Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 San Diego Chargers 41 Sunday 28 October 1990 at Qualcomm Stadium
SCORING SD 5:12-1Q Butts 1 run (Carney kick) SD 14:54-2Q Miller 31 pass from Toliver (Carney kick) TB 13:18-2Q Carrier 68 pass from Chandler (Christie kick) SD 6:02-2Q Carney FG28 SD 0:54-2Q Butts 2 run (Carney kick) TB 9:56-3Q Christie FG48 SD 14:16-4Q Bernstine 20 run (Carney kick) SD 4:31-4Q Carney FG27 SD 3:28-4Q Butts 5 run (Carney kick)
Thanks to seven turnovers, this one was a massacre. Vinny was out with turf toe and Chris Chandler didn't exactly set the world on fire. Andy Frampton flew all the way to the West Coast to watch this debacle as well, the second loss in a row that would eventually become a six-game losing streak after the Bucs' 4-2 start to the season. The last three Charger TDs all came on drives of less than 35 yards thanks to the Bucs' generosity.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: G Anderson 10-26, Cobb 5-13, Carlson 1-0, Chandler 2-(-1). CHARGERS: Bernstine 15-75, Butts 24-73, Harmon 3-9. PASSING BUCS: Chandler 26-13-148-4-1. CHARGERS: Tolliver 27-11-157-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Perkins 3-18, Cobb 3-11, Hall 2-20, Carrier 1-68, Drewrey 1- 14, Hill 1-12, Peebles 1-3, G Anderson 1-2. CHARGERS: A.Miller 4-83, Harmon 3-50, Walker 2-12, McEwen 1- 8, Butts 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. CHARGERS: Byrd 2-29, Lyles 1-19, Elder 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Peebles 3-26, Harvey 2-28. CHARGERS: Elder 2-46. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 1-5. CHARGERS: Lewis 3-31. SACKS BUCS: none. CHARGERS: Grossman 2-13, Williams 1-12, O'Neal 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 79 Davis LG 75 Bax DT 95 Jarvis C 60 Grimes DE 71 Skow RG 62 Beckles LOLB 51 Thomas RT 72 Taylor LILB 99 Marve TE 82 Hall RILB 54 Randle WR 84 Hill ROLB 59 Murphy WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 32 Perkins RCB 45 Haddix RB 40 Anderson SS 30 Robinson QB 17 Chandler FS 39 Hamilton PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 7 Carlson, 20 Harris, 26 Harvey, 31 Rice, 33 Cobb, 42 Everett, 52 McCants, 53 Coleman, 56 Anno, 58 Moss, 61 Mayberry, 69 Bruhin, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 86 E Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 89 J Anderson, 96 Newton, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 70 Swayne INACTIVE 14 Testaverde, 38 Lawson
COMMENTARY CREW Jim Henderson and Hank Stram
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to watch the clip Mark Carrier’s long TD reception was the only time the Bucs got into the endzone Kevin Murphy forced a fumble in the third quarter Which set up Steve Christie’s long fieldgoal