Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 10

Tampa Bay had 199 yards of rushing, and the special teams recovered two punt fumbles by the Falcons. Tampa Bay won 31–10, and improved to 4–0 in dome stadiums for the season. At 7–3, they were one game behind Green Bay and Minnesota for the lead in the NFC Central.

Click here to view official GAMEBOOK & play-by-play highlights

GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Jim Daopoulos
• LINE JUDGE: Bill Spyksma
• SIDE JUDGE: Nate Jones
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayard
• BACK JUDGE: Peter Morelli
• FIELD JUDGE: Ron Spitler
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Not Documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 10:43-1Q Alstott 47 run (Husted kick)
• FALCONS: 3:30-2Q Emanuel 30 pass from Chandler (Andersen kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 0:45-2Q Dunn 24 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 0:04-2Q Husted FG54
• FALCONS: 8:24-3Q Andersen FG34
• BUCCANEERS: 0:05-3Q Moore 14 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 6:44-4Q Dunn 30 run (Husted kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• TE: #82 P. Hape
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #88 H. Copeland
• WR: #86 K. Williams
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• LT: #77 B. Culpepper
• RT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• LLB: #59 R. Porter
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #27 A. Parker
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 28 Dunn, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 75 Curry, 84 Thomas, 85 Anthony, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White

DID NOT PLAY

• none

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 29 Gant, 65 Dogins, 78 Jones, 80 Harris, 97 Jackson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 14-77, Dunn 14-76, Rhett 6-30, Dilfer 3-16, Walsh 1-0.
• FALCONS: Anderson 14-49, Hanspard 3-34, Chandler 4-11, Green 2-5, Christian 1-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 20-12-150-0-2.
• FALCONS: Chandler 27-19-212-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 4-38, Dunn 3-57, Moore 2-25, Copeland 2-23, Hape 1-7.
• FALCONS: Anderson 7-47, Green 4-54, Mathis 3-32, Emanuel 2-43, Kinchen 2-25, Christian 1-11.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• FALCONS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 3-55.
• FALCONS: Hanspard 3-53

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wiliams 0-0.
• FALCONS: Kinchen 4-25.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Culpepper 3-28, Maniecki 1-6, Ahanotu 1-5.
• FALCONS: none

Click here to view official GAMEBOOK & play-by-play highlights