Sunday, October 26, 2003 - Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Dallas Cowboys 06

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ryan Leaf experiment ended about as fast as it started. The Buccaneers signed the troubled quarterback during the offseason. The franchise was intrigued by his physical talent and planned to develop his abilities more slowly by having him watch and learn. However, Leaf's wrist still had not healed, and he refused to have surgery despite doctors' strong recommendations. After mediocre performances in the Buccaneers' four preseason games, the club asked Leaf to accept a lower salary. He refused, and the club released him just five days before the start of the 2001 season.

Brad Johnson started his first game for the Buccaneers, and led them to a 10–6 victory. Despite holding a poor Cowboys club to only 127 yards, a fourth-quarter touchdown run by Johnson was needed to seal the victory. It was the Bucs' first ever victory in Dallas.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Cloudy - 69°F. - Humidity 83% - Wind N. 10 mph Wind Chill 80°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Paul Labenne
UMPIRE: Steve Burke
HEAD LINESMAN: Mike Peek
LINE JUDGE: Jeff Puckett
SIDE JUDGE: Michael Salem
BACK JUDGE: Pat Demoro
FIELD JUDGE: Jerry Gastellum
REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bill Reynolds
VIDEO OPERATOR: Louis Nazzaro

SCORING

BUCCANEERS: 07:50-1Q Gramatica FG39
COWBOYS: 04:26-1Q Seder FG22
COWBOYS: 11:42-3Q Seder FG46
BUCCANEERS: 12:35-4Q B. Johnson 1 run (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #81 J. Green
LT: #67 K. Walker
LG: #64 R. McDaniel
C: #75 T. Washington
RG: #60 C. Coleman
RT: #71 J. Wunsch
TE: #83 D. Moore
WR: #19 K. Johnson
QB: #14 B. Johnson
RB: #28 W. Dunn
FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #78 M. Jones
NT: #92 A McFarland
DT: #99 W. Sapp
RE: #97 S. Rice
WLB: #55 D. Brooks
MLB: #59 J. Duncan
SLB: #53 S. Quarles
RCB: #20 R. Barber
LCB: #21 D. Abraham
SS: #47 J. Lynch
FS: #34 D. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 80 Yoder, 84 McDermott, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 91 Darby, 94 White

DID NOT PLAY

10 King, 70 Hires, 76 Curry, 96 Wyms

INACTIVE

1 Hamilton, 26 Smith, 58 Cerqua, 62 Christy, 65 Hochstein, 87 Murphy, 88 Wynn, 98 Cannida

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Dunn 22-56, Alstott 5-12, B.Johnson 4-2, Stecker 2-1.
COWBOYS: Smith 13-40, Thomas 2-28, Carter 4-16, Hambrick 2-10, Ismail 2-3, Wiley 1-2.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 35-26-195-1-0.
COWBOYS: Carter 19-9-34-2-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Green 8-75, K.Johnson 7-71, Dunn 4-21, Alstott 4-15, Williams 1-9, Cook 1-4.
COWBOYS: Galloway 6-18, Wiley 3-15.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Jackson 1-13, Lynch 1-4.
COWBOYS: Woodson 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Williams 1-13.
COWBOYS: Swinton 3-131.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-1.
COWBOYS: McGarity 3-18.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: White 1-3, Jones 1-3.
COWBOYS: Reese 1-2, Ellis 1-1.