Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Oakland Raiders 45 Sunday 19 December 1999 at Network Associates Coliseum
SCORING OAK 11:04-1Q Brown 20 pass from Gannon (Nedney kick) OAK 1:58-1Q Nedney FG26 OAK 3:51-2Q Wheatley 30 run (Nedney kick) OAK 14:51-3Q Johnstone 13 fumble return (Nedney kick) OAK 9:11-3Q Kaufman 17 run (Nedney kick) OAK 3:17-3Q Wheatley 3 run (Nedney kick) OAK 10:47-4Q Kaufman 75 run (Nedney kick)
GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Rick Stroud reports from Network Associates Stadium Bucs face big reality check Rookie King loses grip but retains confidence The defense gets a sound pounding
This actually remains one of the Bucs' worst losses in franchise history, right at the end of one of their most successful seasons. Once they fell behind 24-0 at the start of the third quarter, all the starters came out of the game to save them for the two remaining more important games. “We won six in a row and we didn't disintegrate overnight. We're going to bounce back," Tony Dungy said.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Abdullah 4-12, Dunn 7-11, Alstott 7-6, King 1-5. RAIDERS: Kaufman 8-122, Wheatley 19-111, Crockett 8-32, Hoying 2-(-3). PASSING BUCS: King 29-17-142-1-0. RAIDERS: Gannon 26-15-141-0-1. Hoying 2-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 5-36, Williams 4-44, Moore 3-26, Emanuel 2-20, Emanuel 1-10, Alstott 1-4, McLeod 1-2. RAIDERS: Brown 4-47, Jett 4-42, Dudley 2-30, Mickens 1-9, Crockett 1-7, Ritchie 1-4, Kaufman 1-1, Wheatley 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. RAIDERS: Mincy 1-2. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 5-87, Dunn 1-15. RAIDERS: Kaufman 1-11. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 3-29, Green 2-20. RAIDERS: Gordon 5-29. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 1-3. RAIDERS: Team 1-13, Barton 1-11, Jackson 1-9, Gordon 1-6.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 65 Dogins DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 81 Green RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 Emanuel LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 64 Diaz, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington INACTIVES 12 Dilfer, 13 Milanovich, 31 Young, 66 Blackman, 79 Hegamin, 84 McDonald, 94 White, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Brian Baldinger