Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 New Orleans Saints 16
Sunday 7 November 1999 at The Superdome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Bill Maas
Trent was back behind center for the trip to the Bayou and led
the Bucs to their first touchdown in eight quarters with an early
strike to Jacquez Green. He followed it up with two more scoring
passes and Mike Alstott rumbled for over 100 yards as the Bucs
won easily. "We've been not making the plays, but today we
made some, and look what happens, " Dilfer said. "We got that
big play early and more than anything else, I think guys were just
happy to see us get it in the end zone."
GAME SCORING
NO
5:35-1Q
Brien FG29
TB
4:01-1Q
Green 62 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick)
TB
9:49-2Q
Gramatica FG45
TB
4:27-2Q
Davis 1 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick)
NO
0:30-2Q
Brien FG39
TB
6:48-3Q
McDonald 10 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick)
NO
10:45-4Q
Brien FG37
NO
0:48-4Q
Poole 1 pass from Toliver (Brien kick)
TB
0:15-4Q
Alstott 25 run (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play
Rick Stroud reports from the Superdome
Dilfer - aberration or rejuvenation?
During eighth game, Bucs finally get a call
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 Diaz
DT
77 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
94 White
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
81 Green
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
24 Robinson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 33 Vance, 34
Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 69
Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84 McDonald,
88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 65 Dogins
INACTIVES
15 Zeier, 31 Young, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 86 Williams, 87 Emanuel,
95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 25-117, Dunn 12-42, Dilfer 2-2, Green 1-(-5).
SAINTS: Williams 14-41, Toliver 5-28, L.Smith 2-22, Kennison 1-4, Craver
1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 20-15-227-0-3.
SAINTS: Toliver 37-18-211-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Green 4-89, Dunn 3-54, McDonald 3-47, Anthony 2-14, Alstott 1-
15,Moore 1-7, Davis 1-1.
SAINTS: Smith 4-27, Williams 4-22, Poole 3-23, Hastings 2-45, Kennison
2-42, Cleeland 2-39, Bech 1-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brooks 1-38, Barber 1-17.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Murphy 4-113.
SAINTS: Davis 3-78, Perry 2-12, Bech 1-12.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 0-0.
SAINTS: Kennison 2-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 0.5-3, Culpepper 0.5-3.
SAINTS: Tomich 1-2.
