Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 New York Jets 21 Sunday 24 September 2000 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 8:17-1Q Gramatica FG22 NYJ 3:00-1Q Hall FG41 TB 11:53-2Q Moore 3 pass from King (Gramatica kick) NYJ 1:47-2Q Hall FG27 TB 3:55-3Q Barber 37 interception return (Gramatica kick) NYJ 2:00-4Q Martin 6 pass from Testaverde (Martin run) NYJ 0:52-4Q Chrebet 18 pass from Martin (Hall kick)
Leading 17-3 inside the final two minutes, the Bucs looked like that had this battle of the unbeatens. But then ex- Buc Vinny Testaverde hit Curtis Martin with a score and after a Mike Alstott fumble, Martin himself lofted a half- back option pass to Wayne Chrebet for the game winner at a watery Raymond James Stadium. This was Vinny's first game back in Tampa and also the game in which Keyshawn only caught one ball, a shovel pass for a single solitary yard.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 16-60, Dunn 13-53, King 2-8, Stecker 1-(-2). JETS: Martin 18-90, Lucas 1-9, Testaverde 5-(-1). PASSING BUCS: King 19-7-135-2-1. JETS: Testaverde 42-22-181-3-1, Martin 1-1-18-0-1, Lucas 1-1- 5-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Moore 2-10, Green 1-75, Alstott 1-21, Anthony 1-18, Dunn 1-10, Johnson 1-1. JETS: Anderson 7-42, Martin 7-27, Ward 3-44, Coles 2-34, Chrebet 2-32, Becht 2-20, Baxter 1-5 INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-37, Duncan 1-10, Robinson 1-1 JETS: Green 1-17, Glenn 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 2-56. JETS: Williams 3-93. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 4-41. JETS: Ward 5-46. SACKS BUCS: Ahanotu 1-6. JETS: Abraham 1-9, Lewis 1-6.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Pierson DE 72 Ahanotu LG 64 McDaniel DT 92 McFarland C 62 Christy DT 99 Sapp RG 73 Middleton DE 78 Jones RT 71 Wunsch LLB 53 Quarles TE 83 Moore MLB 59 Duncan WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 81 Green LCB 21 Abraham FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 28 Dunn SS 47 Lynch QB 10 King FS 24 Robinson PLAYED 3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 31 Young, 33 Vance, 34 Jackson, 50 Gooch, 51 Singleton, 52 Webster, 58 Davis, 60 Coleman, 68 Unutoa, 75 Washington, 79 Hegamin, 84 Spence, 82 Hape, 85 Anthony, 86 Williams, 94 White, 97 Jackson, 98 Cannida DID NOT PLAY 15 Zeier INACTIVES 14 Hamilton, 27 Abdullah, 46 Gibson, 65 Dogins, 76 Curry, 80 Yoder, 88 Hastings, 95 McLaughlin
COMMENTARY CREW Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms