Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Carolina Panthers 10
Sunday 17 November 2002 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Tim Ryan
Returning from their bye weel, the Bucs improved their record
to 8-2 by completing a season sweep of their division rival
Panthers in spite of trailing for much of the first half. Brad
Johnson played another solid game, hitting his two main
receiving targets, Keyshawn Johnson and Keenan McCardell
for a score each. Then it was over to the Buccaneer defense
as always, intercepting Rodney Peete three times and sacking
him four more. “Their defense is fantastic,'' Panthers center
Jeff Mitchell said. ``I was with the [Super Bowl champion
Baltimore] Ravens two years ago, and that's how we won the
whole thing - with defense. Why can't they?''
GAME SCORING
CAR
6:06-1Q
S.Smith 20 pass from Peete (Graham kick)
TB
9:27-2Q
K.Johnson 1 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
CAR
6:25-2Q
Graham FG42
TB
3:00-2Q
Gramatica FG20
TB
1:28-3Q
McCardell 22 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica)
TB
8:03-4Q
Gramatica FG32
TB
3:57-4Q
Gramatica FG41
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' take on the game
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Mick Elliott's column
Turnovers the big key
The offensive line does good
Pittman hears the boos
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
What they had to say afterwards
The gamebook and the play by play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Oben
LDE
94 Spires
LG
71 Jenkins
UT
91 Darby
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
RDE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
51 Singleton
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
TE
88 Dudley
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 McCardell
LCB
25 Kelly
WR
19 Johnson
SS
47 Lynch
RB
32 Pittman
FS
34 Jackson
QB
14 Johnson
RCB
20 Barber
PLAYED
7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 35 Ivy, 38
Howell, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 74
Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86
Williams, 89 Crawford, 90 Gurley, 96 Wyms,
DID NOT PLAY
11 Johnson, 93 Claybrooks
INACTIVE
10 King, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 64 Goodspeed, 81 Lee, 84 Barlow,
92 McFarland, 98 Smith
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Pittman 21-57, Alstott 2-8, B.Johnson 4-6, Stecker 2-(-4).
PANTHERS: L.Smith 15-46, Brown 4-17.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 40-22-253-0-2.
PANTHERS: Peete 38-22-205-3-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: K.Johnson 7-74, McCardell 4-56, Pittman 4-21, Jurevicius 2-48,
Stecker 2-20, Alstott 2-13, Dudley 1-21.
PANTHERS: Brown 6-44, Goings 4-35, S.Smith 4-40, Muhammad 3-59,
Walls 2-21, Wiggins 1-6, Hankton 1-4, L.Smith 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Smith 1-2, Lynch 1-0, Kelly 1-(-7).
PANTHERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 3-73.
PANTHERS: Brown 2-46, Black 2-29, Wiggins 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-10.
PANTHERS: Smith 1-5.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 2-20, Wyms 1-9, Spires 1-8.
PANTHERS: Burton 1-6, Peppers 1-0.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
Keyshawn scored from close range on a clever play design
Keenan McCardell had the second passing touchdown
Then it was over to Simeon Rice and Warren Sapp