Sunday, December 6, 1987
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (4-8-0) | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
| Saints (9-3-0) | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 44 |
| TAM | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Saints | John Tice 8 yard pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Saints | John Tice 6 yard pass from Bobby Hebert (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| Buccaneers | Vinny Testaverde 1 yard rush (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 7 | 14 | |
| 2nd | Saints | Rueben Mayes 7 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 21 |
| Saints | Dalton Hilliard 3 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 7 | 28 | |
| Buccaneers | Donald Igwebuike 37 yard field goal | 10 | 28 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Morten Andersen 40 yard field goal | 10 | 31 |
| Saints | Rueben Mayes 2 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 10 | 38 | |
| Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 37 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 17 | 38 | |
| Buccaneers | Donald Igwebuike 43 yard field goal | 20 | 38 | |
| 4th | Saints | Morten Andersen 24 yard field goal | 20 | 41 |
| Buccaneers | Bruce Hill 12 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 27 | 41 | |
| Saints | Morten Andersen 32 yard field goal | 27 | 44 | |
| Buccaneers | Bobby Howard 2 yard rush (Donald Igwebuike kick) | 34 | 44 |
| TAM | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 27 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-97-2 | 37-117-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-47-369-2-2 | 16-24-255-2-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-17 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 352 | 248 |
| Total yards | 449 | 365 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-20 | 6-58 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 8 | 212 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | TAM | 22 | 47 | 369 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 73 | 1 | 18 | ||||||
| James Wilder | TAM | 6 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 8 | 31 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Gerald Carter | TAM | 2 | 25 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Howard | TAM | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Calvin Magee | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Eddie Hunter | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Hebert | NOR | 16 | 24 | 255 | 2 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||
| Eric Martin | NOR | 2 | 101 | 0 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Dalton Hilliard | NOR | 16 | 62 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Rueben Mayes | NOR | 21 | 55 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mark Pattison | NOR | 2 | 51 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Lonzell Hill | NOR | 3 | 27 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Barry Word | NOR | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Mike A. Jones | NOR | 2 | 20 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| John Tice | NOR | 2 | 14 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Cliff Benson | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curt Jarvis | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mel J. Gray | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 65.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dalton Hilliard | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rickey Jackson | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Buford Jordan | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Pat Swilling | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Frank Warren | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Dave Waymer | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Jim Wilks | NOR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Frank Garcia | TAM | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 0 | ||||
| Donald Igwebuike | TAM | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morten Andersen | NOR | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Hansen | NOR | 4 | 179 | 44.8 | 0 | ||||