Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Indianapolis Colts 24 Sunday 27 December 1987 at the Hoosier Dome
SCORING IND 11:43-1Q Dickerson 6 run (Biasucci kick) TB 4:02-1Q Igwebuike FG38 IND 0:08-2Q Biasucci FG30 IND 5:39-3Q Dickerson 34 run (Biasucci kick) TB 11:49-4Q Igwebuike FG37 IND 7:54-4Q Bentley 2 run (Biasucci kick)
Eric Dickerson had his third 100-yard game against the Bucs, two of which came for the Rams, and the Colts had the ball for almost twice the time the Bucs did in the 1987 season finale. Indianapolis clinched the AFC East title with this win, the Bucs lost their eighth game in a row. Ex-Buc Mike Prior also had an interception of a half-back option pass by Steve Bartalo.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Wilder 7-45, Smith 9-27, Testaverde 4-12, Howard 1-12. COLTS: Dickerson 33-196, Wonsley 3-20, Bentley 4-10, Brooks 1- 1, Trudeau 4-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 31-8-163-0-0, Bartalo 1-0-0-1-0. COLTS: Trudeau 27-17-246-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hill 3-96, Taylor 2-21, Miller 1-31, Smith 1-8, Wilder 1-7. COLTS: Brooks 5-51, Bouza 4-82, Bentley 2-61, Dickerson 2-33, Boyer 2-12, Utt 1-4, Beach 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COLTS: Prior 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 3-42, Smith 1-21, Bartalo 1-15. COLTS: Bentley 3-68. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 3-33. COLTS: Tullis 1-10, Ahrens 1-0. SACKS BUCS: none. COLTS: Thompson 1-11, Darby 1-9, Bickett 1-7.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 71 Cooper LDE 78 Cannon LG 66 Yarno NT 94 Stensrud C 60 Grimes RDE 90 Holmes RG 68 Mallory LOLB 56 Walker RT 73 Heller LILB 58 Davis TE 86 Magee RILB 54 Randle WR 84 Hill ROLB 51 Washington WR 87 Carter LCB 29 Reynolds FB 35 Smith RCB 22 Jones RB 32 Wilder SS 33 Kemp QB 14 Testaverde FS 24 Tripoli PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 23 Anderson, 25 Howard, 31 Gordon, 36 Futrell, 42 Bartalo, 50 Turk, 52 Brantley, 57 Moss, 59 Murphy, 70 Swayne, 77 Maarleveld, 79 Goode, 82 Hall, 83 Miller, 85 G.Taylor, 91 Gant, 93 Sileo DID NOT PLAY 11 Shula, 37 Hunter, 38 Evans INACTIVES 7 Neuheisel, 28 Isom, 89 Carrier, 95 Jarvis, 99 McHale
COMMENTARY CREW Jim Lampley and Kenny Stabler
GAME REPORTS Click here for a game report Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS        Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Donald Igwebuike provided the Buccaneer scoring with two field goals. Jeff Davis’ final game in Tampa Bay colours saw him recover a fumble Solomon Miller’s 31-yard reception from Vinny Testaverde was about it for offensive highlights