Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New York Jets 16 Sunday 30 December 1990 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING NYJ 14:56-2Q Leahy FG21 TB 9:36-2Q Cobb 1 run (Christie kick) NYJ 5:26-2Q Leahy FG32 NYJ 1:05-2Q Thomas 5 run (Leahy kick) NYJ 0:51-3Q Leahy FG25 TB 3:32-4Q Hill 7 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick)
The season ended on a losing note as the Jets ran out the final 3:32 of the game after Vinny had hit Bruce Hill from seven yards out to bring Tampa Bay to within two. Gary Anderson and Reggie Cobb were held to 19 yards on 12 carries, and the Buc passing attack couldn’t get it done once again.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Testaverde 5-51, G Anderson 6-11, Cobb 6-8. JETS: McNeil 9-43, Thomas 6-43, Baxter 8-35, Hector 7-35, O’Brien 2-4, Eason 4-(-5). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 27-19-204-2-1. JETS: O’Brien 19-11-102-0-0, Eason 5-4-64-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hill 6-66, Cobb 5-39, Carrier 4-54, G Anderson 3-35, Perkins 1-10. JETS: Boyer 4-32, Moore 2-36, Dawkins 2-36, Burkett 2-34, Wellstandt 2-8, Mathis 1-11, McNeil 1-7, Baxter 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. JETS: McMillan 1-25, Stargell 1-(-3). KICK RETURNS BUCS: G.Anderson 3-53, Harvey 1-10, Coleman 1-9. JETS: Mathis 2-40. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 1-2. JETS: Townsell 1-20. SACKS BUCS: White 1-4. JETS: Byrd 2-29, Johnson 1-7.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 73 McHale DT 66 Wyatt C 60 Grimes DE 71 Skow RG 62 Beckles LOLB 51 Thomas RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 82 Hall RILB 58 Moss WR 84 Hill ROLB 52 McCants WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds TE 89 Anderson RCB 45 Haddix RB 33 Cobb SS 30 Robinson QB 14 Testaverde FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 31 Rice, 32 Perkins, 40 G Anderson, 42 Everett, 53 Coleman, 54 Randle, 56 Anno, 59 Murphy, 61 Mayberry, 69 Bruhin, 70 Swayne, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 87 Drewrey, 91 White, 93 Roland DID NOT PLAY 17 Chandler, 37 Douglas, 81 Ford INACTIVE 7 Carlson, 75 Bax
COMMENTARY CREW Joel Meyers and Ahmad Rashad
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Reggie Cobb went airborne to cross the plane and put the Bucs on the board in the 2nd quarter Winston Moss had a fumble recovery after Tony Eason had replaced an injured Ken O’Brien Bruce Hill’s touchdown in the final minutes gave the Bucs hope of a late comeback