Sunday September 22, 1996 - Seattle Seahawks vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Seattle Seahawks 17

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went into the second half with a 10-03 lead as Warren Sapp and Hardy Nickerson lead a solid defensive charge.

After alternating field goals during the second half and a John Lynch fake punt scramble the Buccaneers came up short on a victory.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Indoors - 72°F. - Humidity 00% - Wind 0 mph Wind Chill 0°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Bob McElwee
UMPIRE: Jim Duke
LINE JUDGE: Byron Boston
SIDE JUDGE: Bill Carollo
HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
BACK JUDGE: Louis Richard
FIELD JUDGE: Scott Green

SCORING

BUCS: 5:54-1Q Husted FG33
SEAHAWKS: 14:13-2Q Peterson FG33
BUCS: 01:12-2Q Brooks 2 run (Husted kick)
BUCS: 09:20-4Q Husted FG28
SEAHAWKS: 03:00-4Q Blades 5 pass from Mirer (Peterson kick)
SEAHAWKS: 00:31-4Q Smith 14 run (Peterson kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #80 A. Harper
LT: #69 P. Pierson
LG: #60 J. Pyne
C: #61 T. Mayberry
RG: #62 I. Beckles
T: #79 D. Riesenberg
TE: #81 J. Harris
WR: #85 C. Hawkins
QB: #12 T. Dilfer
RB: #41 R. Brooks
FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
LT: #73 B. Culpepper
UT: #99 W. Sapp
RE: #73 R. Upshaw
LLB: #51 L. Marts
MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
RLB: #55 D. Brooks
LCB: #35 M. Mayhew
RCB: #39 C. Dimry
SS: #47 J. Lynch
FS: #25 M. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 21 Abraham, 23 Bouie, 27 Austin, 29 Gant, 34 Thompson, 37 Ellison, 43 Johnson, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 64 Diaz, 70 Odom, 71 Adams, 78 Jones, 82 Tate, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 87 Silvan, 91 Smith, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

11 Weldon, 68 Crisman

INACTIVE

13 Milanovich, 54 Stephens, 74 Gruber, 75 Curry, 89 Ryans, 90 Maniecki, 93 DuBose

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Brooks 26-65, Lynch 1-40, Dilfer 4-5, Barnhardt 1-2, Alstott 1-(-1).
SEAHAWKS: Warren 12-38, Smith 7-32, Mirer 5-32, Galloway 2-22.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 26-15-118-1-0.
SEAHAWKS: Mirer 37-20-209-1-1.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Alstott 4-25, Moore 4-21, Harper 3-48, Hawkins 2-11, Williams 1-7, Brooks 1-6.
SEAHAWKS: Blades 9-92, Galloway 3-33, Warren 2-18, Harris 1-21, Strong 1-20, Fauria 1-18, Broussard 1-6, Proehl 1-3, Smith 1-(-2).

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Nickerson 1-17.
SEAHAWKS: Williams 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Silvan 4-54.
SEAHAWKS: Broussard 4-70.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Silvan 4-36.
SEAHAWKS: Galloway 4-6.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Sapp 2-10, Marts 1-1.
SEAHAWKS: Kennedy 1-7, Moss 1-5.