Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 Washington Redskins 13 Sunday 12 October 2003 at FedEx Field
SCORING WAS 0:15-1Q Hall FG33 TB 6:23-2Q Yoder 1 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) WAS 0:14-2Q McCants 2 pass from Ramsey (Hall kick) WAS 10:22-3Q Hall FG51 TB 6:26-3Q Yoder 11 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) TB 13:31-4Q Heller 4 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) TB 8:48-4Q K.Johnson 39 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) TB 6:55-4Q Brooks 44 interception return (Gramatica kick)
Brad Johnson had four touchdown passes and Derrick Brooks repeated his Super Bowl trick with an interception return score as the Bucs shook off the horrors from the previous Monday night with a dominant performance on the road. “I think this team showed its resilience today,'' said Simeon Rice. ``We knew our title and our character were on the line, so we wanted to step to the plate and show who we really are.''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 17-62, Jones 5-33, Stecker 1-13, B.Johnson 2-3. REDSKINS: Betts 13-37, Candidate 8-27, Cartwright 2-4. PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 30-22-268-0-4. REDSKINS: Ramsey 32-21-211-2-1, R.Johnson 4-4-35-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: McCardell 5-77, K.Johnson 4-80, Yoder 4-28, Pittman 3- 33, Cook 3-29, Jones 1-11, Dilger 1-6, Heller 1-4. REDSKINS: Gardner 9-88, Coles 6-60, McCants 4-52, Chamberlain 3-23, Betts 2-15, Cartwright 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-44, Smith 1-0. REDSKINS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 2-42. REDSKINS: Morton 2-59, Betts 1-26. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Wansley 1-11. REDSKINS: Morton 1-12. SACKS BUCS: Rice 4-34, Sapp 2-5. REDSKINS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Oben DE 94 Spires LG 60 Coleman DT 92 McFarland C 76 Wade DT 99 Sapp RG 65 Whittle DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker MLB 52 Webster TE 85 Dilger RLB 55 Brooks TE 89 Heller DB 35 Ivy WR 87 McCardell LCB 26 Smith WR 19 Johnson RCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman SS 47 Lynch QB 14 Johnson FS 23 Phillips PLAYED 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Jones, 27 Stecker, 28 Robinson, 30 Barnes, 31 Wansley, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 44 Ciurciu, 56 Nece, 57 Rudd, 59 Smith, 66 Benjamin, 71 Jenkins, 79 Mahan, 80 Yoder, 82 Lee, 84 Barlow, 90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 10 King INACTIVES 2 Simms, 25 Kelly, 53 Quarles, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 74 Green, 83 Jurevicius, 86 Williams
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton, Troy Aikman and Cris Collinsworth