Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Philadelphia Eagles 20 Sunday 20 October 2002 at Veterans Stadium
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 12-49, Alstott 5-14, R.Johnson 3-10, Stecker 1-8. EAGLES: Staley 24-152, Levens 2-9, McNabb 6-4, Westbrook 1- (-1), Thrash 1-(-5). PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 31-19-124-1-0, R.Johnson 7-4-31-0-0. EAGLES: McNabb 25-12-127-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: McCardell 5-32, Alstott 5-8, Pittman 4-15, K.Johnson 3- 38, Jurevicius 3-35, Dilger 2-9, Dudley 1-18. EAGLES: Pinkston 4-61, Levens 3-37, Thrash 2-17, Staley 2-12, Martin 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Kelly 1-14. EAGLES: Harris 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 3-69, Smith 1-23. EAGLES: Mitchell 3-83. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-30. EAGLES: Mitchell 5-61, Taylor 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Rice 1-8, Sapp 0.5-4.5, Wyms 0.5-4.5. EAGLES: Emmons 2-2, Kalu 1-9, Whiting 1-8, Walker 1-6, Simon 1-4.
OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Oben LDE 94 Spires LG 71 Jenkins UT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 60 Coleman RDE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 51 Singleton TE 85 Dilger MLB 53 Quarles WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 McCardell LCB 25 Kelly FB 40 Alstott SS 47 Lynch RB 32 Pittman FS 34 Jackson QB 14 Johnson RCB 20 Barber SUBSTITUTIONS 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 11 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 58 Golden, 66 Benjamin, 74 Green, 75 Brown, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88 Dudley, 90 Gurley, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY INACTIVE 10 King, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 34 Stephens, 76 Reyes, 81 Lee, 84 Barlow, 98 Smith
SCORING PHI 10:29-1Q Akers FG30 TB 5:39-1Q Brooks 11 fumble return (Gramatica kick) PHI 2:29-2Q Pinkston 42 pass from McNabb (Akers kick) PHI 6:22-3Q Akers FG35 TB 2:39-3Q Gramatica FG48 PHI 8:18-4Q McNabb 1 run (Akers kick)
The Philadelphia jinx struck again as the Bucs lost for the third straight season in Veterans Stadium and saw QB Brad Johnson knocked out of the game with bruised ribs. The Bucs’ offense was held out of the endzone and the only Tampa Bay score came on yet another Derrick Brooks’ defensive touchdown, this one coming after Simeon Rice had sacked Donovan McNabb and forced a fumble. Duce Staley ran over, around and through the Buccaneer defense all day, racking up a season-high 152 yards against Monte Kiffin’s vaunted unit. And the question therefore remained, could the Bucs ever win in Philadelphia?
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below for the main plays from the game Derrick Brooks had yet another defensive touchdown One second half sack between Warren Sapp and Ellis Wyms was the only highlight from the final three quarters of play