Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 New Orleans Saints 23
Sunday1 December 2002 at the Superdome
ESPN COMMENTARY CREW Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theisman
All the good work done the previous weekend was undone on
a Sunday night in New Orleans as the Bucs committed three
turnovers and found themselves being swept in the seasn
series by the Saints. Aaron Brooks had a pair of second-half
touchdown passes and then watched from the sideline as
back-up Jake Delhomme completed a key third down pass
late in the game to run out the clock and end a potential
Buccaneer comeback. “Our running game kind of hurt us,''
Brad Johnson said. ``We had a hard time getting it going. We
definitely have to be more effective with our running game.''
GAME SCORING
TB
3:17-1Q
Safety - ball batted through endzone
NO
10:02-2Q
McAllister 6 run (run failed)
TB
6:41-2Q
Alstott 44 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick
NO
12:56-3Q
Reed 3 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)
NO
9:00-3Q
Horn 14 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)
TB
5:04-3Q
Gramatica FG51
NO
10:47-4Q
Carney FG48
TB
2:49-4Q
McCardell 2 pass from B.Johnson (K.Johnson pass)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' take on the game
Bucs lost turnover battle
Over 10,000 Buc fans make the trip
Now it's Atlanta up next
The one-game cushion is gone
NFC playoff race closes up
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
Post-game quotes
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
10 King, 93 Claybrooks
INACTIVE
11 Johnson, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 64 Goodspeed, 81 Lee, 84
Barlow, 92 McFarland, 95 Warner
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 8-17, Pittman 8-17.
SAINTS: McAllister 27-99, Brooks 2-5, Delhomme 2-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 44-28-276-1-2.
SAINTS: Brooks 25-9-155-0-2, Delhomme 1-1-10-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: McCardell 11-107, Pittman 6-27, K.Johnson 5-53, Alstott 2-47,
Jurevicius 2-18, Cook 1-13, Dilger 1-11.
SAINTS: Horn 5-106, Reed 3-43, Stallworth 1-9, McAllister 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Bellamy 1-14.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 2-46, Smith 2-33, Williams 2-26.
SAINTS: Lewis 4-81.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-14.
SAINTS: Lewis 2-56.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 3-25, Singleton 1-4.
SAINTS: Grant 1-12, Howard 1-8, Smith 1-5, Jackson 1-2.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
The Bucs’ defense scored two points thanks to Simeon Rice
Mike Alstott took a dump-off pass 44 yards for a touchdown
Keenan McCardell gave the Bucs late hope with this score
