Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Los Angeles Raiders 27 Sunday 19 December 1993 at the Coliseum
SCORING LA 5:20-1Q Wright 27 pass from Hostetler (Jaeger kick) LA 3:51-1Q McCallum 5 run (Jaeger kick) TB 11:42-2Q Cobb 5 run (Husted kick) LA 2:32-2Q Jaeger FG50 TB 0:10-2Q Husted FG57 LA 11:11-4Q Jaeger FG33 LA 10:01-4Q Hostetler 1 run (Jaeger kick) TB 7:15-4Q Cobb 2 run (Husted kick) TB 1:35-4Q Husted FG31
This was a nasty affair in which Hardy Nickerson got ejected and Sam Wyche allowed special teamer Curtis Buckley to start at WR to take out a cornerback's knee on the game-opening running play. Michael Husted kicked a Buc record 57-yard fieldgoal and although the Bucs outgained the Raiders 366-265 on the day, two Tampa Bay fumbles proved decisive in the end. The Raiders were held to just 17 yards on 23 carries, the lowest ever recorded by a Buccaneer defense.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 22-59, Erickson 2-20, Workman 3-16, Royster 3-6. RAIDERS: McCallum 6-16, Bell 7-14, Jordan 4-1, Hostetler 6-(-14). PASSING BUCS: Erickson 34-21-295-0-0. RAIDERS: Hostetler 30-19-260-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Workman 7-62, Copeland 5-74, Hawkins 3-94, Hall 2-25, Cobb 2-15, Wilson 1-19, Royster 1-6. RAIDERS: Wright 6-104, Brown 4-44, Horton 4-27, Ismail 3-49, Jett 1-23, Bell 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. RAIDERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Royster 4-50, Wilson 1-13. RAIDERS: Ismail 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hawkins 1-8. RAIDERS: Brown 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Dotson 1-7, Wheeler 1-5, Reynolds 1-0. RAIDERS: Townsend 1.5-8.5, Long 1.5-7, McGlockton 1-8, Smith 0.5-6, Harrison 0.5-0.5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 92 Price LG 66 Reimers DT 77 Wheeler C 61 Mayberry DT 71 Dotson RG 62 Beckles DE 98 Seals RT 76 Dill LLB 54 Williams TE 82 Hall MLB 56 Nickerson TE 83 Moore RLB 27 Bussey WR 28 Buckley LCB 35 Mayhew FB 46 Workman RCB 29 Reynolds RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 7 Erickson FS 20 Gray PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 21 Mack, 24 Jones, 33 Royster, 41 King, 43 Harris, 44 Anderson, 47 Lynch, 51 Thomas, 53 Brady, 55 Brownlow, 67 Sullivan, 70 McRae, 72 Taylor, 84 Wilson, 85 Hawkins, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 90 Ahanotu, 93 DuBose, 96 Wilson DID NOT PLAY 11 Weldon INACTIVE 13 Vlasic, 50 Burnette, 73 Adams, 75 Curry, 79 Love, 86 Armstrong, 89 Collins, 91 Hall
COMMENTARY CREW James Brown and Dennis Byrd