Sunday November 21, 1999 - Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Atlanta Falcons 10

Martin Gramatica kicked four field goals against Atlanta, leading the team in scoring for the day. Trailing 9–10 with 53 seconds remaining, Gramatica kicked a 53-yard field goal, and Tampa Bay took a 12–10 lead, their first lead of the day. Just moments later, Donnie Abraham intercepted Chris Chandler and returned the ball 47 yards for a touchdown to seal the victory.

"I just wanted to relax and do what I had to do," said Gramatica, who grew up playing soccer in Argentina and didn't start playing football until he was a senior in high school in nearby LaBelle, Fla. "I just did my job," he added. "You could say this was the greatest game of my life, my career."

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Partly Cloudy - 77°F. - Humidity 73 - Wind N.N.E. 5 mph

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
SIDE JUDGE: Dave Wyant
HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Johnson
BACK JUDGE: Jim Howey
FIELD JUDGE: Lloyd McPeters
REPLAY OFFICAL: Jerry Markbreit

SCORING

FALCONS: 7:10-1Q Dwight 8 run (Andersen kick)
FALCONS: 0:53-1Q Andersen FG28
BUCCANEERS: 9:13-2Q Gramatica FG24
BUCCANEERS: 0:08-2Q Gramatica FG26
BUCCANEERS: 8:24-3Q 6:32-4Q Gramatica FG50
BUCCANEERS: 0:05-3Q 0:53-4Q Gramatica FG53
BUCCANEERS: 0:41-4Q Abraham 47 interception return (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

QB: #12 T. Dilfer
TE: #83 D. Moore
LT: #74 P. Gruber
LG: #64 J. Diaz
C: #61 T. Mayberry
RG: #73 F. Middleton
RT: #71 J. Wunsch
TE: #83 D. Moore
WR: #81 J. Green
WR: #87 B. Emanuel
FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
LT: #77 B. Culpepper
RT: #99 W. Sapp
RE: #94 S. White
SLB: #53 S. Quarles
MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
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, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84 McDonald, 86 Williams, 88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin

DID NOT PLAY

10 King, 75 Washington

INACTIVE

15 Zeier, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 79 Hegamin, 85 Anthony, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Alstott 12-48, Dunn 11-44, Dilfer 3-29, Green 1-(-2).
FALCONS: Oxendine 14-48, Christian 3-14, Dwight 1-8, Chandler 2-4, Hanspard 4-2.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 31-15-142-1-0.
FALCONS: Chandler 25-14-109-2-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Green 5-75, Emanuel 3-30, Williams 2-14, Alstott 2-9, Dunn 2-8, Davis 1-6.
FALCONS: Oliver 4-33, Dwight 4-20, Christian 3-36, German 1-10, Mathis 1-6, Oxendine 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Abraham 2-47.
FALCONS: Robinson 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Murphy 2-29, Dunn 1-25.
FALCONS: Dwight 5-102, Oliver 1-16.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-7.
FALCONS: Dwight 2-31.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Sapp 1-10, Brooks 1-7.
FALCONS: Dronett 1.5-9, Kerney 1-9, Hall 0.5-4.