Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Pittsburgh Steelers 17

The Steelers sacked Brad Johnson ten times, and Jerome Bettis rushed for 143 yards, as the Buccaneers fell to 2–3 on the season.

After trailing 17–3, Tampa Bay finally got into the endzone with 28 seconds to go, but the result was not as close as the score indicated.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Steve Wilson
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Hittner
• LINE JUDGE: Mike Perlman
• SIDE JUDGE: Laird Hayes
• BACK JUDGE: Don Carey
• FIELD JUDGE: Tom Sifferman
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Bill Richardson
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Fred Glosser

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 10:20-2Q Gramatica FG31
• STEELERS: 06:07-2Q Tuman 32 pass from Bettis (Brown kick)
• STEELERS: 12:43-3Q Bettis 46 run (Brown kick)
• STEELERS: 04:49-3Q Brown FG35
• BUCCANEERS: 00:28-4Q Murphy 5 pass from Johnson (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: #61 J. Wunsch
• TE: #83 D. Moore
• WR: #19 K. Johnson
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 M. Jones
• NT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• 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: #38 J. Howell

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 10 King, 25 Kelly, 26 Smith, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Cerqua, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 84 McDermott, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 87 Murphy, 91 Darby, 94 White, 98 Cannida

DID NOT PLAY

• 76 Curry

INACTIVE

• 1 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 65 Hochstein, 68 Grice, 88 Wynn, 96 Wyms

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 13-31, B.Johnson 3-18, Alstott 3-15.
• STEELERS: Bettis 17-143, Stewart 7-32, Edwards 1-12, Kreider 1-12, Zereoue 8-12, Ward 1-9.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: B.Johnson 40-24-283-1-1.
• STEELERS: Stewart 16-10-100-2-0, Bettis 1-1-32-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: K.Johnson 10-159, Green 4-44, Williams 3-42, Murphy 3-17, Dunn 2-16, Moore 1-3, Anthony 1-2.
• STEELERS: Ward 3-44, Burress 3-26, Tuman 1-32, Edwards 1-16, Bettis 1-8, Zereoue 1-4, Bruener 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 2-10.
• STEELERS: Logan 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 3-56, Murphy 1-34.
• STEELERS: Poteat 1-19, Edwards 1-19.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• STEELERS: Poteat 2-10.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: McFarland 1-8, Lynch 1-0.
• STEELERS: Porter 4-29, Von Oelhoffen 3-11, Washington 1-11, Townsend 1-9, Logan 1-9.

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