Buccaneers vs. San Francisco 49ers

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 San Francisco 49ers 06

POST-SEASON: NFC Divisional Playoffs

The Buccaneers hosted the 49ers, who were fresh off one of the largest comeback games in their history in the 39–38 wildcard round victory over the Giants.

With the league's top-ranked defense during the 2002 regular season, the Buccaneers forced five turnovers; they intercepted quarterback Jeff Garcia three times and sacked him four times, and limited the 49ers to only two field goals.

Tampa Bay quarterback Brad Johnson, who had been sidelined for a month, returned to throw for 196 yards and two touchdowns. Fullback Mike Alstott scored two touchdowns, while the Buccaneers held onto the ball for 36:46 and held the 49ers to a season low 228 yards. This was San Francisco's first playoff game without a touchdown since 1986 and the 49ers' last playoff game until 2011.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Gerry Austin
• UMPIRE: Scott Dawson
• LINE JUDGE: Byron Boston
• SIDE JUDGE: Carl Cheffers
• HEAD LINESMAN: James Wilson
• BACK JUDGE: Richard Reels
• FIELD JUDGE: Duke Carroll
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Lawrence Hill
• VIDEO OPERATOR: unknown

SCORING

• BUCS: 06:34-1Q Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)
• 49ERS: 00:17-1Q Chandler FG24
• BUCS: 09:27-2Q Jurevicius 20 pass from Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• 49ERS: 08:31-2Q Chandler FG40
• BUCS: 07:24-2Q Dudley 12 pass from Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• BUCS: 00:50-2Q Alstott 2 run (Gramatica kick)
• BUCS: 08:28-3Q Gramatica FG19

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• LT: #72 R. Oben
• LG: #71 K. Jenkins
• C: #62 J. Christy
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #87 K. McCardell
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #32 M. Pittman
• TE: #88 R. Dudley

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• NT: #91 C. Darby
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #51 A. Singleton
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #34 D. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 11 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 30 Barnes, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 74 Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 93 Claybrooks, 95 Warner, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 10 King, 31 Wansley, 64 Goodspeed, 84 Barlow, 89 Crawford, 90 Gurley

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 17-60, Pittman 17-41, Stecker 1-8, R.Johnson 1-7, B.Johnson 1-5.
• 49ERS: Hearst 10-55, Barlow 3-7.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 31-15-196-1-2, R.Johnson 1-1-21-0-0.
• 49ERS: Garcia 41-22-193-3-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: K. Johnson 5-85, Jurevicius 3-48, Dilger 3-35, Alstott 3-27, Dudley 1-12, Pittman 1-10.
• 49ERS: Streets 5-62, Owens 4-35, Hearst 4-29, Stokes 3-20, Beasley 2-15, Johnson 2-7, Wilson 1-22, Barlow 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-25, Smith 1-6, Brooks 1-0.
• 49ERS: Holman 1-13.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 3-72.
• 49ERS: Sutherland 3-88, Smith 3-74.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 1-12.
• 49ERS: Sutherland 2-25.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Rice 1-8, Spires 1-8, Brooks 0.5-2.5, Sapp 0.5-2.5.
• 49ERS: Peterson 1-9

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