Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Denver Broncos 10 Sunday 26 September 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 9:22-1Q Alstott 28 run (Gramatica kick) DEN 4:29-1Q McCaffrey 12 pass from Griese (Elam kick) TB 12:55-2Q Gramatica FG38 TB 0:07-2Q Gramatica FG35 DEN 14:02-2Q Elam FG44
The Bucs got really conservative and let Mike Alstott run all over the Broncos to victory. Trent completed over 80% of his passes and outplayed a young Brian Griese to take the Bucs to 2-1 on the season. "A win is a win. I don't care if it's a Picasso or I drew it," said Warren Sapp. "Elway could not have got them down the field. They were going to lose this ball game. It came down a situation where they needed 85 yards to beat us. No, not today."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 25-131, Dilfer 8-17, Dunn 8-15, Anthony 1-2. BRONCOS: Davis 19-53, Griese 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 18-15-135-0-0, Royals 1-0-0-0-0. BRONCOS: Griese 29-14-132-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 9-82, Anthony 2-18, Emanuel 1-14, Williams 1-9, Green 1-7, Alstott 1-5. BRONCOS: Sharpe 5-39, McCaffrey 3-26, Smith 2-24, Griffith 2-5, Cooper 1-21, Carswell 1-17. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Nickerson 1-18. BRONCOS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Green 3-51. BRONCOS: Watson 3-62. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 4-40. BRONCOS: Watson 5-40. SACKS BUCS: Ahanotu 1-10, Lynch 0.5-1, Nickerson 0.5-1. BRONCOS: Pryce 3-29, Smith 2-17, Braxton 2-10, Cadrez 1-1.
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 94 White RT 70 Odom LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson TE 82 Hape RLB 55 Brooks WR 86 Williams LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 54 Palmer, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 84 McDonald, 85 Anthony, 87 Emanuel, 95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier INACTIVES 10 King, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 75 Washington, 88 Murphy, 91 Upshaw, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson
COMMENTARY CREW Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms