Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 Carolina Panthers 9
Sunday 27 October 2002 at Ericsson Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth
Somehow the Buccaneers did just enough to win this game on
the road in Carolina, a game that featured no touchdowns and
saw four Martin Gramatica fieldgoals be the difference as the
Bucs improved to 6-2 on the season. The defense did its part
limiting the Panthers to 20 yards passing offense including -4
during the first half. Randy Fasani was also picked off three
times but RB Lamar Smith gave them enough third quarter
offense to take a 9-3 lead before Gramatica did his thing. The
Bucs played without injured QB Brad Johnson and back-up Rob
Johnson was sacked no less than six times.
GAME SCORING
TB
4:57-1Q
Gramatica FG32
CAR
10:52-2Q
Graham FG20
CAR
8:44-3Q
Graham FG47
CAR
1:36-3Q
Graham FG39
TB
10:05-4Q
Gramatica FG52
TB
1:55-4Q
Gramatica FG53
TB
0:05-4Q
Gramatica FG47
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' take on the game
Mick Elliott's column
Walker not happy with performance
Gramatica gains redemption
Rob Johnson does his job
From the Carolina media
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
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
RDE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
51 Singleton
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
83 Jurevicius
LCB
25 Kelly
WR
84 Barlow
SS
47 Lynch
RB
32 Pittman
FS
34 Jackson
QB
11 Johnson
RCB
20 Barber
PLAYED
7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 10 King, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 35 Ivy,
38 Howell, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 58 Golden, 66
Benjamin, 74 Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 86 Williams,
88 Dudley, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms, 98 Smith
INACTIVE
14 Johnson, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 34 Stephens, 76 Reyes, 81 Lee,
87 McCardell, 90 Gurley
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Pittman 12-36, Stecker 5-17, R.Johnson 4-17, Alstott 5-4, Williams 1-
(-3).
PANTHERS: Smith 22-82, Fasani 5-15, Hoover 2-7, Goings 2-6.
PASSING
BUCS: R.Johnson 33-22-179-1-0, King 1-1-7-0-0.
PANTHERS: Fasani 18-5-46-3-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jurevicius 5-55, Dilger 4-45, Stecker 4-26, Alstott 3-11, K.Johnson 2-
21, Barlow 2-10, Dudley 1-15, Williams 1-7, Pittman 1-(-4).
PANTHERS: Muhammad 3-31, Hoover 1-8, Walls 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Lynch 2-0, Kelly 1-0.
PANTHERS: Howard 1-6.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 3-74.
PANTHERS: Smith 3-106, Byrd 1-16.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-24.
PANTHERS: Smith 5-7.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 2-15, Sapp 1-11.
PANTHERS: Peppers 2-13, Jenkins 2-7, Buckner 1-6, Fields 1-5.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
John Lynch getting the first of his two interceptions on the day
Brian Kelly added one of his own
Then it was down to Martin Gramatica to first tie and then win it