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Sunday, October 30, 1988 - Home Game

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Miami Dolphins 17

A combination of the previous week's poor performance and a back injury led to Vinny Testaverde's surprise replacement by Joe Ferguson as the starter.

Ferguson completed 26-of-37 passes for 291 yards and two touchdowns, and nearly led a fourth-quarter comeback. For the second week in a row, Buccaneer turnovers led to all of an opponents' scores. This time, running backs Kerry Goode, Lars Tate, and William Howard combined for four fumbles, leaving the team with a −20 giveaway/takeaway ratio for the season.

The Dolphins scored on two touchdown passes from Dan Marino to Mark Clayton, and a Tony Franklin field goal.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Partly Cloudy - 85°F. - Humidity 80% - Wind N.E. 10mph Wind Chill 85°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Dick Hantak
    • UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
    • LINE JUDGE: Ron Baker
    • SIDE JUDGE: Gary Lane
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
    • BACK JUDGE: Paul Baetz
    • FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
    • REPLAY OFFICIAL: Javck Fette
    SCORING
    • DOLPHINS: 07:39-3Q Clayton 5 pass from Marino (Franklin kick)
    • DOLPHINS: 05:08-3Q Clayton 8 pass from Marino (Franklin kick)
    • DOLPHINS: 03:21-3Q Franklin FG31
    • BUCCANEERS: 10:42-4Q Tate 5 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 05:57-4Q Hill 27 pass from Ferguson (Igwebuike kick)
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #88 M. Carrier
    • LT: #74 P. Gruber
    • LG: #68 R. Mallory
    • C: #60 R. Grimes
    • RG: #69 J. Bruhin
    • RT: #72 R. Taylor
    • TE: #82 R. Hall
    • WR: #84 B. Hill
    • QB: #12 J. Ferguson
    • TE: #32 J. Wilder
    • RB: #86 C. Magee
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LE: #79 R. Davis
    • NT: #95 C. Jarvis
    • RE: #94 R. Goff
    • LOLB: #59 K. Murphy
    • LILB: #99 E. Marve
    • RILB: #53 S. Coleman
    • ROLB: #57 W. Moss
    • LCB: #29 R. Reynolds
    • RCB: #36 B. Futrell
    • SS: #20 O. Harris
    • FS: #39 H. Hamilton
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 1 Igwebuike, 13 Criswell, 22 R Jones, 27 Goode, 28 Brown, 34 Tate, 35 J Smith, 40 Elder, 43 Howard, 47 D Smith, 51 Washington, 52 V Jones, 55 Rolling, 56 Walker, 64 Thomas, 70 Swayne, 71 Cooper, 73 McHale, 78 Cannon, 80 Pillow, 85 Taylor, 97 Lee
    DID NOT PLAY
    • 14 Testaverde
    INACTIVE
    • 83 Clinkscales, 90 Holmes

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Howard 9-32, Tate 7-22, Wilder 5-14, D.Smith 3-7, Goode 2-4, Ferguson 1-0.
    • DOLPHINS: Hampton 13-23, Bennett 5-21, Stradford 2-3, Marino 3-(-4).
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: Ferguson 36-26-291-1-2.
    • DOLPHINS: Marino 46-27-266-0-2.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Carrier 9-142, Hill 4-61, Magee 3-19, Tate 3-16, Hall 2-23, Howard 2-6, Pillow 1-12, D.Smith 1-8, J.Smith 1-4.
    • DOLPHINS: Clayton 7-80, Edmunds 4-53, Duper 4-52, Hampton 4-19, Jensen 2-25, Banks 2-18, Davenport 2-13, Stradford 2-6.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: none.
    • DOLPHINS: Graf 1-14.
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Elder 2-38, D.Smith 1-16, J.Smith 1-16.
    • DOLPHINS: Cribbs 3-73.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Futrell 4-30.
    • DOLPHINS: Schwedes 2-2.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: none.
    • DOLPHINS: Cline 1-8.

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