Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Kansas City Chiefs 10

Trent Dilfer passed for 270 yards and two touchdowns (35 yards, 52 yards, respectively), but six turnovers nearly foiled the afternoon. The Buccaneer defense remained firm and held Kansas City to 5 yards passing in the first half. Dilfer, however, threw one interception and fumbled away a snap and Mike Alstott lost three fumbles.

Leading 17–10 with 3 minutes to go, the Buccaneers looked to run out the clock. Alstott, however, committed his third fumble, and the Chiefs took over at their own 17. In ten plays, Elvis Grbac drove the Chiefs 66 yards to the Tampa Bay 13. With 28 seconds remaining in regulation, Hardy Nickerson intercepted Grbac in the endzone, and Tampa Bay held on to win.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ron Winter
• UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
• LINE JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
• HEAD LINESMAN: Sanford Rivers
• BACK JUDGE: Steven Zimmer
• FIELD JUDGE: Billy Smith
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bob Boylston

SCORING

• CHIEFS: 11:59-1Q Stoyanovich FG20
• BUCCANEERS: 08:49-2Q Moore 35 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:28-2Q Gramatica FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 02:38-3Q Green 52 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick)
• CHIEFS: 10:40-4Q Horn 50 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 J. Green
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #64 J. Diaz
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #71 J. Wunsch
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #94 S. White
• SLB: #53 S. Quarles
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #25 B. Kelly
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #24 D. Robinson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 20 Barber, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84 McDonald, 88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 10 King, 65 Dogins

INACTIVE

• 15 Zeier, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 79 Hegamin, 86 Williams, 87 Emanuel, 95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 18-66, Alstott 16-33, Dilfer 3-1.
• CHIEFS: Shehee 10-54, Bennett 9-23, Richardson 2-7, Grbac 1-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 27-17-270-1-2.
• CHIEFS: Grbac 38-23-202-1-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Green 7-164, Moore 3-56, Anthony 3-28, Dunn 2-11, Alstott 1-7, Hape 1-4.
• CHIEFS: Alexander 7-41, Gonzalez 6-62, Horn 3-63, Shehee 3-8, Lockett 2-26, Richardson 2-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Nickerson 1-0.
• CHIEFS: Hasty 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Murphy 3-50.
• CHIEFS: Vanover 4-74.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 4-13.
• CHIEFS: Vanover 3-22.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Abraham 1-9, Sapp 1-9.
• CHIEFS: none.

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