Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Philadelphia Eagles 5 Sunday 19 September 1999 at Veterans Stadium
SCORING TB 9:20-1Q Emanuel 19 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick) PHI 5:29-1Q Johnson FG39 PHI 4:57-1Q Safety - Dilfer batted ball out of the back of the endzone TB 8:52-2Q Gramatica FG51 TB 5:05-2Q Gramatica FG24 TB 6-25-4Q Alstott 17 pass from Dilfer (kick failed)
Donovan McNabb got a rude welcome to the NFL as the Bucs sacked him six times and Eagle QBs nine times over all. "It's always special when you get a new quarterback,'' Sapp said. ``It's new meat, you know.' Trent threw two touchdowns to ease calls for him to be replaced and another highlight from this game was veteran kicker Norm Johnson not being ready to run on to the field to kick a fieldgoal at the end of the first half and getting there just in time to miss a 26-yarder.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 24-82, Alstott 15-64, Dilfer 5-10. EAGLES: Staley 13-42, McNabb 5-38, Pederson 1-2, Turner 1-2. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 14-7-89-2-2. EAGLES: McNabb 11-4-26-0-0, Pederson 19-12-100-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Alstott 3-33, Moore 2-23, Emanuel 1-19, Green 1-14. EAGLES: Turner 6-32, Johnson 3-38, Douglas 3-15, Staley 2-22, Broughton 2-19. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-4. EAGLES: Dawkins 1-37, Vincent 1-26 KICK RETURNS BUCS: Green 2-53. EAGLES: Rossum 3-48, Bienemy 1-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 3-17. EAGLES: Rossum 2-9. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 3-27, Ahanotu 3-15, Jones 2-12, Culpepper 1-4. EAGLES: Vincent 1-17, Douglas 1-7.
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 70 Odom LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 56 Nickerson WR 81 Green 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 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 51 Singleton, 54 Palmer, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 65 Dogins, 69 Pierson, 71 Wunsch, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 86 Williams, 88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 95 McLaughlin DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier, 84 McDonald INACTIVES 10 King, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 75 Washington, 85 Anthony, 91 Upshaw, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Bill Maas