Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Denver Broncos 10
Sunday 26 September 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
TB
9:22-1Q
Alstott 28 run (Gramatica kick)
DEN
4:29-1Q
McCaffrey 12 pass from Griese (Elam kick)
TB
12:55-2Q
Gramatica FG38
TB
0:07-2Q
Gramatica FG35
DEN
14:02-4Q
Elam FG44
GAME REPORTS
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Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium
Bucs D takes game by throat
Alstott puts pressure on
The Bucs got really conservative and let Mike Alstott run all over the Broncos to victory. Trent completed over
80% of his passes and outplayed a young Brian Griese to take the Bucs to 2-1 on the season. "A win is a win. I
don't care if it's a Picasso or I drew it," said Warren Sapp. "Elway could not have got them down the field. They
were going to lose this ball game. It came down a situation where they needed 85 yards to beat us. No, not today."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 25-131, Dilfer 8-17, Dunn 8-15, Anthony 1-2.
BRONCOS: Davis 19-53, Griese 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 18-15-135-0-0, Royals 1-0-0-0-0.
BRONCOS: Griese 29-14-132-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 9-82, Anthony 2-18, Emanuel 1-14, Williams 1-9,
Green 1-7, Alstott 1-5.
BRONCOS: Sharpe 5-39, McCaffrey 3-26, Smith 2-24, Griffith 2-5,
Cooper 1-21, Carswell 1-17.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Nickerson 1-18.
BRONCOS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Green 3-51.
BRONCOS: Watson 3-62.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 4-40.
BRONCOS: Watson 5-40.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 1-10, Lynch 0.5-1, Nickerson 0.5-1.
BRONCOS: Pryce 3-29, Smith 2-17, Braxton 2-10, Cadrez 1-1.
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
94 White
RT
70 Odom
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
TE
82 Hape
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
24 Robinson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34
Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 54 Palmer, 58 Davis, 59
Duncan, 65 Dogins, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80
Davis, 81 Green, 84 McDonald, 85 Anthony, 87 Emanuel, 95
McLaughlin, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier
INACTIVES
10 King, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 75 Washington, 88 Murphy, 91
Upshaw, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson
COMMENTARY CREW
Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms
