| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New York Jets |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 14, 1997 Location: East Rutherford, NJ Venue: Giants Stadium Attendance: 60122 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 37 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | John Hall 32 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Otis Smith 45 interception return (John Hall kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Otis Smith 51 interception return (John Hall kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Leon Johnson 101 kickoff return (John Hall kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Adrian Murrell 7 run (John Hall kick) | 0 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Reidel Anthony |
| 86 | WR | Karl Williams |
| 74 | LOT | Paul Gruber |
| 60 | LOG | Jim Pyne |
| 61 | C | Tony Mayberry |
| 64 | ROG | Jorge Diaz |
| 70 | ROT | Jason Odom |
| 87 | TE | John Davis |
| 12 | QB | Trent Dilfer |
| 28 | RB | Warrick Dunn |
| 82 | FB | Patrick Hape |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Chidi Ahanotu |
| 77 | NT | Brad Culpepper |
| 99 | UT | Warren Sapp |
| 91 | RDE | Regan Upshaw |
| 50 | SLB | Jeff Gooch |
| 56 | MLB | Hardy Nickerson |
| 55 | WLB | Derrick Brooks |
| 21 | LCB | Donnie Abraham |
| 47 | SS | John Lynch |
| 22 | FS | Charles Mincy |
| 23 | RCB | Tony Bouie |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Jeff Graham |
| 19 | WR | Keyshawn Johnson |
| 71 | LOT | Kerry Jenkins |
| 63 | LOG | Lamont Burns |
| 62 | C | Roger Duffy |
| 70 | ROG | Matt O'Dwyer |
| 75 | ROT | Siupeli Malamala |
| 84 | TE | Fred Baxter |
| 88 | TE | Kyle Brady |
| 14 | QB | Neil O'Donnell |
| 29 | RB | Adrian Murrell |
| Defense | ||
| 95 | LDE | Rick Lyle |
| 93 | NT | Ernie Logan |
| 99 | RDE | Hugh Douglas |
| 57 | LOLB | Mo Lewis |
| 54 | LILB | Dwayne Gordon |
| 55 | RILB | Marvin Jones |
| 58 | ROLB | James Farrior |
| 31 | LCB | Aaron Glenn |
| 21 | SS | Victor Green |
| 26 | FS | Jerome Henderson |
| 45 | RCB | Otis Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Warrick Dunn | 23 | 88 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Errict Rhett | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trent Dilfer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Adrian Murrell | 26 | 73 | 2.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Jerald Sowell | 7 | 35 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Lucas | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Richie Anderson | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil O'Donnell | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Trent Dilfer | 15 | 2 | 13.3 | 2 | 38 | 2.5 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0.0 |
| Steve Walsh | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 8 | 1.1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Neil O'Donnell | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 1 | 112 | 5.1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| John Davis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Horace Copeland | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Keyshawn Johnson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Fred Baxter | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Graham | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Alex Van Dyke | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerald Sowell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Kyle Brady | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Adrian Murrell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Neal | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Richie Anderson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Anthony Parker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Otis Smith | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 51t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Sean Landeta | 9 | 373 | 41.4 | 74 | 1 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Brian Hansen | 5 | 220 | 44.0 | 51 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Karl Williams | 4 | 1 | 40 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Leon Johnson | 4 | 1 | 45 | 11.3 | 23 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Michael Husted | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | ||||
| John Hall | 6 | 360 | 60.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Reidel Anthony | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 41 | 0 | |
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Leon Johnson | 1 | 101 | 101.0 | 101 | 1 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
| New York Jets | |
| Rick Terry | 1.0 |
| Jason Ferguson | 1.0 |
| James Farrior | 0.5 |
| Mo Lewis | 0.5 |
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