WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Green Bay Packers 10
***HISTORIC MARKER*** Shelton Quarles intercepted Brett Favre and returned the ball 98 yards for a touchdown, the longest such in franchise history.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers finally played their first home game, five weeks into the season.
The Buccaneers intercepted Favre a total of three times, and Mike Alstott clinched the victory with a 39-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bob McElwee
- UMPIRE: Jeff Rice
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Dave Anderson
- SIDE JUDGE: Tommy Moore
- BACK JUDGE: Tony Steratore
- FIELD JUDGE: Bill Lovett
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bill Richardson
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Fred Glosser
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 14:41-2Q Quarles 98 interception return (Gramatica kick)
- PACKERS: 04:46-2Q Schroeder 67 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
- PACKERS: 04:20-3Q Longwell FG35
- BUCCANEERS: 06:45-4Q Alstott 39 run (Gramatica kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #81 J. Green
- LT: #67 K. Walker
- LG: #64 R. McDaniel
- C: #62 J. Christy
- RG: #60 C. Coleman
- RT: #71 J. Wunsch
- TE: #83 D. Moore
- WR: #19 K. Johnson
- QB: #14 B. Johnson
- FB: #41 J. Cook
- RB: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #78 M. Jones
- NT: #92 A. McFarland
- DT: #99 W. Sapp
- RE: #97 S. Rice
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- MLB: #59 J. Duncan
- SLB: #53 S. Quarles
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- LCB: #21 D. Abraham
- SS: #47 J. Lynch
- FS: #34 D. Jackson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 33 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 26 Smith, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 38 Howell, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 84 McDermott, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 87 Murphy, 91 Darby, 94 White
DID NOT PLAY
- 10 King, 76 Curry, 96 Wyms
INACTIVE
- 1 Hamilton, 28 Dunn, 46 Gibson, 58 Cerqua, 65 Hochstein, 68 Grice, 88 Wynn, 98 Cannida
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Alstott 15-77, B.Johnson 2-16, Stecker 2-6
- PACKERS: Green 15-59, Levens 2-9, Favre 2-5, Henderson 2-1, Freeman 1-(-5).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 29-23-184-0-0.
- PACKERS: Favre 35-20-258-3-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: K.Johnson 9-82, Cook 4-18, Anthony 3-40, Moore 3-18, Green 1-11, Williams 1-8, Stecker 1-4, Alstott 1-3.
- PACKERS: Green 7-65, Schroeder 4-119, Martin 2-33, Henderson 2-13, Levens 2-5, Bradford 1-9, Franks 1-8, Freeman 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Quarles 1-98, Abraham 1-13, Jackson 1-0.
- PACKERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Smith 3-78.
- PACKERS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-6.
- PACKERS: Freeman 3-13.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McFarland 1-5.
- PACKERS: baja-Biamila 3-19, Wayne 1-6, Thierry 1-5.