Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 Green Bay Packers 23 Sunday 13 September 1998 at Lambeau Field
SCORING GB 10:00-1Q Longwell FG38 GB 7:20-1Q Davis 10 pass from Favre (Longwell kick) GB 7:51-2Q Longwell FG27 GB 0:00-2Q Longwell FG25 GB 13:42-4Q Freeman 39 pass from Favre (Longwell kick) TB 6:03-4Q Green 95 punt return (Hape pass from Dilfer) TB 1:57-4Q Moore 2 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from Lambeau Field Bucs no closer to ending Pack rule If these Bucs are good, then what's bad? Bucs' offensive line is the victim of a Whiteout Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
On the road again while Raymond James Stadium was being completed, the Bucs looked road-weary in Green Bay falling behind 23-0 before mounting a late revival started by Jacquez Green's 95-yard punt return score. Trent Dilfer had three fumbles, took three sacks from Reggie White and Ryan Longwell kicked three fieldgoals.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 12-36. Alstott 6-10, Dilfer 1-4. PACKERS: Levens 18-43, Blair 2-3, Henderson 1-0, Favre 4-(-9). PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 36-20-211-0-1, Walsh 4-2-0-1-0. PACKERS: Favre 33-22-237-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 7-46, Williams 6-75, Moore 3-16, Anthony 2-39, Green 2-26, Hape 1-11, Alstott 1-(-2). PACKERS: Levens 8-46, Freeman 5-83, Chmura 3-33, Brooks 2- 31, Mayes 1-17, Blair 1-10, Davis 1-10, Henderson 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Williams 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Green 4-81, Anthony 1-21. PACKERS: Preston 1-48. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 2-99. PACKERS: Preston 5-26, Prior 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 2-7, Upshaw 1-4, Culpepper 1-3. PACKERS: White 3-15, McKenzie 2-22, Dotson 1-13.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 Diaz DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 91 Upshaw RT 70 Odom LLB 50 Gooch TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 85 Anthony RLB 55 Brooks WR 86 Williams LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 27 Parker RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 22 Mincy PLAYED 4 Walsh, 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 19 Hunter, 20 Barber, 23 Bouie, 24 Robinson, 25 Kelly, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 52 Bellisari, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 94 White, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 65 Dogins, 78 Jones INACTIVES 13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 31 Young, 59 Duncan, 75 Washington, 87 Emanuel, 90 Maniecki, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Matt Millen