Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 New England Patriots 10
Sunday 11 December 1988 at Foxboro Stadium
SCORING
NE
7:36-1Q
Perryman 6 run (Staurovsky kick)
TB
2:19-4Q
Carrier 15 pass from Testaverde (Carney kick)
NE
3:08-OT
Staurovsky FG27
GAME REPORTS
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How Michelle Kaufman of the St.Petersburg Times saw the game
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The Bucs have won the toss …. and are going to kick the ball away?
The Bucs won the toss in overtime. Because of the 30-mph wind conditions, coach Ray Perkins elected to
kick with the wind instead of the usual procedure of electing to receive. He never got the ball back as New
England drove 56 yards in three minutes to win it on Jason Staurovsky's 27-yard fieldgoal. "Given the same
circumstances, I would make the same decision 100 times out of 100" said the unrepentant coach who was
pillored in the press afterwards.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Howard 23-101, Goode 12-30, Testaverde 1-0.
PATRIOTS: Perryman 17-47, Eason 3-14, Stephens 12-10, Tatupu
1-5.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 19-10-145-1-1.
PATRIOTS: Eason 27-16-155-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 4-90, Hall 2-24, Pillow 2-24, D.Smith 1-6, Howard
1-1.
PATRIOTS: Fryar 3-59, Dupard 3-21, Perryman 3-17, Francis 3-
16, Stephens 2-13, Morgan 1-18, Jones 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Hamilton 1-6, Reynolds 1-0.
PATRIOTS: James 1-1.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 1-13.
PATRIOTS: Martin 1-34, Davis 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 1-3, Elder 1-0.
PATRIOTS: Fryar 5-48.
SACKS
BUCS: Goff 1-8.
PATRIOTS: Williams 2-14.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
68 Mallory
DT
95 Jarvis
C
60 Grimes
DE
94 Goff
RG
50 Turk
LOLB
59 Murphy
RT
72 Taylor
LILB
99 Marve
TE
82 Hall
RILB
54 Randle
WR
47 Smith
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
88 Carrier
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
43 Howard
RCB
36 Futrell
RB
27 Goode
SS
30 Robinson
QB
14 Testaverde
FS
39 Hamilton
PLAYED
4 Carney, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris. 22 R Jones, 35 J Smith, 40
Elder, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 53 Coleman, 55 Rolling, 56
Walker, 64 Thomas, 69 Bruhin, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 78
Cannon, 80 Pillow, 85 Parks, 89 Richardson, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 34 Tate, 75 Kellin
INACTIVE
21 Wright, 84 Hill
COMMENTARY CREW
Tim Brandt and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Harry Hamilton had another interception
Ricky Reynolds got one of his own after Tony Eason threw the ball up for grabs
Mark Carrier brought the Bucs level with this fourth quarter touchdown