Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Los Angeles Rams 35 Sunday 29 November 1987 at Anaheim Stadium
SCORING LA 9:56-1Q Ellard 19 pass from Everett (Lansford kick) LA 11:34-2Q White 2 run (Lansford kick) LA 7:52-2Q White 7 run (Lansford kick) TB 12:58-3Q Igwebuike FG33 LA 7:13-3Q Guman 1 run (Lansford kick) LA 14:17-4Q Brown 39 pass from Everett (Lansford kick)
An easy win for the Rams, marked by them gaining more yards on the ground (213) than the Bucs did in total offense (201). Los Angeles moved the ball at will at times and had a 21-0 lead at half-time on the back of accurate passing from Jim Everett, and Charles White's rushing that led the NFL at that point in the season. Vinny played the final two series in preparation for his first NFL start the following week in New Orleans.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Smith 3-47, Wilder 9-32, DeBerg 1-0, Testaverde 1-0. RAMS: White 29-137, Guman 10-23, Francis 7-22, Tyrell 3-20, Brown 1-11. PASSING BUCS: DeBerg 28-13-124-1-0, Testaverde 6-4-33-1-0. RAMS: Everett 19-14-208-0-2, Dils 2-2-29-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Magee 5-72, Wilder 3-17, Freeman 2-21, Carter 2-18, Smith 2-7, Hall 1-20, Carrier 1-6, Howard 1-(-4). RAMS: Ellard 5-82, Brown 4-91, Guman 2-15, White 2-6, Hill 1-24, Tyrell 1-14, Francis 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. RAMS: Owens 1-26, Sutton 1-4. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 3-66, Howard 1-5. RAMS: McDonald 1-15, Guman 1-12. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 2-6. RAMS: Hicks 6-59. SACKS BUCS: Jarvis 2-19, Washington 1-6. RAMS: Greene 1.5-14, Wilcher 1-11, Jeter 1-6, Stokes 0.5-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 73 Heller LDE 78 Cannon LG 50 Turk NT 94 Stensrud C 60 Grimes RDE 95 Jarvis RG 68 Mallory LOLB 56 Walker RT 74 Powell LILB 58 Davis TE 86 Magee RILB 54 Randle WR 87 Carter ROLB 51 Washington WR 81 Freeman LCB 29 Reynolds TE 82 Hall RCB 22 Jones RB 32 Wilder SS 33 Kemp QB 17 DeBerg FS 28 Isom PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 14 Testaverde, 23 Anderson, 24 Tripoli, 25 Howard, 35 Smith, 36 Futrell, 42 Bartalo, 52 Brantley, 57 Moss, 59 Murphy, 66 Yarno, 77 Maarleveld, 79 Goode, 84 Hill, 85 G.Taylor, 89 Carrier, 91 Gant, 93 Sileo, 99 McHale DID NOT PLAY 11 Shula, 71 Cooper INACTIVES 31 Gordon, 37 Hunter, 70 Swayne, 83 Miller, 90 Holmes
COMMENTARY CREW Jim Lampley and Kenny Stabler
GAME HIGHLIGHTS        Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Curt Jarvis made a nice move to record his first NFL sack Jeff Smith’s long run opened the second half on a positive note There were so few Buc high points that even Iggy’s fieldgoal had network interference