Sunday, December 18, 1988
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lions (4-12-0) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Buccaneers (5-11-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| DET | TAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Buccaneers | Bruce Hill 31 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 31 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3rd | Lions | Eddie Murray 27 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| Lions | Jeff Chadwick 19 yard pass from Rusty Hilger (Eddie Murray kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Mark Carrier 27 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (John Carney kick) | 10 | 21 |
| DET | TAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-59-0 | 35-103-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-40-211-1-3 | 12-23-189-3-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 4-50 |
| Net pass yards | 191 | 139 |
| Total yards | 250 | 242 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-45 | 5-34 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Rusty Hilger | DET | 16 | 39 | 211 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Chadwick | DET | 5 | 70 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 69 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Garry James | DET | 7 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| James R. Jones | DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| Carl Bland | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Tony Paige | DET | 5 | 16 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Pat Carter | DET | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Vinny Testaverde | TAM | 12 | 23 | 189 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Mark Carrier | TAM | 3 | 71 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 10 | 39 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Bruce Hill | TAM | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 31 | ||||||
| Lars Tate | TAM | 19 | 53 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Ron Hall | TAM | 2 | 37 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Don Smith | TAM | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Kerry Goode | TAM | 4 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||
| Jerry Ball | DET | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bennie Blades | DET | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James Griffin | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| George Jamison | DET | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Pete Mandley | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Devon Mitchell | DET | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Carl Painter | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stephen Starring | DET | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Cannon | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Donnie Elder | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Futrell | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harry Hamilton | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Shawn Lee | TAM | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mark Robinson | TAM | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Don Smith | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jeff Smith | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Jim Arnold | DET | 7 | 250 | 35.7 | 0 | ||||
| Eddie Murray | DET | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Criswell | TAM | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||