Buccaneers vs. Philadelphia Eagles

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 03 Philadelphia Eagles 21

POST-SEASON: NFC Divisional Wild-Card Game

The Eagles defense held Tampa Bay to only 199 total yards and 11 first downs.

The Buccaneers scored first early in the second quarter with Martin Gramatica's 29-yard field goal. But late in the period, the Eagles' Hugh Douglas forced Tampa Bay quarterback Shaun King to fumble, and Mike Mamula recovered the loose ball at the Buccaneers 15-yard line. The turnover set up Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb's 5-yard touchdown run. Tampa Bay then punted on their next possession and the Eagles marched 69 yards on 8 plays to take a 14–3 on Na Brown's 5-yard touchdown reception with 12 seconds left in the half.

Philadelphia then shut out the Buccaneers in the second half, while McNabb threw a 2-yard pass to Jeff Thomason with less than a minute left in the game to seal the victory. The Eagle's victory meant for the 35th consecutive year that the team hosting the Super Bowl would not be playing in it.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Mike Carey
• UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
• HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Williams
• LINE JUDGE: Walt Anderson
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
• BACK JUDGE: Bob Lawing
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Lovett
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Darryl Lewis
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Bud Alexander

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 11:19-2Q Gramatica FG29
• EAGLES: 03:16-2Q McNabb 5 run (Akers kick)
• EAGLES: 00:12-3Q Brown 5 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)
• EAGLES: 14:13-4Q Thomason 2 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 J. Green
• LT: #79 G. Hegamin
• LG: #64 R. McDaniel
• 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: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #94 S. White
• 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, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 15 Zeier, 60 Coleman

INACTIVE

• 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 48 Kirby, 50 Gooch, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 78 Jones, 87 Murphy

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 7-42, King 4-7, Dunn 8-1.
• EAGLES: Warren 22-85, McNabb 8-32, Mitchell 3-9.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: King 31-17-171-0-0.
• EAGLES: McNabb 33-24-161-1-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 6-106, Dunn 5-28, Alstott 2-14, Moore 2-12. Anthony 1-6, Hape 1-5.
• EAGLES: Johnson 5-47, Mitchell 5-37, Small 3-30, Lewis 3-24, Martin 2-8, Pritchett 2-(-1), Brown 1-5, Pinkston 1-5, Warren 1-4, Thomason 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Abraham 1-0.
• EAGLES: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 1-21, Williams 1-14, Anthony 1-7.
• EAGLES: Mitchell 1-24, D.Douglas 1-24.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-12.
• EAGLES: Mitchell 3-38.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: White 1-10, Singleton 0.5-0, Webster 0.5-0.
• EAGLES: H.Douglas 2-14, Caldwell 1-7, Thomas 1-1.

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