Buccaneers 27-7 Patriots (16 Nov, 1997) Box Score

New England Patriots

6-5, 2-4 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NE					7
TB					27

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

8-3, 4-2 home

New England Passing


Drew Bledsoe
Scott Zolak
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
13/25	117	4.7	0	2	5-58	31.6
3/6	34	5.7	1	0	0-0	106.9
16/31	93	4.9	1	2	5-58	49.3

Tampa Bay Passing


Trent Dilfer
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/29	209	7.2	1	0	1-7	104.0
21/29	202	7.2	1	0	1-7	104.0

New England Rushing


Derick Cullors
Curtis Martin
Keith Byars
Sam Gash
Drew Bledsoe
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
4	41	10.3	24
8	26	3.3	18
2	5	2.5	5
1	4	4.0	4
1	-1	-1.0	-1
16	75	4.7	24

Tampa Bay Rushing


Mike Alstott
Warrick Dunn
Errict Rhett
Karl Williams
Steve Walsh
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
16	91	5.7	1	14
14	36	2.6	0	6
8	15	1.9	1	7
1	5	5.0	0	5
2	-1	-0.5	0	0
41	146	3.6	2	14

New England Receiving


Troy Brown
Shawn Jefferson
Ben Coates
Curtis Martin
Dietrich Jells
Lovett Purnell
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	58	11.6	0	21
2	28	14.0	0	15
3	27	9.0	0	11
4	23	5.8	0	10
1	9	9.0	0	9
1	6	6.0	1	6
16	151	9.4	1	21

Tampa Bay Receiving


Jackie Harris
Karl Williams
Mike Alstott
Reidel Anthony
Dave Moore
Horace Copeland
Warrick Dunn
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
3	51	17.0	0	25
3	36	12.0	0	18
3	35	11.7	0	12
3	24	8.0	0	10
2	23	11.5	1	16
3	20	6.7	0	14
4	20	5.0	0	8
21	209	10.0	1	25

New England Fumbles


Drew Bledsoe
Willie Clay
Lawyer Milloy
team

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

Tampa Bay Fumbles


Warrick Dunn
Horace Copeland
Trent Dilfer
Jim Pyne
Derrick Brooks
Jason Maniecki
team

FUM	LOST	REC
2	1	0
1	1	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
6	2	1

New England Defense



Ted Johnson
Lawyer Milloy
Todd Collins
Willie Clay
Chris Slade
Henry Thomas
Willie McGinest
Jimmy Hitchcock
Mark Wheeler
Ty Law
Chad Eaton
Chris Canty
Larry Whigham
Marty Moore
Chris Sullivan
David Meggett
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
13	11	0	0	0	0	0
12	8	0	0	1	0	0
12	6	0	0	0	0	0
10	8	0	0	1	0	0
9	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	54	1	0	4	0	0

Tampa Bay Defense



Derrick Brooks
Charles Mincy
Brad Culpepper
Anthony Parker
John Lynch
Hardy Nickerson
Donnie Abraham
Floyd Young
Warren Sapp
Chidi Ahanotu
Shelton Quarles
Tyoka Jackson
Regan Upshaw
Steve White
Rufus Porter
Tyrone Legette
Jeff Gooch
Melvin Johnson
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	6	0	0	2	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	36	5	0	7	0	0

New England Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No New England Interceptions

Tampa Bay Interceptions


Derrick Brooks
Donnie Abraham
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	13	0
1	0	0
2	13	0

New England Kick Returns


David Meggett
Derick Cullors
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	77	25.7	36
1	9	9.0	9
4	86	21.5	36

Tampa Bay Kick Returns


Warrick Dunn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	10	10.0	10	0
1	10	10.0	10	0

New England Punt Returns


David Meggett
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
1	6	6.0	6	0
1	6	6.0	6	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returns


Karl Williams
Warrick Dunn
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	31	15.5	20
1	6	6.0	6
3	37	12.3	20

New England Kicking


Adam Vinatieri
team

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

Tampa Bay Kicking


Michael Husted
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
2/2	100.0	44	3/3	9
2/2	100.0	44	3/3	9

New England Punting


Tom Tupa
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	293	41.9	2	0	54
7	293	41.9	2	0	54

Tampa Bay Punting


Sean Landeta
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
2	96	48.0	1	1	50
2	96	48.0	1	1	50

5:00 AM, 16 November 1997

Attendance: 70,479

Referees:
Dick Hantak

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Buffalo	9	2	.818	320	214
Miami	4	6	.400	181	221
New York	3	8	.273	204	242
New England	3	8	.273	182	248

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