Sunday, December 20, 1987
St. Louis Cardinals 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals (7-7-0) | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-10-0) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| STL | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | TAM | Ron Hall 1 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | STL | Jay Novacek 15 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 7 | 7 |
| STL | J.T. Smith 8 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| 3rd | STL | Al Del Greco 28 yard field goal | 17 | 7 |
| STL | Robert Awalt 5 yard pass from Neil Lomax (Al Del Greco kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| 4th | STL | Stump Mitchell 3 yard rush (Al Del Greco kick) | 31 | 7 |
| TAM | Gerald Carter 26 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 31 | 14 |
| STL | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 24 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-134-1 | 31-163-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-30-233-3-1 | 16-38-240-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-16 | 6-33 |
| Net pass yards | 217 | 207 |
| Total yards | 351 | 370 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-65 | 7-55 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Stump Mitchell | STL | 23 | 101 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Neil Lomax | STL | 22 | 29 | 233 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Roy Green | STL | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 86 | 0 | 47 | ||||||
| J.T. Smith | STL | 5 | 54 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Troy Johnson | STL | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Ron Wolfley | STL | 5 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Jay Novacek | STL | 1 | 15 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Robert Awalt | STL | 3 | 15 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Derrick McAdoo | STL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Stoudt | STL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Vinny Testaverde | TAM | 16 | 38 | 240 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 5 | 116 | 1 | 39 | ||||||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 10 | 80 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 34 | ||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 14 | 40 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Bobby Howard | TAM | 3 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Calvin Magee | TAM | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hunter | TAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Anthony Bell | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bob Clasby | STL | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| E.J. Junior | STL | 1.0 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Cedric Mack | STL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Derrick McAdoo | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Freddie Joe Nunn | STL | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Vai Sikahema | STL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Holmes | TAM | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||