Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Green Bay Packers 13 Sunday 27 October 1996 at Lambeau Field

SCORING GB 5:41-1Q Jacke FG40 GB 14:08-2Q Levens 1 run (Jacke kick) GB 0:59-2Q Jacke FG48 TB 5:28-3Q Moore 11 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)

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Trent Dilfer and Brett Favre put up similar numbers, but the home team held the rushing advantage 129 yards to 57. Green Bay took a 13-0 lead into the intermission and Tampa Bay did not crack the end zone at hostile Lambeau field until midway through the final period on an 11-yard TD catch by TE Dave Moore. The Bucs still held the ball in the final minutes with a chance to pull off a significant upset. but the visitors’ final comeback shot ended when Dilfer was sacked on fourth-and-six.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Rhett 12-29, Brooks 7-14, Alstott 4-8, Dilfer 2-3, Ellison 1-3. PACKERS: Bennett 20-93, Levens 7-21, Henderson 3-13, Favre 7-2. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 29-15-164-2-1. PACKERS: Favre 31-19-178-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Alstott 4-34, Williams 3-38, Moore 2-28, Thomas 2-28, Hawkins 2-25, Harper 1-7, Ellison 1-4. PACKERS: Howard 5-30, Chmura 3-59, Beebe 3-23, Mayes 2-20, Levens 2-10, Bennett 2-7, Henderson 1-16, Jackson 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-1. PACKERS: Evans 1-0, Robinson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Williams 4-111. PACKERS: Howard 2-38. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 1-26. PACKERS: Howard 2-24. SACKS BUCS: Marts 1-6, Ahanotu 1-3. PACKERS: Butler 1.5-14.5, White 1-6, Williams 0.5-4.5.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 Diaz DT 78 Jones C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 62 Beckles DE 73 Upshaw RT 79 Riesenberg LLB 51 Marts TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 84 Thomas RLB 55 Brooks WR 85 Hawkins LCB 35 Mayhew FB 40 Alstott RCB 21 Abraham RB 41 Brooks SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 25 Johnson PLAYED 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 29 Gant, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 39 Dimry, 43 Johnson, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 57 Jones, 68 Crisman, 70 Odom, 75 Curry, 80 Harper, 82 Tate, 86 Williams, 89 Farquhar, 90 Maniecki, 93 DuBose, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 11 Weldon, 69 Pierson INACTIVE 13 Milanovich, 22 Mincy, 27 Austin, 60 Pyne, 77 Culpepper, 81 Harris, 87 Silvan, 94 White

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