Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New York Giants 8
Sunday 30 November 1997 at the Meadowlands
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
The Buccaneers rebounded strongly from their surprising loss in
Chicago, winning in New York for the first time in 10 tries. Rookie
RB Warrick Dunn ground out 120 yards on 24 carries, FB Mike
Alstott scored one touchdown each in the running and passing
games and the Buc defense contributed two crucial interceptions
and held the Giants to just 202 total yards. Tampa Bay’s running
game finished the job by draining the last five minutes off the
clock.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
LDE
72 Ahanotu
LG
60 Pyne
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
64 Diaz
RDE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
80 Harris
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
SLB
59 Porter
WR
86 Williams
LCB
21 Abraham
QB
12 Dilfer
SS
47 Lynch
FB
40 Alstott
FS
22 Mincy
RB
28 Dunn
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 19 Hunter, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 31
Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52
Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 80 Harris,
84 Thomas, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97 Jackson
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 65 Dogins, 75 Curry, 78 Jones,
82 Hape, 88 Copeland
GAME SCORING
TB
7:54-2Q
Alstott 1 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
NYG
0:04-2Q
Daluiso FG45
TB
11:26-3Q
Alstott 9 run (Husted kick)
NYG
0:35-3Q
Daluiso FG30
NYG
14:08-4Q
Safety, Dilfer intentional grounding in endzone
TB
7:22-4Q
Rhett 1 run (2pt conversion failed)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Giants Stadium
The Buccaneer defense takes a stand
Upon this rock - the Bucs are built
Warrick Dunn moves into uncharted territory
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 24-120, Alstott 11-30, Rhett 2-1, Dilfer 4-(-4).
GIANTS: Wheatley 9-64, Way 7-28, Barber 3-4, Kanell 2-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 22-12-152-3-1.
GIANTS: Kanell 31-14-117-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Moore 3-55, Dunn 2-49, Williams 2-17, Alstott 2-9, Thomas 1-11,
Ellison 1-8, Davis 1-3.
GIANTS: Way 4-29, Calloway 3-56, Wheatley 2-10, Alexander 2-6, Patten
1-10, Barber 1-7, Pegram 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Abraham 1-16, Brooks 1-0.
GIANTS: Sparks 2-68, Wooten 1-53.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 2-43, Ellison 1-49.
GIANTS: Pegram 4-64, Sparks 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-87.
GIANTS: Toomer 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 2-14.
GIANTS: none.
VIDEO CLIPS
Mike Alstott’s first score came on a play-action fake
The second one was the traditional A-Train blast up the middle
Errict Rhett saw some rare playing time during the fourth quarter
