Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Tennessee Titans 33 Sunday 28 December 2003 at The Coliseum
SCORING TEN 10:58-1Q Anderson FG37 TB 6:48-1Q Gramatica FG27 TEN 6:08-2Q Mason 23 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick) TEN 1:55-2Q Anderson FG33 TEN 0:02-2Q Anderson FG43 TEN 9:32-3Q Anderson FG23 TB 5:27-3Q Gramatica FG33 TEN 2:25-3Q Mason 34 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick) TB 13:27-4Q Stecker 14 pass from King (Gramatica kick) TEN 2:30-4Q Kinney fumble recovery in endzone (Anderson kick)
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' game review Martin Fennelly's award-winning column What Marty Strasen made of it all Was that Warren Sapp's last game? Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play by play of the game
The 2003 season ended with a whimper and a cast of back-ups playing for the Buccaneers as they went down to a meek loss in Tennessee. Brad Johnson threw three inteceptions and even a brief revival led by Shaun King went nowhere during the fourth quarter. What had finished so superbly the previous year in San Diego would end so disappointingly here with many big-name Bucs including Warren Sapp, playing their final game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 13-68, Pittman 4-19, King 2-2. TITANS: George 26-87, Brown 7-26, O'Donnell 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 23-13-96-3-0, King 15-11-106-1-1. TITANS: O'Donnell 27-18-232-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Lee 4-59, Shepherd 4-38, Pittman 4-35, Jones 4-32, Cook 3-4, Dudley 2-14, Stecker 1-14, McCardell 1-3, Dilger 1-3. TITANS: Mason 6-90, George 4-45, Kinney 3-24, Wycheck 2-29, McCareins 1-24, Bennett 1-16, Brown 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Smith 1-0. TITANS: Williams 2-0, Bulluck 1-9, Kearse 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 4-70, Jones 2-25. TITANS: Jackson 3-77, Kinney 1-11. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 0-0. TITANS: McCareins 1-17. SACKS BUCS: none. TITANS: Long 1-9, Thomas 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Oben DE 90 White LG 71 Jenkins DT 92 McFarland C 76 Wade DT 99 Sapp RG 60 Coleman DE 97 Rice RT 74 Green LLB 56 Nece TE 85 Dilger MLB 53 Quarles WR 82 Lee RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 McCardell LCB 26 Smith FB 43 Cook RCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman SS 47 Lynch QB 14 Johnson FS 23 Phillips PLAYED 3 Shepherd, 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 10 King, 21 Frost, 22 Jones, 27 Stecker, 28 Whitaker, 34 Gibson, 35 Ivy, 37 Martin, 52 Webster, 57 Rudd, 61 Pinkney, 65 Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 80 Yoder, 86 K Williams, 88 Dudley, 91 Darby, 98 Smith DID NOT PLAY 69 Davis, 79 Mahan INACTIVES 2 Simms, 19 Johnson, 28 Robinson, 62 King, 81 R Williams, 84 Barlow, 89 Heller, 95 Wilson
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Brian Baldinger