Sunday, December 11, 1988
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (4-11-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Patriots (9-6-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| TAM | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Patriots | Bob Perryman 6 yard rush (Jason Staurovsky kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 15 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 7 | 7 |
| OT | Patriots | Jason Staurovsky 27 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| TAM | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-131-0 | 33-76-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-19-145-1-1 | 16-27-155-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-14 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 131 | 147 |
| Total yards | 262 | 223 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-55 | 4-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| William Howard | TAM | 23 | 101 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 4 | 90 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | TAM | 10 | 19 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kerry Goode | TAM | 12 | 30 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Frank Pillow | TAM | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 2 | 24 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Don Smith | TAM | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Tony Eason | NWE | 16 | 27 | 155 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Bob Perryman | NWE | 17 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 3 | 59 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||||
| John Stephens | NWE | 12 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Reggie Dupard | NWE | 3 | 21 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Russ Francis | NWE | 3 | 16 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Cedric Jones | NWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 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 | ||
| Donnie Elder | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Robert Goff | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Harry Hamilton | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Ricky Reynolds | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Elgin Davis | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Roland James | NWE | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sammy Martin | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Brent Williams | NWE | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| John Carney | TAM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Criswell | TAM | 9 | 310 | 34.4 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Feagles | NWE | 8 | 290 | 36.3 | 0 | ||||
| Jason Staurovsky | NWE | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |