Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 San Francisco 49ers 6
Sunday 12 January 2003 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth
Having earned the bye week from their win in the final game of
the regular season, the Buccaneers had Brad Johnson back
healthy for the arrival of the 49ers, fresh of their dramatic win
the previous week against the Giants. This was a bridge too far
for San Francisco however and the Bucs jumped out to a 28-6
half-time lead and then controlled the clock in the second half
making the final result as emphatic as the performance. Brad
had a pair of touchdown passes and Mike Alstott added a pair of
short-distance scores himself and then watched the defense
record three interceptions and three sacks to put the Bucs into
the NFC Championship game for the third time in their history.
GAME SCORING
TB
6:34-1Q
Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)
SF
0:17-1Q
Chandler FG24
TB
9:27-2Q
Jurevicius 20 pass from Johnson (Gramatica kick)
SF
8:31-2Q
Chandler FG40
TB
7:24-2Q
Dudley 12 pass from Johnson (Gramatica kick)
TB
0:50-2Q
Alstott 2 run (Gramatica kick)
TB
8:28-3Q
Gramatica FG19
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' take on the game
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Joe Henderson's Monday column
The Bucs' 3rd down weapon
Joey Johnston's views
Not maligned this time
Game notes and anecdotes
Keyshawn celebrates in his own way
From the visiting locker room
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, 11 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker,
30 Barnes, 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, 93 Claybrooks, 95 Warner, 96 Wyms
INACTIVE
10 King, 31 Wansley, 64 Goodspeed, 84 Barlow, 89 Crawford, 90
Gurley
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 17-60, Pittman 17-41, Stecker 1-8, R.Johnson 1-7, B.Johnson
1-5.
49ERS: Hearst 10-55, Barlow 3-7.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 31-15-196-1-2, R.Johnson 1-1-21-0-0.
49ERS: Garcia 41-22-193-3-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: K.Johnson 5-85, Jurevicius 3-48, Dilger 3-35, Alstott 3-27, Dudley 1-
12, Pittman 1-10.
49ERS: Streets 5-62, Owens 4-35, Hearst 4-29, Stokes 3-20, Beasley 2-15,
Johnson 2-7, Wilson 1-22, Barlow 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-25, Smith 1-6, Brooks 1-0.
49ERS: Holman 1-13.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 3-72.
49ERS: Sutherland 3-88, Smith 3-74.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 1-12.
49ERS: Sutherland 2-25.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 1-8, Spires 1-8, Brooks 0.5-2.5, Sapp 0.5-2.5.
49ERS: Peterson 1-9.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
The first Mike Alstott touchdown run got the scoring started
Then it was Joe Jurevicius hitting the scoreboard
And then Rickey Dudley continued the celebrations in Tampa