Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Minnesota Vikings 31
Sunday 6 September 1998 at the Metrodome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Jerry Glanville
The Bucs lost their season opener in Minnesota as Brad
Johnson threw four TD passes, two to rookie Randy Moss. The
famed Tampa pass rush was almost non-existent and this time
no-one could blame Trent who had an efficient day at the office
completing his first 11 passes of the year. "This might have been
a stumble" said center Tony Mayberry. "It wasn't a fall."
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 Diaz
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
91 Upshaw
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
50 Gooch
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 Emanuel
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 23 Bouie, 24
Robinson, 25 Kelly, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 52
Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 69 Pierson, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 86
Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
65 Dogins
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 59 Duncan, 70 Odom, 75 Washington, 78
Jones, 81 Green, 90 Maniecki
GAME SCORING
MIN
6:31-1Q
Carter 1 pass from Johnson (Anderson kick)
MIN
3:54-1Q
Moss 47 pass from Johnson (Anderson kick)
MIN
6:30-2Q
Moss 30 pass from Johnson (Anderson kick)
TB
6:06-3Q
Neal 3 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
MIN
14:57-4Q
Anderson FG20
MIN
6:35-4Q
Carter 19 pass from Johnson (Anderson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Metrodome
Plenty of Bucs were at fault but not Trent Dilfer
The wake-up call looks like a nightmare
Twist of agony ends Emanuel's hot start
Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 12-47, Alstott 7-12, Ellison 3-6, Dilfer 1-3.
VIKINGS: Smith 18-90, Hoard 7-29, Johnson 2-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 25-17-207-0-1, Walsh 12-6-53-1-0.
VIKINGS: Johnson 25-15-189-1-4.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Emanuel 7-98, Anthony 4-58,Alstott 4-29, Williams 2-24, Dunn 2-
21, Hape 2-11, Moore 1-16, Neal 1-3.
VIKINGS: Carter 5-31, Moss 4-95, Hoard 2-23, Smith 2-23, Evans 1-14,
Reed 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Mincy 1-22.
VIKINGS: Hitchcock 1-38.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 5-130.
VIKINGS: Palmer 1-19, Williams 1-12.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-23.
VIKINGS: Palmer 2-7.
SACKS
BUCS: Parker 1-8.
VIKINGS: Williams 1-9.
