Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Dallas Cowboys 00

In a largely defensive game, so-called "BUC BALL" prevailed. Tampa Bay Buccaneers shut out Bill Parcells' Dallas Cowboys by a score of 16–0.

The defense forced three turnovers, and held the #4-ranked Dallas offense to just over 200 total yards and no points.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bill Carollo
• UMPIRE: Tony Michalek
• HEAD LINESMAN: Steve Stelljes
• LINE JUDGE: Ben Montgomery
• SIDE JUDGE: John Parry
• BACK JUDGE: Bob Waggoner
• FIELD JUDGE: Steve Zimmer
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Mark Burns
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 10:53-2Q Gramatica FG24
• BUCCANEERS: 04:13-2Q K.Johnson 7 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 09:24-3Q Gramatica FG50
• BUCCANEERS: 02:03-3Q Gramatica FG26

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• LT: #72 R. Oben
• LG: #71 K. Jenkins
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #87 K. McCardell
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #32 M. Pittman
• FB: #43 J. Cook

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• NT: #92 A McFarland
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• CB: #35 C. Ivy
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #20 R. Barber
• RCB: #31 T. Wansley
• SS: #26 D. Smith
• FS: #23 J. Phillips

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 21 Poteat, 22 Jones, 27 Stecker, 28 Robinson, 30 Barnes, 38 Howell, 44 Ciurciu, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 57 Rudd, 65 Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 79 Mahan, 80 Yoder, 86 Williams, 89 Heller, 90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 10 King, 84 Barlow

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 38 Martin, 47 Lynch, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 74 Green, 82 Lee, 83 Jurevicius

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 30-113, Stecker 5-15.
• COWBOYS: Hambrick 11-25, Anderson 6-17, Carter 2-15, Glenn 1-4, Cason 2-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 26-13-151-0-1.
• COWBOYS: Carter 25-15-140-2-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: McCardell 6-68, Dilger 2-51, Williams 1-13, K.Johnson 1-7, Stecker 1-5, Pittman 1-4, Cook 1-3.
• COWBOYS: Anderson 5-22, Cason 3-40, Glenn 3-26, Galloway 2-26, Witten 1-15, Hambrick 1-11.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Phillips 1-41, Barber 1-24.
• COWBOYS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 1-22.
• COWBOYS: Ross 4-103.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wansley 1-8, Williams 0-0.
• COWBOYS: Galloway 2-19.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Sapp 1-10, Darby 1-5, Wyms 1-5, McFarland 1-2.
• COWBOYS: Ellis 1-10, Ogbogu 1-8.

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