| Buffalo Bills at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 4, 1988 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 49498 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 68 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | John Carney 29 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Vinny Testaverde 4 run (John Carney kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Safety, Vinny Testaverde tackled in end zone by Bruce Smith | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | Buffalo BillsBUF | Scott Norwood 30 FG | 5 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Trumaine Johnson |
| 83 | WR | Andre Reed |
| 73 | LOT | Will Wolford |
| 51 | LOG | Jim Ritcher |
| 67 | C | Kent Hull |
| 65 | ROG | Tim Vogler |
| 70 | ROT | Joe Devlin |
| 88 | TE | Pete Metzelaars |
| 12 | QB | Jim Kelly |
| 34 | RB | Thurman Thomas |
| 39 | FB | Jamie Mueller |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Art Still |
| 76 | NT | Fred Smerlas |
| 78 | RDE | Bruce Smith |
| 55 | LOLB | Cornelius Bennett |
| 50 | LILB | Ray Bentley |
| 97 | RILB | Scott Radecic |
| 56 | ROLB | Darryl Talley |
| 21 | CB | Wayne Davis |
| 46 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 38 | FS | Mark Kelso |
| 37 | RCB | Nate Odomes |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 47 | WR | Don Smith |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 68 | LOG | Rick Mallory |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 50 | ROG | Dan Turk |
| 72 | ROT | Rob Taylor |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 85 | TE | Jeff Parks |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 43 | FB | William Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Reuben Davis |
| 95 | NT | Curt Jarvis |
| 94 | RDE | Robert Goff |
| 59 | LOLB | Kevin Murphy |
| 99 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 30 | SS | Mark Robinson |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 36 | RCB | Bobby Futrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Robb Riddick | 8 | 16 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jamie Mueller | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| William Howard | 16 | 50 | 3.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Kerry Goode | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 4 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 9 | 1 |
| Lars Tate | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Jim Kelly | 40 | 23 | 57.5 | 2 | 249 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 55.1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 29 | 12 | 41.4 | 0 | 156 | 5.4 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 59.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Robb Riddick | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Trumaine Johnson | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Chris Burkett | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Pete Metzelaars | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Andre Reed | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Thurman Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Flip Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ron Hall | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| William Howard | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Jeff Parks | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Robinson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ricky Reynolds | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| John Kidd | 5 | 216 | 43.2 | 52 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ray Criswell | 5 | 160 | 32.0 | 39 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Flip Johnson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Flip Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Harmon | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Carl Byrum | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |
| Bruce Smith | 1.0 |
| Art Still | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Reuben Davis | 1.0 |
| Robert Goff | 1.0 |
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