Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Philadelphia Eagles 21
Sunday 31 December 2000 at Veterans Stadium
SCORING
TB
11:19-2Q
Gramatica FG29
PHI
3:16-2Q
McNabb 5 run (Akers kick)
PHI
0:12-3Q
Brown 5 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)
PHI
14:13-4Q
Thomason 2 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Veterans Stadium
Familiar refrain ends it for Bucs
Defense goes cold this time
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It was under 40 degrees and the Bucs just froze up offensively. The underdog Eagles used a strong running
game, mobile QB and pressure defense to win - hang on, that was Tampa Bay's script. "We regressed, or
whatever you want to call it," said Warren Sapp summing up the disappointing end to the season. "This was a
big step backwards. Everybody in here better look hard in the mirror the next six months."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 7-42, King 4-7, Dunn 8-1.
EAGLES: Warren 22-85, McNabb 8-32, Mitchell 3-9.
PASSING
BUCS: King 31-17-171-0-0.
EAGLES: McNabb 33-24-161-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Johnson 6-106, Dunn 5-28, Alstott 2-14, Moore 2-12.
Anthony 1-6, Hape 1-5.
EAGLES: Johnson 5-47, Mitchell 5-37, Small 3-30, Lewis 3-24,
Martin 2-8, Pritchett 2-(-1), Brown 1-5, Pinkston 1-5, Warren 1-4,
Thomason 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Abraham 1-0.
EAGLES: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Green 1-21, Williams 1-14, Anthony 1-7.
EAGLES: Mitchell 1-24, D.Douglas 1-24.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-12.
EAGLES: Mitchell 3-38.
SACKS
BUCS: White 1-10, Singleton 0.5-0, Webster 0.5-0.
EAGLES: H.Douglas 2-14, Caldwell 1-7, Thomas 1-1.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
79 Hegamin
DE
72 Ahanotu
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
73 Middleton
DE
94 White
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, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58
Davis, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder, 82
Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98
Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier, 60 Coleman
INACTIVES
14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 48 Kirby, 50 Gooch, 65 Dogins, 76
Curry, 78 Jones, 87 Murphy
COMMENTARY CREW
Pat Summerall and John Madden
