Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 Atlanta Falcons 35
Sam Wyche and Jerry Glanville had been feuding for years when they played with the Bengals and Oilers respectively and Sam had once run up 61 points on Houston in one game. This was pay back time and Atlanta ran it up in the fourth quarter by throwing to the new cornerback Deion Sanders making his first pro touchdown reception, and then Solomon, released by the Buccaneers late in preseason after refusing a contract offer, had seven tackles and a 10-yard sack of Vinny Testaverde. Solomon convinced Glanville to let him play running back in the game's waning minutes and responded with a 12-yard jaunt that ended in front of the Bucs' bench. An historicly bizarre game with a bizarre ending.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerry Markbreit
- UMPIRE: Chad Brown
- LINE JUDGE: Dale Orem
- SIDE JUDGE: Howard Slavin
- HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
- BACK JUDGE: Tom Sifferman
- FIELD JUDGE: Don Hakes
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Not Documented
SCORING
- FALCONS: 4:06-1Q Haynes 8 pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 13:35-2Q Cobb 1 run (Murray kick)
- FALCONS: 4:47-2Q Rison 20 pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)
- FALCONS: 8:33-3Q Pritchard 38 pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)
- FALCONS: 4:05-3Q Haynes 60 pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)
- FALCONS: 8:55-4Q Sanders 37 pass from Wilson (Johnson kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- QB: #14 Testaverde
- LT: #74 Gruber
- LG: #66 Reimers
- C: #61 Mayberry
- RG: #62 Beckles
- RT: #70 McRae
- TE: #83 Moore
- TE: #86 Armstrong
- WR: #80 Dawsey
- FB: #37 McDowell
- RB: #34 Cobb
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LDE: #57 Chamber
- UT: #71 Dotson
- DT: #77 Wheeler
- RDE: #52 McCants
- LLB: #54 Williams
- RLB: #51 Thomas
- DB: #24 Jones
- LCB: #29 Reynolds
- SS: #23 M. Carter
- FS: #27 Fullington
- RCB: #21 Mack
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Murray, 4 Stryzinski, 7 Erickson, 17 DeBerg, 22 Lewis, 31 Pollard, 33 Royster, 40 Anderson, 41 King, 46 Ryan, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 56 Burnette, 59 Alexander, 73 McHale, 76 Dill, 78 Mayfield, 85 Hawkins, 87 Thomas, 88 Carrier, 91 Hall, 95 Duckens
DID NOT PLAY
- 89 Harrison
INACTIVE
- 50 Coleman, 67 Sullivan
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Cobb 15-54, McDowell 3-36, Testaverde 1-14, Anderson 2-0.
- FALCONS: Broussard 9-39, Smith 10-25, Solomon 2-12, Wilson 2-9, K.Jones 1-3, Toliver 1-(-2).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Testaverde 14-11-121-1-0, Erickson 8-4-27-0-0, DeBerg 8-5-29-0-0.
- FALCONS: Wilson 26-19-324-0-5, Toliver 4-3-15-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Dawsey 4-40, Cobb 4-36, McDowell 4-30, Carrier 3-32, Armstrong 3-28, Royster 1-8, Anderson 1-3.
- FALCONS: Haynes 5-113, Rison 5-59, Pritchard 3-66, Hill 3-44, Sanders 2-36, Smith 1-6, K,.Jones 1-6, Milling 1-5, T.Jones 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- FALCONS: Case 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Anderson 4-71, G.Thomas 1-20.
- FALCONS: Sanders 1-23, Fortin 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Hawkins 3-14, Anderson 1-10.
- FALCONS: Smith 4-20.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Carter 1-11, Wheeler 1-1.
- FALCONS: Tippins 2-9, Solomon 1-10, Donaldson 1-8.
