| Phoenix Cardinals at Tampa Bay Buccaneers |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: September 18, 1988 Location: Tampa, FL Venue: Tampa Stadium Attendance: 35034 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 88 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix CardinalsPHX | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 30 |
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | PHX | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Al Del Greco 47 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Stump Mitchell 6 run (Al Del Greco kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Al Del Greco 37 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 34 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Earl Ferrell 1 run (Al Del Greco kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bruce Hill 23 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 20 | 10 |
| 3 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Al Del Greco 23 FG | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | James Wilder 5 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 23 | 17 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Lars Tate 47 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 23 | 24 |
| 4 | Phoenix CardinalsPHX | Jay Novacek 42 pass from Cliff Stoudt (Al Del Greco kick) | 30 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix 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 |
| 31 | FB | Earl Ferrell |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Freddie Joe Nunn |
| 79 | LDT | Bob Clasby |
| 60 | RDT | Steve Alvord |
| 72 | RDE | Rod Saddler |
| 55 | LLB | Anthony Bell |
| 57 | MLB | Niko Noga |
| 54 | RLB | E.J. Junior |
| 41 | LCB | Carl Carter |
| 45 | SS | Leonard Smith |
| 45 | FS | Tim McDonald |
| 43 | RCB | Lonnie Young |
| 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 |
| 43 | RB | William Howard |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| 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 |
| 30 | SS | Mark Robinson |
| 39 | FS | Harry Hamilton |
| 36 | RCB | Bobby Futrell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Stump Mitchell | 18 | 110 | 6.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Earl Ferrell | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tony Jordan | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Neil Lomax | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cliff Stoudt | 3 | -2 | -0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Lars Tate | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 47t | 1 |
| James Wilder | 14 | 52 | 3.7 | 18 | 1 |
| William Howard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 0 | 149 | 7.8 | 42t | 1 | 1 | 3 | 91.8 |
| Neil Lomax | 13 | 10 | 76.9 | 0 | 148 | 11.4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113.6 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 28 | 16 | 57.1 | 2 | 211 | 7.5 | 32 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 63.2 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| J.T. Smith | 6 | 103 | 17.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Jay Novacek | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 42t | 1 |
| Rob Awalt | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stump Mitchell | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Ernie Jones | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Roy Green | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Earl Ferrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| James Wilder | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bruce Hill | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Ron Hall | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Mark Carrier | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Lonnie Young | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Carl Carter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |||||
| Greg Horne | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Ray Criswell | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Vai Sikahema | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | ||||||
| Stump Mitchell | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Donnie Elder | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Derrick McAdoo | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 27 | 0 | |
| Jeff Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Phoenix Cardinals | |
| Anthony Bell | 1.0 |
| Bob Clasby | 1.0 |
| Ken Harvey | 1.0 |
| Freddie Joe Nunn | 1.0 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Ron Holmes | 1.0 |
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