Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48 Oakland Raiders 21 Sunday 26 January 2003 at Qualcomm Stadium ABC COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and John Madden
And then on one magical night in San Diego, the Buccaneers became World Champions. All those years of being the joke of the NFL, the losing streak, the wilderness years, the near- misses and the title game heartbreaks. They all were forgotten as Jon Gruden’s team put together an all-round display of offense and defense to hammer the Oakland Raiders. Dexter Jackson was named the MVP but it could have been so many different players, Brad Johnson, Michael Pittman, Simeon Rice, Derrick Brooks or Dwight Smith. The defense recorded five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns and had Rich Gannon under pressure for the entire 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 MLB 53 Quarles TE 85 Dilger RLB 55 Brooks WR 19 Johnson DB 26 Smith WR 87 McCardell LCB 25 Kelly FB 40 Alstott SS 47 Lynch RB 32 Pittman FS 34 Jackson QB 14 Johnson RCB 20 Barber PLAYED 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 23 Phillips, 27 Stecker, 30 Barnes, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 74 Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88 Dudley, 93 Claybrooks, 95 Warner, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 11 Johnson INACTIVES 10 King, 31 Wansley, 64 Goodspeed, 84 Barlow, 89 Crawford, 90 Gurley
GAME SCORING OAK 10:40-1Q Janikowski FG40 TB 7:51-1Q Gramatica FG31 TB 11:16-2Q Gramatica FG43 TB 6:24-2Q Alstott 2 run (Gramatica kick) TB 0:30-2Q McCardell 5 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica) TB 6:30-3Q McCardell 8 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica) TB 4:47-3Q Smith 44 interception return (Gramatica kick) OAK 2:14-3Q Porter 39 pass from Gannon (pass failed) OAK 14:16-4Q Johnson 13 blocked punt return (pass failed) OAK 5:06-4Q Rice 48 pass from Gannon (pass failed) TB 1:18-4Q Brooks 44 interception return (Gramatica kick) TB 0:02-4Q Smith 50 interception return (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS All of the game reports, features and pictures from Super Bowl XXXVII can be found on the Super Bowl XXXVII screen on BUCPOWER.COM
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 29-124, Alstott 10-15, Johnson 1-10, Stecker 1-1, Tupa 1- 0. RAIDERS: Garner 7-10, Crockett 2-6, Gannon 2-3. PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 34-18-215-1-2. RAIDERS: Gannon 44-24-272-5-2. RECEIVING BUCS: K.Johnson 6-69, Alstott 5-43, Jurevicius 4-78, McCardell 2-13, Dilger 1-12. RAIDERS: Garner 7-51, Rice 5-77, Jolley 5-59, Porter 4-62, Brown 1-9, Wheatley 1-7, Ritchie 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Smith 2-92, Jackson 2-34, Brooks 1-44 RAIDERS: Woodson 1-12. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 3-67, Smith 1-23. RAIDERS: Knight 8-143, Cooper 1-6. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 1-25. RAIDERS: Gordon 3-29, Brown 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Rice 2-7, Sapp 1-9, Spires 1-5, Wyms 1-1. RAIDERS: none.
VIDEO CLIPS A full compiation of all the Buccaneer touchdowns can be found on the Super Bowl XXXVII screen on BUCPOWER.COM