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  FINAL
Tampa Bay 24, Minnesota 17
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Minnesota 0 14 0 3 17
Tampa Bay 7 3 7 7 24

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
TAM   TD   DONNIE ABRAHAM 55 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 1:29. TAMPA BAY 7-0
2ND QUARTER
TAM   FG   MARTIN GRAMATICA 20 YD, 0:48. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards in 4:37. Key plays: Alstott 30-yard run to Minnesota 26; Alstott 7-yard run to Minnesota 10; Alstott 4 carries for 44 yards. TAMPA BAY 10-0
MIN   TD   LEROY HOARD 1 YD RUN (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 9:08. Drive: 5 plays, 22 yards in 2:16. Key plays: Randle recovery of King fumble at Tampa Bay 22; George 11-yard pass to Reed on 3rd-and-6 to Tampa Bay 7. TAMPA BAY 10-7
MIN   TD   CRIS CARTER 1 YD PASS FROM JEFF GEORGE (GARY ANDERSON KICK), 14:33. Drive: 3 plays, 10 yards in 0:29. Key plays: Banks recovery of Williams fumble on punt return at Tampa Bay 10. MINNESOTA 14-10
3RD QUARTER
TAM   TD   JACQUEZ GREEN 29 YD PASS FROM SHAUN KING (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 7:46. Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards in 3:12. Key plays: King 10-yard pass to Green on 3rd-and-8 to Minnesota 45. TAMPA BAY 17-14
4TH QUARTER
TAM   TD   DAVE MOORE 1 YD PASS FROM SHAUN KING (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 3:14. Drive: 7 plays, 15 yards in 3:29. Key plays: Quarles recovery of Murphy fumble on punt return at Minnesota 15. TAMPA BAY 24-14
MIN   FG   GARY ANDERSON 34 YD, 9:10. Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 5:56. Key plays: 5-yard illegal contact penalty on Buccaneers' Abraham negates interception on Minnesota 44; George 10-yard pass to R Smith to Minnesota 44; George 20-yard pass to C Carter on 3rd-and-5 to Tampa Bay 31; George 16-yard pass to Moss to Tampa Bay 12. TAMPA BAY 24-17

TEAM STATISTICS
  MIN TAM
FIRST DOWNS
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
21
9-16
1-2
339
73
4.6
92
25
3.7
247
26-45
5.1
3-24
3-36.0
123
4-21
5-102
1-0
8-50
2-2
32:52
13
4-11
0-0
190
48
4.0
103
27
3.8
87
11-19
4.1
2-6
4-44.8
133
2-0
4-78
2-55
6-35
3-2
27:08

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Minnesota (Gary Anderson 46).
Minnesota rushing
Robert Smith 20-77, Leroy Hoard 3-9, Jeff George 2-6.
Tampa Bay rushing
Mike Alstott 23-95, Shaun King 4-8.
Minnesota passing
Jeff George 26-45 for 271 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Tampa Bay passing
Shaun King 11-19 for 93 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Minnesota receiving
Jake Reed 6-63, Leroy Hoard 6-61, Cris Carter 6-42, Robert Smith 5-68, Randy Moss 2-32, Andrew Glover 1-5.
Tampa Bay receiving
Jacquez Green 5-70, Bert Emanuel 2-12, Karl Williams 1-5, Rabih Abdullah 1-3, Mike Alstott 1-2, Dave Moore 1-1.
Minnesota tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Robert Griffith 6-4-0, Chris Doleman 5-2-2, Ed Mcdaniel 2-4-0, Dwayne Rudd 2-3-0, Antonio Banks 4-0-0, Kailee Wong 3-1-0, Orlando Thomas 2-2-0, Jimmy Hitchcock 3-0-0, Kenny Wright 3-0-0, Tony Williams 2-1-0, John Randle 2-1-0, Jerry Ball 1-0-0.
Tampa Bay tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Hardy Nickerson 7-6-0, Brian Kelly 9-0-0, John Lynch 5-3-0, Derrick Brooks 4-4-0, Damien Robinson 5-2-0, Ronde Barber 6-0-1, Brad Culpepper 6-0-2, Donnie Abraham 4-0-0, Chidi Ahanotu 2-1-0, Marcus Jones 2-0-0, Warren Sapp 1-1-0, Alshermond Singleton 1-1-0.
Interceptions
Minnesota (Robert Griffith 1 for 0 yards); Tampa Bay (Donnie Abraham 2 for 55 yards).
Fumbles lost
Minnesota (Leroy Hoard, Yo Murphy); Tampa Bay (Karl Williams, Shaun King).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Minnesota (John Randle, Antonio Banks); Tampa Bay (Damien Robinson, Shelton Quarles).
Officials
Referee-Jeff Triplette, Umpire-Jim Daopoulos, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Gary Arthur, Field judge-Bobby Cheek, Side judge-Terry Mcauley, Back judge-Bobby Skelton.
A: 65,741; T: 3:16.

 


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Minnesota Clubhouse

Tampa Bay Clubhouse