Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Minnesota Vikings 14
Sunday 14 September 1997 at The Metrodome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Tim Green
Warrick Dunn’s 101 yards led a 191-yard ground outburst. Mike
Alstott scored the most memorable touchdown in Buc history, on
a third-effort one-yard TD run in which he bounced off a failed
dive over the middle, faked out one Viking defender and bowled
backwards over two more for the score. The win was sealed
when Dunn took a delayed handoff into the middle, eluded
several tacklers and broke it outside for a 52-yard TD run.
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
88 Copeland
LCB
21 Abraham
QB
12 Dilfer
SS
47 Lynch
FB
40 Alstott
FS
25 Johnson
RB
28 Dunn
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
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
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins, 75
Curry, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki
GAME SCORING
MIN
1:49-1Q
Davis FG25
TB
13:50-2Q
Harris 5 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
TB
3:57-2Q
Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
TB
9:16-3Q
Copeland 27 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
MIN
4:37-3Q
Davis FG25
TB
12:29-4Q
Dunn 52 run (Husted kick)
MIN
0:28-4Q
Carter 30 pass from Johnson (Johnson run)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Metrodome
Trent Dilfer - playing to win
The defense bends a little but still wins
Finding comfort in the redzone
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: 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
BUCS: Dilfer 20-15-192-0-2.
VIKINGS: Johnson 44-29-334-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: 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
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Dunn 3-63.
VIKINGS: Palmer 4-58.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Dunn 3-39, Williams 0-0.
VIKINGS: Team 2-14.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 1-11, Brooks 1-7, Jackson 0.5-3, Upshaw 0.5-3.
VIKINGS: Rudd 1-7.
VIDEO CLIPS
Mike Alstott’s famous TD that made the NFL take notice of the Bucs
Trent Dilfer and Horace Copeland hooked up on this touchdown pass
Warrick Dunn sealed the victory and went over 100 yards in the process
