Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cleveland Browns 3 Sunday 13 October 2002 at Raymond James Stadium
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Alstott 17-126, Pittman 16-53, Stecker 3-11, B.Johnson 1-5, Tupa 1-(-9). BROWNS: White 9-38, Green 8-22, Morgan 1-0. PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 32-15-194-1-0. BROWNS: Couch 40-20-151-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Pittman 5-95, K.Johnson 4-64, Alstott 2-13, Dilger 2-12, McCardell 1-7, Dudley 1-3. BROWNS: White 10-34, Northcutt 4-74, Morgan 2-16, Johnson 2-11, Heiden 1-12, Davis 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-9. BROWNS: Little 1-7. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 2-60. BROWNS: Davis 3-65. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 6-120. BROWNS: Northcutt 1-30. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 2-17. BROWNS: none.
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 SUBSTITUTIONS 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 23 Phillips, 26 Smith, 27 Stecker, 35 Ivy, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 58 Golden, 68 Unutoa, 74 Green, 77 Washington, 80 Yoder, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams, 88 Dudley, 90 Gurley, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 11 Johnson, 75 Brown INACTIVE 10 King, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 34 Stephens, 76 Reyes, 81 Lee, 84 Barlow, 98 Smith
SCORING TB 9:01-1Q Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick) TB 2:42-2Q Gramatica FG33 TB 14:51-4Q Alstott 17 run (Gramatica kick) CLE 11:45-4Q Dawson FG50
The Bucs won their fifth game in a row at a scorching hot Raymond James Stadium with the Browns being the latest NFL opponent to be held to under 250 yards of total offense by the No.1 defense in the league. Mike Alstott had one of his best career rushing days including a highlight-reel run that saw him bounce off no less than seven defenders before finally being taken down. Warren Sapp twice took down Browns’ QB Tim Couch who looked nothing like the first overall pick of the 1999 draft and Jon Gruden’s team improved to 5-1 on the season before heading to Philadelphia for their first real test of the season.
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Enberg and Dan Dierdorf
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below for the main plays from the game Ronde Barber was in the right place to intercept a deflected pass Mike Alstott’s famous run in which he bounced off numerous tackles His touchdown early in the fourth quarter put the Bucs out of reach