Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Green Bay Packers 21
Sunday 5 October 1997 at Lambeau Field
SCORING
TB
3:51-1Q
Husted FG23
GB
14:13-2Q
Freeman 31 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
GB
8:19-2Q
Wilkins 77 interception return (Longwell kick)
GB
0:44-2Q
Freeman 6 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
TB
2:54-3Q
Alstott 1 run (Husted kick)
TB
10:11-4Q
Dunn 2 run (2 pt conversion failed)
After an amazing 5-0 start that marked the franchise’s best since 1979, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered their
first loss of the season at the hands of the defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. The Bucs showed
signs of a newfound strength, however, with a second-half comeback that brought them within one touchdown of
upsetting the Pack in their own house. The final chance ended when the Bucs were turned away at the Green Bay
48-yard line when a fourth-and-six pass to Dunn fell incomplete.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 16-125, Alstott 17-56, Anthony 1-18, Dilfer 1-13,
Ellison 1-5.
PACKERS: Levens 13-44, Favre 4-17, Hayden 1-3.
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 29-16-179-1-0.
PACKERS: Favre 31-21-191-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Copeland 5-53, Alstott 4-34, Anthony 3-44, Harris 1-19,
Hape 1-13, Moore 1-12, Dunn 1-4.
PACKERS: Levens 8-61, Brooks 4-29, Freeman 3-57, Chmura
3-23, Henderson 3-21.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PACKERS: Wilkins 1-77.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 2-48, Alstott 1-0.
PACKERS: Schroeder 1-28.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 1-0.
PACKERS: Schroeder 5-42.
SACKS
BUCS: Ahanotu 2-14, Upshaw 1-7.
PACKERS: White 2-20, Wilkins 1-4.
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
80 Harris
MLB
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
SLB
59 Parker
WR
88 Copeland
LCB
21 Abraham
QB
12 Dilfer
SS
47 Lynch
TE
82 Hape
FS
25 Johnson
RB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
PLAYED
4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 22 Mincy, 23 Bouie, 28 Dunn,
29 Gant, 31 Young, 32 Rhett, 37 Ellison, 45 Legette, 50 Gooch,
52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 73 Middleton,
83 Moore, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 90 Maniecki, 94 White, 97
Jackson
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 20 Barber, 24 Robinson, 51 Singleton, 65
Dogins, 75 Curry, 78 Jones, 87 Davis
COMMENTARY CREW
Pat Summerall and John Madden
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from Lambeau Field
Dunn drops ball and then carries the Bucs
Gary Shelton wants you to know that it's just one loss
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GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Mike Alstott had the first Buccaneer touchdown on a typical A-Train dive
Warrick Dunn followed with a similar up-the-middle score of his own
Chidi Ahanotu had two sacks on the day