Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Houston Oilers 20
Sunday 10 December 1989 at the Astrodome
SCORING
HOU
10:03-1Q
Zendejas FG30
TB
6:08-1Q
Igwebuike FG21
HOU
13:34-2Q
Hill 12 pass from Moon (Zendejas kick)
HOU
10:14-2Q
Zendejas FG37
HOU
1:29-2Q
Duncan 16 pass from Moon (Zendejas kick)
TB
7:23-3Q
Drewrey 6 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
TB
6:12-4Q
Hall 24 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
The Bucs were on their way to completing a great comeback when James Wilder fumbled at the Houston 21-
yard line with 1:18 remaining and the Oilers recovered to preserve a narrow victory. Vinny had his fourth 300-
yard game of the season and Mark Carrier set a new Buc receiving record for season yardage with still two
games left to play.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Testaverde 3-28, Tate 7-18, Wilder 6-13, Stamps 3-7.
OILERS: Rozier 13-82, Highsmith 7-44, Moon 7-5, Pinkett 1-4,
White 1-0, Duncan 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 48-31-328-1-2.
OILERS: Moon 23-14-149-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Carrier 10-135, Hall 6-61, Wilder 6-50, Stamps 4-21,
Drewrey 2-24, Hill 2-18, Peebles 1-19.
OILERS: Givins 5-56, Hill 2-17, Rozier 2-14, Jeffires 1-23, Duncan
1-16, Mrosko 1-9, Pinkett 1-8, Verhulst 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
OILERS: Dishman 1-31.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Futrell 1-22.
OILERS: White 3-50, Mrosko 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-6.
OILERS: Johnson 1-1.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
OILERS: Jones 2-21, Brown 2-20.
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
89 Carrier
ROLB
58 Moss
WR
84 Hill
LCB
29 Reynolds
FB
32 Wilder
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, 43 Howard, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno,
57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 83 Peebles,
85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
12 Ferguson, 65 Graham, 80 Pillow
INACTIVE
61 Ingram, 75 Bax
COMMENTARY CREW
James Brown and Ken Stabler
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Willie Drewrey scored against his former team
Ron Hall brought the Bucs close with his 4th quarter touchdown
But James Wilder’s fumble on a tough over-the-middle reception cost the Bucs any chance of victory