Monday November 26, 2001 - St. Louis Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 St. Louis Rams 17

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

Another exciting Monday Night Football rival as the Rams & Buccaneers dont disappoint the fans for a second straight season.

The Buccaneers traveled to St. Louis for a primetime Monday night battle. It was the second rematch of the 1999 NFC Championship, and the latest installment of an increasingly popular rivally between the Buccaneers and Rams.

The game went back and forth, and was tied 17–17 after three quarters. Warrick Dunn scored a 21-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, which proved to be the winning margin.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Scattered Showers - 48°F. - Humidity 79% - Wind N. 5 mph Wind Chill 45°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Ron Blum
UMPIRE: Neil Gereb
HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
BACK JUDGE: Bill Schmitz
FIELD JUDGE: Al Jury
SIDE JUDGE: Ron Liebsack
REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bill Richardson
VIDEO OPERATOR: Fred Glosser

SCORING

RAMS: 10:57-1Q Wilkins FG44
BUCCANEERS: 13:19-2Q Alstott 7 run (Gramatica kick)
RAMS: 5:06-2Q Wilkins FG42
BUCCANEERS: 2:10-2Q Gramatica FG36
RAMS: 0:00-2Q Wilkins FG24
BUCCANEERS: 8:36-3Q Alstott 8 run (Gramatica kick)
RAMS: 1:41-3Q Manumaleuna 1 pass from Warner (Faulk run)
BUCCANEERS: 11:13-4Q Dunn 21 run (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #85 R. Anthony
LT: #67 K. Walker
LG: #64 R. McDaniel
C: #62 J. Christy
RG: #60 C. Coleman
RT: #71 J. Wunsch
TE: #83 D. Moore
WR: #19 K. Johnson
QB: #14 B. Johnson
FB: #28 W. Dunn
RB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #78 M. Jones
NT: #92 A. McFarland
DT: #99 W. Sapp
RE: #97 S. Rice
SLB: #53 S. Quarles
MLB: #59 J. Duncan
WLB: #55 D. Brooks
LCB: #25 B. Kelly
RCB: #20 R. Barber
SS: #47 J. Lynch
FS: #34 D. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 21 Abraham, 22 Stecker, 26 Smith, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 81 Green, 84 McDermott, 87 Murphy, 91 Darby, 94 White, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

10 King, 76 Curry

INACTIVE

1 Hamilton, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 58 Cerqua, 65 Hochstein, 86 Williams, 89 Wynn, 96 Wyms

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Dunn 14-60, Alstott 11-34, B.Johnson 6-(-3).
RAMS: Faulk 12-55, Canidate 2-13, Conwell 1-3, Holcombe 1-3, Bruce 1-2, Warner 1-0, Baker 1-0.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 34-21-185-1-0.
RAMS: Warner 39-19-291-2-1.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Johnson 5-57, Dunn 5-46, Alstott 5-31, Moore 3-29, Green 1-13, Anthony 1-9, Cook 1-0.
RAMS: Holt 8-139, Bruce 3-73, Hakim 3-29, Conwell 2-38, Faulk 2-11, Manumaleuna 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Lynch 1-15, Abraham 1-6.
RAMS: Young 1-25.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Murphy 4-90.
RAMS: Canidate 5-71.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Anthony 1-5.
RAMS: Hakim 4-42.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Sapp 2-17, Duncan 1-5.
RAMS: Ahanotu 1-8, Moran 1-4.