Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 New England Patriots 16
Sunday 3 September 2000 at Foxboro Stadium
SCORING
NE
12:23-1Q
Vinatieri FG30
TB
10:41-2Q
Alstott 5 run (Gramatica kick)
NE
7:21-2Q
Brown 66 punt return (Vinatieri kick)
TB
0:37-2Q
Anthony 8 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
TB
4:19-3Q
Alstott 3 run (Gramatica kick)
NE
3:12-4Q
Glenn 39 pass from Bledsoe (2pt conversion failed)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Foxboro Stadium
The pizazz era begins with spike and Spike
After changes, the defense still remains a power
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Shaun King pulled a rabbit out of the hat with his TD pass to Reidel Anthony just before half-time when he
faked a spike and then lofted a ball to the corner of the endzone for the score. The Bucs led 21-3 before Terry
Glenn's score with just over three minutes left and had the ball at the Tampa 22-yard line with 14 seconds
remaining, but heavy pressure forced four straight Bledsoe incompletions.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 16-56, Alstott 16-54, King 4-21, Green 1-6,
Johnson 1-3.
PATRIOTS: Brown 2-33, Bledsoe 8-30, Faulk 10-21, Carter 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: King 24-12-167-0-1.
PATRIOTS: Bledsoe 39-26-216-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Johnson 4-64, Green 2-67, Anthony 1-8, Williams 1-8,
Alstott 1-6, Moore 1-6, Dunn 1-5, Abdullah 1-3.
PATRIOTS: Faulk 11-62, Brown 7-70, Glenn 4-56, Bjornson 2-15,
Simmons 1-9, Rutledge 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PATRIOTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-88.
PATRIOTS: Faulk 3-85.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-12.
PATRIOTS: Brown 4-118.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 1.5-7, Jones 1.5-5, Barber 1-8, Quarles 1-4, White
1-2.
PATRIOTS: McGinest 1-11.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Pierson
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
78 Jones
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
59 Duncan
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
81 Green
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
10 King
FS
24 Robinson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 31 Young, 33
Vance, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58
Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 79 Hegamin, 82 Hape, 84
Spence, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98
Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier, 75 Washington
INACTIVES
14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 34 Jackson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80
Yoder, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW
Ray Bentley and Ron Pitts
