| 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 Lions | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Bruce Hill 31 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 31 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Eddie Murray 27 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Jeff Chadwick 19 pass from Rusty Hilger (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 27 pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 10 | 21 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Garry James | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 18 | 0 |
| DET | Tony Paige | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 6 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| DET | Rusty Hilger | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 0 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| TB | Lars Tate | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 16 | 0 |
| TB | Jeff Smith | 10 | 39 | 3.9 | 13 | 0 |
| TB | Kerry Goode | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 3 | 0 |
| TB | Bruce Hill | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| TB | Vinny Testaverde | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Rusty Hilger | 39 | 16 | 41.0 | 3 | 211 | 5.4 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 35.3 |
| DET | James Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| TB | Vinny Testaverde | 23 | 12 | 52.2 | 3 | 189 | 8.2 | 31t | 3 | 4 | 50 | 79.8 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Jeff Chadwick | 5 | 70 | 14.0 | 25 | 1 |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| DET | Garry James | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 |
| DET | James Jones | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | Carl Bland | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Pat Carter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| TB | Mark Carrier | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 31t | 2 |
| TB | Bruce Hill | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 31t | 1 |
| TB | Jeff Smith | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 11 | 0 |
| TB | Ron Hall | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 28 | 0 |
| TB | Don Smith | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Bennie Blades | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| DET | James Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Devon Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | Harry Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| TB | Donnie Elder | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TB | Mark Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Jim Arnold | 7 | 250 | 35.7 | 49 | 0 |
| TB | Ray Criswell | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Pete Mandley | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| TB | Bobby Futrell | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Stephen Starring | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Carl Painter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| TB | Don Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| TB | Donnie Elder | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| TB | Jeff Smith | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | George Jamison | 2.0 |
| DET | Jerry Ball | 1.0 |
| DET | Bennie Blades | 1.0 |
| TB | Shawn Lee | 2.0 |
| TB | John Cannon | 1.0 |
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