Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 New York Giants 13 Monday 24 November 2003 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 11:21-2Q Jones 1 run (Gramatica kick) NYG 6:37-2Q Bryant FG30 TB 3:37-2Q Lee 53 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) NYG 9:22-3Q Bryant FG30 TB 3:45-3Q Gramatica FG21 NYG 12:42-4Q Walker 56 interception return (Bryant kick) TB 1:57-4Q Safety - Dach fumbled ball out of bounds in endzone
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' game review Martin Fennelly's award-winning column What Marty Strasen made of it all Joe Henderson's take on the affair The big bad defense was back In spite of pick, Brad plays big Keyshawn who? Here's Charles Lee Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play by play of the game
Monday Night Football came back to Tampa for the second time in a season and this one was a lot better than the disaster against the Colts. Keyshawn Johnson had been suspended in the days leading up to the game so there were more story lines but it was his replacement, Charles Lee, who had the big touchdown of the night as the Buccaneers gave themselves a brief hope of still taking a wild-card berth at the end of the year.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 19-55, Jones 10-27, Stecker 4-15, B.Johnson 5-(-4). GIANTS: Barber 13-55, Collins 2-22, Levens 1-2, Feagles 1-0. PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 32-22-269-1-1. GIANTS: Collins 34-18-160-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: McCardell 9-83, Lee 5-91, Jurevicius 3-43, Pittman 2-22, Barlow 1-13, Stecker 1-12, Dudley 1-5. GIANTS: Barber 5-34, Hilliard 4-43, Toomer 4-34, Tyree 3-23, Rivers 2-26. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Lynch 1-18, Smith 1-0. GIANTS: Walker 1-56. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Jones 3-49, Barlow 1-18. GIANTS: Mitchell 2-47, Joyce 1-36. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Barlow 2-16. GIANTS: Mitchell 1-10, Joyce 1-8. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 2-15, Rice 1-12. GIANTS: Washington 1-4, Strahan 1-0.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Oben DE 94 Spires LG 71 Jenkins DT 92 McFarland C 76 Wade DT 99 Sapp RG 60 Coleman DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 85 Dilger MLB 53 Quarles TE 88 Dudley RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 McCardell LCB 20 Barber WR 83 Jurevicius RCB 31 Wansley RB 32 Pittman SS 47 Lynch QB 14 Johnson FS 26 Smith PLAYED 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Jones, 23 Phillips, 27 Stecker, 30 Barnes, 34 Gibson, 35 Ivy, 43 Cook, 44 Ciurciu, 57 Rudd, 59 Smith, 65 Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 80 Yoder, 82 Lee, 84 Barlow, 90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 10 King, 74 Green, 86 K Williams INACTIVES 2 Simms, 19 Johnson, 28 Robinson, 52 Webster, 62 King, 79 Mahan, 81 R Williams, 89 Heller
COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and John Madden