Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Buffalo Bills 5 Sunday 4 December 1988 at Tampa Stadium TB 8:37-2Q Carney FG29 TB 1:41-2Q Testaverde 4 run (Carney kick) BUF 11:00-3Q Safety - Testaverde sacked by Smith in the endzone BUF 12:33-4Q Norwood FG30 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Howard 16-50, J.Smith 1-23, D.Smith 1-15, Goode 9-15, Testaverde 5-8, Tate 3-(-1). BILLS: Mueller 3-16, Riddick 8-16, Harmon 1-6, Thomas 7-1. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 29-12-156-0-0. BILLS: Kelly 40-23-249-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hall 3-32, D.Smith 3-17, Carrier 2-42, Howard 2-26, Parks 1-22, J.Smith 1-17. BILLS: Riddick 6-53, T.Johnson 4-63, Burkett 4-62, Metzelaars 4-35, Reed 2-12, Thomas 1-11, F.Johnson 1-8, Harmon 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Robinson 1-28, Reynolds 1-0. BILLS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: J.Smith 1-26, Elder 1-13. BILLS: F.Johnson 2-22, Harmon 1-8, Byrum 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 4-45. BILLS: F.Johnson 2-14. SACKS BUCS: Davis 1-9, Goff 1-6. BILLS: Still 1-8, Smith 1-5. GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play Click here for Hubert Mizell's morning-after column How Michelle Kaufman of the St.Petersburg Times saw the game Click here for the view from the losing locker room How John Carney so nearly lost it all for the Buccaneers The Bills were on their way to the AFC Championship game and this was seen as a turning point for the Bucs under Ray Perkins. A huge third-quarter goal-line stand preserved the win and in spite of a blocked John Carney fieldgoal in the final period, Mark Robinson's interception at the Buc 14-yard line inside the final minute made it safe. OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber LDE 79 Davis LG 68 Mallory NT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes RDE 94 Goff RG 50 Turk LOLB 59 Murphy RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve WR 47 D Smith RILB 54 Randle WR 88 Carrier ROLB 51 Washington TE 82 Hall LCB 29 Reynolds TE 85 Parks SS 30 Robinson RB 43 Howard FS 39 Hamilton QB 14 Testaverde RCB 36 Futrell SUBSTITUTIONS 4 Carney, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris. 22 R Jones, 27 Goode, 34 Tate, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 52 V Jones, 53 Coleman, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 58 Moss, 64 Thomas, 69 Bruhin, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 75 Kellin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 89 Richardson, 97 Lee DID NOT PLAY 12 Ferguson INACTIVE 21 Wright, 84 Hill