Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Kansas City Chiefs 27 Sunday 5 September 1993 at Tampa Stadium
SCORING TB 1:56-1Q Husted FG35 KC 14:21-2Q Davis 19 pass from Montana (Lowery kick) KC 7:03-2Q Lowery FG50 KC 4:20-2Q Birden 50 pass from Montana (Lowery kick) KC 5:08-3Q Allen 12 pass from Montana (Lowery kick) KC 9:38-4Q Lowery FG23
Joe Montana in a Chiefs uniform instead of the 49ers didn't look right, but he still threw three touchdown passes to easily lead Kansas City past the Buccaneers in the 1993 season opener. The Bucs were held to just 25 yards on the ground and 157 overall and Steve DeBerg was benched for good in favour of Craig Erickson by the second half.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 17-28, Anderson 3-(-3). CHIEFS: Allen 13-79, Williams 11-28, Anders 5-14, Thompson 1-2, Montana 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: DeBerg 20-12-79-1-0, Erickson 15-8-61-0-0. CHIEFS: Montana 21-14-246-0-3, Krieg 5-4-38-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hawkins 6-53, McDowell 4-17, Claiborne 2-23, Hall 2-19, Armstrong 2-6, Dawsey 1-10, Anderson 1-6, Wilson 1-5, Cobb 1-1. CHIEFS: Davis 5-61, Birden 3-82, Anders 3-32, Williams 2-14, Hayes 1-49, Jones 1-14, Barnett 1-13, Allen 1-12, Dyal 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. CHIEFS: Mincy 1-13. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anderson 4-42, Wilson 1-12. CHIEFS: Dickerson 1-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Anderson 2-10. CHIEFS: Carter 5-24. SACKS BUCS: Dotson 1-6. CHIEFS: Marts 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Dill DE 90 Ahanotu LG 66 Reimers DT 71 Dotson C 61 Mayberry DT 77 Wheeler RG 62 Beckles DE 75 Curry RT 70 McRae MLB 56 Nickerson TE 82 Hall DB 24 Jones WR 80 Dawsey DB 47 Lynch WR 85 Hawkins LCB 35 Mayhew FB 37 McDowell RCB 29 Reynolds RB 34 Cobb SS 23 Carter QB 17 DeBerg FS 41 King PLAYED 4 Stryzinski, 5 Husted, 7 Erickson, 20 Gray, 21 Mack, 27 Bussey, 28 Buckley, 40 Anderson, 44 Anderson, 46 Workman, 50 Burnette, 51 Thomas, 53 Brady, 72 Taylor, 81 Claiborne, 83 Moore, 84 Wilson, 86 Armstrong, 93 DuBose, 95 Hayes, 98 Seals DID NOT PLAY 64 Ryan, 66 Tomberlin INACTIVE 11 Weldon, 33 Royster, 43 Harris, 67 Sullivan, 79 Love, 87 Thomas, 88 Copeland, 91 Hall
COMMENTARY CREW Marv Albert and Paul Maguire