Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Minnesota Vikings 30
Monday 9 October 2000 at the Metrodome
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels, Dan Fouts and Dennis Miller
A classic Monday night encounter in which the Bucs went for
trickery on fourth down from midfield trailing 26-23 with Mike
Alstott lofting an incomplete pass towards rookie TE Todd Yoder.
The ball went over on downs to the Vikings who iced the game
on Gary Anderson's third fieldgoal of the night.
GAME SCORING
MIN
14:36-1Q
Culpepper 27 run (Anderson kick)
TB
4:11-1Q
King 11 run (Gramatica kick)
MIN
12:14-2Q
Anderson FG37
MIN
11:11-2Q
Davis 26 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick)
TB
1:07-2Q
Gramatica FG23
MIN
11:12-3Q
Anderson FG42
TB
8:11-3Q
Gramatica FG33
TB
0:15-3Q
Gramatica FG35
TB
12:01-4Q
Abraham 57 blocked FG return (Gramatica kick)
MIN
8:42-4Q
Moss 42 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick)
MIN
1:02-4Q
Anderson FG19
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Metrodome
The offense gives hope
Defensive plan foiled by Moss
The game report
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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
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
19 Johnson
DB
25 Kelly
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, 22 Stecker, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson,
50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 68 Unutoa, 79
Hegamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 88 Hastings, 94 White, ,97
Jackson, 98 Cannida
DID NOT PLAY
15 Zeier, 59 Duncan, 60 Coleman, 75 Washington
INACTIVES
14 Hamilton, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 86
Williams, 95 McLaughlin
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 10-32, King 3-22, Alstott 6-10, Green 1-(-1).
VIKINGS: Smith 22-81, Culpepper 7-35, Williams 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: King 40-26-295-0-0, Alstott 1-0-0-0-0.
VIKINGS: Culpepper 19-15-231-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Green 11-131, Johnson 5-71, Dunn 4-47, Alstott 2-24, Moore 2-12,
Anthony 1-7, Hape 1-3.
VIKINGS: Moss 5-118, Carter 3-43, Smith 3-19, Davis 2-41, Hatchette 1-5,
Walters 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Robinson 1-0.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 7-160.
VIKINGS: Carter 6-134.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hastings 2-24.
VIKINGS: Walters 1-3.
SACKS
BUCS: Jones 2-3, Sapp 1-12, Barber 1-5, McFarland 1-2, Ahanotu 1-2.
