Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Green Bay Packers 21
Sunday 10 September 1989 at Lambeau Field
SCORING
GB
8:50-1Q
Fullwood 3 run (Jacke kick)
TB
14:51-2Q
Tate 2 run (Igwebuike kick)
TB
8:16-2Q
Tate 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
TB
0:25-2Q
Howard 9 pass from Testaverde (kick failed)
GB
9:02-3Q
West 11 pass from Majkowski (Jacke kick)
TB
1:40-3Q
Igwebuike FG52
GB
12:16-4Q
Bland recovery of fumble in the endzone (Jacke kick)
GAME REPORTS
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Click here for Michelle Kaufman's game report
Click here for John Romano's view on the defense
Click here for Hubert Mizell's morning-after column
Vinny won NFC Offensive Player of the Week honours with an almost faultless performance in this season-
opening win in Lambeau Field. Mark Robinson's second pick of the game ended a Packer drive at the Tampa
16-yard line with 5:32 to play, and the Bucs managed to run out the rest of the clock with four consecutive first
downs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Howard 17-67, Tate 14-38, Stamps 3-15, Testaverde 2-14,
Wilder 4-8.
PACKERS: Fullwood 8-54, Haddix 4-21, Woodside 2-12,
Majkowski 1-7, Fontenot 1-5, Kemp 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 27-22-205-0-1.
PACKERS: Majkowski 27-17-220-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Howard 7-59, Carrier 6-73, Harris 3-24, Hall 2-15, Tate 2-
15, Wilder 1-13, Hill 1-6.
PACKERS: Woodside 6-49, Sharpe 3-25, Query 2-65, West 2-37,
Kemp 2-12, Haddix 1-23, Fontenot 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Robinson 2-22, Hamilton 1-24.
PACKERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 2-39, Stamps 1-16.
PACKERS: Fullwood 4-97.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
PACKERS: Sutton 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Seals 1-2, Davis 1-0.
PACKERS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
62 Simmonds
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
78 Cannon
RG
69 Bruhin
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
84 Hill
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
43 Howard
RCB
22 Jones
RB
34 Tate
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 32 Wilder, 36
Futrell, 38 Lawson, 40 Elder, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 53
Coleman, 55 Rolling, 56 Anno, 70 Swayne, 73 McHale, 83
Peebles, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee, 98 Seals
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 65 Graham, 75 Bax
INACTIVE
85 Walker, 94 Goff
COMMENTARY CREW
Jim Nantz and Pat Haden
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Lars Tate scored the first Buccaneer touchdown of the season on a short yardage run
Mark Robinson had a pair of interceptions for the defense
William Howard took a short pass out of the backfield for Tampa’s first aerial score of the year