Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Phoenix Cardinals 7 Sunday 6 September 1992 at Tampa Stadium

SCORING TB 3:11-1Q Willis FG40 PHO 4:11-2Q Thompson 3 run (Davis kick) TB 0:50-2Q Cobb 1 run (Willis kick) TB 7:08-3Q Willis FG45 TB 1:56-3Q Hall 1 pass from Testaverde (Willis kick) TB 2:05-4Q Willis FG23

GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Click here for Rick Stroud's review of the game Click here for Hubert Mizell's morning-after column The new offensive line platoon system worked well Chris Chandler does not have a happy return to Tampa Bay

The Bucs did not turn the ball over once, while the defense forced three takeaways, including an interception by LB Jimmy Williams on the first pass attempt by QB Tony Sacca, setting up the final fieldgoal.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 18-70, Anderson 8-41, Highsmith 5-15, Testaverde 2-2. CARDINALS: Bailey 6-35, Rosenbach 2-12, Chandler 1-10, Thompson 8-8, Brown 4-0, Centers 1-(-4). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 25-14-167-0-1. CARDINALS: Rosenbach 22-12-77-1-0, Chandler 9-6-31-0-0, Sacca 9-4-29-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Dawsey 6-76, G.Anderson 2-31, Hall 2-16, Highsmith 2-14, Drewrey 1-21, Hawkins 1-9. CARDINALS: Hill 7-58, Proehl 4-37, Centers 3-15, Bailey 3-5, Jones 2-14, Reeves 2-7, Rolle 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Fullington 1-5, Williams 1-1. CARDINALS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 1-26. CARDINALS: Bailey 4-151, Edwards 1-24. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. CARDINALS: Bailey 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Dotson 2-17. CARDINALS: Jones 1-16, Faulkner 0.5-5.5, McDonald 0.5-5.5.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 98 Seals LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 73 McHale DE 52 McCants RT 70 McRae LLB 54 Williams TE 82 Hall MLB 58 Tiggle WR 80 Dawsey RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 32 Highsmith RCB 21 Mack RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 25 Covington PLAYED 1 Willis, 4 Stryzinski, 5 Hawkins, 22 Lewis, 27 Fullington, 28 Jennings, 31 Pollard, 40 Anderson, 47 Browner ,53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 56 Burnette, 57 Chamblee, 59 Alexander, 60 Grimes, 64 Ryan, 67 Sullivan, 72 Taylor, 79 Davis, 86 Armstrong, 87 Drewrey, 89 Anderson DID NOT PLAY 17 DeBerg INACTIVE 7 Erickson, 91 Hall

COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and George Starke