Buccaneers vs. New England Patriots

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 New England Patriots 16

With time running out before halftime, Shaun King drove the Buccaneers to the New England 8-yard line. Faking a spike play (the Dan Marino "Clock Play"), King lofted a pass to Reidel Anthony scoring a surprise 8-yard touchdown pass.

The Tampa Bay defense sacked Drew Bledsoe six times, and recovered a fumble to hold a 21–16 lead late in the game. With 14 seconds remaining, at their own 22-yard line, the defense forced four straight incompletions, and held on for the victory.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
• UMPIRE: Scott Dawson
• HEAD LINESMAN: Earnie Frantz
• LINE JUDGE: Bruce Maurer
• SIDE JUDGE: Larry Rose
• BACK JUDGE: Richard Reels
• FIELD JUDGE: Steve Zimmer
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dean Blandino
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Ted Campbell

SCORING

• PATRIOTS: 12:23-1Q Vinatieri FG30
• BUCCANEERS: 10:41-2Q Alstott 5 run (Gramatica kick)
• PATRIOTS: 07:21-2Q Brown 66 punt return (Vinatieri kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:37-2Q Anthony 8 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:19-3Q Alstott 3 run (Gramatica kick)
• PATRIOTS: 03:12-4Q Glenn 39 pass from Bledsoe (2pt conversion failed)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 J. Green
• LT: #69 P. Pierson
• LG: #64 R. McDaniel
• C: #62 J. Christy
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #71 J. Wunsch
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• QB: #10 S. King
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• RB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #78 M. Jones
• SLB: #53 S. Quarles
• MLB: #59 J. Duncan
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #24 D Robinson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 79 Hegamin, 82 Hape, 84 Spence, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 15 Zeier, 75 Washington

INACTIVE

• 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 16-56, Alstott 16-54, King 4-21, Green 1-6, Johnson 1-3.
• PATRIOTS: Brown 2-33, Bledsoe 8-30, Faulk 10-21, Carter 1-4.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: King 24-12-167-0-1.
• PATRIOTS: Bledsoe 39-26-216-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 4-64, Green 2-67, Anthony 1-8, Williams 1-8, Alstott 1-6, Moore 1-6, Dunn 1-5, Abdullah 1-3.
• PATRIOTS: Faulk 11-62, Brown 7-70, Glenn 4-56, Bjornson 2-15, Simmons 1-9, Rutledge 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• PATRIOTS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-88.
• PATRIOTS: Faulk 3-85.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 3-12.
• PATRIOTS: Brown 4-118.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Sapp 1.5-7, Jones 1.5-5, Barber 1-8, Quarles 1-4, White 1-2.
• PATRIOTS: McGinest 1-11.

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