Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New Orleans Saints 10
Sunday 24 September 1989 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
NO
6:35-1Q
Hilliard 1 run (Andersen kick)
TB
13:52-2Q
Hall 11 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
TB
2:53-2Q
Igwebuike FG34
NO
0:08-2Q
Andersen FG33
TB
7:43-3Q
Tate 5 run (Igwebuike kick)
TB
12:31-4Q
Igwebuike FG37
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs went to 2-1 on the season thanks to completing 9 of 12 third down plays and Mark Carrier's third
100-yard game of his career. The key score came from Lars Tate after Mark Robinson had picked off John
Fourcade and returned it to the New Orleans' 45-yard line.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Howard 12-52, Tate 12-52, Smith 1-17, Testaverde 4-(-3).
SAINTS: Hilliard 20-80, Hebert 2-18, Fourcade 2-9, Frazier 2-6,
Heyward 1-1, Jordan 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 26-15-227-1-1.
SAINTS: Hebert 23-15-169-1-0, Fourcade 12-5-72-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 5-120, Hall 4-43, Howard 3-18, Hill 2-24, Peebles
1-22.
SAINTS: Martin 7-96, Hilliard 5-42, Hill 2-32, Perriman 2-26,
Turner 2-14, Brenner1-17, Jordan 1-14.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Robinson 1-16, Hamilton 1-0.
SAINTS: Massey 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 1-19, Futrell 1-15.
SAINTS: Shepard 4-66.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 1-0.
SAINTS: Mills 1-9.
SACKS
BUCS: Murphy 2-22, Lee 1-8.
SAINTS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
73 McHale
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
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, 32 Wilder, 36 Futrell, 38
Lawson, 40 Elder, 47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 53 Coleman, 55
Rolling, 56 Anno, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon,
83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 65 Graham
INACTIVE
62 Simmonds, 89 Gay
COMMENTARY CREW
James Brown and Ken Stabler
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Ron Hall had his first touchdown of the season on an 11-yard pass from Vinny Testaverde
Mark Robinson’s deflected interception stopped a New Orleans scoring threat
Lars Tate put the Bucs ahead for good midway through the third quarter