Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Atlanta Falcons 10 Sunday 21 November 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING ATL 7:10-1Q Dwight 8 run (Andersen kick) ATL 0:53-1Q Andersen FG28 TB 9:13-2Q Gramatica FG24 TB 0:08-2Q Gramatica FG26 TB 6:32-4Q Gramatica FG50 TB 0:53-4Q Gramatica FG53 TB 0:41-4Q Abraham 47 interception return (Gramatica kick)
Donnie Abraham made Martin Gramatica's four fieldgoals stand up with an interception return of ex-Buc Chris Chandler in the final minute. "I just wanted to relax and do what I had to do," said Gramatica, who grew up playing soccer in Argentina and didn't start playing football until he was a senior in high school in nearby LaBelle, Fla. "I just did my job," he added. "You could say this was the greatest game of my life, my career."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 12-48, Dunn 11-44, Dilfer 3-29, Green 1-(-2). FALCONS: Oxendine 14-48, Christian 3-14, Dwight 1-8, Chandler 2-4, Hanspard 4-2. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 31-15-142-1-0. FALCONS: Chandler 25-14-109-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Green 5-75, Emanuel 3-30, Williams 2-14, Alstott 2-9, Dunn 2-8, Davis 1-6. FALCONS: Oliver 4-33, Dwight 4-20, Christian 3-36, German 1- 10, Mathis 1-6, Oxendine 1-4 INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Abraham 2-47. FALCONS: Robinson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Murphy 2-29, Dunn 1-25. FALCONS: Dwight 5-102, Oliver 1-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-7. FALCONS: Dwight 2-31. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 1-10, Brooks 1-7. FALCONS: Dronett 1.5-9, Kerney 1-9, Hall 0.5-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 Diaz DT 77 Culpepper C 61 Mayberry DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 94 White RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 87 Emanuel RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84 McDonald, 86 Williams, 88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin DID NOT PLAY 10 King, 75 Washington INACTIVES 15 Zeier, 34 Jackson, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 79 Hegamin, 85 Anthony, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Brian Baldinger