Buccaneers vs. Oakland Raiders

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Oakland Raiders 30

Tampa Bay traveled to Oakland, for a rematch of Super Bowl XXXVII on Sunday Night Football. The game saw the Buccaneers face former player Warren Sapp (who signed with Oakland in the offseason) for the first time. This game was being played while central Florida, including Tampa, was being impacted by Hurricane Jeanne.

Brad Johnson was back in place at starting quarterback, but his numbers were again mediocre. He threw two interceptions (one was returned for a touchdown). Trailing 30–6, Johnson managed two fourth quarter touchdown passes (Tampa Bay's first offensive touchdowns of the season), but the comeback stalled, and the Buccaneers started the season 0–3.

Also, Tim Brown, playing his swan song season in Tampa Bay, scored his 100th career touchdown against his old team, the Raiders.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Tony Corrente
• UMPIRE: Darrell Jenkins
• HEAD LINESMAN: John McGrath
• LINE JUDGE: Ron Blum
• SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
• FIELD JUDGE: Craig Wrolstad
• BACK JUDGE: Don Carey
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Terry Poulos
• CAMERA OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 11:01-1Q Gramatica FG36
• RAIDERS: 05:36-1QJanikowski FG23
• RAIDERS: 11:48-2Q Janikowski FG40
• BUCCANEERS: 09:53-2Q Gramatica FG30
• RAIDERS: 01:16-2Q Curry 19 pass from Collins (Janikowski kick)
• RAIDERS: 11:05-3Q Janikowski FG39
• RAIDERS: 09:48-3Q Buchanan 32 interception return (Janikowski kick)
• RAIDERS: 03:42-3Q Wheatley 2 run (Janikowski kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 10:45-4Q Brown 16 pass from Johnson (pass failed)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:52-4Q Schroeder 41 pass from Johnson (Dilger pass)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #11 B. Schroeder
• LT: #70 D. Deese
• LG: #78 M. Stinchcomb
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #75 T. Steussie
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #81 T. Brown
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #30 C. Garner
• FB: #43 J. Cook

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #91 C. Darby
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #52 I. Gold
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 D. Smith
• FS: #23 J. Phillips

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 22 White, 24 Cox, 27 Edwards, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 40 Alstott, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 66 Gregory, 79 Mahan, 80 Clayton, 82 Lee, 85 Dilger, 86 Moore, 90 White, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 2 Simms, 67 Walker

INACTIVE

• 8 Griese, 15 Murphy, 34 Comella, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 84 Galloway, 89 Heller, 93 Savage

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 12-65, Johnson 3-13, Garner 6-11, White 1-3.
• RAIDERS: Wheatley 18-102, Zeroeue 6-41, Fargas 6-28, Gannon 1-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 36-22-309-1-2.
• RAIDERS: Gannon 4-2-10-0-0, Collins 27-16-228-1-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Schroeder 4-126, Brown 4-41, Alstott 4-30, Clayton 2-35, Garner 2-34, Dilger 2-14, White 1-12, Lee 1-11, Coleman 1-4, Moore 1-2.
• RAIDERS: Porter 5-84, Whitted 2-35, Rice 2-27, Redmond 2-18, Gabriel 1-30, Curry 1-19, Zeroeue 1-9, Anderson 1-8, Jolley 1-4, Wheatley 1-3, Crockett 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Kelly 1-16.
• RAIDERS: Buchanan 1-32.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Cox 5-128, Schroeder 1-16.
• RAIDERS: Gabriel 4-145.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• RAIDERS: Buchanon 2-4.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Rice 1-12.
• RAIDERS: Woodson 1-9, Gbaja-Biamila 1-3.

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