Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Dallas Cowboys 7 Sunday 3 December 2000 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 13:39-1Q Gramatica FG28 TB 10:39-1Q Dunn 76 run (Gramatica kick) TB 4:07-1Q Kelly 9 interception return (Gramatica kick) TB 10:37-2Q Gramatica FG25 DAL 5:53-3Q Smith 4 run (Seder kick) TB 7:58-4Q Dunn 4 run (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium Bucs, King still working to earn passing grades Dunn ignites offense and maybe a debate Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
Warrick Dunn had the second best rushing performance in team history and could easily have broken James Wilder's 1983 mark of 219 yards with ease, but spent last six minutes letting back-up Rabih Abdullah takes some snaps. 17 points in the first quarter put the result beyond doubt early on and then it just became a matter of how many yards Dunn would finish with. "It's not the size of the dog, it's the fight that's in him," Warren Sapp said. "And that guy is something special."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 22-210, Abdullah 10-38, King 4-2. COWBOYS: Smith 20-80, Wiley 6-32, Thomas 1-3, McGarrity 1-(-2). PASSING BUCS: King 15-9-65-0-0. COWBOYS: Aikman 30-16-158-1-0, Wright 3-1-10-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 4-28, Green 2-15, Dunn 2-11, Abdullah 1- 11. COWBOYS: McKnight 4-42, McGarrity 3-44, Wiley 3-13, Harris 2-11, Tucker 1-15, LaFleur 1-14, Smith 1-11, Brazzell 1-10, Hodge 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Kelly 1-9 COWBOYS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Murphy 2-24. COWBOYS: Tucker 4-51, Wiley 1-22. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-14, Yoder 1-0. COWBOYS: McGarity 3-7. SACKS BUCS: Jones 1-8, Ahanotu 1-7. COWBOYS: Underwood 1-11, Spellman 1-3.
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 48 Kirby RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 87 Murphy, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 40 Alstott, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Brian Baldinger