| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: December 6, 1987 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 66471 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 44 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Tice 8 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | John Tice 6 pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Vinny Testaverde 1 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rueben Mayes 7 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dalton Hilliard 3 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 37 FG | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 40 FG | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rueben Mayes 2 run (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 38 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Mark Carrier 37 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 17 | 38 |
| 3 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Donald Igwebuike 43 FG | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 24 FG | 20 | 41 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bruce Hill 12 pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 27 | 41 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Morten Andersen 32 FG | 27 | 44 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Bobby Howard 2 run (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 34 | 44 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Mark Carrier |
| 87 | WR | Gerald Carter |
| 66 | LOG | George Yarno |
| 60 | C | Randy Grimes |
| 58 | ROG | Rick Mallory |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Heller |
| 77 | ROT | J.D. Maarleveld |
| 86 | TE | Calvin Magee |
| 14 | QB | Vinny Testaverde |
| 35 | RB | Jeff Smith |
| 32 | FB | James Wilder |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Harry Swayne |
| 94 | NT | Mike Stensrud |
| 95 | RDE | Curt Jarvis |
| 56 | LOLB | Jackie Walker |
| 58 | LILB | Jeff Davis |
| 54 | RILB | Ervin Randle |
| 51 | ROLB | Chris Washington |
| 29 | LCB | Ricky Reynolds |
| 33 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 28 | FS | Ray Isom |
| 22 | RCB | Rod Jones |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Mark Pattison |
| 72 | LOT | Jim Dombrowski |
| 63 | LOG | Brad Edelman |
| 61 | C | Joel Hilgenberg |
| 66 | ROG | Chuck Commiskey |
| 67 | ROT | Stan Brock |
| 88 | TE | Cliff Benson |
| 85 | TE | Hoby Brenner |
| 82 | TE | John Tice |
| 3 | QB | Bobby Hebert |
| 36 | HB | Rueben Mayes |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Bruce Clark |
| 99 | NT | Tony Elliott |
| 94 | RDE | Jim Wilks |
| 57 | LOLB | Rickey Jackson |
| 51 | LILB | Sam Mills |
| 53 | RILB | Vaughan Johnson |
| 56 | ROLB | Pat Swilling |
| 44 | LCB | Dave Waymer |
| 28 | SS | Gene Atkins |
| 39 | FS | Brett Maxie |
| 22 | RCB | Van Jakes |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Jeff Smith | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| James Wilder | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Vinny Testaverde | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 17 | 1 |
| Bruce Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Hunter | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Dalton Hilliard | 16 | 62 | 3.9 | 11 | 1 |
| Rueben Mayes | 21 | 55 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | 47 | 22 | 46.8 | 2 | 369 | 7.9 | 38 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 70.3 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 0 | 255 | 10.6 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 129.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Mark Carrier | 8 | 212 | 26.5 | 38 | 1 |
| Bruce Hill | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 18 | 1 |
| James Wilder | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gerald Carter | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Ron Hall | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bobby Howard | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Calvin Magee | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Lonzell Hill | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Eric Martin | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 67 | 0 |
| Mark Pattison | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 |
| Barry Word | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Tice | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 8t | 2 |
| Dalton Hilliard | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Cliff Benson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rueben Mayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Rickey Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Dave Waymer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Frank Garcia | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 46 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 2 | 130 | 65.0 | 80 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Bobby Futrell | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Mel Gray | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Dalton Hilliard | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Buford Jordan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| Curt Jarvis | 1.0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Pat Swilling | 1.0 |
| Frank Warren | 1.0 |
| Jim Wilks | 1.0 |
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