The two great rivals got it on for Monday Night viewers for the second straight season and didn't disappoint with another classic encounter. It went one way and then the other, but the Buc defense came up strong in the second half when it needed to and the Buccaneers got themselves back to 5-5 on the season.

GAME SCORING STL 10:57-1Q Wilkins FG44 TB 13:19-2Q Alstott 7 run (Gramatica kick) STL 5:06-2Q Wilkins FG42 TB 2:10-2Q Gramatica FG36 STL 0:00-2Q Wilkins FG24 TB 8:36-3Q Alstott 8 run (Gramatica kick) STL 1:41-3Q Manumaleuna 1 pass from Warner (Faulk run) TB 11:13-4Q Dunn 21 run (Gramatica kick)

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STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 67 Walker DE 78 Jones LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 60 Coleman DE 97 Rice RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 85 Anthony LCB 25 Kelly FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 14 Johnson FS 34 Jackson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 21 Abraham, 22 Stecker, 26 Smith, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 81 Green, 84 McDermott, 87 Murphy, 91 Darby, 94 White, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 10 King, 76 Curry INACTIVE 1 Hamilton, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 58 Cerqua, 65 Hochstein, 86 Williams, 89 Wynn, 96 Wyms

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 14-60, Alstott 11-34, B.Johnson 6-(-3). RAMS: Faulk 12-55, Canidate 2-13, Conwell 1-3, Holcombe 1-3, Bruce 1- 2, Warner 1-0, Baker 1-0. PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 34-21-185-1-0. RAMS: Warner 39-19-291-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: K.Johnson 5-57, Dunn 5-46, Alstott 5-31, Moore 3-29, Green 1-13, Anthony 1-9, Cook 1-0. RAMS: Holt 8-139, Bruce 3-73, Hakim 3-29, Conwell 2-38, Faulk 2-11, Manumaleuna 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-15, Abraham 1-6. RAMS: Young 1-25. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Murphy 4-90. RAMS: Canidate 5-71. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 1-5. RAMS: Hakim 4-42. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 2-17, Duncan 1-5. RAMS: Ahanotu 1-8, Moran 1-4.