Sunday, November 8, 1987
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28, St. Louis Cardinals 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4-0) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| St. Louis Cardinals (3-5-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 31 |
| TAM | STL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TAM | Mark Carrier 5 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | TAM | Gerald Carter 3 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 14 | 0 |
| STL | Jim Gallery 31 yard field goal | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | TAM | Jeff Smith 34 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 21 | 3 |
| TAM | Jeff Smith 3 yard rush (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 28 | 3 | |
| 4th | STL | Robert Awalt 4 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 28 | 10 |
| STL | Niko Noga 24 yard fumble return (Jim Gallery kick) | 28 | 17 | |
| STL | J.T. Smith 11 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 28 | 24 | |
| STL | J.T. Smith 17 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Jim Gallery kick) | 28 | 31 |
| TAM | STL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 33-83-1 | 31-137-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-37-303-3-0 | 25-36-314-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 4-36 |
| Net pass yards | 294 | 278 |
| Total yards | 377 | 415 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-72 | 11-123 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve DeBerg | TAM | 23 | 37 | 303 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 11 | 49 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 87 | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 19 | 48 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 1 | 34 | ||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 6 | 82 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 1 | -10 | 0 | -10 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Bobby Howard | TAM | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Calvin Magee | TAM | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Neil Lomax | STL | 25 | 36 | 314 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 17 | 79 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 39 | ||||||
| Robert Awalt | STL | 9 | 124 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| J.T. Smith | STL | 8 | 96 | 2 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Don Holmes | STL | 4 | 36 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Earl Ferrell | STL | 9 | 33 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ron Wolfley | STL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Holmes | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Jones | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Solomon Miller | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Winston Moss | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chris Washington | TAM | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Curtis Greer | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick McAdoo | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Vai Sikahema | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||