| Derrick Brooks and Warren Sapp - St.Louis Rams- 23 September 2002 The background The Bucs and Rams played a memorable NFC Championship game after the 1999 season that saw Tampa Bay fall just short of a trip to the Super Bowl. The 2000 season saw a cracking re-match on Monday Night Football that the Bucs won 38-35. This game played in September 2002, also on MNF, was somewhat billed as the decider. The game situation The Bucs were leading 19-14 with just over a minute left. The Rams were facing 3rd and 7 from their own 34 when Kurt Warner dropped back to pass. His pass was picked off by Derrick Brooks who had returned an interception for a score a week earlier in Baltimore. As Brooks headed towards the goal-line, escorted by Warren Sapp, Kurt Warner made a half-hearted attempt at a tackle. Sapp interrupted his celebration long enough to absolutely twat Warner one, and then he and Brooks continued into the endzone to seal a 26-14 victory for the Super Bowl-bound Buccaneers. Click here for the game details, stats, pictures and game reports |
| The 100 Greatest Plays in Buccaneer history Welcome to the next and best countdown that we have ever run on BUCPOWER.COM. Featuring every one of the 32 years that the Bucs have played NFL football, we have clips of memorable touchdowns, bloopers, decisive moments and trick plays. From the ridiculous to the sublime, this is a countdown to bring back a lot of memories for Buccaneer fans of all ages around the world. Whereas the top 20-30 plays do stand out and are able to be ranked subjectively (and have been by some of the Tampa media), the early plays are generally spread out across the years and can only be placed approximately in terms of their importance. |
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