Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Green Bay Packers 26 Sunday 10 October 1999 at Lambeau Field
SCORING GB 11:59-1Q Freeman 19 pass from Favre (Longwell kick) GB 7:37-1Q Longwell FG42 TB 14:53-2Q Dunn 16 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick) TB 10:43-2Q Gramatica FG41 TB 3:33-2Q Gramatica FG36 GB 0:57-2Q Longwell FG49 GB 6:52-3Q Longwell FG38 TB 14:28-4Q Gramatica FG36 GB 5:57-4Q Longwell FG43 TB 1:45-4Q Alstott 22 run (Gramatica kick) GB 1:05-4Q Freeman 21 pass from Favre (Longwell kick)
GAME REPORTS Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play Rick Stroud reports from Lambeau Field Once again, Favre comes through to down Bucs Once again, Alstott's effort goes for naught
Brett Favre celebrated his 30th birthday by taking the Packers 73-yards in six plays to win the game with just over a minute left on a TD strike to Antonio Freeman. This game was live on Armed Forces Radio as it was a Sunday night game and it looked to be one worth watching when Mike Alstott rolled 22 yards to score inside the two minute warning. "I'd have bet my life we'd have stopped them on that drive," said Warren Sapp, who had two of Tampa Bay's five sacks.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 14-87, Dilfer 4-47, Dunn 14-39. PACKERS: Levens 22-99, Favre 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 26-16-110-3-1. PACKERS: Favre 40-22-390-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Dunn 6-41, Anthony 3-23, Alstott 2-16, Emanuel 2-8, Green 1-12, Williams 1-7, Moore 1-3. PACKERS: Schroeder 7-158, Freeman 7-152, Levens 5-57, Henderson 2-4, Bradford 1-19. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PACKERS: Sharper 1-3, Smith 1-2, Williams 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 6-119. PACKERS: Howard 6-119. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-48. PACKERS: Howard 1-4. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 2-16, Ahanotu 2-10, Jones 1-12. PACKERS: Williams 1-6, McKenzie 1-4.
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 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 85 Anthony RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 Emanuel 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, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 86 Williams, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 65 Dogins, 75 Washington, 84 McDonald INACTIVES 10 King, 31 Young, 70 Odom, 82 Hape, 88 Murphy, 91 Upshaw, 94 White, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Mike Patrick, Paul Maguire and Joe Theisman