Buccaneers 19-18 Cardinals (28 Sep, 1997) Box Score

Arizona Cardinals

1-3, 0-3 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ARI					18
TB					19

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

5-0, 3-0 home

Arizona Passing


Kent Graham
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
31/52	339	6.5	1	2	6-45	69.3
31/52	294	6.5	1	2	6-45	69.3

Tampa Bay Passing


Trent Dilfer
Tommy Barnhardt
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
12/24	110	4.6	2	1	3-22	73.3
1/1	25	25.0	0	0	0-0	118.8
13/25	113	5.4	2	1	3-22	77.9

Arizona Rushing


Leeland McElroy
Leshon Johnson
Larry Centers
Ronald McKinnon
Kent Graham
Eric Swann
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
13	40	3.1	7
5	21	4.2	8
4	4	1.0	3
1	3	3.0	3
1	2	2.0	2
1	0	0.0	0
25	70	2.8	8

Tampa Bay Rushing


Mike Alstott
Warrick Dunn
Trent Dilfer
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
8	27	3.4	7
10	27	2.7	4
2	0	0.0	0
20	54	2.7	7

Arizona Receiving


Rob Moore
Frank Sanders
Larry Centers
Anthony Edwards
Chris Gedney
Kevin R. Williams
Leeland McElroy
Pat Carter
Leshon Johnson
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	147	18.4	1	41
5	60	12.0	0	37
8	58	7.3	0	12
3	27	9.0	0	11
1	17	17.0	0	17
2	15	7.5	0	12
2	11	5.5	0	6
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	0	0.0	0	0
31	339	10.9	1	41

Tampa Bay Receiving


Reidel Anthony
Karl Williams
Tony Bouie
Horace Copeland
Warrick Dunn
Jackie Harris
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	49	9.8	1	17
1	31	31.0	1	31
1	25	25.0	0	25
1	10	10.0	0	10
2	10	5.0	0	9
3	10	3.3	0	5
13	135	10.4	2	31

Arizona Fumbles


Eric Swann
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Tampa Bay Fumbles


Trent Dilfer
Marcus Jones
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	0	0
0	0	1
2	0	1

Arizona Defense



Terry Irving
Eric Swann
Aeneas Williams
Jamir Miller
Michael Bankston
Ronald McKinnon
Brent Alexander
Tom Knight
Ty Howard
Matt Darby
Mark Smith
Kevin R. Williams
Simeon Rice
Tommy Bennett
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	5	0	0	0	0	0
6	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	3	0	1
5	4	0	0	1	0	0
4	1	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	3	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
42	30	3	0	8	0	2

Tampa Bay Defense



Tyrone Legette
John Lynch
Derrick Brooks
Hardy Nickerson
Chidi Ahanotu
Donnie Abraham
Ronde Barber
Jeff Gooch
Melvin Johnson
Brad Culpepper
Warren Sapp
Marcus Jones
Regan Upshaw
Steve White
Tony Bouie
Jerry Ellison
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
11	10	0	0	2	0	0
11	7	0	0	1	0	0
11	5	0	0	2	0	0
8	7	0	0	1	0	0
7	7	2	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	3	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
4	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	3	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	60	6	0	11	0	1

Arizona Interceptions


Aeneas Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	42	1
1	42	1

Tampa Bay Interceptions


John Lynch
Donnie Abraham
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0
2	0	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Kevin R. Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	46	23.0	28	0
2	46	23.0	28	0

Tampa Bay Kick Returns


Karl Williams
Warrick Dunn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	43	21.5	24
1	30	30.0	30
3	73	24.3	30

Arizona Punt Returns


Kevin R. Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	21	10.5	18	0
2	21	10.5	18	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returns


Karl Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	57	14.3	22	0
4	57	14.3	22	0

Arizona Kicking


Kevin Butler
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/3	33.3	37	1/1	4
1/3	33.3	37	1/1	4

Tampa Bay Kicking


Michael Husted
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/2	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/2	1

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	226	45.2	0	1	52
5	226	45.2	0	1	52

Tampa Bay Punting


Tommy Barnhardt
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	395	49.4	1	3	61
8	395	49.4	1	3	61

5:00 AM, 28 September 1997

Attendance: 53,804

Referees:
Dale Hamer

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Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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