Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cleveland Browns 3
Sunday 13 October 2002 at Raymond James Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Dick Enberg and Dan Dierdorf
The Bucs won their fifth game in a row at a scorching hot
Raymond James Stadium with the Browns being the latest NFL
opponent to be held to under 250 yards of total offense by the
No.1 defense in the league. Mike Alstott had one of his best
career rushing days including a highlight-reel run that saw him
bounce off no less than seven defenders before finally being
taken down. Warren Sapp twice took down Browns’ QB Tim
Couch who looked nothing like the first overall pick of the 1999
draft and Jon Gruden’s team improved to 5-1 on the season
before heading to Philadelphia for their first real test of the
season.
GAME SCORING
TB
9:01-1Q
Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)
TB
2:42-2Q
Gramatica FG33
TB
14:51-4Q
Alstott 17 run (Gramatica kick)
CLE
11:45-4Q
Dawson FG50
GAME REPORTS
The running game re-appears
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Sapp continues to dominate
The A-Train is back on track
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
What they had to say afterwards
The gamebook and the play by play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Oben
LDE
94 Spires
LG
71 Jenkins
UT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
RDE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
51 Singleton
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 McCardell
LCB
25 Kelly
FB
40 Alstott
SS
47 Lynch
RB
32 Pittman
FS
34 Jackson
QB
14 Johnson
RCB
20 Barber
PLAYED
7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 35 Ivy, 38
Howell, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 58 Golden, 68 Unutoa, 74
Green, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88
Dudley, 90 Gurley, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
11 Johnson, 75 Brown
INACTIVE
10 King, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 34 Stephens, 76 Reyes, 81 Lee, 84
Barlow, 98 Smith
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 17-126, Pittman 16-53, Stecker 3-11, B.Johnson 1-5, Tupa
1-(-9).
BROWNS: White 9-38, Green 8-22, Morgan 1-0.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 32-15-194-1-0.
BROWNS: Couch 40-20-151-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Pittman 5-95, K.Johnson 4-64, Alstott 2-13, Dilger 2-12, McCardell
1-7, Dudley 1-3.
BROWNS: White 10-34, Northcutt 4-74, Morgan 2-16, Johnson 2-11,
Heiden 1-12, Davis 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-9.
BROWNS: Little 1-7.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 2-60.
BROWNS: Davis 3-65.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 6-120.
BROWNS: Northcutt 1-30.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 2-17.
BROWNS: none.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
Ronde Barber was in the right place to intercept a deflected pass
Mike Alstott’s famous run in which he bounced off numerous tackles
His touchdown early in the fourth quarter put the Bucs out of reach
