Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Green Bay Packers 37
The yellow and green in the stadium had BuccaneersFans feeling like they were attending an away game. With the Packers nailing four scores by half-time the outcome was clear.
During the second half Craig Erickson connected twice with emerging rookie Horace Copeland for scores a little too late to salvage the game.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Ron Blum
- UMPIRE: Gordon Wells
- LINE JUDGE: John Alderton
- SIDE JUDGE: Mike Borgard
- HEAD LINESMAN: Earnie Frantz
- BACK JUDGE: Al Jury
- FIELD JUDGE: Ed Merrifield
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- PACKERS: 06:40-1Q Sharpe 7 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)
- PACKERS: 11:27-2Q Sharpe 30 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)
- PACKERS: 02:58-2Q Sharpe 10 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)
- PACKERS: 01:05-2Q Jacke FG50
- PACKERS: 10:19-3Q Jacke FG44
- PACKERS: 05:17-3Q Jacke FG24
- BUCCANEERS: 01:11-3Q Copeland 26 pass from Erickson (Husted kick)
- PACKERS: 14:11-4Q Sharpe 32 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 12:03-4Q Copeland 67 pass from Erickson (Husted kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #85 C. Hawkins
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #76 S. Dill
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #62 I. Beckles
- RT: #72 R Taylor
- TE: #82 R. Hall
- WR: #87 L. Thomas
- QB: #07 C. Erickson
- RB: #46 V. Workman
- RB: #34 R. Cobb
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #98 R. Seals
- NT: #77 M. Wheeler
- UT: #90 C. Ahanotu
- RE: #75 E. Curry
- LLB: #51 B. Thomas
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- RLB: #93 D. Dubose
- LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
- LCB: #24 R. Jones
- SS: #23 M. Carter
- FS: #41 J. King
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 17 DeBerg, 20 Gray, 27 Bussey, 33 Royster, 40 Anderson, 43 Harris, 44 Anderson, 47 Lynch, 53 Brady,54 Williams, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 67 Sullivan, 71 Dotson, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 86 Armstrong, 88 Copeland, 96 Wilson
DID NOT PLAY
- 29 Reynolds, 73 Adams
INACTIVE
- 11 Weldon, 21 Mack , 37 McDowell, 50 Burnette, 66 Reimers, 68 Tomberlin, 70 McRae, 81 Claiborne
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Cobb 15-52, Copeland 1-22, Anderson 3-7, Erickson 1-3.
- PACKERS: Thompson 21-105, Bennett 10-43, Favre 2-9, Sharpe 1-5.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Erickson 20-8-151-2-2, DeBerg 11-4-30-1-0.
- PACKERS: Favre 35-20-268-1-4, Sharpe 1-1-1-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Hall 4-38, Copeland 2-93, Workman 2-14, Wilson 1-17, Hawkins 1-10, Cobb 1-6, Armstrong 1-3.
- PACKERS: Sharpe 10-147, West 3-32, Clayton 3-26, Bennett 2-7, Brooks 2-6, Harris 1-51.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: King 1-28.
- PACKERS: Holland 1-30, Butler 1-20, Buckley 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Thomas 2-52, Hawkins 2-18, Ryan 1-13.
- PACKERS: Wilson 5-86, Anderson 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Anderson 3-15.
- PACKERS: Buckley 3-23.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Dotson 1-6, Jones 1-4.
- PACKERS: Paup 2-19.
