Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 New Orleans Saints 9
Sunday 25 October 1998 at the Louisiana Superdome
SCORING
NO
10:22-2Q
Brien FG46
TB
12:31-3Q
Husted FG52
NO
9:15-3Q
Brien FG50
NO
7:15-4Q
Brien FG41
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports from the Superdome
Now the offense REALLY stinks up the joint
Loss follows the bouncing ball
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What a dreadful exercise in offensive futility. Trent had two TD passes dropped, Patrick Hape fumbled inside
the Saints' 5-yard line and Michael Husted missed two fieldgoals. "This was a slap in the face" said guard
Jorge Diaz. "It was a reality check."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 11-46, Alstott 7-12.
SAINTS: Davis 18-48, Craver 4-12, Hastings 1-2, Zellers 2-1,
Toliver 2-(-7).
PASSING
BUCS: Dilfer 44-20-186-2-0.
SAINTS: Toliver 32-20-216-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Emanuel 6-86, Dunn 5-27, Moore 4-19, Anthony 3-49,
Hape 1-5, Green 1-0.
SAINTS: Davis 5-34, Craver 5-30, Cleeland 4-55, Dawkins 3-27,
Poole 2-64, Hastings 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Knight 1-26, Cota 1-3.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Anthony 4-110.
SAINTS: Ismail 1-27.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Green 3-83, Williams 1-8.
SAINTS: Hastings 3-1.
SACKS
BUCS: Upshaw 1-6.
SAINTS: Mitchell 1-6.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
74 Gruber
DE
97 Jackson
LG
64 Diaz
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
56 Nickerson
WR
85 Anthony
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 Emanuel
LCB
20 Barber
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
27 Parker
RB
28 Dunn
SS
47 Lynch
QB
12 Dilfer
FS
22 Mincy
PLAYED
5 Husted, 6 Barnhardt, 23 Bouie, 24 Robinson, 25 Kelly, 31
Young, 37 Ellison, 41 Neal, 51 Singleton, 53 Quarles, 54
Palmer, 59 Duncan, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80
Davis, 81 Green, 82 Hape, 86 Williams, 90 Maniecki, 94 White
DID NOT PLAY
4 Walsh, 65 Dogins
INACTIVES
13 Milanovich, 21 Abraham, 26 Abdullah, 72 Ahanotu, 75
Washington, 84 Thomas, 88 Hunter, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW
Sam Rosen and Jerry Glanville
