Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Minnesota Vikings 14

Warrick Dunn rushed for 101 yards (his second-consecutive 100-yard game), including a 52-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter as Tampa Bay won 28–14.

In the second quarter, Mike Alstott scored one of his most-memorable touchdowns with the club. At the one-yard line, a hand-off to Alstott up the middle saw him hit the pile and appear to be stopped short of the goal line. However, he bounced off the pile, did not have a knee down, escaped to the left, avoided three other tacklers, and powered his way into the endzone.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Dick Hantak
• UMPIRE: Carl Madsen
• LINE JUDGE: Walt Anderson
• SIDE JUDGE: Tom Finken
• HEAD LINESMAN: Dale Williams
• BACK JUDGE: Lloyd McPeters
• FIELD JUDGE: Don Carey
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• VIKINGS: 01:49-1Q Davis FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 13:50-2Q Harris 5 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:57-2Q Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 09:16-3Q Copeland 27 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
• VIKINGS: 04:37-3Q Davis FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 12:29-4Q Dunn 52 run (Husted kick)
• VIKINGS: 00:28-4Q Carter 30 pass from Johnson (Johnson run)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 R. Anthony
• LT: #74 P. Gruber
• LG: #60 J. Pyne
• C: #61 T. Mayberry
• RG: #64 J. Diaz
• RT: #70 J. Odom
• TE: #81 J. Harris
• WR: #88 H. Copeland
• QB: #12 T. Dilfer
• RB: #28 W. Dunn
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #72 C. Ahanotu
• NT: #77 B. Culpepper
• UT: #99 W. Sapp
• RE: #91 R. Upshaw
• SLB: #59 R. Porter
• MLB: #56 H. Nickerson
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #21 D. Abraham
• RCB: #27 A. Parker
• SS: #47 J. Lynch
• FS: #25 M. Johnson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 26 Rusk, 29 Gant, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 78 Jones, 82 Hape, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Walsh

INACTIVE

• 13 Milanovich, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 16-101, Alstott 8-29, Rhett 8-28, Anthony 1-26, Dilfer 4-7.
• VIKINGS: Smith 10-54, Johnson 2-16, Evans 1-4, Hoard 2-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Dilfer 20-15-192-0-2.
• VIKINGS: Johnson 44-29-334-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Anthony 4-58, Copeland 3-85, Harris 3-13, Thomas 2-26, Alstott 2-9, Dunn 1-1.
• VIKINGS: Reed 6-131, Carter 6-69, Smith 6-27, Evans 5-53, Walsh 2-29, Hoard 2-8, Palmer 1-10, DeLong 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• VIKINGS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 3-63.
• VIKINGS: Palmer 4-58.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Dunn 3-39, Williams 0-0.
• VIKINGS: Team 2-14.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Ahanotu 1-11, Brooks 1-7, Jackson 0.5-3, Upshaw 0.5-3.
• VIKINGS: Rudd 1-7.

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