Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Washington Redskins 20
Sunday 19 December 1998 at Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Jerry Glanville
It was always going to be tough to win in Washington to keep the
post-season dream alive, but with the Bucs leading 16-7 early in
the fourth quarter, it looked on the cards. Two Cary Blanchard
fieldgoals brought the Redskins close, but then Jacquez Green
fumbled a kickoff and Stephen Alexander caught the go-ahead
score with 5:49 to play. Two late Tampa drives ended in Trent
Dilfer interceptions and the Bucs flew home from the nation's
capital needing help to make the playoffs.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
97 Jackson
LG
65 Dogins
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
91 Upshaw
RT
70 Odom
LLB
50 Gooch
TE
83 Moore
MLB
59 Duncan
WR
81 Green
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 Emanuel
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 27 Parker, 31 Young, 37
Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis, 69
Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 86
Williams, 88 Hunter, 94 White, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
4 Walsh
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 29 Smith, 33 Vance, 64 Diaz, 84 Thomas,
85 Anthony, 98 Mix
GAME SCORING
TB
8:19-1Q
Moore 8 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
WAS
3:26-1Q
Shepherd 16 run (Blanchard kick)
TB
12:16-2Q
Husted FG20
TB
9:22-2Q
Husted FG42
TB
6:01-3Q
Husted FG24
WAS
13:39-4Q
Blanchard FG26
WAS
6:06-4Q
Blanchard FG35
WAS
5:49-4Q
Alexander 15 pass from Green (Blanchard kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Jack Kent Cooke Stadium
Bottom line - the Bucs must find an offense
This game just typifies the season
Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 13-80, Dilfer 6-37, Dunn 18-33.
REDSKINS: Hicks 11-59, Shepherd 1-16, Mitchell 4-10, Green 4-5.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 34-14-100-2-1.
REDSKINS: Green 33-16-191-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 5-27, Emanuel 3-24, Moore 3-23, Williams 2-24, Green 1-12.
REDSKINS: Alexander 6-62, Connell 4-86, Hicks 2-12, Mitchell 2-10,
Thomas 1-12, Shepherd 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Mincy 1-9.
REDSKINS: Jones 1-9, Green 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Green 5-136.
REDSKINS: Mitchell 4-86, Burnett 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 2-25.
REDSKINS: Mitchell 3-46.
SACKS
BUCS: Lynch 2-26, Jackson 1-17, Culpepper 1-8, Upshaw 1-4.
REDSKINS: Wilkerson 1-5, Lang 1-5, Boutte 1-3.
