Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Philadelphia Eagles 31
Saturday 12 January 2002 at Veterans Stadium
SCORING
TB
10:48-1Q
Gramatica FG36
PHI
6:18-1Q
Akers FG26
PHI
12:17-2Q
Lewis 16 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)
TB
6:13-2Q
Gramatica FG32
PHI
0:35-2Q
Staley 23 pass from McNabb (Akers kick)
TB
0:00-2Q
Gramatica FG27
PHI
6:57-3Q
Buckhalter 25 run (Akers kick)
PHI
2:08-4Q
Moore 59 interception return (Akers kick)
GAME REPORTS
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For the second straight season the Bucs went out of the playoffs at the first hurdle at a cold Veterans
Stadium. And this time it cost Tony Dungy his job as he was fired within 48 hours of the loss to the Eagles. It
was also the night of my debut presenting for Sky Sports.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 12-32, Dunn 11-29, B.Johnson1-2.
EAGLES: McNabb 4-57, Buckhalter 9-55, Staley 15-34, Thrash 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Johnson 36-22-202-4-0.
EAGLES: McNabb 25-16-194-1-2
RECEIVING
BUCS: Dunn 8-37, Alstott 5-32, K.Johnson 3-75, Williams 2-25,
Green 2-15, Moore 1-13, Yoder 1-5.
EAGLES: Pinkston 5-62, Lewis 4-60, Thrash 3-32, Staley 2-27,
Buckhalter 2-13.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
EAGLES: Moore 2-59, Vincent 1-0, Dawkins 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 4-91, Murphy 2-47.
OPPS: Mitchell 1-27, D.Douglas 1-16, Walker 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-10.
OPPS: Mitchell 2-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 2-7, White 1-1.
OPPS: H.Douglas 1-7.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
67 Walker
DE
94 White
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
RT
71 Wunsch
MLB
59 Duncan
TE
83 Moore
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
19 Johnson
DB
21 Abraham
WR
81 Green
LCB
25 Kelly
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
14 Johnson
FS
34 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 26 Smith, 38 Howell, 43
Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 53
Quarles, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Yoder, 84
McDermott, 86 Williams, 87 Murphy, 89 Roberg, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 85 Anthony, 91 Darby
INACTIVE
1 Hamilton, 4 Brien, 27 Abdullah, 65 Hochstein, 68 Grice, 76
Curry, 88 Wynn, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW
Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theismann
