Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Phoenix Cardinals 3 Sunday 27 December 1992 at Sun Devil Stadium

SCORING PHO 4:55-1Q Davis FG21 TB 2:36-1Q Carrier 23 pass from Testaverde (Murray kick)

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Sun Devil Stadium was a loose gravelly mess and both kickers missed three fieldgoals on the dodgy surface conditions. The game's only TD came on a Vinny pass to Mark Carrier, whilst the Buc defense weighed in with five interceptions including one by Milton Mack on the final play of the game.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 11-11, Testaverde 4-9, McDowell 2-7, Anderson 2-3. CARDINALS: Johnson 20-91, Centers 2-18, Proehl 1-10, Chandler 2-1. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 41-24-228-1-1. CARDINALS: Chandler 43-23-234-3-0, Proehl 1-0-0-1-0, Rosenbach 1-0-0-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 7-88, Dawsey 7-71, McDowell 3-42, Anderson 3- 12, Cobb 2-(-3), Hawkins 1-13, Armstrong 1-5. CARDINALS: Centers 7-87, Hill 6-56, Proehl 6-47, Johnson 3-22, Jones 1-22. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: King 2-24, Mack 2-0, Lewis 1-0. CARDINALS: Williams 1-2. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Wilson 1-23. CARDINALS: Blount 1-34. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Anderson 2-11. CARDINALS: Blount 3=31. SACKS BUCS: McCants 1-1. CARDINALS: Davis 1-9, Rucker 1-7, Bankston 1-2.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 71 Dotson LG 66 Reimers DT 95 Duckens C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 62 Beckles DE 52 McCants RT 70 McRae LLB 54 Williams WR 85 Hawkins MLB 55 Brownlow WR 88 Carrier RLB 51 Thomas WR 80 Dawsey LCB 29 Reynolds WR 87 Thomas RCB 21 Mack RB 40 Anderson SS 23 Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 41 King PLAYED 3 Murray, 4 Stryzinski, 22 Lewis, 24 Jones, 27 Fullington, 31 Pollard, 33 Royster, 34 Cobb, 37 McDowell, 44 Anderson, 53 Brady, 59 Alexander, 64 Ryan, 67 Sullivan, 73 McHale, 78 Mayfield, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 86 Armstrong, 91 Hall DID NOT PLAY 7 Erickson, 8 Pawlawski, 76 Dill INACTIVE 17 DeBerg, 89 Harrison

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