Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Minnesota Vikings 10
Sunday 26 October 1997 at Houlihans Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
Minnesota made the game’s biggest play in the third quarter
when David Palmer returned a Sean Landeta punt 57 yards to
the Bucs’ eight. to set up a one-yard run by Charles Evans that
was ruled a touchdown amid some dispute. The Bucs fought
back on their next possession, marching 77 yards in just nine
plays. Anthony got the ball in the end zone on a two-yard catch
on third-and- goal, however the PAT was no good and the Bucs
remained down by four. A final desperation pass fell incomplete
in the end zone from the Viking 24-yard line.
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
22 Mincy
RB
28 Dunn
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 29 Gant, 31
Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 52 Bellisari, 53
Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 75 Curry, 78 Jones,
82 Hape, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 90 Maniecki, 97
Jackson
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 51 Singleton, 65 Dogins, 87
Davis, 91 Upshaw
GAME SCORING
MIN
4:06-3Q
Murray FG28
MIN
0:28-3Q
Evans 1 run (Murray kick)
TB
10:11-4Q
Anthony 2 pass from Dilfer (kick failed)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Houlihan's Stadium
Where has the Buccaneer offense gone?
Michael Husted could just, well, kick himself
Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 10-39, Alstott 6-8, Dilfer 2-5.
VIKINGS: Hoard 18-40, Smith 11-30, Evans 4-17, Williams 1-4, B.Johnson
1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 29-15-188-0-1.
VIKINGS: B.Johnson 29-20-230-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Anthony 5-92, Moore 2-35, Williams 2-22, Dunn 2-19, Copeland 2-
14, Alstott 2-6.
VIKINGS: Carter 7-80, Reed 3-46, Walsh 2-30, DeLong 2-29, Glover 2-26,
Smith 2-10, Goodwin 1-5, Hoard 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 2-42, Ellison 1-12.
VIKINGS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-17, Dunn 1-6.
VIKINGS: Palmer 5-84.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 1-10, Ahanotu 1-6.
VIKINGS: Smith 2-10, Rudd 1-1.
VIDEO CLIPS
Warren Sapp introduced himself to future team-mate Brad Johnson
Chidi Ahanotu followed up with a sack of his own later in the first half
Reidel Anthony’s TD was followed by a key missed extra point
