Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Atlanta Falcons 14
Keyshawn Johnson scored two touchdown catches as Tampa Bay beat Atlanta at the Georgia Dome "they don't pay me $56 million to sit around and do nothing" he explained, and the Bucs turned the Georgia Dome into a home venue as they upped their record to 5-4.
With over 25,000 Buccaneers fans in Atlanta to support their team the BUCS held a 27–7 lead until a "garbage time" touchdown with 3 seconds to go trimmed the margin slightly. The energy of the fans erupted when John McLaughlin blocked ex-Buccaneer Dan Stryzinski's punt in the 2nd quarter to set up Keyshawn's first TD pass from Shaun King.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bernie Kukar
- UMPIRE: Bill Schuster
- HEAD LINESMAN: Sanford Rivers
- LINE JUDGE: Mark Steinkerchner
- SIDE JUDGE: Ken Baker
- BACK JUDGE: Billy Smith
- FIELD JUDGE: Scott Edwards
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Mark Burns
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Ken Dollar
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 7:28-1Q Moore 1 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 5:00-2Q Johnson 5 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- FALCONS: 7:05-3Q Mathis 19 pass from Kanell (Andersen kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 0:49-3Q Gramatica FG51
- BUCCANEERS: 7:59-4Q Johnson 29 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 4:27-4Q Gramatica FG34
- FALCONS: 0:03-4Q Mathis 16 pass from Kanell (Andersen kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- QB: #10 S. King
- TE: #83 D. Moore
- LT: #69 P. Pierson
- LG: #64 R. McDaniel
- C: #62 J. Cristy
- RG: #73 F. Middleton
- RT: #71 J. Wunsch
- RB: #28 W. Dunn
- WR: #81 J. Green
- WR: #19 K. Johnson
- FB: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
- LT: #92 A. McFarland
- DT: #99 W. Sapp
- RE: #78 M. Jones
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- MLB: #55 J. Duncan
- SLB: #51 A. Singleton
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- LCB: #21 D. Abraham
- SS: #47 J. Lynch
- FS: #24 D. Robinson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
- 15 Zeier
INACTIVE
- 31 Young, 48 Kirby, 53 Quarles, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 88 Hastings
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Dunn 18-77, Alstott 10-20, King 3-19, Green 2-11, Stecker 2-1, Hamilton 1-(-2).
- FALCONS: Anderson 15-59.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: King 25-11-110-1-3, Royals 1-1-36-0-0.
- FALCONS: Chandler 7-4-29-2-0, Kanell 43-26-218-2-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Johnson 3-47, Green 2-44, Moore 2-11, Dunn 2-(-1), Robinson 1-36, Hape 1-5, Alstott 1-4.
- FALCONS: Anderson 9-48, Mathis 6-65, Jefferson 6-55, Christian 4-24, Dwight 3-41, Kelly 2-14.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Abraham 2-45, Robinson 1-0, Duncan 1-(-1).
- FALCONS: Buchanan 1-60.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Stecker 2-32.
- FALCONS: Dwight 3-39, Kozlowski 1-12, Vaughn 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 1-12.
- FALCONS: Dwight 4-33.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McFarland 1-10, White 1-9, Lynch 1-3, Cannida 1-1.
- FALCONS: Draft 1-4, Team 1-1.
