| Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1988 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 48020 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 34% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 18 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Steve Jordan 4 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bruce Hill 8 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Rick Fenney 1 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Anthony Carter 26 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Steve Jordan 4 pass from Wade Wilson (Chuck Nelson kick) | 28 | 10 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 32 FG | 28 | 13 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Brad Edwards 37 interception return (Chuck Nelson kick) | 35 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Allen Rice 4 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 42 | 13 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Lars Tate 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 42 | 20 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | D.J. Dozier 2 run (Chuck Nelson kick) | 49 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Anthony Carter |
| 84 | WR | Hassan Jones |
| 65 | LOT | Gary Zimmerman |
| 64 | LOG | Randall McDaniel |
| 62 | C | Chris Foote |
| 66 | ROG | Terry Tausch |
| 76 | ROT | Tim Irwin |
| 83 | TE | Steve Jordan |
| 11 | QB | Wade Wilson |
| 20 | RB | Darrin Nelson |
| 46 | FB | Alfred Anderson |
| Defense | ||
| 57 | LDE | Doug Martin |
| 97 | LDT | Henry Thomas |
| 75 | RDT | Keith Millard |
| 56 | RDE | Chris Doleman |
| 51 | LLB | David Howard |
| 55 | MLB | Scott Studwell |
| 54 | RLB | Jesse Solomon |
| 30 | LCB | Issiac Holt |
| 47 | SS | Joey Browner |
| 44 | FS | John Harris |
| 39 | RCB | Carl Lee |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 84 | WR | Bruce Hill |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 68 | LOG | Rick Mallory |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 69 | ROG | John Bruhin |
| 72 | ROT | Rob Taylor |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 47 | RB | Don Smith |
| 43 | FB | William Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Reuben Davis |
| 95 | NT | Curt Jarvis |
| 90 | RDE | Ron Holmes |
| 59 | LOLB | Kevin Murphy |
| 99 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 53 | RILB | Sidney Coleman |
| 57 | ROLB | Winston Moss |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 20 | SS | Odie Harris |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 36 | RCB | Bobby Futrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Rick Fenney | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 12 | 1 |
| D.J. Dozier | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 8 | 1 |
| Wade Wilson | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 9 | 1 |
| Darrin Nelson | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Rich Gannon | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| William Howard | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Lars Tate | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Kerry Goode | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Wade Wilson | 30 | 22 | 73.3 | 0 | 335 | 11.2 | 49 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 143.1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 45 | 19 | 42.2 | 6 | 223 | 5.0 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Anthony Carter | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 39 | 1 |
| Steve Jordan | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 38 | 2 |
| Hassan Jones | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 49 | 0 |
| Rick Fenney | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Mularkey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alfred Anderson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Bruce Hill | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 41 | 1 |
| Mark Carrier | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Frank Pillow | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Taylor | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Kerry Goode | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Joey Browner | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Brad Edwards | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37t | 1 |
| Issiac Holt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wymon Henderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bucky Scribner | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ray Criswell | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 43 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Darrin Nelson | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 38 | 0 | |
| Don Smith | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| William Howard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Chris Doleman | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Ron Holmes | 2.0 |
| Henry Rolling | 1.0 |
| Reuben Davis | 0.5 |
| Eugene Marve | 0.5 |
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