Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Dallas Cowboys 07

Tampa Bay scored 17 points in the first quarter, and dominated the visiting Cowboys.

Running back Warrick Dunn finished with two touchdowns and 210 rushing yards, just 9 short of the team single-game record. Dunn's 76-yard touchdown run in the first quarter was a franchise record at the time. "It's not the size of the dog, it's the fight that's in him," Warren Sapp said. "And that guy is something special."

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Hantak
• UMPIRE: Carl Madsen
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Fincken
• BACK JUDGE: Don Dorkowski
• FIELD JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Rex Stuart
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Mike Wimmer

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 13:39-1Q Gramatica FG28
• BUCCANEERS: 10:39-1Q Dunn 76 run (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:07-1Q Kelly 9 interception return (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:37-2Q Gramatica FG25
• COWBOYS: 05:53-3Q Smith 4 run (Seder kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 07:58-4Q Dunn 4 run (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 J. Green
• LT: #69 P. Pierson
• LG: #64 R. McDonald
• 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: #48 C. Kirby

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #92 A McFarland
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #78 M. Jones
• SLB: #53 S. Quarles
• MLB: #59 J. Duncan
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #24 D. Robinson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 87 Murphy, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 15 Zeier

INACTIVE

• 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 40 Alstott, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 95 McLaughlin

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 22-210, Abdullah 10-38, King 4-2.
• COWBOYS: Smith 20-80, Wiley 6-32, Thomas 1-3, McGarrity 1-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: King 15-9-65-0-0.
• COWBOYS: Aikman 30-16-158-1-0, Wright 3-1-10-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 4-28, Green 2-15, Dunn 2-11, Abdullah 1-11.
• COWBOYS: McKnight 4-42, McGarrity 3-44, Wiley 3-13, Harris 2-11, Tucker 1-15, LaFleur 1-14, Smith 1-11, Brazzell 1-10, Hodge 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Kelly 1-9
• COWBOYS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Murphy 2-24.
• COWBOYS: Tucker 4-51, Wiley 1-22.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-14, Yoder 1-0.
• COWBOYS: McGarity 3-7.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Jones 1-8, Ahanotu 1-7.
• COWBOYS: Underwood 1-11, Spellman 1-3.

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