Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Tennessee Titans 31
Sunday 14 October 2001 at Adelphia Stadium
SCORING
TEN
11:39 -1Q
Dyson 1 pass from McNair (Nedney kick)
TB
11:49-2Q
Dunn 5 run (Gramatica kick)
TEN
3:57-2Q
McNair 1 run (Nedney kick)
TEN
0:00-2Q
Nedney FG44
TB
2:56-3Q
Dunn 26 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick)
TEN
12:57-4Q
Nedney FG44
TEN
7:53-4Q
George 5 run (Dyson pass from McNair)
TB
5:09-4Q
Green 6 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick)
TB
0:54-4Q
Moore 5 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick)
TEN
12:22-OT
Nedney FG49
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs came from 28-14 down to force overtime but couldn't stop the Titans driving to their winning fieldgoal
once they got there. As they have all season, the Bucs failed again Sunday to devise a way to stop their opponent
on third down. The Bucs maintained their place and pace by letting Tennessee convert 50 percent of its third-down
tries. "It's killing us, just killing us," Warren Sapp said of the defense's third-down struggles. "We had the running
game under control, but then we let the quarterback out of the pocket and he's running all over the damn place.
Right now third-and-long looks like our nemesis."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 10-16, Alstott 5-4, B.Johnson 2-4.
TITANS: George 29-85, McNair 9-54, Green 3-3.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 50-24-287-1-3.
TITANS: McNair 23-15-230-1-1, O'Donnell 3-3-9-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Johnson 8-140, Dunn 7-65, Green 6-72, Moore 2-13,
Alstott 1-(-3).
TITANS: Wycheck 4-38, George 3-47, Bennett 3-39, McCareins
2-70, Dyson 2-13, Green 2-13, Sanders 1-18, Kinney 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brooks 1-10.
TITANS: Dyson 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smith 3-82.
TITANS: Berlin 2-40,McCareins 1-21, Coleman 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 1-4.
TITANS: Walker 4-49.
SACKS
BUCS: Jones 1-9, Sapp 1-7.
TITANS: Evans 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
67 Walker
DE
78 Jones
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
RT
71 Wunsch
LLB
53 Quarles
TE
83 Moore
MLB
59 Duncan
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
81 Green
LCB
21 Abraham
FB
43 Cook
RCB
20 Barber
RB
40 Alstott
SS
47 Lynch
QB
14 Johnson
FS
34 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 26 Smith, 27
Abdullah, 28 Dunn, 33 Vance, 38 Howell, 50 Gooch, 51
Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 80 Yoder,
84 McDermott, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 91 Darby, 94 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 76 Curry, 96 Wyms
INACTIVE
1 Hamilton, 46 Gibson, 58 Cerqua, 65 Hochstein, 68 Grice, 87
Murphy, 88 Wynn, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman and Darryl Johnston
