Buccaneers vs. Denver Broncos

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Denver Broncos 10

Mike Alstott rushed for 131 yards and one touchdown, as the Buccaneers defeated the visiting Denver Broncos. The Tampa Bay defense held Terrell Davis to only 53 yards, and quarterback Trent Dilfer was a noteworthy 15-of-18 with no interceptions. Tampa Bay took a 13–10 lead into halftime, and the second half was scoreless.

"A win is a win. I don't care if it's a Picasso or I drew it," said Warren Sapp. "Elway could not have got them down the field. They were going to lose this ball game. It came down a situation where they needed 85 yards to beat us. No, not today."

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bill Carollo
• UMPIRE: Butch Hannah
• LINE JUDGE: Bob Montgomery
• SIDE JUDGE: Larry Rose
• HEAD LINSMAN: Tony Veteri
• BACK JUDGE: Perry Paganelli
• FIELD JUDGE: Tim Millis
• REPLY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:22-1Q Alstott 28 run (Gramatica kick)
• BRONCOS: 04:29-1Q McCaffrey 12 pass from Griese (Elam kick)
• BRONCOS: 12:55-2Q Gramatica FG38
• BRONCOS: 00:07-2Q Gramatica FG35
• BRONCOS: 14:02-2Q Elam FG44

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #86 K. Williams
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #64 J. Diaz
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• TE: #82 P. Hape
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #94 S. White
• SLB: #53 S. Quarles
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #24 D. Robinson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 54 Palmer, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 84 McDonald, 85 Anthony, 87 Emanuel, 95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 15 Zeier

INACTIVE

• 10 King, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 75 Washington, 88 Murphy, 91 Upshaw, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 25-131, Dilfer 8-17, Dunn 8-15, Anthony 1-2.
• BRONCOS: Davis 19-53, Griese 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 18-15-135-0-0, Royals 1-0-0-0-0.
• BRONCOS: Griese 29-14-132-1-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 9-82, Anthony 2-18, Emanuel 1-14, Williams 1-9, Green 1-7, Alstott 1-5.
• BRONCOS: Sharpe 5-39, McCaffrey 3-26, Smith 2-24, Griffith 2-5, Cooper 1-21, Carswell 1-17.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Nickerson 1-18.
• BRONCOS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 3-51.
• BRONCOS: Watson 3-62.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 4-40.
• BRONCOS: Watson 5-40.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Ahanotu 1-10, Lynch 0.5-1, Nickerson 0.5-1.
• BRONCOS: Pryce 3-29, Smith 2-17, Braxton 2-10, Cadrez 1-1

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