Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Phoenix Cardinals 13 Sunday 26 November 1989 at Sun Devil Stadium
SCORING TB 6:01-2Q Hill 5 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick) PHO 1:09-2Q Ferrell 1 run (Del Greco kick) PHO 0:18-2Q Del Greco FG21 PHO 2:29-3Q Del Greco FG28 TB 0:43-4Q Carrier 5 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
Vinny shook off the effect of the flu to lead a 14-play, 82-yard drive that included two fourth down conversions. The win was the second straight one-pointer the Bucs had played and should have been a lot more comfortable than it actually was. 10 of the 15 Buccaneer drives started in Phoenix territory, yet they only had one score from all that possession. Al Del Greco missed a 47-yarder as time expired.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Howard 21-83, Tate 6-15, Stamps 5-12, Testaverde 3-11. CARDINALS: Tupa 3-22, Ferrell 10-14, Jordan 8-6, Sikahema 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 42-19-200-1-2. CARDINALS: Tupa 38-17-200-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 8-90, Hill 6-64, Howard 2-20, Mitchell 1-11, Drewrey 1-10, Peebles 1-5. CARDINALS: Green 4-62, Novacek 4-33, Jones 3-50, Awalt 2-26, Holmes 2-26, Ferrell 1-6, Jordan 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. CARDINALS: McDonald 1-17. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Elder 3-65, Pillow 1-17. CARDINALS: Sikahema 2-45. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 4-22. CARDINALS: Sikahema 5-85. SACKS BUCS: Weston 1-7, Jarvis 1-6. CARDINALS: Nunn 2-24, Harvey 1-14, Saddler 1-13, Galloway 1- 10.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 73 McHale DT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes DE 94 Goff RG 71 Cooper 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, 25 Cocroft, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 41 Mitchell, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee DID NOT PLAY 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham INACTIVE 32 Wilder, 61 Ingram
COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Ken Stabler
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Bruce Hill was the receipient of the first touchdown pass from Vinny Testaverde Rhondy Weston recorded his only Buccaneer sack shortly afterwards Vinny and Mark Carrier hooked up on fourth down for the game-winning score