Buccaneers vs. Phoenix Cardinals

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Phoenix Cardinals 13

The Phoenix Cardinals faced off against a Buccuneer QB Testaverde suffering from the effects of a flu bug that apparently didn't deflate the wind from his sales as he lead a 14-play, 82-yard drive that included two fourth down conversions.

A win is a win, however, it should have not been the second straight one-pointer nail biter the Buccaneers have experienced.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerry Markbriet
• UMPIRE: Al Conway
• HEAD LINESMAN: Terry Gierke
• LINE JUDGE: Bob Beeks
• BACK JUDGE: Doug Toole
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Schmitz
• SIDE JUDGE: Bill Quimby
• REPLAY OFFICAL: L.I. Bonner

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 6:01-2Q Hill 5 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
• CARDINALS: 1:09-2Q Ferrell 1 run (Del Greco kick)
• CARDINALS: 0:18-2Q Del Greco FG21
• CARDINALS: 2:29-3Q Del Greco FG28
• BUCCANEERS: 0:43-4Q Carrier 5 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #88 M. Carrier
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #73 T. McHale
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #71 M. Cooper
• RT: #72 R. Taylor
• TE: #82 R. Hall
• WR: #84 B. Hill
• QB: #14 V. Testaverde
• FB: #43 W. Howard
• RB: #34 L. Tate

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #79 R. Davis
• NT: #95 C. Jarvis
• RE: #94 R. Goff
• LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
• LILB: #99 E. Marve
• RILB: #54 E. Randle
• ROLB: #57 W. Moss
• LC: #29 R. Reynolds
• RC: #22 R. Jones
• SS: #30 M. Robinson
• FS: #39 H. Hamilton

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Mohr, 20 Harris, 24 Stamps, 25 Cocroft, 36 Futrell, 40 Elder, 41 Mitchell, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 75 Bax, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee

DID NOT PLAY

• 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham

INACTIVE

• 32 Wilder, 61 Ingram

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Howard 21-83, Tate 6-15, Stamps 5-12, Testaverde 3-11.
• CARDINALS: Tupa 3-22, Ferrell 10-14, Jordan 8-6, Sikahema 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 42-19-200-1-2.
• CARDINALS: Tupa 38-17-200-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Carrier 8-90, Hill 6-64, Howard 2-20, Mitchell 1-11, Drewrey 1-10, Peebles 1-5.
• CARDINALS: Green 4-62, Novacek 4-33, Jones 3-50, Awalt 2-26, Holmes 2-26, Ferrell 1-6, Jordan 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• CARDINALS: McDonald 1-17.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Elder 3-65, Pillow 1-17.
• CARDINALS: Sikahema 2-45.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 4-22.
• CARDINALS: Sikahema 5-85.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Weston 1-7, Jarvis 1-6.
• CARDINALS: Nunn 2-24, Harvey 1-14, Saddler 1-13, Galloway 1-10.

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