Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 24 Sunday 31 October 1993 at the Georgia Dome

SCORING TB 3:37-1Q Workman 42 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) TB 6:07-2Q Cobb 5 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) TB 0:19-2Q Husted FG34 ATL 5:13-3Q Johnson FG34 TB 3:53-3Q Copeland 60 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) TB 2:21-3Q Copeland 44 pass from Erickson (Husted kick) ATL 2:00-3Q Rison 53 pass from Hebert (Johnson kick) ATL 14:50-4Q Rison 9 pass from Hebert (Johnson kick) ATL 9:37-4Q Pritchard 5 pass from Hebert (Johnson kick)

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After leading 31-3 at one point, the Bucs were forced to hang on for dear life as Bobby Hebert brought the Falcons back from the dead. Atlanta had the ball at the Tampa 9-yard line late in the game, but Chidi Ahanotu batted down Hebert's fourth-down pass to preserve the victory.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 18-75, Erickson 3-8, Anderson 9-7, Armstrong 2-5, Royster 2-3. FALCONS: Pegram 15-68. PASSING BUCS: Erickson 28-18-318-2-4. FALCONS: Hebert 47-25-277-1-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Anderson 5-51, Workman 4-56, Hawkins 3-45, Copeland 2- 104, Cobb 2-19, Wilson 1-23, Armstrong 1-20. FALCONS: Rison 11-147, Haynes 7-49, Pritchard 4-45, Hill 1-17, Lyons 1-10, Pegram 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Nickerson 1-6. FALCONS: Eaton 1-0, Sanders 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anderson 2-26. FALCONS: Smith 2-79, Montgomery 1-20, Sanders 1-13. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Anderson 3-31. FALCONS: Smith 4-62. SACKS BUCS: Seals 1-8. FALCONS: Case 1-7, Gann 1-4.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 98 Seals LG 67 Sullivan DT 77 Wheeler C 61 Mayberry DE 75 Curry RG 62 Beckles MLB 56 Nickerson RT 76 Dill LB 51 Thomas TE 82 Hall DB 24 Jones TE 86 Armstrong DB 44 Anderson WR 87 Thomas LCB 35 Mayhew FB 46 Workman RCB 29 Reynolds RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 7 Erickson FS 41 King PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 20 Gray, 21 Mack, 27 Bussey, 33 Royster, 40 Anderson, 47 Lynch, 53 Brady,54 Williams, 55 Brownlow, 64 Ryan, 70 McRae, 71 Dotson, 72 Taylor, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 85 Hawkins, 88 Copeland, 90 Ahanotu, 93 DuBose, 96 Wilson DID NOT PLAY 17 DeBerg INACTIVE 11 Weldon, 37 McDowell, 43 Harris, 50 Burnette, 66 Reimers, 73 Adams, 81 Claiborne

COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Hank Stram