Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 New York Jets 16 Sunday 1 September 1991 at the Meadowlands
SCORING TB 8:30-1Q Christie FG29 NYJ 2:18-1Q McNeil 1 run (Leahy kick) TB 11:33-2Q Christie F38 NYJ 3:29-2Q Leahy FG25 NYJ 6:10-4Q Leahy FG25 TB 5:57-4Q Dawsey 65 pass from Testaverde (Christie kick) NYJ 1:22-4Q Leahy FG40
The Bucs finished the 1990 season losing to the Jets - they started 1991 in the same way. The Jets drove 48 yards in nine plays to set up their winning fieldgoal with 1:22 to play, and the Bucs then promptly fumbled away the ensuing kick off to seal their defeat.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Anderson 7-32, Wilson 7-20, Testaverde 4-20, Cobb 3-15. JETS: Thomas 23-92, Baxter 11-27, McNeil 2-3, Hector 1-1, Brien 2-(-4). PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 28-12-197-1-1. JETS: O'Brien 25-16-176-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hill 5-58, Carrier 3-34, Dawsey 2-84, G.Anderson 1-11, Drewrey 1-10. JETS: Mathis 4-51, Burkett 4-46, Boyer 3-18, Moore 2-40, Thomas 1-16, Hector 1-3, Baxter 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. JETS: Kelly 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Cobb 2-15, Hardy 1-10, Hall 1-1. JETS: Odegard 2-43, Boyer 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 2-12. JETS: Mathis 0-0. SACKS BUCS: McCants 1-17, Murphy 1-7. JETS: Washington 1-7.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 98 Seals LG 73 McHale DT 79 Davis C 61 Mayberry DT 96 Newton RG 62 Beckles DE 52 McCants RT 72 Taylor LLB 59 Murphy TE 82 Hall MLB 99 Marve WR 84 Hill RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds FB 20 Wilson RCB 45 Haddix RB 40 Anderson SS 30 Robinson QB 14 Testaverde FS 33 Frizzell PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals , 21 Rogers , 25 Covington, 34 Cobb, 36 Hardy, 37 Weatherspoon, 55 Oliver, 56 Anno, 58 Tiggle, 64 Ryan, 66 Hall, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 77 Nichols, 80 Dawsey, 86 Thomas, 87 Drewrey, 89 Anderson, 92 Manley DID NOT PLAY 17 Chandler, 22 Hampton, 69 Bruhin INACTIVE 7 Carlson, 23 Carter
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stocton and Merlin Olsen