Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 21
Sunday 15 December 1996 at the Metrodome
SCORING
TB
2:47-1Q
Rhett 5 run (Husted kick)
MIN
7:21-2Q
Hoard 5 run (Sisson kick)
TB
6:42-3Q
Husted FG36
MIN
1:59-3Q
Hoard 22 run (Sisson kick)
MIN
1:54-4Q
Carter 36 pass from Johnson (Sisson kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud's lead story from the Metrodome
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The Vikings gave the Bucs a little taste of their own defensive medicine, limiting Tampa Bay to a season-low
169 total yards. The Bucs did hold an early lead, scoring first on a five-yard blast by Errict Rhett in the first
quarter. Credit for that drive went to Karl Williams, who returned Mitch Berger’s punt 72 yards in the first
quarter, notching the second-longest punt return in Buc history just one week after posting the team’s
second-longest kickoff return ever.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 7-50, Rhett 10-28, Ellison 2-9, Dilfer 1-5.
VIKINGS: Hoard 20-101, Lee 5-22, Johnson 3-14, Graham 4-8.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 32-13-104-2-0.
VIKINGS: Johnson 35-25-221-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Alstott 5-10, Ellison 3-31, Thomas 2-17, Hawkins 1-23,
Williams 1-16, Harris 1-7.
VIKINGS: Carter 8-89, Reed 5-56, Lee 3-15, Hoard 2-17, Graham 2-
11, Evans 2-5, Walsh 1-17, Jordan 1-6, DeLong 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Abraham 1-0, Dimry 1-0.
VIKINGS: Talley 1-10, Thomas 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-81.
VIKINGS: Palmer 2-48, Ismail 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-109.
VIKINGS: Palmer 4-35, Lee 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 2-17, Ahanotu 1-3, Culpepper 0.5-5, Upshaw 0.5-5.
VIKINGS: Brady 1-9, Edwards 1-9, Randle 1-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
60 Pyne
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
64 Diaz
DE
73 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
LLB
51 Marts
TE
81 Harris
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
84 Thomas
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
85 Hawkins
LCB
35 Mayhew
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
21 Abraham
RB
32 Rhett
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
25 Johnson
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, 33 Staten,
37 Ellison, 39 Dimry, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 57 Jones, 68
Crisman, 69 Pierson, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 80 Harper, 82 Tate,
83 Moore, 86 Williams, 93 DuBose, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
11 Weldon, 41 Brooks
INACTIVE
1 Marshall, 13 Milanovich, 27 Austin, 62 Beckles, 67 Ingram, 87
Silvan, 90 Maniecki, 94 White
COMMENTARY CREW
Joe Buck and Bill Maas
