Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Minnesota Vikings 30

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL - Tampa Bay fell to their division rival Minnesota Vikings.

With 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Buccaneers blocked a field goal attempt. Donnie Abraham returned the ball 53-yards for a touchdown, and a 23–20 lead.

Trailing 27–23 with just under 9 minutes left, Shaun King drove the Buccaneers to the Minnesota 47-yard line. On 4th down & 1, a trick play saw Mike Alstott loft a pass to Todd Yoder, but it fell incomplete. Tampa Bay lost by a score of 30–23, and dropped their third straight game, falling to 3–3.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Tony Corrente
• UMPIRE: Ron Botchan
• LINE JUDGE: Aaron Pointer
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• HEAD LINESMAN: Don Carlsen
• BACK JUDGE: Buddy Horton
• FIELD JUDGE: Peter Morelli
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bill Richardson
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Fred Glosser

SCORING

• VIKINGS: 14:36-1Q Culpepper 27 run (Anderson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:11-1Q King 11 run (Gramatica kick)
• VIKINGS: 12:14-2Q Anderson FG37
• VIKINGS: 11:11-2Q Davis 26 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:07-2Q Gramatica FG23
• VIKINGS: 11:12-3Q Anderson FG42
• BUCCANEERS: 08:11-3Q Gramatica FG33
• BUCCANEERS: 00:15-3Q Gramatica FG3
• BUCCANEERS: 12:01-4Q Abraham 57 blocked fieldgoal return (Gramatica kick)
• VIKINGS: 08:42-4Q Moss 42 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick)
• VIKINGS: 01:02-4Q Anderson FG19

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 J. Green
• LT: #69 P. Pierson
• LG: #64 R. McDaniel
• C: #62 J. Christy
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #71 J. Wunsch
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• QB: #10 S. King
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #78 M. Jones
• SLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #24 D. Robinson
• CB: #25 B. Kelly

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 68 Unutoa, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 88 Hastings, 94 White, ,97 Jackson, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 15 Zeier, 59 Duncan, 60 Coleman, 75 Washington

INACTIVE

• 14 Hamilton, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 86 Williams, 95 McLaughlin

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 10-32, King 3-22, Alstott 6-10, Green 1-(-1).
• VIKINGS: Smith 22-81, Culpepper 7-35, Williams 1-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: King 40-26-295-0-0, Alstott 1-0-0-0-0.
• VIKINGS: Culpepper 19-15-231-1-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Green 11-131, Johnson 5-71, Dunn 4-47, Alstott 2-24, Moore 2-12, Anthony 1-7, Hape 1-3.
• VIKINGS: Moss 5-118, Carter 3-43, Smith 3-19, Davis 2-41, Hatchette 1-5, Walters 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Robinson 1-0.
• VIKINGS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 7-160.
• VIKINGS: Carter 6-134.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Hastings 2-24.
• VIKINGS: Walters 1-3.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Jones 2-3, Sapp 1-12, Barber 1-5, McFarland 1-2, Ahanotu 1-2.
• VIKINGS: Randle 1-7, Sawyer 1-5.

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