Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Atlanta Falcons 24
Sunday 22 October 1995 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING
TB
2:11-1Q
Sapp 5 interception return (Husted kick)
ATL
14:49-2Q
Metcalf 62 pass from George (Andersen kick)
ATL
8:33-2Q
Emanuel 32 pass from George (Andersen kick)
TB
4:11-2Q
Rhett 1 run (Husted kick)
ATL
10:56-3Q
Emanuel 30 pass from George (Andersen kick)
TB
7:14-3Q
Rhett 2 run (Husted kick)
ATL
7:18-4Q
Andersen FG3
GAME REPORTS
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Don Banks reports from Tampa Stadium
The Buccaneers vow that the honeymoon is not over
The defense is exploded by the big bomb
The Buccaneer offense comes along for the slide
This game saw the Bucs begin to fall back from their high water point of the season. Warren Sapp actually scored
on an interception return when a screen pass from Jeff George went awry, but the talented two-cent-head QB
threw three scoring strikes of his own to put the Falcons in control. Morten Andersen kicked the eventual game-
winner midway through the fourth quarter. Errict Rhett added a pair of scores on the ground for the home team.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Rhett 23-88, Dilfer 1-1.
FALCONS: Heyward 16-69, Anderson 8-56, George 2-(-2), Metcalf
1-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 28-14-177-0-0.
FALCONS: George 37-24-295-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Harper 6-72, Harris 4-53, Hawkins 2-20, Copeland 1-23,
Rhett 1-9.
FALCONS: Emanuel 9-121, Metcalf 4-106, Heyward 4-24, Birden 3-
15, Preston 2-19, Anderson 1-5, Spencer 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Sapp 1-5.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Buckley 2-29, Edmonds 1-23, Ellison 1-6.
FALCONS: Preston 3-58.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Edmonds 1-15.
FALCONS: Metcalf 4-25.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 1-9, Sapp 1-5, Dotson 1-4, Nickerson 0.5-4.5,
Rouse 0.5-4.5,
FALCONS: Geathers 1-8.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
94 McIntosh
LG
60 Pyne
DT
73 Culpepper
C
61 Mayberry
DT
71 Dotson
RG
62 Beckles
DE
75 Curry
RT
76 Dill
MLB
56 Nickerson
TE
81 Harris
DB
45 Stargell
WR
82 Harper
DB
21 McGruder
WR
80 Dawsey
LCB
35 Mayhew
FB
83 Moore
RCB
39 DImry
RB
32 Rhett
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
23 Bouie
PLAYED
1 Roby, 5 Husted, 11 Weldon, 25 Johnson, 26 Abraham, 27
Bussey, 28 Buckley, 29 Gant, 37 Ellison, 41 Edmonds, 51
Marts, 52 Rouse, 53 Brady, 55 Brooks, 67 Sullivan, 69 Pierson,
72 Ahanotu, 77 Wheeler, 85 Hawkins, 86 Armstrong, 88
Copeland, 93 DuBose, 99 Sapp
INACTIVE
15 Philcox, 22 Everett, 44 Booty, 54 Stephens, 65 Ingram, 70
McRae, 87 Thomas, 95 Powe
COMMENTARY CREW
Joe Buck and Tim Green
