Buccaneers vs. New York Jets

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 New York Jets 31

Jets Otis Smith returned two interceptions for touchdowns (45 yards and 51 yards respectively) and Leon Johnson ran for a 101-yard kickoff return touchdown.

The Tampa Bay offense, minus an injured Mike Alstott, went 0 for 13 on third down conversions.

Tampa Bay was crushed 31–0. However, when the 4 o'clock games were decided, Tampa Bay mathematically clinched a wild card berth for the playoffs.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ron Blum
• UMPIRE: Bob Wagner
• LINE JUDGE: Charles Stewart
• SIDE JUDGE: Ron Liebsack
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Hittner
• BACK JUDGE: Al Jury
• FIELD JUDGE: Kirk Dornan
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• JETS: 01:05-1Q Hall FG32
• JETS: 11:05-2Q Smith 45 interception return (Hall kick)
• JETS: 06:19-2Q Smith 51 interception return (Hall kick)
• JETS: 14:43-3Q L.Johnson 101 kickoff return (Hall kick)
• JETS: 11:56-3Q Murrell 7 run (Hall kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #87 J. Davis
• WR: #86 K. Williams
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #82 P. Hape

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #50 J. Gooch
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• RLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• DB: #23 T. Bouie
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 25 Johnson, 27 Parker, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 48 Jordan, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 65 Dogins

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 40 Alstott, 59 Porter, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 80 Harris

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 23-88, Rhett 1-2, Dilfer 1-0.
• JETS: Murrell 26-73, Sowell 7-35, Lucas 2-10, Anderson 2-3, Neal 1-3, L.Johnson 1-0, O’Donnell 4-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 15-2-38-2-0, Walsh 7-1-8-0-0.
• JETS: O’Donnell 22-14-112-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 1-22, Davis 1-16, Copeland 1-8.
• JETS: K.Johnson 3-22, Baxter 2-26, Graham 2-20, VanDyke 1-18, L.Johnson 1-12, Sowell 1-8, Brady 1-3, Murrell 1-3, Neal 1-1, Anderson 1-(-1).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Parker 1-5.
• JETS: Smith 2-96.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 5-97
• JETS: Johnson 1-101.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 4-40.
• JETS: Johnson 4-45.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• JETS: Terry 1-9, Ferguson 1-7, Farrior 0.5-4.5, Lewis 0.5-4.5.

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