Sunday, September 3, 1995 - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Philadelphia Eagles 06

Tampa Bay Buccaneers open the season on the road with a victory in Philadelphia against the Eagles.

This is the fourth season with Sam Wyche and the debut of a future Buccaneers head coach as the Eagles offensive co-ordinator, 33 year-old Jon Gruden

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Sunny - 80°F. - Humidity 32% - Wind S.E. 7 mph Wind Chill 81°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Gary Lane
UMPIRE: Bob Boylston
LINE JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
SIDE JUDGE: Don Wedge
HEAD LINESMAN: Sanford Rivers
BACK JUDGE: Rob Carrolle
FIELD JUDGE: Bobby Skelton
REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

EAGLES: 07:28-1Q Anderson FG21
BUCCANEERS: 07:09-1Q Copeland 64 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
EAGLES: 00:35-1Q Anderson FG28
BUCCANEERS: 12:07-4Q Harris 10 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
BUCCANEERS: 04:01-4Q Rhett 19 run (Husted kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

TE: #86 T. Armstrong
LT: #74 P. Gruber
LG: #70 C. McRae
C: #61 T. Mayberry
RG: #62 I. Beckles
RT: #76 S. Dill
TE: #81 J. Harris
WR: #80 L. Dawson
QB: #12 T. Dilfer
RB: #32 E. Rhett
FB: #83 D. Moore

STARTERS DEFENSE

LDE: #72 C. Ahanotu
LDT: #77 M. Wheeler
RDT: #99 W. Sapp
RDT: #75 E. Curry
LLB: #51 L. Marts
MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
RLB: #55 D. Brooks
LCB: #35 M. Mayhem
RCB: #39 C. Dimry
SS: #27 B. Bussey
FS: #22 T. Everett

SUBSTITUTIONS

1 Roby, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 21 McGruder, 28 Buckley, 29 Gant, 37 Ellison, 41 Edmonds, 44 Booty, 45 Stargell, 47 Lynch, 52 Rouse, 53 Brady, 54 Stephens, 71 Dotson, 73 Culpepper, 82 Davis, 85 Hawkins, 88 Copeland, 93 DuBose, 95 Powe

DID NOT PLAY

60 Pyne, 69 Pierson

INACTIVE

15 Philcox, 25 Johnson, 26 Abraham, 65 Ingram, 67 Sullivan, 82 Harper, 87 Thomas, 94 McIntosh

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Rhett 26-85, Dilfer 3-(-2).
EAGLES: Cunningham 3-42, Watters 17-37, Garner 5-23, Turner 2-9.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 19-11-215-1-2.
EAGLES: Cunningham 36-25-191-1-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Copeland 5-155, Rhett 2-22, Harris 2-18, Dawsey 1-16, Hawkins 1-4.
EAGLES: Barnett 5-47, Watters 5-34, Martin 4-41, Turner 4-29, Williams 4-28, West 2-11, Johnson 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Marts 1-8.
EAGLES: Frazier 1-3.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Edmonds 3-92.
EAGLES: Garner 2-45, Martin 2-26.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Edmonds 3-17.
EAGLES: Martin 2-42.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Nickerson 1-8, Wheeler 1-8, Culpepper 1-7, Sapp 1-5, Dotson 1-1.
EAGLES: Fuller 1-13.