| Detroit Lions at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1988 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 37778 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 51 F Humidty: 29% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bruce Hill 31 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mark Carrier 31 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Eddie Murray 27 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Jeff Chadwick 19 pass from Rusty Hilger (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mark Carrier 27 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 10 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Jeff Chadwick |
| 82 | WR | Pete Mandley |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 53 | LOG | Kevin Glover |
| 52 | C | Steve Mott |
| 74 | ROG | Joe Milinichik |
| 73 | ROT | Harvey Salem |
| 87 | TE | Pat Carter |
| 12 | QB | Rusty Hilger |
| 33 | RB | Garry James |
| 30 | FB | James Jones |
| Defense | ||
| 76 | LDE | Eric Williams |
| 93 | NT | Jerry Ball |
| 77 | RDE | Keith Ferguson |
| 58 | LOLB | George Jamison |
| 54 | LILB | Chris Spielman |
| 98 | RILB | Dennis Gibson |
| 55 | ROLB | Mike Cofer |
| 43 | LCB | Jerry Holmes |
| 36 | SS | Bennie Blades |
| 31 | FS | Devon Mitchell |
| 29 | RCB | Bruce McNorton |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 84 | WR | Bruce Hill |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 68 | LOG | Rick Mallory |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 50 | ROG | Dan Turk |
| 72 | ROT | Rob Taylor |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 27 | RB | Kerry Goode |
| 35 | FB | Jeff Smith |
| 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 |
| 57 | ROLB | Winston Moss |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 30 | SS | Mark Robinson |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 36 | RCB | Bobby Futrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Garry James | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Paige | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| James Jones | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Rusty Hilger | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Pete Mandley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Lars Tate | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Kerry Goode | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Bruce Hill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Rusty Hilger | 39 | 16 | 41.0 | 3 | 211 | 5.4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 35.3 |
| James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 3 | 189 | 8.2 | 31t | 3 | 4 | 50 | 79.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jeff Chadwick | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 1 |
| Pete Mandley | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Garry James | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| James Jones | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl Bland | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pat Carter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Carrier | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 31t | 2 |
| Bruce Hill | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 31t | 1 |
| Jeff Smith | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Bennie Blades | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| James Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Harry Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jim Arnold | 7 | 250 | 35.7 | 49 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ray Criswell | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Pete Mandley | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Stephen Starring | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Carl Painter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Don Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Donnie Elder | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| George Jamison | 2.0 |
| Jerry Ball | 1.0 |
| Bennie Blades | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Shawn Lee | 2.0 |
| John Cannon | 1.0 |
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