Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Kansas City Chiefs 10 Sunday 14 November 1999 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING KC 11:59-1Q Stoyanovich FG20 TB 8:49-2Q Moore 35 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick) TB 0:28-2Q Gramatica FG25 TB 2:38-3Q Green 52 pass from Dilfer (Gramatica kick) KC 10:40-4Q Horn 50 pass from Grbac (Stoyanovich kick)
The Bucs did their best to lose this one with six turnovers including three fumbles by Mike Alstott. Fortunately Hardy Nickerson came up with an endzone interception with 28 seconds remaining to give the Bucs their second win in a row. "We talked about it before the game -- if we made mistakes, don't worry about it. I guess they took me literally,'' Tony Dungy said. "It's unbelievable that you could win with that many turnovers and that many chances to put them away and not do it.''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 18-66, Alstott 16-33, Dilfer 3-1. CHIEFS: Shehee 10-54, Bennett 9-23, Richardson 2-7, Grbac 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Dilfer 27-17-270-1-2. CHIEFS: Grbac 38-23-202-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Green 7-164, Moore 3-56, Anthony 3-28, Dunn 2-11, Alstott 1-7, Hape 1-4. CHIEFS: Alexander 7-41, Gonzalez 6-62, Horn 3-63, Shehee 3-8, Lockett 2-26, Richardson 2-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Nickerson 1-0. CHIEFS: Hasty 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Murphy 3-50. CHIEFS: Vanover 4-74. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Green 4-13. CHIEFS: Vanover 3-22. SACKS BUCS: Abraham 1-9, Sapp 1-9. CHIEFS: none.
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 85 Anthony RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 25 Kelly RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 12 Dilfer FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 20 Barber, 27 Abdullah, 30 Smith, 31 Young, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 58 Davis, 59 Duncan, 68 Unutoa, 69 Pierson, 75 Washington, 78 Jones, 80 Davis, 82 Hape, 84 McDonald, 88 Murphy, 92 McFarland, 97 Jackson DID NOT PLAY 10 King, 65 Dogins INACTIVES 15 Zeier, 43 McLeod, 70 Odom, 79 Hegamin, 86 Williams, 87 Emanuel, 95 McLaughlin, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Harlan and Sam Wyche