| St. Louis Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1987 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 32046 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 79 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ron Hall 1 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jay Novacek 15 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | J.T. Smith 8 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Al Del Greco 28 FG | 17 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Rob Awalt 5 pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Stump Mitchell 3 run (Al Del Greco kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Gerald Carter 26 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 31 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Roy Green |
| 84 | WR | J.T. Smith |
| 67 | LOT | Luis Sharpe |
| 64 | LOG | Todd Peat |
| 70 | C | Derek Kennard |
| 61 | ROG | Lance Smith |
| 63 | ROT | Tootie Robbins |
| 80 | TE | Rob Awalt |
| 15 | QB | Neil Lomax |
| 30 | RB | Stump Mitchell |
| 24 | FB | Ron Wolfley |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 65 | RDE | David Galloway |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 43 | FS | Lonnie Young |
| 47 | RCB | Cedric Mack |
| 60 | RDT | Steve Alvord |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 71 | LOT | Mark Cooper |
| 66 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 58 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 86 | TE | Calvin Magee |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 35 | RB | Jeff Smith |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Cannon |
| 94 | NT | Mike Stensrud |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 56 | LOLB | Jackie Walker |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 33 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 28 | FS | Ray Isom |
| 36 | RCB | Bobby Futrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 23 | 101 | 4.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Ron Wolfley | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Derrick McAdoo | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 10 | 80 | 8.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 7 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eddie Hunter | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Hill | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Neil Lomax | 29 | 22 | 75.9 | 1 | 233 | 8.0 | 47 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 118.9 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 38 | 16 | 42.1 | 2 | 240 | 6.3 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 59.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 47 | 0 |
| J.T. Smith | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 15 | 1 |
| Rob Awalt | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Troy Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Gerald Carter | 5 | 116 | 23.2 | 39 | 1 |
| Bruce Hill | 4 | 74 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Calvin Magee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| E.J. Junior | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Cedric Mack | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bobby Futrell | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Horne | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 7 | 260 | 37.1 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 4 | 2 | 53 | 13.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Derrick McAdoo | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 3.0 |
| Anthony Bell | 1.0 |
| Bob Clasby | 1.0 |
| E.J. Junior | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Ron Holmes | 3.0 |
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