Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Seattle Seahawks 3 Sunday 28 November 1999 at the Kingdome
SCORING SEA 10:50-1Q Peterson FG25 TB 14:51-2Q Gramatica FG42 TB 1:12-2Q Gramatica FG40 TB 12:21-4Q Hape 2 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 9:00-4Q Gramatica FG37
GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Click here for how Roy Cummings saw the game Rick Stroud reports from the Kingdome And a rookie shall lead them Shoulder injury leaves Dilfer's fate in doubt
This victory shattered many myths. Among them: The Bucs could not win a big game on the road. The Bucs couldn't win on the West Coast. Most of all, the Bucs were not a playoff team. The Bucs were a playoff team, as their performance attested. Seattle, 8-2 coming into the game, was forced into six turnovers. Trent Dilfer suffered a broken collarbone in the third quarter ending his Bucs career and beginning the reign of Shaun King.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 15-57, Alstott 17-49, Dilfer 2-0, King 3-(-1). SEAHAWKS: Watters 17-64, Kitna 2-16, Green 2-5, Brown 1-4. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 11-5-50-0-0, King 7-3-32-0-1. SEAHAWKS: Kitna 44-19-197-5-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Moore 2-31, Anthony 2-10, Alstott 1-24, Dunn 1-9, Green 1-6, Hape 1-2. SEAHAWKS: Brown 5-24, Dawkins 4-87, Mayes 3-35, Fauria 3- 15, Watters 2-7, Galloway 1-18, Pritchard 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-43, Kelly 1-26, Brooks 1-10, Singleton 1-7, Abraham 1-0. SEAHAWKS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Antony 2-58. SEAHAWKS: Green 2-36, Joseph 1-12, Fauria 1-7. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 1-3. SEAHAWKS: Rogers 3-38. SACKS BUCS: Brooks 1-15, McFarland 1-6, Sapp 1-6. SEAHAWKS: Brown 1-8, King 1-6, Daniels 1-5, Hankins 1-4, LaBounty 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 78 Jones LG 64 Diaz DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 94 White RT 71 Wunsch LB 55 Brooks TE 83 Moore LB 56 Nickerson WR 87 Emanuel DB 25 Kelly WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 10 King, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 72 Ahanotu, 79 Hegamin, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin INACTIVES 15 Zeier, 31 Young, 66 Blackman, 75 Washington, 84 McDonald, 88 Murphy, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen