Week 14, 1997

played in Buffalo, NY

48 degrees, rain, 13 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	7	7	0	-	14
Buffalo Bills	3	3	7	20	-	33

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:59 BUF - Jason Elam 38 field goal
2Q: 11:51 BUF - Jason Elam 20 field goal
2Q: 00:37 TBY - Ronnie Harmon 15 pass from Jason Garrett (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 10:49 TBY - Perry Kemp 2 pass from Jason Garrett (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 04:37 BUF - Eddie George 6 run (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 03:51 BUF - Eddie George 8 run (Jake Delhomme pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 02:45 BUF - Jason Sehorn 39 interception return (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 00:54 BUF - Kurt Schultz 85 interception return (Jason Elam extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:59 BUF - Jason Elam 38 field goal
2Q: 11:51 BUF - Jason Elam 20 field goal
2Q: 00:37 TBY - Ronnie Harmon 15 pass from Jason Garrett (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 10:49 TBY - Perry Kemp 2 pass from Jason Garrett (Rich Karlis extra point)
3Q: 04:37 BUF - Eddie George 6 run (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 03:51 BUF - Eddie George 8 run (Jake Delhomme pass for conversion failed)
4Q: 02:45 BUF - Jason Sehorn 39 interception return (Jason Elam extra point)
4Q: 00:54 BUF - Kurt Schultz 85 interception return (Jason Elam extra point)

Team Statistics TBY BUF
Record 5-8 6-7
First Downs 20 17
- by Rushing 2 4
- by Passing 16 13
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 312 323
- Offensive Plays 80 62
- Yards per Play 3.90 5.21
Net Rushing Yards 81 63
- Rushing Attempts 20 29
- Yards per Rush 4.05 2.17
Net Passing Yards 231 260
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 58 - 27 - 2 33 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 250 260
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/19 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 3.85 7.88
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 10/20 5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.4 7.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/45 5/54
Punt Returns/Yards 2/15 3/15
Kick Returns/Yards 5/121 2/49
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 2/124
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 27
Time of Possession 31:14 28:46

Team Statistics	TBY	BUF
Record	5-8	6-7
First Downs	20	17
- by Rushing	2	4
- by Passing	16	13
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	312	323
- Offensive Plays	80	62
- Yards per Play	3.90	5.21
Net Rushing Yards	81	63
- Rushing Attempts	20	29
- Yards per Rush	4.05	2.17
Net Passing Yards	231	260
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	58 - 27 - 2	33 - 17 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	250	260
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/19	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	3.85	7.88
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	10/20	5/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.4	7.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/45	5/54
Punt Returns/Yards	2/15	3/15
Kick Returns/Yards	5/121	2/49
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	2/124
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 27
Time of Possession	31:14	28:46

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:53	3:52	OWN 31	7	29	Punt
1	3:29	2:27	OWN 29	5	16	Punt
2	11:46	1:00	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
2	9:32	2:07	OWN 22	7	30	Punt
2	5:29	3:24	OWN 43	9	54	Fumble
2	1:33	1:04	OPP 34	6	34	Touchdown
3	15:00	4:21	OWN 39	9	61	Touchdown
3	7:13	1:09	OWN 11	3	-4	Punt
3	4:29	1:30	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	1:24	4:46	OWN 40	8	29	Missed FG
4	10:17	1:55	OWN 25	3	-2	Punt
4	6:46	1:04	OWN 15	3	-1	Punt
4	3:41	1:09	OWN 22	3	7	Interception
4	2:32	1:48	OWN 32	10	39	Interception
4	0:44	0:44	OWN 20	3	37	Game

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:07	OWN 20	9	59	Field Goal
1	6:01	2:32	OWN 20	6	47	Interception
1	1:02	4:16	OWN 34	9	63	Field Goal
2	10:46	1:14	OWN 28	3	5	Punt
2	7:25	1:56	OWN 1	5	15	Punt
2	2:05	0:32	OWN 3	4	12	Interception
2	0:29	0:29	OWN 17	1	4	Half
3	10:39	3:26	OWN 40	6	18	Punt
3	6:04	1:35	OPP 44	4	44	Touchdown
3	2:59	1:35	OWN 14	4	21	Punt
4	11:38	1:21	OWN 38	3	-2	Punt
4	8:22	1:36	OWN 32	3	1	Punt
4	5:42	2:01	OPP 41	5	41	Touchdown

Game MVP: Jason Sehorn, Buffalo Bills

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Jeff Walker	11	54	4.91	18	2
Vaughn Hebron	7	15	2.14	5	0
Jason Garrett	2	12	6.00	7	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Eddie George	24	51	2.13	12	2	2
Gary Brown	4	11	2.75	6	0	0
Jake Delhomme	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jason Garrett	56	27	250	2/19	2	37	2	57.9
Gus Frerotte	2	0	0	0/0	0	0	0	39.6

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jake Delhomme	24	11	160	0/0	0	29	1	50.7
Ebby Laroush	9	6	100	0/0	0	29	1	64.3

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Ronnie Harmon	5	16	46	9.20	8	15	1
WR Perry Kemp	5	9	45	9.00	3	21	1
WR Dave Groh	4	13	54	13.50	22	19	0
RB Vaughn Hebron	4	4	28	7.00	10	13	0
WR Terry Obee	3	7	62	20.67	4	37	0
TE Dave Moore	2	3	9	4.50	0	5	0
RB Jeff Walker	2	2	0	0.00	0	2	0
FB Merv Smith	1	1	-2	-2.00	0	-2	0
WR Fabien Bownes	1	1	8	8.00	6	8	0
TE Kerry Cash	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Brian Blades	6	11	105	17.50	32	29
WR Brett Perriman	5	8	69	13.80	18	22
TE Paul Green	2	5	51	25.50	27	26
WR Michael Timpson	1	1	10	10.00	0	10
WR Wayne Campbell	1	5	20	20.00	0	20
TE Frank Hartley	1	1	5	5.00	0	5
RB Eddie George	1	1	0	0.00	3	0
FB Donnie McQuilken	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Aeneas Williams	1	0	0.00	0
S Chad Cota	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Kurt Schultz	1	85	85.00	1
CB Jason Sehorn	1	39	39.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov
Jason Garrett	1	0
Jeff Walker	1	0
Terry Obee	0	1

Buffalo	Recov	Force
Zach Bronson	1	0
Phillippi Sparks	0	1
John Heeter	0	1

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tobey Maguire	8	341	42.6	38.3	49	2

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rick Tuten	6	245	40.8	38.3	49	2

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Rich Karlis	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	2/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Elam	2/2	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Terry Obee	2	15	7.5	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Gary Brown	3	15	5.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vaughn Hebron	3	73	24.3	0
Terry Obee	2	48	24.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Guliford	2	49	24.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Carlos Emmons	7	1	28	24
CB Fred Thomas	7	0	16	26
ILB John Fiala	6	2	29	33
S Chad Cota	4	4	29	33
DE Eric Curry	4	0	26	26
S Robert Griffith	4	0	28	33
OLB Chuck Landeta	3	1	10	5
CB Aeneas Williams	3	0	28	32
DE Ellis Simon	2	0	21	24
CB Cornell Haynes Jr.	1	1	27	30
DT Jason Ferguson	1	1	24	17
S Joe Poole	1	0	3	9
OLB Bernardo Harris	1	0	1	9
DT Austin Robbins	0	1	27	31

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Phillippi Sparks	6	3	0.0	20	60
OLB Robert Jones	6	2	0.0	19	54
DE Ren Hoek	5	0	1.0	12	39
ILB Joe Cain	5	1	0.0	17	40
S Zach Bronson	5	0	0.0	8	51
S John Heeter	4	2	0.0	20	60
DE Chester McGlockton	3	0	1.0	18	40
CB Carlton Gray	2	1	0.0	8	47
CB Jason Sehorn	2	1	0.0	20	59
ILB Eric Hill	2	0	0.0	15	28
DT Bill Goldberg	1	1	0.0	10	39
DE Darren Mickell	1	1	0.0	8	21
S Kurt Schultz	1	1	0.0	15	33
WR Brian Blades	1	0	---	---	---
TE Paul Green	1	0	---	---	---
DT Craig Veasley	1	0	0.0	10	21
OLB Bob Joe	1	0	0.0	1	8
OLB Terry Killens	1	0	0.0	13	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Mike Frederick	1	1	14
DE Ellis Simon	0	1	24
DT Jason Ferguson	0	1	17

Buffalo	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Chester McGlockton	1.0	1	2	40
DE Ren Hoek	1.0	1	0	39
OLB Robert Jones	0.0	2	1	54
DT Bill Goldberg	0.0	1	3	39
ILB Jeff Herrod	0.0	1	0	9
OLB Terry Killens	0.0	1	0	29
DT Craig Veasley	0.0	0	1	21
DE Carl Powell	0.0	0	1	20

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Fred Thomas	4	1	0	26
CB Aeneas Williams	2	1	1	32
ILB John Fiala	2	1	0	33
S Robert Griffith	2	0	0	33
S Chad Cota	1	2	1	33
S Joe Poole	1	1	0	9
OLB Chuck Landeta	1	1	0	5
DE Ellis Simon	1	0	0	24
OLB Bernardo Harris	1	0	0	9
CB Cornell Haynes Jr.	1	0	0	30
OLB Carlos Emmons	1	0	0	24

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Phillippi Sparks	5	2	0	60
OLB Robert Jones	4	1	0	54
S Zach Bronson	4	1	0	51
ILB Joe Cain	3	1	0	40
CB Carlton Gray	2	2	0	47
S Kurt Schultz	2	0	1	33
DE Ren Hoek	2	0	0	39
CB Jason Sehorn	1	1	1	59
DE Darren Mickell	1	0	0	21
OLB Bob Joe	1	0	0	8
S John Heeter	1	0	0	60
ILB Eric Hill	1	0	0	28

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Chris Dahlman	1	4	20	1	58
Nelson Kelley	1	3	20	1	57
Dino Smith	1	1	20	0	58
David Richards	0	4	20	0	59
Ross Verba	0	4	20	0	59
Kerry Cash	0	1	8	0	16
Merv Smith	0	1	13	0	31

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Chris Gray	1	6	29	33
Bob Dahl	1	4	29	33
Walter Jones	1	4	29	33
Lomas Brown	1	3	29	33
Paul Green	1	2	22	27
Visanthe Hall	0	6	29	33
Donnie McQuilken	0	2	14	9
David LaFleur	0	1	2	0

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Vaughn Hebron	1	25
Fabien Bownes	1	18
Terry Obee	1	17
Dave Moore	1	10
Kenny Bynum	1	9

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Wayne Campbell	2	24
Carlton Gray	2	17
Eric Guliford	1	12
Michael Timpson	1	9
Jason Sehorn	1	8

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
David Richards	20	59	---	---	9	88
Dino Smith	20	58	---	---	9	87
Nelson Kelley	20	57	---	---	9	86
Ross Verba	20	59	---	---	---	79
Jason Garrett	20	58	---	---	---	78
Chris Dahlman	20	58	---	---	---	78
Cornell Haynes Jr.	---	---	27	30	20	77
Dave Moore	19	40	---	---	10	69
Vaughn Hebron	8	31	---	---	25	64
Chad Cota	---	---	29	33	2	64
John Fiala	---	---	29	33	2	64
Robert Griffith	---	---	28	33	2	63
Aeneas Williams	---	---	28	32	2	62
Dave Groh	9	37	---	---	16	62
Austin Robbins	---	---	27	31	2	60
Carlos Emmons	---	---	28	24	2	54
Eric Curry	---	---	26	26	1	53
Ronnie Harmon	13	39	---	---	---	52
Fred Thomas	---	---	16	26	10	52
Merv Smith	13	31	---	---	7	51
Perry Kemp	10	40	---	---	---	50
Jason Ferguson	---	---	24	17	7	48
Ellis Simon	---	---	21	24	---	45
Terry Obee	5	22	---	---	17	44
Kerry Cash	8	16	---	---	19	43
Jeff Walker	12	23	---	---	2	37
Mike Frederick	---	---	8	14	7	29
Bernardo Harris	---	---	1	9	19	29
Fabien Bownes	0	10	---	---	18	28
Chris Ward	---	---	8	11	3	22
Leo Blair	---	---	3	4	12	19
Joe Poole	---	---	3	9	6	18
Kenny Bynum	3	6	---	---	9	18
Reggie Barnes	---	---	3	2	11	16
Chuck Landeta	---	---	10	5	1	16
Ricky Siglar	0	3	---	---	9	12
Chad Lewis	0	5	---	---	7	12
Tim Jorden	0	0	---	---	9	9
Tobey Maguire	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rich Karlis	0	0	---	---	4	4
Gus Frerotte	0	2	---	---	---	2
Griffin Robinson	0	2	---	---	---	2
Jerome Daniels	0	2	---	---	---	2
Rod Jones	0	1	---	---	---	1
Jermaine Mayberry	0	1	---	---	---	1
Koy Detmer	0	0	---	---	1	1

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
John Heeter	---	---	20	60	17	97
Jason Sehorn	---	---	20	59	8	87
Phillippi Sparks	---	---	20	60	1	81
Robert Jones	---	---	19	54	1	74
Carlton Gray	---	---	8	47	17	72
Chris Gray	29	33	---	---	8	70
Zach Bronson	---	---	8	51	9	68
Lomas Brown	29	33	---	---	---	62
Bob Dahl	29	33	---	---	---	62
Visanthe Hall	29	33	---	---	---	62
Walter Jones	29	33	---	---	---	62
Chester McGlockton	---	---	18	40	3	61
Joe Cain	---	---	17	40	3	60
Kurt Schultz	---	---	15	33	10	58
Wayne Campbell	16	18	---	---	24	58
Paul Green	22	27	---	---	8	57
Ren Hoek	---	---	12	39	5	56
Brian Blades	23	30	---	---	1	54
Bill Goldberg	---	---	10	39	4	53
Eddie George	25	24	---	---	3	52
Brett Perriman	22	25	---	---	---	47
Jake Delhomme	20	24	---	---	---	44
Eric Hill	---	---	15	28	---	43
Terry Killens	---	---	13	29	1	43
Darren Mickell	---	---	8	21	11	40
Gary Brown	4	9	---	---	26	39
Donnie McQuilken	14	9	---	---	12	35
Craig Veasley	---	---	10	21	---	31
Michael Timpson	5	11	---	---	9	25
Jeff Herrod	---	---	4	9	9	22
Carl Powell	---	---	2	20	---	22
Frank Hartley	8	5	---	---	8	21
Bob Joe	---	---	1	8	11	20
David LaFleur	2	0	---	---	18	20
Ebby Laroush	9	9	---	---	---	18
Bernie Parmalee	4	7	---	---	6	17
Eric Guliford	0	0	---	---	12	12
Jason Elam	0	0	---	---	9	9
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	8	8
Eric Mahlum	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jamie Brown	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jeff Smith	0	0	---	---	8	8
Rick Tuten	0	0	---	---	6	6
George Thornton	---	---	0	0	3	3
Steve Pelleur	0	0	---	---	2	2
Jerrott Willard	---	---	0	2	---	2

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	18	2.6
Middle	10	53	5.3
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	16	1.6
Middle	11	18	1.6
Right	8	29	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jason Garrett	56	27	2	3	2	8	8	0	2
Gus Frerotte	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jake Delhomme	24	11	5	2	1	6	2	0	1
Ebby Laroush	9	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	11	7	41	3.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	13	84	4.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	20	3	29	1.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	96	10.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	2	25	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	99	8.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	39	5.6
Long (19+ Yds)	9	4	97	10.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Ronnie Harmon	16	5	2	46	0	39
WR Dave Groh	13	4	0	54	0	37
WR Perry Kemp	9	5	0	45	1	40
WR Terry Obee	7	3	0	62	1	22
RB Vaughn Hebron	4	4	0	28	0	31
TE Dave Moore	3	2	0	9	0	40
TE Kerry Cash	2	0	0	0	0	16
RB Jeff Walker	2	2	0	0	0	23
FB Merv Smith	1	1	0	-2	0	31
WR Fabien Bownes	1	1	0	8	0	10

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brian Blades	11	6	0	105	3	30
WR Brett Perriman	8	5	0	69	2	25
TE Paul Green	5	2	0	51	2	27
WR Wayne Campbell	5	1	0	20	1	18
WR Michael Timpson	1	1	0	10	0	11
FB Donnie McQuilken	1	0	1	0	0	9
TE Frank Hartley	1	1	0	5	0	5
RB Eddie George	1	1	0	0	0	24

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jason Garrett	1	5	5.00	6.00
Vaughn Hebron	1	0	0.00	2.14
Jeff Walker	1	15	15.00	4.91

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Eddie George	5	18	3.60	2.13
Gary Brown	1	2	2.00	2.75

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jason Garrett	5	3	19	3.80	4.46

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Ronnie Harmon	2	1	15	7.50	2.88
WR Perry Kemp	1	1	2	2.00	5.00
TE Kerry Cash	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Jeff Walker	1	1	2	2.00	0.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions
Eddie George	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jason Garrett	20	13	10

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jake Delhomme	10	4	3
Ebby Laroush	2	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Perry Kemp	6	4	3
WR Ronnie Harmon	5	1	1
WR Terry Obee	2	2	1
TE Dave Moore	2	2	2
WR Dave Groh	2	1	1
RB Vaughn Hebron	2	2	2
WR Fabien Bownes	1	1	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brian Blades	4	3	3
WR Brett Perriman	2	1	1
TE Paul Green	2	0	0
WR Wayne Campbell	2	0	0
WR Michael Timpson	1	1	1
RB Eddie George	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (21,400)
End Zone 12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,700 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,600 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,300 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (21,400)
End Zone	12,100 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,000 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,700 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,600 (3,300)