Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Green Bay Packers 17 Sunday 3 December 1989 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING GB 2:40-1Q Sharpe 21 pass from Majkowski (Jacke kick) TB 12:35-2Q Igwebuike FG49 TB 10:23-3Q Igwebuike FG40 TB 12:30-4Q Stamps 21 run (Igwebuike kick) GB 9:55-4Q Sharpe 55 pass from Majkowski (Bracken kick) TB 1:35-4Q Igwebuike FG36 GB 0:00-4Q Jacke FG47
Another one-point game, the first time in NFL history any team had played three of them in a row. This game was broadcast on Armed Forces Radio and I remember the signal fading out just before Chris Jacke's winning fieldgoal. The Packers got an amazing break when the Bucs were called for a dubious penalty on fourth down that set up the winning kick, one that crept over the crossbar into a strong wind. And the Packers had lined up in an illegal formation on that fourth down play that didn't get called.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Howard 17-49, Stamps 7-33, Wilder 3-6. PACKERS: Fullwood 13-37, Woodside 3-16, Majkowski 3-8, Fontenot 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 39-19-188-5-0. PACKERS: Majkowski 53-25-331-2-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 7-104, Howard 6-21, Hall 3-19, Hill 2-40, Stamps 1-4. PACKERS: Sharpe 8-169, Fontenot 5-34, Fullwood 3-24, Query 2-40, Woodside 2-17, Kemp 2-14, Bland 1-17, Didier 1- 9, Matthews 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Harris 1-19, Reynolds 1-8. PACKERS: Brown 2-12, Stephen 1-8, Lee 1-0, Noble 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stamps 1-36, Howard 1-14, Elder 1-4. PACKERS: Workman 4-64, Bland 1-12. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewery 3-63. PACKERS: Query 4-37. SACKS BUCS: Moss 1-10, Cannon 1-6. PACKERS: Harris 2-9, Brown 1-8, Winter 1-1.
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 TE 86 Harris ROLB 58 Moss WR 84 Hill LCB 29 Reynolds FB 43 Howard RCB 22 Jones RB 24 Stamps SS 20 Harris QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 25 Cocroft, 32 Wilder, 34 Tate, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 41 Mitchell, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 78 Cannon, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 87 Drewrey, 88 Carrier, 97 Lee DID NOT PLAY 12 Ferguson, 30 Robinson, 65 Graham, 80 Pillow INACTIVE 61 Ingram, 77 Weston
COMMENTARY CREW Steve Zabriskie and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Odie Harris had an interception to set up a Tampa Bay scoring chance Winston Moss picked up a fumble recovery as the defense shone at times Sylvester Stamps scored his only Buccaneer touchdown on a draw play early in the 4th quarter