Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Dallas Cowboys 0 Sunday 26 October 2003 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 10:53-2Q Gramatica FG24 TB 4:13-2Q K.Johnson 7 pass from B.Johnson (Gramatica kick) TB 9:24-3Q Gramatica FG50 TB 2:03-3Q Gramatica FG26
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' game review Martin Fennelly's award-winning column Marty Strasen's viewpoint Warren Sapp in the spotlight again Jermaine Phillips steps up The back-ups have their day And don't forget Keyshawn of course The defense posts another shutout Game notes and anecdotes What they had to say afterwards The game report The gamebook and the play by play of the game
The Jekyll and Hyde performance of the 2003 Buccaneers continued with their second defensive shutout of the season, a week after a humiliating loss in San Francisco. Four sacks and two inteceptions were all the Bucs needed to move to 4-3 on the season as Michael Pittman rushed for over 100 yards.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 30-113, Stecker 5-15. COWBOYS: Hambrick 11-25, Anderson 6-17, Carter 2-15, Glenn 1-4, Cason 2-(-1). PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 26-13-151-0-1. COWBOYS: Carter 25-15-140-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: McCardell 6-68, Dilger 2-51, Williams 1-13, K.Johnson 1-7, Stecker 1-5, Pittman 1-4, Cook 1-3. COWBOYS: Anderson 5-22, Cason 3-40, Glenn 3-26, Galloway 2- 26, Witten 1-15, Hambrick 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Phillips 1-41, Barber 1-24. COWBOYS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 1-22. COWBOYS: Ross 4-103. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Wansley 1-8, Williams 0-0. COWBOYS: Galloway 2-19. SACKS BUCS: Sapp 1-10, Darby 1-5, Wyms 1-5, McFarland 1-2. COWBOYS: Ellis 1-10, Ogbogu 1-8.
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 MLB 53 Quarles TE 85 Dilger RLB 55 Brooks WR 19 Johnson DB 35 Ivy WR 87 McCardell LCB 20 Barber FB 43 Cook RCB 31 Wansley RB 32 Pittman SS 26 Smith QB 14 Johnson FS 23 Phillips PLAYED 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 21 Poteat, 22 Jones, 27 Stecker, 28 Robinson, 30 Barnes, 38 Howell, 44 Ciurciu, 52 Webster, 56 Nece, 57 Rudd, 65 Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 79 Mahan, 80 Yoder, 86 Williams, 89 Heller, 90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 10 King, 84 Barlow INACTIVES 2 Simms, 38 Martin, 47 Lynch, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 74 Green, 82 Lee, 83 Jurevicius
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Tim Green