2002 Buccaneers 31 - 2004 Chargers 16

This score does not fully capture what a dominating stifling performance this was from the Bucs defense. Of San Diego's 16 points 7 came off of a pick six by Ben Leber at the beginning of the Second Half, and six were from a kickoff return for a TD in the Fourth. Aside from that a late meaningless FG was all that the Bolts could muster, as the Bucs held them to 11 first downs and 200 yards total offense. The Buc's QB Brad Johnson was extremely efficient, and had a solid ball control type outing. If you want to call him a "game manager", well, OK. I always thought he was underrated and underappreciated. The Bucs running didn't do much, but Alstott and Pittman kept hammering, and set up Johnson well enough to keep the chains moving. This was a solid and convincing win for the Bucs.

2002 Tampa Bay 31, 2004 San Diego 16
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
2002 Tampa Bay	7	7	10	7	0	31
2004 San Diego	0	0	7	9	0	16

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:36	2002 Tampa Bay	K.Johnson 10 yd. pass from B.Johnson (M.Gramatica kick)	7-0 TBN
2	9:56	2002 Tampa Bay	K.McCardell 28 yd. pass from B.Johnson (M.Gramatica kick)	14-0 TBN
3	14:24	2004 San Diego	B.Leber 35 yd. intercept (N.Kaeding kick)	14-7 TBN
3	9:55	2002 Tampa Bay	M.Gramatica 45 yd. field goal	17-7 TBN
3	6:27	2002 Tampa Bay	K.Williams 89 yd. return (M.Gramatica kick)	24-7 TBN
4	14:02	2002 Tampa Bay	J.Jurevicius 58 yd. pass from B.Johnson (M.Gramatica kick)	31-7 TBN
4	13:46	2004 San Diego	T.Dwight 88 yd. return (Run failed)	31-13 TBN
4	2:50	2004 San Diego	N.Kaeding 38 yd. field goal	31-16 TBN

Team Statistics
	2002 Tampa Bay	2004 San Diego
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	5-17-1-23	5-5-1-11
Third Down Efficiency	12-18-67%	6-14-43%
Fourth Down Efficiency	0-1-0%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	7-7-100%	3-14-21%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	404-74-5.5	200-51-3.9
Total Net Yards Rushing	115	84
Total Rushes	40	20
Average Per Rush	2.9	4.2
Passes Completed/Attempted	22/33 (66.7%)	15/30 (50.0%)
Net Yards Passing	289	116
Avg Yards Per Pass	9.0	4.1
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/9	1/7
Punts/Average	4/38.0	6/48.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/95	3/23
Kickoffs/Returns	3/65	4/147
Interceptions/Returns	1/4	1/35
Penalties/Yards	5/45	6/50
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	2/0	1/0
Time of Possession	35 mins 5 secs	24 mins 55 secs
Average Drive Start	TBN 22	SDA 25

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
2002 Tampa Bay
Brad Johnson	33	22	298	66.7	9.0	3	9.1	1	3.0	58	1/9	112.9
2004 San Diego
Drew Brees	30	15	123	50.0	4.1	0	0	1	3.3	16	1/7	46.9

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
2002 Tampa Bay
Michael Pittman	21	56	2.7	15	0	0	1/0
Mike Alstott	14	40	2.9	27	0	0	0/0
Aaron Stecker	3	18	6.0	6	0	0	0/0
Brad Johnson	2	1	0.5	2	0	0	1/0
2004 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	17	80	4.7	17	0	0	0/0
Jesse Chatman	3	4	1.3	6	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
2002 Tampa Bay
Keyshawn Johnson	7	87	12.4	15	1	0
Joe Jurevicius	4	89	22.3	58	1	0
Michael Pittman	4	46	11.5	15	0	0
Ken Dilger	3	16	5.3	7	0	0
Keenan McCardell	3	52	17.3	28	1	0
Rickey Dudley	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
2004 San Diego
LaDainian Tomlinson	5	28	5.6	13	0	0
Antonio Gates	5	54	10.8	16	0	0
Eric Parker	2	21	10.5	14	0	0
Reche Caldwell	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Kassim Osgood	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Keenan McCardell	1	4	4.0	4	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
2002 Tampa Bay
Martin Gramatica	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
2004 San Diego
Nate Kaeding	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	1/1	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
2002 Tampa Bay
Tom Tupa	4	38.0	32.3	0	3	44	0
2004 San Diego
Mike Scifres	6	48.7	32.8	0	5	60	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2002 Tampa Bay
Aaron Stecker	3	65	21.7	23	0
2004 San Diego
Tim Dwight	4	147	36.8	88	1

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2002 Tampa Bay
Karl Williams	3	1	95	31.7	89	1
2004 San Diego
Eric Parker	3	0	23	7.7	13	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
2002 Tampa Bay
Al Singleton	9	0	0
Shelton Quarles	7	0	0
Derrick Brooks	5	0	0
Ronde Barber	4	0	0
Warren Sapp	3	1	0
John Lynch	3	0	0
Brian Kelly	3	0	0
Simeon Rice	1	0	0
Dwight Smith	1	0	0
Mike Alstott	0	0	1
Cosey Coleman	0	0	1
2004 San Diego
Donnie Edwards	16	0	0
Terrence Kiel	7	0	0
Ben Leber	6	0	0
Jamal Williams	6	0	0
Igor Olshansky	5	0	0
Randall Godfrey	4	0	0
Jerry Wilson	4	0	0
Quentin Jammer	3	0	0
Jamar Fletcher	2	0	1
Steve Foley	2	1	0
Jacques Cesaire	2	0	0
Sammy Davis	1	0	0
Shaun Phillips	1	0	0

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
2002 Tampa Bay
Ronde Barber	1	4	4.0	4	0
2004 San Diego
Ben Leber	1	35	35.0	35	1

Game Story

Brad Johnson led the way to victory as the visitors from Tampa Bay topped San Diego by the score of 31 to 16. Johnson passed for 298 yards and 3 touchdowns. Tampa Bay consistently beat San Diego on third down, converting on 12 of 18 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing San Diego 298 to 123 yards. Tampa Bay controlled the ball for 35:05. The biggest play of the game was a touchdown pass to Joe Jurevicius that went for 58 yards with 14:02 left in the 4th quarter. Tampa Bay led after three quarters 24 to 7.

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