Buccaneers vs. Philadelphia Eagles

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Philadelphia Eagles 00

The Buccaneers appeared to start the 2003 regular season where they left off.

The Buccaneers opened on Monday night, against the Eagles, at the new Lincoln Financial Field. It was a rematch of the previous season's NFC Championship. The Buccaneers impressively beat the Eagles 17–0. Joe Jurevicius led the team with two touchdown catches. His second came via a "circus catch" in which he tipped the ball up into the air, rebounding it to himself, and making the reception.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
• UMPIRE: Bill Schuster
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
• HEAD LINESMAN: Phil McKinnely
• BACK JUDGE: Steve Freeman
• FIELD JUDGE: Gene Steratore
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bob Boylston
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Ken Dollar

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 12:32-2Q Gramatica FG23
• BUCCANEERS: 03:44-3Q Jurevicius 13 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 08:28-4Q Jurevicius 7 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• LT: #72 R. Oben
• LG: #60 C. Coleman
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #65 J. Whittle
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #87 K. McCardell
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• FB: #40 M. Alstott
• RB: #32 M. Pittman

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• NT: #92 A. McFarland
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #56 R. Nece
• MLB: #52 N. Webster
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #26 D. Smith

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Jones, 23 Phillips, 27 Stecker, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 41 Wilcox, 57 Rudd, 58 Golden, 61 Pinkney, 66 Benjamin, 71 Jenkins, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 89 Heller, 91 Darby, 95 Warner

DID NOT PLAY

• 10 King, 79 Mahan

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 43 Cook, 53 Quarles, 62 King, 74 Green, 84 Barlow, 90 White, 96 Wyms

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 8-35, Jones 10-30, Alstott 12-23, Stecker 1-2.
• EAGLES: McNabb 5-55, Thrash 1-47, Staley 7-14, Westbrook 2-5, Buckhalter 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 36-27-238-1-2.
• EAGLES: McNabb 36-19-148-1-0, Detmer 1-0-0-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: K.Johnson 6-83, Alstott 5-36, Jurevicius 4-39, Pittman 4-6, McCardell 3-41, Jones 2-10, Sapp 1-14, Barnes 1-6, Dilger 1-3.
• EAGLES: Staley 7-46, Thrash 5-46, Lewis 3-22, Pinkston 2-7, Mitchell 1-15, Ritchie 1-12.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: McFarland 1-0.
• EAGLES: Vincent 1-28.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 1-18.
• EAGLES: Westbrook 2-69, Morey 2-26.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wiliams 4-30.
• EAGLES: Sheppard 4-15.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Rice 2-14, Barber 0.5-5, Lynch 0.5-5.
• EAGLES: none.

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