Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Atlanta Falcons 14 Sunday 5 November 2000 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING TB 7:28-1Q Moore 1 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 5:00-2Q Johnson 5 pass from King (Gramatica kick) ATL 7:05-3Q Mathis 19 pass from Kanell (Andersen kick) TB 0:49-3Q Gramatica FG51 TB 7:59-4Q Johnson 29 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TB 4:27-4Q Gramatica FG34 ATL 0:03-4Q Mathis 16 pass from Kanell (Andersen kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from the Georgia Dome Protect those body parts - the defense has returned Dunn, Johnson turn it on again for offense Click here for the official gamebook and play-by-play
Keyshawn had two scores, "they don't pay me $56 million to sit around and do nothing" he explained, and the Bucs turned the Georgia Dome into a home venue as they upped their record to 5-4. Over 25,000 Tampa fans travelled north to support their team and saw John McLaughlin blocked ex-Buc Dan Stryzinski's punt in the 2nd quarter to set up Keyshawn's first TD pass from Shaun King.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 18-77, Alstott 10-20, King 3-19, Green 2-11, Stecker 2-1, Hamilton 1-(-2). FALCONS: Anderson 15-59. PASSING BUCS: King 25-11-110-1-3, Royals 1-1-36-0-0. FALCONS: Chandler 7-4-29-2-0, Kanell 43-26-218-2-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Johnson 3-47, Green 2-44, Moore 2-11, Dunn 2-(-1), Robinson 1-36, Hape 1-5, Alstott 1-4. FALCONS: Anderson 9-48, Mathis 6-65, Jefferson 6-55, Christian 4-24, Dwight 3-41, Kelly 2-14. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Abraham 2-45, Robinson 1-0, Duncan 1-(-1). FALCONS: Buchanan 1-60. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 2-32. FALCONS: Dwight 3-39, Kozlowski 1-12, Vaughn 1-8. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 1-12. FALCONS: Dwight 4-33. SACKS BUCS: McFarland 1-10, White 1-9, Lynch 1-3, Cannida 1-1. FALCONS: Draft 1-4, Team 1-1.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 51 Singleton TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 14 Hamilton, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 95 McLaughlin, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier INACTIVES 31 Young, 48 Kirby, 53 Quarles, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 88 Hastings
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Tim Green