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