Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Atlanta Falcons 17 Sunday 2 December 1990 at Tampa Stadium

SCORING ATL 0:09-1Q Johnson 3 run (Davis kick) TB 5:44-2Q Drewrey 89 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick) TB 0:25-2Q Christie FG39 TB 0:00-2Q Christie FG44 ATL 13:09-4Q Rozier 9 run (Davis kick) TB 10:03-4Q Christie FG21 ATL 4:30-4Q Davis FG46 TB 0:39-4Q Carrier 35 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play

Ray Perkins' final game as head coach was a winning one as the Bucs opened up their offense to beat the Falcons. Vinny threw a team-record 89-yarder to Willie Drewrey for one score, but it was with only 39 seconds left, and after a 10-play, 74-yard drive, that Vinny hit Mark Carrier with the game winner from 35 yards out.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: G Anderson 5-20, Testaverde 4-16, Cobb 2-6. FALCONS: Rozier 23-115, Jones 6-41, Johnson 9-33, C.Miller 2- 26, Settle 3-7. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 33-17-351-1-2. FALCONS: C.Miller 13-4-66-3-0, Campbell 9-7-93-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hill 4-43, Cobb 4-34, Hall 3-51, Drewrey 2-119, J Anderson 1-52, Carrier 1-35, G Anderson 1-11, Pillow 1-6. FALCONS: Collins 3-56, Rison 3-32, Wilkins 1-22, Thomas 1-22, Haynes 1-12, Milling 1-8, Dixon 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Reynolds 1-24, Haddix 1-20, Rice 1-4. FALCONS: Jordan 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 2-33, Harvey 2-33. FALCONS: Sanders 2-67. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 2-26. FALCONS: Sanders 1-12. SACKS BUCS: Murphy 1-7. FALCONS: Green 2-15, Epps 1-5.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 73 McHale DT 91 White C 60 Grimes DE 93 Roland RG 62 Beckles LOLB 51 Thomas RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 82 Hall RILB 58 Moss WR 84 Hill ROLB 52 McCants WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 33 Cobb RCB 45 Haddix RB 40 Anderson SS 30 Robinson QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 7 Carlson, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 31 Rice, 32 Perkins, 42 Everett, 53 Coleman, 54 Randle, 56 Anno, 59 Murphy, 61 Mayberry, 66 Wyatt, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 80 Pillow, 86 E Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 89 J Anderson, 96 Newton DID NOT PLAY 17 Chandler, 81 Ford INACTIVE 69 Bruhin, 78 Cannon

COMMENTARY CREW Jim Henderson and Hank Stram

GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Willie Drewrey entered the Buccaneer record books with the longest TD pass in team history Rodney Rice had his only interception of the season late in the first half Mark Carrier finally won the game for the Bucs inside the final minute