Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 29 Green Bay Packers 10
On the day after Christmas, Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted Green Bay in a key division game. Four Packers turnovers turned into 20 Buccaneers points. Three Gramatica field goals established a 9–0 lead, but Green Bay took the lead 10–9 at halftime.
In the fourth quarter, Mike Alstott's two touchdown runs put the game out of reach for Green Bay.
With the victory, Buccaneers improved to 10–5, and win in week 17 would clinch the division title and excitment of BuccaneersFans.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Dick Hantak
- UMPIRE: Carl Madsen
- LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
- SIDE JUDGE: Don Carlsen
- HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
- BACK JUDGE: Don Dorkowski
- FIELD JUDGE: Scott Steenson
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dick Creed
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 10:52-1Q Gramatica FG49
- BUCCANEERS: 14:44-2Q Gramatica FG28
- BUCCANEERS: 07:16-2Q Gramatica FG33
- PACKERS: 02:05-2Q Longwell FG46
- PACKERS: 00:21-2Q Levens 20 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 08:35-3Q Dunn 8 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 11:30-4Q Alstott 5 run (2pt conversion failed)
- BUCCANEERS: 04:41-4Q Alstott 17 run (Gramatica kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #81 J. Green
- LT: #74 P. Gruber
- LG: #65 K. Dogins
- C: #61 T. Mayberry
- RG: #73 F. Middleton
- RT: #71 J. Wunsch
- TE: #83 D. Moore
- WR: #87 B. Emanuel
- QB: #10 S. King
- RB: #28 W. Dunn
- FB: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
- NT: #77 B. Culpepper
- DT: #99 W. Sapp
- RE: #94 S. White
- SLB: #53 S. Quarles
- MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- LCB: #21 D. Abraham
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #47 J. Lynch
- FS: #24 D. Robinson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 33 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 64 Diaz, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin
DID NOT PLAY
- 15 Zeier
INACTIVE
- 12 Dilfer, 13 Milanovich, 31 Young, 66 Blackman, 79 Hegamin, 84 McDonald, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Alstott 19-79, Dunn 13-25, King 5-20.
- PACKERS: Favre 2-8, Levens 10-4.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: King 30-17-133-1-1, Royals 1-1-17-0-0.
- PACKERS: Favre 48-25-234-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Dunn 6-48, Green 4-24, Williams 2-17, Moore 1-20, Robinson 1-17, Green 1-13, Anthony 1-8, Alstott 1-3, Hape 1-0.
- PACKERS: Levens 9-47, Schroeder 6-54, Freeman 5-72, Thomason 3-33, Bradford 2-28.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Robinson 2-36.
- PACKERS: Williams 1-12.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Dunn 3-70.
- PACKERS: Jordan 5-70, Mitchell 1-23, Parker 1-16.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-16.
- PACKERS: Jordan 3-12.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 1-3.
- PACKERS: none.
