out the rest of the clock with four consecutive first downs.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Howard 17-67, Tate 14-38, Stamps 3-15, Testaverde 2-14, Wilder 4-8. PACKERS: Fullwood 8-54, Haddix 4-21, Woodside 2-12, Majkowski 1-7, Fontenot 1-5, Kemp 1-4. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 27-22-205-0-1. PACKERS: Majkowski 27-17-220-3-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Howard 7-59, Carrier 6-73, Harris 3-24, Hall 2-15, Tate 2- 15, Wilder 1-13, Hill 1-6. PACKERS: Woodside 6-49, Sharpe 3-25, Query 2-65, West 2-37, Kemp 2-12, Haddix 1-23, Fontenot 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Robinson 2-22, Hamilton 1-24. PACKERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Elder 2-39, Stamps 1-16. PACKERS: Fullwood 4-97. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Sutton 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Seals 1-2, Davis 1-0. PACKERS: none.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 62 Simmonds DT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes DE 78 Cannon RG 69 Bruhin 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 43 Howard RCB 22 Jones RB 34 Tate SS 30 Robinson QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 32 Wilder, 36 Futrell, 38 Lawson, 40 Elder, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 53 Coleman, 55 Rolling, 56 Anno, 70 Swayne, 73 McHale, 83 Peebles, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham, 75 Bax INACTIVE 85 Walker, 94 Goff

COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Pat Haden

GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Lars Tate scored the first Buccaneer touchdown of the season on a short yardage run Mark Robinson had a pair of interceptions for the defense William Howard took a short pass out of the backfield for Tampa’s first aerial score of the year