Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Denver Broncos 27 Sunday 15 September 1996 at Mile High Stadium

SCORING DEN 3:32-1Q Braxton 69 interception return (Elam kick) TB 1:22-1Q Husted FG24 DEN 9:53-2Q Elam FG45 TB 5:00-2Q Brooks 8 run (Husted kick TB 0:03-2Q Husted FG35 DEN 8:34-3Q Elam FG20 DEN 3:18-3Q Miller 17 pass from Elway (Elam kick) TB 1:57-3Q Harper 40 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick) TB 11:43-4Q Husted FG28 DEN 3:22-4Q Davis 3 run (Elam kick)

GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud's lead story from Mile High Stadium Gary Shelton - in struggle, Bucs show some hope Reggie Brooks puts spring in step forward Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play

Denver struck last in a back-and-forth battle to slip away with the four-point win in Mile High Stadium. QB John Elway, definitely not facing his first fourth-quarter come-from-behind situation, led the Broncos on a game- winning touchdown march that chewed up 80 yards and over eight minutes on the clock.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Brooks 15-114, Dilfer 2-14, Alstott 2-3, Thompson 2-3, Hawkins 1-(-13). BRONCOS: Davis 22-137, Craver 11-53, Elway 4-3, Hebron 2-1. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 30-12-200-1-1. BRONCOS: Elway 34-25-180-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Harris 5-96, Harper 2-77, Alstott 2-20, Hawkins 1-6, Ellison 1-3, Brooks 1-(-2). BRONCOS: Miller 7-60, Craver 5-26, Sharpe 4-30, Davis 4-23, McCaffrey 2-21, Hebron 2-14, Carswell 1-6 INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-6, Abraham 1-1. BRONCOS: Braxton 1-69. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Silvan 5-150. BRONCOS: Hebron 2-58, Jeffers 1-18. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Silvan 2-2. BRONCOS: Kinchen 4-6. SACKS BUCS: none. BRONCOS: Williams 2-14.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 75 Curry LG 60 Pyne DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 97 Jackson RG 62 Beckles DE 73 Upshaw RT 79 Riesenberg LLB 51 Marts TE 81 Harris MLB 56 Nickerson TE 83 Moore RLB 55 Brooks WR 85 Hawkins LCB 35 Mayhew WR 80 Harper RCB 39 DImry RB 40 Alstott SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 25 Johnson PLAYED 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 21 Abraham, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, 34 Thompson, 37 Ellison, 41 Brooks, 43 Johnson, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 68 Crisman, 69 Pierson, 71 Adams, 78 Jones, 86 Williams, 87 Silvan, 89 Ryans, 91 Smith, 93 DuBose, 99 Sapp DID NOT PLAY 11 Weldon, 64 Diaz INACTIVE 13 Milanovich, 27 Austin, 54 Stephens, 74 Gruber, 72 Ahanotu, 82 Tate, 84 Thomas, 90 Maniecki

COMMENTARY TEAM Verne Lundqvist and Pat Haden