The Giants returned to the scene of their Super Bowl win and Phil Simms' 30-yard score to Stephen Baker "Touchdown maker", proved to be the winning score. Pepper Johnson had 4.5 sacks of Vinny, the Bucs' only bright spot being another 100-yard rushing performance by Reggie Cobb.

GAME SCORING NYG 10:50-1Q Meggett 70 punt return (Bahr kick) TB 14:53-2Q Cobb 27 run (Christie kick) NYG 8:50-3Q Hampton 5 run (Bahr kick) TB 5:59-4Q Drewrey 19 pass from Testaverde (Christie) NYG 0:16-4Q Baker 30 pass from Simms (Bahr kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 92 Manley 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 54 Solomon WR 80 Dawsey RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds TE 89 Anderson RCB 22 Hampton RB 34 Cobb SS 23 M Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 25 Covington PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 20 Wilson, 24 Jones, 27 Fullington, 32 Highsmith, 33 Frizzell, 36 Hardy, 40 Anderson, 56 Anno, 57 Chamblee, 58 Tiggle, 64 Ryan, 66 Hall, 70 McRae, 76 Dill, 77 Nichols, 85 Anthony, 87 Drewrey DID NOT PLAY 7 Carlson, 69 Bruhin, 86 Thomas INACTIVE 4 O'Hara, 44 C.Carter

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 22-110, Highsmith 3-14, Testaverde 3-10, Anderson 2-5. GIANTS: Hampton 15-44, Hostetler 1-14, Meggett 2-8, Tillman 3-7, Carthon 1-5. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 27-16-122-2-1. GIANTS: Hostetler 14-6-74-0-0, Simms 14-10-100-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Drewrey 5-57, Cobb 4-4, Hall 2-24, Carrier 2-14, Dawsey 1-8, G Anderson 1-8, J Anderson 1-7. GIANTS: McCaffrey 4-35, Meggett 4-24, Ingram 3-56, Baker 2-41, Cross 1-11, Turner 1-7, Hampton 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. GIANTS: Collins 1-0, Johnson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 2-33, Wilson 1-8. GIANTS: Hampton 2-36, Ingram 1-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 5-28. GIANTS: Meggett 3-72, Ingram 2-4. SACKS BUCS: Thomas 2-12, Manley 1-4. GIANTS: Johnson 4.5-13, Taylor 1-10, Marshall 1-8, Walls 0.5-3.