| Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1989 Location: Tampa, FL |
| Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 69162 |
| Weather: Half Cloudy Temp: 84 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 7 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Lars Tate 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Eric Metcalf 24 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lawyer Tillman 7 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Felix Wright 27 interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Thane Gash 15 interception return (Matt Bahr kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 9 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 28 | 14 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Derek Tennell 4 pass from Bernie Kosar (Matt Bahr kick) | 35 | 14 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 53 FG | 35 | 17 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 9 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 35 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Eric Metcalf 43 run (Matt Bahr kick) | 42 | 24 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Lars Tate 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 42 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Reggie Langhorne |
| 84 | WR | Webster Slaughter |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Farren |
| 68 | LOG | Ted Banker |
| 73 | C | Gregg Rakoczy |
| 69 | ROG | Dan Fike |
| 63 | ROT | Cody Risien |
| 81 | TE | Derek Tennell |
| 19 | QB | Bernie Kosar |
| 21 | RB | Eric Metcalf |
| 42 | FB | Tim Manoa |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Bubba Baker |
| 78 | LDT | Carl Hairston |
| 92 | RDT | Michael Dean Perry |
| 97 | RDE | Robert Banks |
| 57 | LLB | Clay Matthews |
| 59 | MLB | Mike Johnson |
| 56 | RLB | David Grayson |
| 31 | LCB | Frank Minnifield |
| 22 | SS | Felix Wright |
| 30 | FS | Thane Gash |
| 29 | RCB | Hanford Dixon |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 84 | WR | Bruce Hill |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 73 | LOG | Tom McHale |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 75 | ROG | Carl Bax |
| 72 | ROT | Rob Taylor |
| 82 | TE | Ron Hall |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 34 | RB | Lars Tate |
| 43 | FB | William Howard |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Reuben Davis |
| 95 | NT | Curt Jarvis |
| 77 | RDE | Rhondy Weston |
| 59 | LOLB | Kevin Murphy |
| 99 | LILB | Eugene Marve |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 58 | ROLB | Winston Moss |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 30 | SS | Mark Robinson |
| 25 | FS | Sherman Cocroft |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Eric Metcalf | 17 | 87 | 5.1 | 43t | 1 |
| Tim Manoa | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Oliphant | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Barry Redden | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bernie Kosar | 5 | -6 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 13 | 0 |
| Lars Tate | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 |
| William Howard | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Danny Peebles | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Bernie Kosar | 22 | 18 | 81.8 | 0 | 164 | 7.5 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 137.3 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 50 | 27 | 54.0 | 4 | 370 | 7.4 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 57.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Eric Metcalf | 7 | 52 | 7.4 | 24t | 1 |
| Reggie Langhorne | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Tim Manoa | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Keith Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Webster Slaughter | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Oliphant | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Lawyer Tillman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| Derek Tennell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 8 | 107 | 13.4 | 25 | 2 |
| Bruce Hill | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Willie Drewrey | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Don Smith | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Sylvester Stamps | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| William Harris | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Lars Tate | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| William Howard | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Felix Wright | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27t | 1 |
| Frank Minnifield | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Thane Gash | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 |
| Robert Lyons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bryan Wagner | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 53 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Chris Mohr | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 42 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Gerald McNeil | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Willie Drewrey | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Eric Metcalf | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 49 | 0 | |
| Mike Oliphant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Sylvester Stamps | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Bubba Baker | 1.0 |
| Chris Pike | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Rhondy Weston | 1.0 |
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