Sunday, December 24, 1989
Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 22| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7-0) | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-11-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| PIT | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | PIT | Tim Worley 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 0 |
| TAM | Mark Carrier 7 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | PIT | Louis Lipps 79 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 14 | 7 |
| TAM | Donald Igwebuike 45 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| PIT | Louis Lipps 12 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Gary Anderson kick) | 21 | 10 | |
| PIT | Gary Anderson 32 yard field goal | 24 | 10 | |
| 3rd | TAM | Donald Igwebuike 24 yard field goal | 24 | 13 |
| PIT | Tim Worley 1 yard rush (Gary Anderson kick) | 31 | 13 | |
| 4th | TAM | Safety, Cocroft blocked punt out of end zone | 31 | 15 |
| TAM | Mark Carrier 39 yard pass from Joe Ferguson (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 31 | 22 |
| PIT | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-147-2 | 25-84-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-15-178-2-2 | 21-41-244-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 169 | 237 |
| Total yards | 316 | 321 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-53 | 2-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Louis Lipps | PIT | 4 | 137 | 2 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Bubby Brister | PIT | 7 | 15 | 178 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Merril Hoge | PIT | 18 | 90 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Tim Worley | PIT | 18 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Mike Mularkey | PIT | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Derek Hill | PIT | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Ferguson | TAM | 21 | 41 | 244 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 6 | 101 | 2 | 39 | ||||||||||
| Lars Tate | TAM | 11 | 38 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | TAM | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 3 | 33 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Willie Drewrey | TAM | 2 | 24 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| William Howard | TAM | 5 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| William Harris | TAM | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Danny Peebles | TAM | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Greg Lloyd | PIT | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Woodson | PIT | 1 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 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 | |||
| Willie Drewrey | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Donnie Elder | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ricky Reynolds | TAM | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sylvester Stamps | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Broderick Thomas | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||