Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Pittsburgh Steelers 03

Tampa Bay Buccaneers won their third game in a row, shutting down the Steelers to just 168 yard of offense.

The Buccaneers defense intercepted Kordell Stewart three times, and Mike Tomczak once. Mike Alstott ran for 78 yards on a wet and rainy day.

The Steelers only points came early in the fourth quarter.

Tampa Bay won 16–3 and evened their record at 7–7. They were now back in the hunt for the wild card.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Tony Corrente
• UMPIRE: Ron Botchan
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• SIDE JUDGE: Ron Liebsack
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
• BACK JUDGE: Don Dorkowski
• FIELD JUDGE: Paul Baetz
• REPLAY OFFICAL: not documented

SCORING

• STEELERS: 09:00-1Q Johnson FG27
• BUCCANEERS: 00:30-1Q Husted FG39
• BUCCANEERS: 12:03-2Q Husted FG37
• BUCCANEERS: 04:28-2Q Alstott 3 run (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:57-4Q Husted FG21

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #65 K. Dogins
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #73 F. Middleton
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #87 B. Emanuel
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 T. Jackson
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #50 J. Gooch
• MLB: #59 J. Duncan
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #22 C. Mincy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 27 Parker, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 88 Hunter, 94 White, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Walsh

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 29 Smith, 33 Vance, 64 Diaz, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 98 Mix

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Alstott 24-78, Dunn 15-36, Dilfer 5-25, Anthony 1-5.
• STEELERS: Bettis 17-63, Stewart 5-10, Huntley 2-9, Fuamatu-Ma'afala 1-7, Hawkins 2-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 18-9-111-0-0.
• STEELERS: Stewart 21-9-88-3-0, Tomczak 2-1-10-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Emanuel 3-58, Anthony 2-17, Moore 1-13, Dunn 1-12, Hunter 1-6, Alstott 1-5.
• STEELERS: Johnson 4-34, Hawkins 2-27, Ward 1-18, Bettis 1-7, Breuner 1-7, Witman 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Lynch 2-29, Kelly 1-4, Abraham 1-3.
• STEELERS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 2-38.
• STEELERS: Dunn 3-78, Blackwell 2-46.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Green 3-73.
• STEELERS: Hawkins 0-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: White 2-18.
• STEELERS: Harrison 1-2.

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