Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Green Bay Packers 17 Sunday 7 December 1997 at Houlihan's Stadium TB 7:54-2Q Husted FG24 GB 0:04-2Q Brooks 43 pass from Favre (Longwell kick) TB 11:26-3Q Husted FG48 GB 14:08-4Q Levens 8 pass from Favre (Longwell kick) GB 7:22-4Q Longwell FG27 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 10-34, Dunn 12-33. PACKERS: Levens 22-54, Favre 6-13, Henderson 2-11, Brooks 1-4. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 17-6-67-0-0. Walsh 9-4-50-1-0. PACKERS: Favre 33-25-280-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Williams 5-87, Thomas 2-19, Dunn 2-9, Harris 1-2. PACKERS: Levens 8-64, Freeman 5-73, Chmura 5-37, Brooks 3-71, Mayes 3-22, Henderson 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-28. PACKERS: Prior 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 2-45, Williams 1-22, Rhett 1-16. PACKERS: Team 2-60. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 1-13. PACKERS: Team 3-16. SACKS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Team 4-23. GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS Again introduced on Channel 4 by Lee Roy Selmon and Gary Imlach, this was a contest that promised either an NFC Central championship to the Packers or a guaranteed playoff berth to the Buccaneers but it was Green Bay that realised its goal in a 17-6 defensive struggle. Tampa Bay was outgained 362-161 in total net yards, but a ball-hawking Buc defense kept the game close through the first half. Trent Dilfer suffered a badly sprained right ankle just before half-time. Rick Stroud reports from Houlihan's Stadium Reidel Anthony - his chance came and he dropped it Trent Dilfer stays on his feet OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber LDE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 Diaz NT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry UT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton RDE 91 Upshaw RT 70 Odom WLB 55 Brooks WR 85 Anthony MLB 56 Nickerson WR 86 Williams SLB 50 Gooch TE 80 Harris LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott SS 47 Lynch RB 28 Dunn FS 22 Mincy QB 12 Dilfer RCB 27 Parker SUBSTITUTIONS 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 7 Landeta, 19 Hunter, 23 Bouie, 25 Johnson, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 71 Wunsch, 82 Hape, 83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 87 Davis, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 60 Pyne, 65 Dogins INACTIVE 13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 59 Porter, 69 Pierson, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 88 Copeland