Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Washington Redskins 20 Sunday 1 October 2000 at Fed Ex Field
SCORING TB 1:38-1Q Alstott 2 run (Gramatica kick) WAS 3:14-2Q Davis 50 run (Husted kick) WAS 7:51-3Q Husted FG28 WAS 3:57-4Q Centers 8 pass from Johnson (Husted kick) TB 2:00-4Q Anthony 46 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 0:00-4Q Gramatica FG42 WAS 10:51-OT Husted FG20
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from Fed Ex Field Offensive woes set off a wave of worry for fans Sapp takes punishment, then dishes it out The game report Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
This one featured a 10-point comeback by the Bucs inside the last two minutes only for Deion Sanders to return a punt 57 yards in overtime and set up ex-Buc Michael Husted's game winning fieldgoal. Husted had earlier seen a potential game-winner blocked by Warren Sapp, a minute after Shaun King picked up his own fumble and threw a TD pass to Reidel Anthony.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 15-46, King 3-23, Dunn 10-3. REDSKINS: Davis 28-141, Centers 1-2, Johnson 2-2, Murrell 1-0. PASSING BUCS: King 38-19-202-1-1. REDSKINS: Johnson 32-20-207-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 6-42, Dunn 4-36, Moore 4-47, Hape 2-12, Anthony 1-46, Alstott 1-12, Green 1-7. REDSKINS: Centers 8-53, Fryar 4-61, Alexander 3-28, Connell 1- 47, Murrell 1-6, Davis 1-5, Thrash 1-4, Sellers 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. REDSKINS: Green 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 4-101. REDSKINS: Thrash 2-64. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 3-12, Green 2-0. REDSKINS: Sanders 7-86. SACKS BUCS: McFarland 1-9, Sapp 1-7, Jones 1-6. REDSKINS: Colemand 3-18, Arrington 1-1.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 97 Jackson RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan TE 82 Hape RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham WR 19 Johnson RCB 20 Barber RB 40 Alstott SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 28 Dunn, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida, 99 Sapp DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 60 Coleman INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 88 Hastings
COMMENTARY CREW Pat Summerall and John Madden