| The Truth makes it 5-0 Houlihans Stadium 28 September 1997 The background The turnaround in Tampa Bay was under way. New uniforms, new attitudes and a new stadium being built across the road from the Old Sombrero. And here were the Bucs at 4-0 leading the NFC having come off a memorable Sunday night win over the Miami Dolphins the week before. Everyone expected them to continue the streak against the Arizona Cardinals but the young Bucs were suffering a letdown. They had chances but kept letting them slip and a rookie cornerback named Ronde Barber was taken to the cleaners that day by veteran WR Rob Moore. The game situation The Bucs were trailing 18-12 inside the final five minutes but John Lynch's interception had given them another scoring chance. It was 4th and 6 from the Cardinal 31-yard line and Tony Dungy went for it. Trent Dilfer found Karl "The Truth" Williams over the middle, he beat All-Pro Aeneas Williams and took it to the house to take the Bucs to a 5-0 start for the second time in their history. Click here for all the game details |
| 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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