Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41 Minnesota Vikings 13 Sunday 29 October 2000 at Raymond James Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Pat Summerall and John Madden
It always worked - whenever the Bucs were struggling, bring the Vikings to Raymond James Stadium. This was the Buc offense at its best with four Shaun King touchdowns and a 31-13 half-time lead. "It's been so long since we had a win, it just cures so many things" John Lynch said. It also ended the Vikings' hope of a perfect season once again, their 15-1 mark in 1998 only being blemished by a loss to the Bucs in Tampa.
GAME SCORING TB 10:33-1Q Johnson 9 pass from King (Gramatica kick) MIN 6:36-1Q Anderson FG30 TB 3:40-1Q Dunn 23 pass from King (Gramatica kick) MIN 11:59-2Q Moss 7 pass from Culpepper (Anderson kick) TB 10:02-2Q Moore 20 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 7:58-2Q Brooks 34 interception return (Gramatica kick) TB 4:00-2Q Gramatica FG47 MIN 0:20-2Q Anderson FG37 TB 6:31-3Q Gramatica FG26 TB 5:05-4Q Anthony 16 pass from King (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium For a day, Bucs chase perfection of their own Keyshawn wanted it, so King let him have it Dunn finds perfect situation in all phases of Bucs' offense Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
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, 15 Zeier, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 88 Hastings, 94 White, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 31 Young, 46 Gibson, 48 Kirby, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 86 Williams
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 11-89, Alstott 10-56, King 2-4, Stecker 1-4, Zeier 1-(-1). VIKINGS: Smith 12-61, Culpepper 4-35, Kleinsasser 1-3. PASSING BUCS: King 23-16-267-0-4. VIKINGS: Culpepper 53-29-313-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 6-121, Green 3-45, Anthony 3-36, Moore 2-27, Dunn 1- 23, Stecker 1-15. VIKINGS: Carter 7-115, Moss 7-65, Smith 7-53, Hatchette 4-42, Kleinsasser 2-22, Davis 1-11, Williams 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-34, Abraham 1-5. VIKINGS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 3-63. VIKINGS: Walters 6-128, Williams 1-21. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. VIKINGS: none. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 1-9, Barber 1-2. VIKINGS: Robbins 1-6.