Buccaneers vs. Washington Redskins

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Washington Redskins 16

Opening day saw Tampa Bay Buccaneers visiting Washington Redskins.

In the second quarter, Brad Johnson threw deep for an apparent 29-yard touchdown pass to newly acquired wide receiver Joey Galloway. Galloway, was unable to secure the ball, and suffered a groin injury on the play. After a Martin Gramatica field goal, the Buccaneers entered halftime trailing 10–3.

Ronde Barber tied the score at 10–10 after he recovered a Mark Brunell fumble 9 yards for a touchdown.

After an interception, Washington, managed two field goals in the fourth period, and held on to win 16–10.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Terry McAulay
• UMPIRE: Carl Madsen
• HEAD LINESMAN: Kent Payne
• LINE JUDGE: Mark Steinkerchner
• SIDE JUDGE: Rick Patterson

SCORING

• REDSKINS: 03:31-1Q Portis 64 run (Hall kick)
• REDSKINS: 03:18-2Q Hall FG20
• BUCCANEERS: 02:03-2Q Gramatica FG47
• BUCCANEERS: 10:16-4Q Barber 9 fumble return (Gramatica kick)
• REDSKINS: 06:04-4Q Hall FG30
• REDSKINS: 14:42-4Q Hall FG34

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #70 D. Deese
• LG: #78 M. Stinchcomb
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #75 T. Steussie
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #81 T. Brown
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• FB: #40 M. Alstott
• RB: #30 C. Garner

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #91 C. Darby
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• DE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #52 I. Gold
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 D. Smith
• FS: #23 J. Phillips

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 11 Schroeder, 15 Murphy, 22 White, 27 Edwards, 34 Comella, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 66 Gregory, 69 Davis, 79 Mahan, 80 Clayton, 86 Moore, 88 Dudley, 90 White, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Griese

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 24 Cox, 43 Cook, 67 Walker, 77 Terry, 82 Lee, 89 Heller, 93 Savage

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Garner 11-25, Alstott 4-5.
• REDSKINS: Portis 29-148, Betts 5-17, Brunell 5-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 37-24-169-1-0
• REDSKINS: Brunell 24-13-125-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Clayton 7-53, Brown 4-23, Alstott 3-17, Dilger 3-12, Dudley 2-31, Schroeder 2-26, Garner 1-4, White 1-3, Galloway 1-0.
• REDSKINS: Gardner 4-61, Portis 4-15, Coles 3-27, Cooley 1-16, Betts 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• REDSKINS: Pierce 1-16.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Murphy 4-125, Schroeder 1-13.
• REDSKINS: Morton 2-48, Sellers 1-15.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Schroeder 5-21.
• REDSKINS: Morton 3-18.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• REDSKINS: Bowen 2-15, Arrington 1-10, Warner 0.5-2.5, Wynn 0.5-2.5.

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