Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Carolina Panthers 12
Sunday 14 September 2003 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
CAR
2:05-1Q
Kasay FG28
CAR
0:14-2Q
Kasay FG36
CAR
10:11-3Q
Kasay FG20
TB
2:07-3Q
Gramatica FG41
TB
0:00-4Q
McCardell 6 pass from BJohnson (kick blocked)
CAR
3:28-OT
Kasay FG46
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' game review
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Marty Strasen's pretty depressed
Joey Johnston caught up with Jon Gruden
The offense finally got moving
Can't anyone block for a simple kick?
From the Panther locker room
The Panthers can't stop gloating
From the Carolina press
Game notes and anecdotes
The gamebook and the play by play of the game
The day it all started to go wrong for the defending champions. They had two FG attempts blocked and the
apparent game-winning PAT after Brad Johnson had found Keenan McCardell to tie the score with no time
remaining in the fourth quarter. Throw in 17 flags for 168 yards and the demise of the Super Bowl team started
in the home opener. “I don't bounce back immediately, not from something like this.'' ' Jon Gruden said.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 12-36. Alstott 6-10, Dilfer 1-4.
BUCS: Pittman 10-38, Alstott 4-9, Jones 4-8, Stecker 3-6, B.Johnson
1-(-1).
PANTHERS: Davis 33-142, Foster 3-20, Smart 2-5, Delhomme 1-2,
Hoover 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 61-34-339-1-1.
PANTHERS: Delhomme 23-9-96-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: K.Johnson 9-102, Pittman 6-43, McCardell 5-53, Jurevicius 4-
31, Dilger 3-30, Alstott 3-22, Stecker 2-7, Williams 1-43, Yoder 1-8.
PANTHERS: Muhammad 4-61, Smith 3-27, Proehl 1-8, Mangum 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Kelly 1-0, Rice 1-0.
PANTHERS: Wallace 1-53.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 2-39, Jones 2-35.
PANTHERS: Smart 2-47.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-18.
PANTHERS: Smith 3-66.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 1-9.
PANTHERS: Burton 1-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Oben
DE
94 Spires
LG
60 Coleman
DT
92 McFarland
C
76 Wade
DT
99 Sapp
RG
65 Whittle
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
56 Nece
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
52 Webster
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 McCardell
LCB
25 Kelly
WR
83 Jurevicius
RCB
20 Barber
RB
32 Pittman
SS
47 Lynch
QB
14 Johnson
FS
26 Smith
PLAYED
7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Jones, 23 Phillips, 27 Stecker, 30
Barnes, 31 Wansley, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 40 Alstott, 41 Wilcox, 57
Rudd, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 71 Jenkins, 80 Yoder, 86
Williams, 89 Heller, 91 Darby, 95 Warner, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 79 Mahan
INACTIVES
2 Simms, 43 Cook, 53 Quarles, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 74 Green,
84 Barlow, 90 White
COMMENTARY CREW
Kenny Albert and Brian Baldinger
