Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Dallas Cowboys 6
Sunday 9 September 2001 at Texas Stadium
SCORING
TB
7:50-1Q
Gramatica FG39
DAL
4:26-1Q
Seder FG22
DAL
11:42-3Q
Seder FG46
TB
12:35-4Q
BJohnson 1 run (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
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The Bucs opened the season against a poor Cowboy team starting the inexperienced Quincy Carter at QB.
They held them to 127 yards total offense and still struggled to win. Welcome to the final season of "Dungy
ball". The Bucs converted 50 percent of their third-down tries (8-for-16), but three of those were the result of
Cowboys penalties. "We definitely have to do a better job of finishing drives," Tony Dungy said. "We need to
convert our third downs, and we've got to perform better in the red zone."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 22-56, Alstott 5-12, B.Johnson 4-2, Stecker 2-1.
COWBOYS: Smith 13-40, Thomas 2-28, Carter 4-16, Hambrick
2-10, Ismail 2-3, Wiley 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 35-26-195-1-0.
COWBOYS: Carter 19-9-34-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Green 8-75, K.Johnson 7-71, Dunn 4-21, Alstott 4-15,
Williams 1-9, Cook 1-4.
COWBOYS: Galloway 6-18, Wiley 3-15.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Jackson 1-13, Lynch 1-4.
COWBOYS: Woodson 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 1-13.
COWBOYS: Swinton 3-131.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 2-1.
COWBOYS: McGarity 3-18.
SACKS
BUCS: White 1-3, Jones 1-3.
COWBOYS: Reese 1-2, Ellis 1-1.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
67 Walker
DE
78 Jones
LG
64 McDaniel
DT
92 McFarland
C
75 Washington
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
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
14 Johnson
FS
34 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Royals, 7 Gramatica, 22 Stecker, 25 Kelly, 27 Abdullah, 33
Vance, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 46 Gibson, 50 Gooch, 51
Singleton, 52 Webster, 69 Pierson, 80 Yoder, 84 McDermott, 85
Anthony, 86 Williams, 91 Darby, 94 White
DID NOT PLAY
10 King, 70 Hires, 76 Curry, 96 Wyms
INACTIVE
1 Hamilton, 26 Smith, 58 Cerqua, 62 Christy, 65 Hochstein, 87
Murphy, 88 Wynn, 98 Cannida
COMMENTARY CREW
Sam Rosen and Bill Maas
