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Box Score: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals

Posted: Sun December 27, 1998 at 4:04 p.m. EST

NFL     FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL

TAMPA BAY 14 14 0 7 35 CINCINNATI 0 0 0 0 0 FINAL
SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: TAM - TD, ROBB THOMAS 50 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 2:31. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Dilfer 8-yard pass to Dunn to Tampa Bay 38; Dilfer 8-yard pass to K Williams to Tampa Bay 49. TAMPA BAY 7-0 TAM - TD, MIKE ALSTOTT 1 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 12:14. Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards in 1:12. Key plays: Tampa Bay takes over downs on a bad snap on a punt at Cincinnati 8. TAMPA BAY 14-0 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, MIKE ALSTOTT 1 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 0:03. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards in 2:39. Key plays: Ellison recovery of Bieniemy fumble on kickoff at Cincinnati 31; Dunn 17-yard run to Cincinnati 14; Dilfer 10-yard run on 3rd-and-9 to Cincinnati 3. TAMPA BAY 21-0 TAM - TD, REIDEL ANTHONY 4 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 6:53. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards in 0:57. Key plays: Davis blocked punt out of bounds at Cincinnati 4. TAMPA BAY 28-0 3RD QUARTER: NONE 4TH QUARTER: TAM - TD, MIKE ALSTOTT 3 YD RUN (MICHAEL HUSTED KICK), 5:40. Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards in 3:51. Key plays: Barber 56-yard interception return to Cincinnati 43; Dunn 19-yard run to Cincinnati 8. TAMPA BAY 35-0 TEAM STATISTICS TAM CIN
FIRST DOWNS 22 11 Rushing 16 4 Passing 5 7 Penalty 1 0 3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY 9-15 2-10 4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0 0-3 TOTAL NET YARDS 320 246 Total plays 69 52 Average gain 4.6 4.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 223 87 Rushes 51 23 Average per rush 4.4 3.8 NET YARDS PASSING 97 159 Completed-attempted 10-16 11-27 Yards per pass 5.4 5.5 Sacked-yards lost 2-14 2-17 Had intercepted 1 2 PUNTS-AVERAGE 4-39.8 4-35.8 RETURN YARDAGE 73 117 Punts-returns 0-0 2-16 Kickoffs-returns 1-12 5-101 Interceptions-returns 2-61 1-0 PENALTIES-YARDS 1-5 5-30 FUMBLES-LOST 0-0 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 36:28 23:32 PLAYER STATISTICS Missed field goals: Tampa Bay (Michael Husted 18); Cincinnati (Doug Pelfrey 40). Tampa Bay rushing: Warrick Dunn 19-89, Mike Alstott 20-69, Lorenzo Neal 4-25, Trent Dilfer 2-22, Jerry Ellison 6-18. Cincinnati rushing: Corey Dillon 14-70, Brandon Bennett 5-13, Brian Milne 1-3, Darnay Scott 1-2, Brad Costello 1-0, Eric Kresser 1-minus 1. Tampa Bay passing: Trent Dilfer 10-16 for 111 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD. Cincinnati passing: Eric Kresser 7-17 for 102 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD, Paul Justin 4-10 for 74 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD. Tampa Bay receiving: Jacquez Green 3-23, Karl Williams 2-18, Mike Alstott 2-8, Robb Thomas 1-50, Warrick Dunn 1-8, Reidel Anthony 1-4. Cincinnati receiving: Tony Mcgee 3-68, Corey Dillon 3-51, Darnay Scott 2-37, Carl Pickens 2-17, Brian Milne 1-3. Tampa Bay tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Ronde Barber 7-0-0, Derrick Brooks 6-0-0, Jeff Gooch 5-0-0, Regan Upshaw 3-1-1, Donnie Abraham 2-0-0, Jamie Duncan 2-0-0, Shelton Quarles 2-0-0, Brad Culpepper 2-0-1, Steve White 2-0-0, Tony Bouie 1-0-0, Eric Vance 1-0-0, Warren Sapp 0-1-0. Cincinnati tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial): Takeo Spikes 9-2-0, Brian Simmons 9-1-0, Artrell Hawkins 6-0-0, Greg Myers 6-0-0, Clyde Simmons 5-1-1, Jevon Langford 5-0-0, Myron Bell 4-0-0, Sam Shade 3-0-0, Michael Bankston 2-1-1, Kelvin Moore 2-1-0, Steve Foley 2-0-0, James Francis 1-1-0, Andre Purvis 1-0-0, Thomas Randolph 1-0-0, Ashley Ambrose 1-0-0, Reinard Wilson 0-1-0, Billy Granville 0-1-0, Kimo Von Oelhoffen 0-1-0. Interceptions: Tampa Bay (Charles Mincy 1 for 5 yards, Ronde Barber 1 for 56 yards); Cincinnati (Ashley Ambrose 1 for 0 yards). Fumbles lost: Cincinnati (Eric Bieniemy). Opponent's fumbles recovered: Tampa Bay (Jerry Ellison). Officials: Referee-Phil Luckett, Umpire-Hendi Ancich, Head linesman-Earnie Frantz, Line judge-Dale Orem, Back judge-Ron Spitler, Side judge-Laird Hayes, Field judge-Jim Saracino. A: 49,826; T: 2:42.


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