Buccaneers vs. Phoenix Cardinals

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Phoenix Cardinals 30

The Phoenix Cardinals took a 20–3 halftime lead, then withstood a Buccaneer rally to get their first win of the season.

Cliff Stoudt played the second half in relief of Neil Lomax, who had a sore hip. Stoudt threw the game-winning touchdown, a 42-yard pass to Jay Novacek. That followed a play in which Lars Tate dove over the line, regained his feet, and ran 47 yards for a touchdown to give the Buccaneers their only lead of the game. The Buccaneers also scored on a James Wilder run and a Vinny Testaverde pass to Bruce Hill. Stump Mitchell rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown.

The Cardinals 475 yards of offense nearly matched their highest total from the previous season.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Hantak
• UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Baker
• BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
• SIDE JUDGE: Gary Lane
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Jack Fette

SCORING

• CARDINALS: 10:45-1Q Del Greco FG47
• CARDINALS: 1:52-1Q Mitchell 6 run (Del Greco kick)
• CARDINALS: 0:00-1Q Del Greco FG37
• BUCCANEERS: 9:05-2Q Igwebuike FG34
• CARDINALS: 0:48-2Q Ferrell 1 run (Del Greco kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 12:15-3Q Hill 23 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
• CARDINALS: 0:43-3Q Del Greco FG23
• BUCCANEERS: 13:42-4Q Wilder 5 run (Igwebuike kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:55-4Q Tate 47 run (Igwebuike kick)
• CARDINALS: 3:14-4Q Novacek 42 pass from Stoudt (Del Greco kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #68 R Mallory
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #50 D. Turk
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #32 J. Wilder
• RB: #43 W. Howard

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #53 S. Coleman
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
• RCB: #36 B. Futrell
• SS: #30 M. Robinson
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 13 Criswell, 20 Harris, 22 Jones, 33 McAdoo, 34 Tate, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 51 Washington, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 69 Bruhin, 70 Swayne, 71 Cooper, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 81 Starring, 86 Magee, 94 Goff, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• 12 Ferguson,27 Goode, 64 Thomas

INACTIVE

• 54 Randle, 73 McHale

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Tate 4-54, Wilder 14-52, Howard 1-8, Testaverde 2-0.
• CARDINALS: Mitchell 18-110, Ferrell 10-38, Green 1-18, Jordan 5-14, Lomax 1-3, Stoudt 3-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 28-16-211-2-1.
• CARDINALS: Lomax 13-10-148-0-0, Stoudt 19-9-149-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 5-55, Hill 4-80, Hall 3-37, Carrier 3-34, J.Smith 1-5.
• CARDINALS: Smith 6-103, Novacek 5-102, Awalt 3-24, Mitchell 2-19, Jones 1-25, Green 1-21, Ferrell 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• CARDINALS: Young 1-2, Carter 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 3-87, McAdoo 3-77, J.Smith 1-18.
• CARDINALS: Mitchell 3-68.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Futrell 1-0.
• CARDINALS: Sikahema 1-11.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Holmes 1-3.
• CARDINALS: Clasby 1-11, Bell 1-6, Nunn 1-6, Harvey 1-4.

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