Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 10

Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was sidelined due to an injury in the preseason. Doug Johnson took over, and the Buccaneers dominated. They held Doug Johnson to only 95 passing yards, and three interceptions. His fourth quarter replacement, Kurt Kittner did not fare any better.

The Tampa Bay offense rebounded with Warren Sapp playing tight end and scoring his first career offensive touchdown catch. Mike Alstott put the game well out of reach with two third-quarter touchdown runs.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Terry McAulay
• UMPIRE: Brian Balliet
• HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Dyer
• LINE JUDGE: Byron Boston
• SIDE JUDGE: Larry Rose
• BACK JUDGE: Billy Smith
• FIELD JUDGE: Lee Dyer
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Ken Baker
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Jim Grant

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 6:19-1Q Gramatica FG24
• FALCONS: 10:32-2Q Feely FG2
• BUCCANEERS: 9:02-2Q Pittman 68 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 1:55-2Q Sapp 6 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• FALCONS: 10:13-3Q Dantzler 1 run (Feely kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 4:20-3Q Alstott 2 run (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 1:39-3Q Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

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

STARTERS DEFENSE

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

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 10 King, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 30 Barnes, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 74 Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88 Dudley, 90 Gurley, 91 Darby, 95 Warner

DID NOT PLAY

• none

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 53 Quarles, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 74 Green, 82 Lee, 83 Jurevicius, 90 White

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 20-82, Alstott 8-44, Stecker 4-9, Williams 1-2, Jones 1-(-1), B.Johnson 3-(-4).
• FALCONS: Dunn 9-7, Dantzler 3-6, Griffith 3-6, Duckett 3-6, D.Johnson 1-4.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 24-16-192-0-2.
• FALCONS: D.Johnson 19-13-95-3-0, Kittner 12-5-32-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 7-82, McCardell 4-41, K.Johnson 2-25, Dilger 1-24, Williams 1-14, Sapp 1-6.
• FALCONS: Price 6-45, Dunn 4-20, Crumpler 3-31, Kozlowski 2-14, Duckett 2-13, Farris 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 2-3, Nece 1-2, Lynch 1-0.
• FALCONS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stecker 3-84.
• FALCONS: Rossum 4-83, Kowslowski 1-11, Dantzler 1-6.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Wansley 3-27, Williams 0-0.
• FALCONS: Rossum 2-67.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Rice 1-11, Webster 1-9.
• FALCONS: Johnson 1-8.

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