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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday 27 November 1988 at Fulton County Stadium
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| | ATL | 6:47-1Q | Davis FG40 |
| ATL | 0:46-2Q | Settle 8 run (Davis kick) |
| TB | 9:14-3Q | Carney FG24 |
| TB | 1:03-3Q | Tate 1 run (Carney kick) |
| ATL | 11:20-4Q | Haynes 37 pass from Miller (Davis kick) |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Testaverde 5-58, Tate 12-39, Howard 9-30.
FALCONS: Riggs 18-92, Settle 12-83, Miller 5-7, Lang 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 29-12-190-3-0.
FALCONS: Miller 24-14-121-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 4-54, Hall 3-66, Hill 2-26, D.Smith 1-25, Howard 1-15, Tate 1-4.
FALCONS: Dixon 3-22, Settle 3-22, Riggs 3-16, Haynes 2-44, Milling 1-9, Whisenhunt 1-5, Wilkins 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Hamilton 1-58
FALCONS: Case 2-13, Bruce 1-10.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 2-33, D.Smith 1-17.
FALCONS: Gordon 2-28, Cooper 1-22.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 1-0.
FALCONS: Barnes 2-7.
SACKS
BUCS: Davis 1-13.
FALCONS: Rade 1-4.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| How Michelle Kaufman of the St.Petersburg Times saw the game |
It was wet and muddy in Atlanta but when your quarterback leads your team in rushing, you know you've got a problem with your ground game.
The Falcons had no such problems and pounded out 181 yards on the ground, taking the victory early in the fourth quarter when Chris Miller hit Michael Haynes from 37 yards out.
New Buc kicker, John Carney, replacing the injured Donald Igwebuike, managed to have fieldgoals blocked on consecutive plays to add to the frustration.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 74 Gruber
| LDE | 79 Davis |
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| LG | 68 Mallory
| NT | 95 Jarvis |
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| C | 60 Grimes
| RDE | 94 Goff |
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| RG | 69 Bruhin
| LOLB | 59 Murphy |
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| RT | 72 Taylor
| LILB | 99 Marve |
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| WR | 84 Hill
| RILB | 53 Coleman |
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| WR | 88 Carrier
| ROLB | 58 Moss |
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| TE | 86 Magee
| LCB | 29 Reynolds |
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| FB | 43 Howard
| SS | 30 Robinson |
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| RB | 34 Tate
| FS | 39 Hamilton |
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| QB | 14 Testaverde
| RCB | 36 Futrell |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
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4 Carney, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris. 21 Wright, 27 Goode, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 47 D Smith, 50 Turk, 51 Washington, 54 Randle, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 75 Kellin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 82 Hall. 83 Clinkscales, 97 Lee
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 12 Ferguson
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INACTIVE |
| 22 R Jones, 52 V Jones
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