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  FINAL
Tampa Bay 31, New Orleans 16
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Tampa Bay 7 10 7 7 31
New Orleans 3 3 0 10 16

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 29 YD, 9:25. Drive: 12 plays, 39 yards in 6:09. Key plays: Kennison 10-yard punt return to midfield; Tolliver 9-yard run on 3rd-and-8 to Tampa Bay 39; Tolliver 13-yard pass to Bech to Tampa Bay 23; Tolliver 14-yard run to Tampa Bay 7. NEW ORLEANS 3-0
TAM   TD   JACQUEZ GREEN 62 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 10:59. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards in 1:34. Key plays: Dilfer 15-yard pass to Alstott to Tampa Bay 38. TAMPA BAY 7-3
2ND QUARTER
TAM   FG   MARTIN GRAMATICA 45 YD, 5:11. Drive: 13 plays, 54 yards in 7:20. Key plays: Dunn 4-yard run on 3rd-and-3 to midfield; Dilfer 23-yard pass to McDonald on 3rd-and-6 to New Orleans 23. TAMPA BAY 10-3
TAM   TD   JOHN DAVIS 1 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 10:33. Drive: 9 plays, 42 yards in 5:09. Key plays: Gramatica recovery of Davis fumble at New Orleans 42; Dilfer 13-yard pass to Green to New Orleans 34; Dilfer 14-yard pass to Dunn to New Orleans 20; Alstott 8-yard run to New Orleans 12; Alstott 6-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to New Orleans 5. TAMPA BAY 17-3
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 39 YD, 14:30. Drive: 12 plays, 52 yards in 3:57. Key plays: Williams 14-yard run to New Orleans 41; Tolliver 15-yard pass to Hastings on 3rd-and-8 to Tampa Bay 31; Williams 5-yard run to Tampa Bay 21; Williams 5 carries for 30 yards. TAMPA BAY 17-6
3RD QUARTER
TAM   TD   DARNELL MCDONALD 10 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 7:12. Drive: 5 plays, 25 yards in 2:42. Key plays: Brooks 38-yard interception return to New Orleans 25; Alstott 9-yard run to New Orleans 14. TAMPA BAY 24-6
4TH QUARTER
NOR   FG   DOUG BRIEN 37 YD, 4:15. Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards in 5:02. Key plays: Tolliver 24-yard pass to Cleeland to New Orleans 28; Tolliver 11-yard pass to Poole to Tampa Bay 44; Tolliver 12-yard pass to Kennison to Tampa Bay 32; Tolliver 11-yard pass to Poole on 3rd-and-8 to Tampa Bay 19. TAMPA BAY 24-9
NOR   TD   KEITH POOLE 1 YD PASS FROM BILLY JOE TOLLIVER (DOUG BRIEN KICK), 14:12. Drive: 7 plays, 59 yards in 1:18. Key plays: Tolliver 12-yard pass to Smith to Tampa Bay 47; Tolliver 6-yard pass Smith to Tampa Bay 41; Tolliver 10-yard pass to Smith to Tampa Bay 31; Tolliver 30-yard pass to Hastings to Tampa Bay 1. TAMPA BAY 24-16
TAM   TD   MIKE ALSTOTT 25 YD RUN (MARTIN GRAMATICA KICK), 14:45. Drive: 4 plays, 33 yards in 0:33. Key plays: Moore recovery of onsides kick at New Orleans 33. TAMPA BAY 31-16

TEAM STATISTICS
  TAM NOR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Punts-returns
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
18
10
11-16
1-1
381
61
6.2
156
40
3.9
225
15-20
10.7
1-2
2-47.0
171
0-0
5-116
2-55
9-70
2-2
33:51
21
12
5-11
0-0
303
61
5.0
98
23
4.3
205
18-37
5.4
1-6
3-39.3
106
1-10
6-96
0-0
5-40
1-1
26:09

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Tampa Bay (Martin Gramatica 51).
Tampa Bay rushing
Mike Alstott 25-117, Warrick Dunn 12-42, Trent Dilfer 2-2, Jacquez Green 1-minus 5.
New Orleans rushing
Ricky Williams 14-41, Billy Joe Tolliver 5-28, Lamar Smith 2-22, Eddie Kennison 1-4, Aaron Craver 1-3.
Tampa Bay passing
Trent Dilfer 15-20 for 227 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD.
New Orleans passing
Billy Joe Tolliver 18-37 for 211 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Tampa Bay receiving
Jacquez Green 4-89, Warrick Dunn 3-54, Darnell Mcdonald 3-47, Reidel Anthony 2-14, Mike Alstott 1-15, Dave Moore 1-7, John Davis 1-1.
New Orleans receiving
Lamar Smith 4-27, Ricky Williams 4-22, Keith Poole 3-23, Andre Hastings 2-45, Eddie Kennison 2-42, Cameron Cleeland 2-39, Brett Bech 1-13.
Tampa Bay tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Derrick Brooks 11-1-0, Donnie Abraham 7-1-0, John Lynch 6-1-0, Brad Culpepper 4-3-0.5, Hardy Nickerson 2-2-0, Chidi Ahanotu 2-1-0.5, Warren Sapp 0-3-0, Damien Robinson 2-0-0, Ronde Barber 2-0-0, Alshermond Singleton 2-0-0, Marcus Jones 1-0-0, Brian Kelly 0-1-0.
New Orleans tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Chris Bordano 7-4-0, Keith Mitchell 6-4-0, Kevin Mitchell 9-0-0, Willie Clay 4-4-0, Sammy Knight 3-3-0, Wayne Martin 4-1-0, Brady Smith 3-1-0, La'roi Glover 3-1-0, Jared Tomich 3-1-1, Fred Weary 3-1-0, Ink Aleaga 3-0-0, Ashley Ambrose 3-0-0, Troy Wilson 0-2-0, Austin Robbins 0-1-0, Chris Hewitt 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Tampa Bay (Ronde Barber 1 for 17 yards, Derrick Brooks 1 for 38 yards).
Fumbles lost
Tampa Bay (Trent Dilfer, Warrick Dunn); New Orleans (Troy Davis).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Tampa Bay (Martin Gramatica); New Orleans (Brady Smith, Ashley Ambrose).
Officials
Referee-Ed Hochuli, Umpire-Chad Brown, Head linesman-George Hayward, Line judge-Michael Spanier, Field judge-Jim Saracino, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Back judge-Don Carey.
A: 47,129; T: 3:13.

 


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