Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Green Bay Packers 17 Sunday 1 November 1987 at Milwaukee County Stadium
SCORING TB 14:11-2Q Igwebuike FG48 TB 9:29-3Q Smith 1 run (Igwebuike kick) TB 8:21-3Q Carter 5 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick) TB 3:29-3Q Igwebuike FG36 GB 0:04-3Q Del Greco FG36 TB 10:04-4Q Igwebuike FG46 GB 6:25-4Q Neal 4 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick) GB 3:51-4Q Fullwood 1 run (Del Greco kick)
After moving out to a 20-0 lead for the second straight week, it was nearly deja vu all over again for the Bucs as they hold off a late rally by the Packers to move to 4-3 on the season. The Green Bay recovery started when Randy Wright replaced Don Majkowski and drove the home side to two fourth quarter scores. However Steve DeBerg and Calvin Magee twice connected on third down passes to use up the final 3:45 on the clock and preserve the Buccaneer victory.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Smith 18-43, Howard 12-27, Wilder 5-22, Austin 3-3, DeBerg 3-(-6). PACKERS: Majkowski 6-51, Davis 7-23, Wright 2-7, Carruth 2-4, Clark 5-3, Fullwood 2-1. PASSING BUCS: DeBerg 30-17-197-1-1. PACKERS: Majkowski 14-4-43-0-0, Wright 19-13-161-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Magee 7-66, Carrier 3-66, Howard 2-30, Smith 2-13, Wilder 1-9, Miller 1-8, Carter 1-5. PACKERS: Epps 5-51, Neal 4-42, Stanley 3-45, Davis 2-12, Paskett 1-33, West 1-13, Clark 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Morris 1-50. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 3-60, Carrier 1-0. PACKERS: Fullwood 3-73, Carruth 1-8, Cook 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Futrell 1-10. PACKERS: Stanley 3-12. SACKS BUCS: Washington 2-10, Cannon 1-4. PACKERS: Harris 1-7.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 R Taylor LDE 78 Cannon LG 79 Goode NT 94 Stensrud C 60 Grimes RDE 75 Kellin RG 68 Mallory LOLB 51 Washington RT 73 Heller LILB 52 Brantley TE 86 Magee RILB 54 Randle WR 87 Carter ROLB 57 Moss WR 89 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 35 Smith RCB 22 Jones RB 32 Wilder SS 33 Kemp QB 17 DeBerg FS 20 Woods PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 23 Anderson, 24 Tripoli, 25 Howard, 31 Gordon, 36 Futrell, 39 Austin, 50 Turk, 56 Walker, 66 Yarno, 70 Swayne, 74 Powell, 77 Maarleveld, 80 S Holloway, 82 Hall, 83 Miller, 90 Holmes, 91 Gant, 93 Sileo DID NOT PLAY 11 Shula, 14 Testaverde, 58 Davis INACTIVES 8 Davis, 32 Gladman, 34 Wright, 42 Bartalo, 53 Graham, 59 Murphy, 61 Jordan, 81 Freeman, 85 G.Taylor, 98 Keys
COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Dan Jiggetts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS        Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Jeff Smith put the Bucs ahead with this short-yardage dive Almost immediately John Cannon forced a turnover Steve DeBerg and Gerald Carter hooked up on the next play to extend the lead