Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Green Bay Packers 22

Tampa Bay hosted Green Bay in their first Monday Night Football home game since 1982.

The Buccaneers forced 8 fumbles, and sacked Brett Favre 8 times. Late in the first quarter, Trent Dilfer connected to Jacquez Green for a 64-yard touchdown pass. Minutes later, at the beginning of the second quarter, Dilfer passed to Bert Emanuel in a nearly identical 62-yard touchdown pass.

Leading 17–15 in the fourth quarter, Dilfer scrambled through the middle of the Packers defensive line to score a 6-yard touchdown, and a 24–15 lead. Green bay would trim the deficit to 24–22, but the Buccaneers held on to win.

Tampa Bay improved to 6–7 on the season.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Mike Carey
• UMPIRE: Neil Greb
• LINE JUDGE: Charles Stewart
• SIDE JUDGE: Doug Toole
• HEAD LINESMAN: Sid Semon
• BACK JUDGE: Kirk Dornan
• FIELD JUDGE: David Warden
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• PACKERS: 02:50-1Q Longwell FG33
• BUCCANEERS: 01:13-1Q Green 64 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:16-2Q Emanuel 62 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• PACKERS: 04:57-2Q Longwell FG36
• BUCCANEERS: 09:42-3Q Husted FG46
• PACKERS: 04:31-3Q Longwell FG35
• PACKERS: 13:39-4Q Chmura 4 pass from Favre (2pt conversion failed)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:01-4Q Dilfer 6 run (Husted kick)
• PACKERS: 02:20-4Q Chmura 1 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #65 K. Dogins
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #87 B. Emanuel
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 T. Jackson
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #50 J. Gooch
• MLB: #59 J. Duncan
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 27 Parker, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 86 Williams, 94 White, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Walsh

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 29 Smith, 33 Vance, 64 Diaz, 84 Thomas, 88 Hunter, 98 Mix

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 18-62, Alstott 10-45, Dilfer 1-6, Green 1-(-8).
• PACKERS: Holmes 12-46, Levens 8-43, Favre 2-16.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 22-9-181-1-2, Alstott 1-0-0-0-0.
• PACKERS: Favre 41-29-262-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Emanuel 3-76, Anthony 2-22, Dunn 2-14, Green 1-64, Moore 1-5.
• PACKERS: Henderson 8-51, Chmura 6-56, Mayes 5-74, Holmes 3-24, Levens 3-10, Davis 1-22, Bradford 1-10, Preston 1-10, Schroeder 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• PACKERS: Williams 1-12.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 3-63, Dunn 1-25.
• PACKERS: Preston 4-81.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 3-9, Williams 1-7.
• PACKERS: Preston 1-(-10).

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Culpepper 2-8, Upshaw 2-5, Jackson 1-10, Sapp 1-7, Barber 1-3, Gooch 1-1.
• PACKERS: Booker 1-3.

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