Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 Sunday 13 December 1998 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING PIT 9:00-1Q Johnson FG27 TB 0:30-1Q Husted FG39 TB 12:03-2Q Husted FG37 TB 4:28-2Q Alstott 3 run (Husted kick) TB 1:57-4Q Husted FG21
Kordell Stewart and the Steelers were the rejuvenated Bucs' third victim in a row as Pittsburgh were held to just 168 yards of total offense and Buc ball triumphed in a wet Raymond James Stadium. Three times out of four, the Bucs converted on fourth down and the Buc defense picked off four passes, three by Stewart and another by his replacement, Mike Tomczak.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 24-78, Dunn 15-36, Dilfer 5-25, Anthony 1-5. STEELERS: Bettis 17-63, Stewart 5-10, Huntley 2-9, Fuamatu- Ma'afala 1-7, Hawkins 2-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 18-9-111-0-0. STEELERS: Stewart 21-9-88-3-0, Tomczak 2-1-10-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Emanuel 3-58, Anthony 2-17, Moore 1-13, Dunn 1-12, Hunter 1-6, Alstott 1-5. STEELERS: Johnson 4-34, Hawkins 2-27, Ward 1-18, Bettis 1-7, Breuner 1-7, Witman 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 2-29, Kelly 1-4, Abraham 1-3. STEELERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Anthony 2-38. STEELERS: Dunn 3-78, Blackwell 2-46. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 3-73. STEELERS: Hawkins 0-0. SACKS BUCS: White 2-18. STEELERS: Harrison 1-2.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 97 Jackson LG 65 Dogins DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 91 Upshaw RT 70 Odom LLB 50 Gooch TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 85 Anthony RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 Emanuel LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 22 Mincy PLAYED 5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 25 Kelly, 27 Parker, 31 Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54 Palmer, 59 Davis, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 88 Hunter, 94 White, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 4 Walsh INACTIVES 13 Milanovich, 26 Abdullah, 29 Smith, 33 Vance, 64 Diaz, 84 Thomas, 86 Williams, 98 Mix
COMMENTARY CREW Verne Lundqvist and Randy Cross