Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 St.Louis Rams 14
Monday 23 September 2002 at Raymond James Stadium
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and John Madden
Monday Night Football in Tampa and the atmosphere was
raucous from the start as the third installment of the Bucs v
Rams rivalry took place. St.Louis had won the 1999 NFC title
game the Bucs took the 2000 Monday Nighter in a real
shootout. This one was all about the Buccaneer defense who
did give up over 300 yards passing to Kurt Warner but had four
interceptions including the game-clincher by Derrick Brooks
inside the final minute, a play in which Warren Sapp
unceremoniusly knocked Warner on his backside during the
return. The Tampa Bay offense did just enough to earn the
victory as the Bucs moved to 2-1 on the season.
GAME SCORING
TB
9:32-1Q
Gramatica FG39
STL
4:28-1Q
Faulk 5 run (Wilkins kick)
TB
14:55-2Q
Gramatica FG47
TB
0:57-2Q
Dudley 9 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick)
TB
10:42-4Q
Alstott 2 run (2pt conversion failed)
STL
4:21-4Q
Gordon 21 run (Wilkins kick)
TB
0:59-4Q
Brooks 39 interception return (Gramatica kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' game review
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Joe Henderson's viewpoint
Keyshawn - the money man
From the Rams' beat writer
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
What they had to say afterwards
The gamebook and the play by play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Oben
LDE
94 Spires
LG
71 Jenkins
UT
92 McFarland
C
62 Christy
DT
99 Sapp
RG
60 Coleman
RDE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
51 Singleton
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
WR
19 Johnson
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
87 McCardell
LCB
25 Kelly
FB
40 Alstott
SS
47 Lynch
RB
32 Pittman
FS
34 Jackson
QB
14 Johnson
RCB
20 Barber
PLAYED
7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Gibson, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 30
Barnes, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 45 Solwold, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 74
Green, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88
Dudley, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms, 98 Smith
DID NOT PLAY
11 Johnson, 34 Stephens
INACTIVE
10 King, 31 Wansley, 43 Cook, 75 Brown, 81 Battaglia, 82 Walker, 84
Barlow, 90 Gurley
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Pittman 11-53, Alstott 5-10.
RAMS: Gordon 4-44, Warner 3-19, Canidate 6-15, Faulk 6-9, Wilkins 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: B.Johnson 32-23-199-0-1.
RAMS: Warner 45-30-301-4-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Pittman 6-28, Dilger 5-38, K.Johnson 4-59, McCardell 3-28, Dudley
2-15, Yoder 1-16, Alstott 1-10, Williams 1-5.
RAMS: Holt 12-139, Bruce 4-43, Proehl 4-31, Faulk 2-27, Conwell 2-20,
Gordon 2-15, Murphy 2-11, WIlkins 1-10, Canidate 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Brooks 1-39, Kelly 1-31, Rice 1-30, Jackson 1-20.
RAMS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Stecker 2-51.
RAMS: Wilkins 4-68, Manumaleuna 2-19 .
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Williams 1-0.
RAMS: Wilkins 1-7.
SACKS
BUCS: Sapp 1-11, Quarles 1-8, Rice 1-7, Spires 1-6, Wyms 1-0 .
RAMS: Little 1-10.
VIDEO CLIPS Click on the boxes for the main plays from the game
Simeon Rice had an interception from dropping into coverage
Rickey Dudley put the Bucs ahead late in the second quarter
Derrick Brooks’ interception included Warren Sapp’s famous block