Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 7
Sunday 7 December 2003 at The Superdome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tim Green
Somehow the Bucs kept their season alive in New Orleans after
Joe Horn dropped a sure touchdown pass that would have put
the Saints 14-0 ahead. Instead the Tampa defense forced two
fumbles, blocked a punt and the offense scored twice all within
the space of nine plays and Jon Gruden’s team upped their
record to 5-7 on the year. Warren Sapp scored his second
touchdown of the season playing tight end.
GAME SCORING
NO
1:39-1Q
Williams 31 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)
TB
1:25-2Q
Dilger 14 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick)
TB
0:12-2Q
Sapp 1 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' game review
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
What Marty Strasen made of it all
Thomas Jones rushes to victory
Gene Deckerhoff's act wearing thin
Simeon leads the defense
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
The gamebook and the play by play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Oben
DE
94 Spires
LG
71 Jenkins
DT
92 McFarland
C
76 Wade
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
56 Nece
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
WR
82 Lee
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 McCardell
LCB
26 Smith
FB
43 Cook
RCB
20 Barber
RB
22 Jones
SS
47 Lynch
QB
14 Johnson
FS
23 Phillips
PLAYED
3 Shepherd, 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 21 Frost, 27 Stecker, 28 Whitaker,
30 Barnes, 32 Pittman, 34 Gibson, 35 Ivy, 52 Webster, 57 Rudd, 65
Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 80 Yoder, 84 Barlow, 86 K Williams, 88 Dudley,
90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 74 Green
INACTIVES
2 Simms, 13 Minnis, 19 Johnson, 28 Robinson, 62 King, 79 Mahan, 81
R Williams, 89 Heller
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Jones 20-89, Pittman 6-13, Lee 1-8, B.Johnson 2-(-3).
SAINTS: McAllister 22-69, L.Smith 1-17, Brooks 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 34-20-213-1-2.
SAINTS: Brooks 30-20-238-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: McCardell 6-85, Lee 5-52, Pittman 3-29, Dilger 2-26, Jones 2-14,
Dudley 1-6, Sapp 1-1.
SAINTS: Horn 9-118, Williams 4-59, McAllister 3-19, Rasby 2-31, Pathon
1-8, T.Smith 1-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Ruff 1-7.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Barlow 1-20, Jones 1-14.
SAINTS: Lewis 3-86.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Barlow 2-5.
SAINTS: Lewis 4-57.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 3-14, McFarland 1-11, Spires 1-0, Brooks 1-0.
SAINTS: Smith 1-6.
