Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Cincinnati Bengals 56
Sunday 29 October 1989 at Riverfront Stadium
SCORING
TB
10:30-1Q
Hill 3 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
CIN
6:11-1Q
Holman 1 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
CIN
14:03-2Q
Ball 1 run (Breech kick)
TB
8:37-2Q
Safety - Esiason stepped over endline
TB
4:37-2Q
Carrier 17 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
CIN
0:17-2Q
Brown 8 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
CIN
12:58-3Q
Brooks 4 run (Breech kick)
CIN
8:43-3Q
McGee 14 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
CIN
1:42-3Q
Holman 9 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
CIN
12:13-4Q
Brown 18 pass from Esiason (Breech kick)
CIN
7:28-4Q
McGee 46 pass from Wilhelm (Breech kick)
TB
4:52-4Q
Hill 2 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
The Bucs actually had their third-highest offensive output in team history in this one - problem was, the
Bengals were in full no-huddle flow and scored 42 unanswered points to flatten the Bucs. Ray Perkins
famously gave his players two days off after this loss stating "that he just didn't want to see them again".
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Tate 17-84, Wilder 9-54, Testaverde 1-1.
BENGALS: Brooks 17-131, McGee 1-25, Ball 9-23, Taylor 3-18,
Jennings 3-(-9).
PASSING
BUCS: Testaverde 39-23-336-3-3.
BENGALS: Esiason 28-17-197-0-5, Wilhelm 6-5-98-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hill 7-125, Carrier 7-100, Wilder 6-48, Peebles 2-38, Hall
1-25.
BENGALS: McGee 5-127, Holman 5-56, Brown 4-49, Brooks 3-
17, Martin 2-19, Taylor 1-13, Jennings 1-9, Riggs 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
BENGALS: Kelly 1-25, Bussey 1-0, Thomas 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Elder 3-59, Howard 1-19, Futrell 1-14.
BENGALS: Hillary 2-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Drewrey 1-9.
BENGALS: Martin 2-1.
SACKS
BUCS: Smith 1-1.
BENGALS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
79 Davis
LG
73 McHale
DT
78 Cannon
C
60 Grimes
DE
92 Smith
RG
75 Bax
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
25 Cocroft
PLAYED
1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 32 Wilder, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder,
47 Smith, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 77
Weston, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 95
Jarvis, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
11 Bell, 12 Ferguson, 61 Ingram, 65 Graham, 71 Cooper
INACTIVE
39 Hamilton, 94 Goff
COMMENTARY CREW
Greg Gumbel and Pat Haden
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip
Bruce Hill’s reception on a goal-line slant pass opened the scoring
Sean Smith forced a safety when Boomer Esiason stepped out of the back of the endzone
Mark Carrier’s touchdown reception put the Bucs ahead before the Bengal onslaught began