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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Minnesota Vikings 21
Sunday 15 December 1996 at the Metrodome
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| | TB | 2:47-1Q | Rhett 5 run (Husted kick) |
| MIN | 7:21-2Q | Hoard 5 run (Sisson kick) |
| TB | 6:42-3Q | Husted FG36 |
| MIN | 1:59-3Q | Hoard 22 run (Sisson kick) |
| MIN | 1:54-4Q | Carter 36 pass from Johnson (Sisson kick) |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Alstott 7-50, Rhett 10-28, Ellison 2-9, Dilfer 1-5.
VIKINGS: Hoard 20-101, Lee 5-22, Johnson 3-14, Graham 4-8.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 32-13-104-2-0.
VIKINGS: Johnson 35-25-221-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Alstott 5-10, Ellison 3-31, Thomas 2-17, Hawkins 1-23, Williams 1-16, Harris 1-7.
VIKINGS: Carter 8-89, Reed 5-56, Lee 3-15, Hoard 2-17, Graham 2-11, Evans 2-5, Walsh 1-17, Jordan 1-6, DeLong 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Abraham 1-0, Dimry 1-0.
VIKINGS: Talley 1-10, Thomas 1-0.
VIKINGS:
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 3-81.
VIKINGS: Palmer 2-48, Ismail 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 4-109.
VIKINGS: Palmer 4-35, Lee 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 2-17, Ahanotu 1-3, Culpepper 0.5-5, Upshaw 0.5-5.
VIKINGS: Brady 1-9, Edwards 1-9, Randle 1-9.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Rick Stroud's lead story from the Metrodome |
| He returns as if he's been there before |
| Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play |
The Vikings gave the Bucs a little taste of their own defensive medicine, limiting Tampa Bay to a season-low 169 total yards. The Bucs did hold an early lead, scoring first on a five-yard blast by Errict Rhett in the first quarter.
Credit for that drive went to Karl Williams, who returned Mitch Berger’s punt 72 yards in the first quarter, notching the second-longest punt return in Buc history just one week after posting the team’s second-longest kickoff return ever.
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| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 74 Gruber
| LDE | 72 Ahanotu |
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| LG | 60 Pyne
| UT | 77 Culpepper |
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| C | 61 Mayberry
| DT | 99 Sapp |
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| RG | 64 Diaz
| RDE | 73 Upshaw |
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| RT | 70 Odom
| LLB | 51 Marts |
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| TE | 81 Harris
| MLB | 56 Nickerson |
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| TE | 84 Thomas
| RLB | 55 Brooks |
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| WR | 85 Hawkins
| LCB | 35 Mayhew |
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| FB | 40 Alstott
| SS | 47 Lynch |
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| RB | 32 Rhett
| FS | 25 Johnson |
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| QB | 12 Dilfer
| RCB | 21 Abraham |
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SUBSTITUTIONS |
| 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, 33 Staten, 37 Ellison, 39 Dimry,
45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 57 Jones, 68 Crisman, 69 Pierson, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 80 Harper, 82 Tate, 83 Moore, 86 Williams, 93 DuBose, 97 Jackson
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DID NOT PLAY |
| 11 Weldon,41 Brooks
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INACTIVE |
| 1 Marshall, 13 Milanovich, 27 Austin, 62 Beckles, 67 Ingram, 87 Silvan, 90 Maniecki, 94 White |
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