Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 Cincinnati Bengals 0
Sunday 27 December 1998 at Cinergy Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Tim Ryan, Bill Maas and Ronnie Lott
The Bengals wanted to just end the season without getting hurt,
the Bucs needed a win, the result was never in doubt. As it turned
out, the Cardinals made the post-season in place of the Bucs in
spite of this win which was the largest road victory in franchise
history at the time.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
97 Jackson
LG
65 Dogins
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
LLB
50 Gooch
TE
83 Moore
MLB
59 Duncan
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
86 Williams
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 27 Parker, 31
Young, 33 Vance, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis,
69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green,
82 Hape, 84 Thomas, 94 White, 98 Cannida
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 29 Smith, 51 Singleton, 64 Diaz, 87
Emanuel, 88 Copeland, 98 Mix
GAME SCORING
TB
12:29-1Q
Thomas 50 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
TB
2:46-1Q
Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
TB
14:57-2Q
Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
TB
8:07-2Q
Anthony 4 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
TB
9:20-4Q
Alstott 3 run (Husted kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Riverfront Stadium
Defense is good for nothing
Bucs ride out the suspense
A perfect ending to an imperfect season
Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 19-89, Alstott 20-69, Neal 4-25, Dilfer 2-22, Ellison 6-18.
BENGALS: Dillon 14-70, Bennett 5-13, Milne 1-3, Scott 1-2, Costello 1-0,
Kresser 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 16-10-111-1-2.
BENGALS: Kresser 17-7-102-2-0, Justin 10-4-74-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Green 3-23, Williams 2-18, Alstott 2-8, Thomas 1-50, Dunn 1-8,
Anthony 1-4.
BENGALS: McGee 3-68, Dillon 3-51, Scot 2-37, Pickens 2-17, Milne 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-56, Mincy 1-5.
BENGALS: Ambrose 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Green 1-12.
BENGALS: Gibson 4-85, Bienemy 1-16.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
BENGALS: Williams 2-16.
SACKS
BUCS: Upshaw 1-9, Culpepper 1-8.
BENGALS: Simmons 1-8, Bankston 1-6.
