Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 10 Sunday 9 November 1997 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING TB 10:43-1Q Alstott 47 run (Husted kick) ATL 3:30-2Q Emanuel 30 pass from Chandler (Andersen kick) TB 0:45-2Q Dunn 24 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick) TB 0:04-2Q Husted FG54 ATL 8:24-3Q Andersen FG34 TB 0:05-3Q Moore 14 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick) TB 6:44-4Q Dunn 30 run (Husted kick)
The Buccaneers returned to early-season form with a 31-10 drubbing of the Falcons, as they used a threepronged attack by its offense, defense and special teams to secure the victory and improve its record in domes to 4-0. Trent Dilfer had a pair of touchdown passes and the WD-40 combination of Mike Alstott and Warrick Dunn saw another defense ran and passed over on the way to a Tampa Bay success.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 14-77, Dunn 14-76, Rhett 6-30, Dilfer 3-16, Walsh 1-0. FALCONS: Anderson 14-49, Hanspard 3-34, Chandler 4-11, Green 2-5, Christian 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 20-12-150-0-2. FALCONS: Chandler 27-19-212-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Williams 4-38, Dunn 3-57, Moore 2-25, Copeland 2-23, Hape 1-7. FALCONS: Anderson 7-47, Green 4-54, Mathis 3-32, Emanuel 2-43, Kinchen 2-25, Christian 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 3-55. FALCONS: Hanspard 3-53. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Wiliams 0-0. FALCONS: Kinchen 4-25. SACKS BUCS: Culpepper 3-28, Maniecki 1-6, Ahanotu 1-5. FALCONS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber LDE 72 Ahanotu LG 60 Pyne DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 64 Diaz RDE 91 Upshaw RT 70 Odom WLB 55 Brooks TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 85 Anthony SLB 59 Porter WR 88 Copeland LCB 21 Abraham QB 12 Dilfer SS 47 Lynch TE 82 Hape FS 22 Mincy RB 40 Alstott RCB 27 Parker PLAYED 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 28 Dunn, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton, 75 Curry, 84 Thomas, 85 Anthony, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White INACTIVES 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 29 Gant, 65 Dogins, 78 Jones, 80 Harris, 97 Jackson
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Ray Bentley
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips Mike Alstott opened the scoring with another highlight-reel play Dave Moore scored for the second straight week Brad Culpepper had three sacks, a career-high for the Buccaneer defensive tackle