Buccaneers vs. Houston Oilers 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Houston Oilers 20
The Buccaneers failed at completing a great comeback when James Wilder fumbled on the Oilers 21-yard line with 1:18 remaining in regulation play. The Oilers recovery preserved a narrow victory.
Testaverde had a 300-yard game and Mark Carrier set a new Buccaneers receiving record for season yardage with still two games left in the season.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Tom Dooley
- UMPIRE: Bob Boylston
- LINE JUDGE: Jim Quirk
- SIDE JUDGE: Duwayne Gandy
- HEAD LINESMAN: Leo Miles
- BACK JUDGE: Ron Clymer
- FIELD JUDGE: Bernie Kukar
- VIDEO REPLAY OFFICAL: Bill Parkinson
SCORING
- OILERS: 10:03-1Q Zendejas FG30
- BUCCANEERS: 08-1Q Igwebuike FG21
- OILERS: 13:34-2Q Hill 12 pass from Moon (Zendejas kick)
- OILERS: 10:14-2Q Zendejas FG37
- OILERS: 01:29-2Q Duncan 16 pass from Moon (Zendejas kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 07:23-3Q Drewrey 6 pass from Testaverde (Igwebuike kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 06:12-4Q Hall 24 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. Hall
- QB: #14 V. Testaverde
- FB: #32 J. Wilder
- 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: #58 W. Moss
- LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
- RCB: #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, 43 Howard, 51 Thomas, 56 Anno, 57 Najarian, 70 Swayne, 77 Weston, 78 Cannon, 83 Peebles, 85 Walker, 86 Harris, 87 Drewrey, 97 Lee
DID NOT PLAY
- 12 Ferguson, 65 Graham, 80 Pillow
INACTIVE
- 61 Ingram, 75 Bax
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 3-28, Tate 7-18, Wilder 6-13, Stamps 3-7.
- OILERS: Rozier 13-82, Highsmith 7-44, Moon 7-5, Pinkett 1-4, White 1-0, Duncan 1-0.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 48-31-328-1-2.
- OILERS: Moon 23-14-149-0-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Carrier 10-135, Hall 6-61, Wilder 6-50, Stamps 4-21, Drewrey 2-24, Hill 2-18, Peebles 1-19.
- OILERS: Givins 5-56, Hill 2-17, Rozier 2-14, Jeffires 1-23, Duncan 1-16, Mrosko 1-9, Pinkett 1-8, Verhulst 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- OILERS: Dishman 1-31.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Futrell 1-22.
- OILERS: White 3-50, Mrosko 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Drewrey 1-6.
- OILERS: Johnson 1-1.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- OILERS: Jones 2-21, Brown 2-20.
