Buccaneers vs. New York Giants

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New York Giants 08

Tampa Bay Buccaneers guaranteed their first winning season in 15 years, defeating the New York Giants.

The game was iced in the fourth quarter when the Giants (trailing 14–8) went for it on a 4th down & 1. John Lynch stuffed Tyrone Wheatley for no gain, and Tampa Bay would go on to win 20–8.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dale Hamer
• UMPIRE: Ed Fiffick
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Winter
• SIDE JUDGE: Tommy Moore
• HEAD LINESMAN: Sanford Rivers
• BACK JUDGE: Steven Zimmer
• FIELD JUDGE: Jeff Triplette
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 07:54-2Q Alstott 1 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• GIANTS: 00:04-2Q Daluiso FG45
• BUCCANEERS: 11:26-3Q Alstott 9 run (Husted kick)
• GIANTS: 00:35-3Q Daluiso FG30
• GIANTS: 14:08-4Q Safety, Dilfer intentional grounding in endzone
• BUCCANEERS: 007:22-4Q Rhett 1 run (2pt conversion failed)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #86 K. Williams
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #59 R. Porter
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: 27 A. Parker
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• SS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 19 Hunter, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 80 Harris, 84 Thomas, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 82 Hape, 88 Copeland

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 24-120, Alstott 11-30, Rhett 2-1, Dilfer 4-(-4).
• GIANTS: Wheatley 9-64, Way 7-28, Barber 3-4, Kanell 2-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 22-12-152-3-1.
• GIANTS: Kanell 31-14-117-2-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Moore 3-55, Dunn 2-49, Williams 2-17, Alstott 2-9, Thomas 1-11, Ellison 1-8, Davis 1-3.
• GIANTS: Way 4-29, Calloway 3-56, Wheatley 2-10, Alexander 2-6, Patten 1-10, Barber 1-7, Pegram 1-(-1).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Abraham 1-16, Brooks 1-0.
• GIANTS: Sparks 2-68, Wooten 1-53.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 2-43, Ellison 1-49.
• GIANTS: Pegram 4-64, Sparks 1-8.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 4-87.
• GIANTS: Toomer 1-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Ahanotu 2-14.
• GIANTS: none.

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