Week 17, 1999

played in Tampa Bay, FL

78 degrees, rain, 11 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	7	0	3	-	10
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	0	7	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:29 TBY - Scott Norwood 19 field goal
1Q: 04:18 TBY - Scott Norwood 45 field goal
2Q: 02:01 ATL - Hart Lee Dykes 1 pass from Jonathan Quinn (Neil Rackers extra point)
3Q: 07:00 TBY - Shawn Jefferson 8 pass from Gus Frerotte (Scott Norwood extra point)
4Q: 13:46 ATL - Neil Rackers 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:29 TBY - Scott Norwood 19 field goal
1Q: 04:18 TBY - Scott Norwood 45 field goal
2Q: 02:01 ATL - Hart Lee Dykes 1 pass from Jonathan Quinn (Neil Rackers extra point)
3Q: 07:00 TBY - Shawn Jefferson 8 pass from Gus Frerotte (Scott Norwood extra point)
4Q: 13:46 ATL - Neil Rackers 46 field goal

Team Statistics ATL TBY
Record 8-8 11-5
First Downs 10 19
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 5 12
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 117 350
- Offensive Plays 52 67
- Yards per Play 2.25 5.22
Net Rushing Yards 47 136
- Rushing Attempts 20 37
- Yards per Rush 2.35 3.68
Net Passing Yards 70 214
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 13 - 0 29 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 95 222
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/25 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 2.19 7.13
Fumbles/Lost 3/1 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/13 6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 11.7 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/30 8/56
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-2 5/20
Kick Returns/Yards 3/84 3/63
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 26
Time of Possession 24:31 35:29

Team Statistics	ATL	TBY
Record	8-8	11-5
First Downs	10	19
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	5	12
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	117	350
- Offensive Plays	52	67
- Yards per Play	2.25	5.22
Net Rushing Yards	47	136
- Rushing Attempts	20	37
- Yards per Rush	2.35	3.68
Net Passing Yards	70	214
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 13 - 0	29 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	95	222
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/25	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	2.19	7.13
Fumbles/Lost	3/1	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/13	6/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	11.7	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/30	8/56
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-2	5/20
Kick Returns/Yards	3/84	3/63
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 26
Time of Possession	24:31	35:29

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	7:23	1:28	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	4:12	1:50	OWN 24	3	6	Punt
1	0:33	1:37	OPP 48	3	0	Punt
2	10:48	1:29	OWN 29	3	-11	Punt
2	7:50	5:58	OWN 47	12	53	Touchdown
2	0:50	0:34	OWN 41	3	-4	Fumble
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 39	1	0	Half
3	15:00	2:00	OWN 24	5	10	Punt
3	6:49	2:12	OWN 30	3	4	Punt
3	1:03	2:23	OWN 42	4	29	Field Goal
4	9:29	2:56	OWN 10	6	19	Punt
4	4:53	1:49	OWN 19	3	4	Punt
4	3:04	0:33	OPP 33	3	-3	Missed FG

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	7:37	OWN 30	11	68	Field Goal
1	5:55	1:43	OWN 36	4	36	Field Goal
1	2:22	1:49	OWN 6	3	5	Punt
2	13:56	3:08	OWN 11	5	19	Punt
2	9:19	1:29	OWN 23	3	-6	Punt
2	1:52	1:02	OWN 18	3	9	Punt
2	0:16	0:14	OPP 37	0	5	Missed FG
3	13:00	6:11	OWN 13	12	87	Touchdown
3	4:37	3:34	OWN 23	7	42	Missed FG
4	13:40	4:11	OWN 24	9	29	Punt
4	6:33	1:40	OWN 24	3	3	Punt
4	2:31	2:31	OWN 43	7	28	Game

Game MVP: Gus Frerotte, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tiki Barber	9	24	2.67	13	1
Olandis Gary	8	6	0.75	7	0
Jonathan Quinn	3	17	5.67	7	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ahman Green	27	111	4.11	10	1
Vaughn Hebron	8	18	2.25	9	0
Gus Frerotte	2	7	3.50	8	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jonathan Quinn	27	13	95	5/25	1	26	0	69.2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gus Frerotte	29	21	222	1/8	1	32	0	105.8

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Tomur Barnes	3	4	48	16.00	18	26	0
WR Hart Lee Dykes	2	6	1	0.50	1	1	1
FB Derrick Fenner	2	2	7	3.50	0	4	0
WR Tom Waddle	2	3	18	9.00	0	10	0
WR Ryan Thelwell	2	5	12	6.00	1	14	0
WR Jerome Pathon	1	5	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Olandis Gary	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
RB Tiki Barber	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Shawn Jefferson	6	10	53	8.83	17	16	1
WR Anfernee Hardaway	6	6	101	16.83	55	32	0
WR Louis Davis	4	5	49	12.25	25	17	0
RB Ahman Green	3	4	7	2.33	0	4	0
TE Harvey Vail	2	2	12	6.00	4	10	0
WR Perry Kemp	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Dave Moore	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Tomur Barnes	1	0	0
Jonathan Quinn	1	0	0
Jerome Pathon	1	0	0
Derrick Fenner	0	1	0
Michael Strahan	0	1	0
Olandis Gary	0	1	0
Hardy Nickerson	0	0	1
Clint Kreiwaldt	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ahman Green	1	1	0
Vaughn Hebron	1	0	0
Pernell Davis	0	1	0
Aeneas Williams	0	0	1
Doug Evans	0	0	1
Chad Cota	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Craig Hentrich	8	400	50.0	47.5	64	4

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Scott Player	6	235	39.2	39.5	57	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Neil Rackers	1/2	1/2	0/1	46	1/1

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Scott Norwood	2/4	1/3	0/1	45	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Pathon	2	-2	-1.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vaughn Hebron	5	20	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Charles Woodson	3	84	28.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Vaughn Hebron	3	63	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Yev Kassem	8	3	0.0	37	28
DE Michael Strahan	6	0	1.0	31	27
CB Charles Woodson	6	2	0.0	37	30
DE Orpheus Roye	6	0	0.0	30	25
S Jason Perry	5	5	0.0	35	26
S Garth Algar	5	1	0.0	36	28
OLB Jeff Posey	4	1	0.0	23	17
ILB Hardy Nickerson	3	2	0.0	15	11
DT Spencer Curley	3	1	0.0	25	15
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	3	1	0.0	30	21
CB Michael Booker	2	3	0.0	35	30
DT Chuck Johnson	1	2	0.0	15	10
CB Eric Warfield	1	1	0.0	3	9
OLB Derrick Thomas	1	0	0.0	3	2
DE Raylee Johnson	1	0	0.0	23	17
DT D'Marco Farr	1	0	0.0	22	20
S Oliver Augustynowicz	1	0	0.0	7	12

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Chad Cota	9	2	0.0	20	32
ILB John Fiala	8	1	1.0	19	32
OLB Carlos Emmons	5	1	1.0	17	28
CB Aeneas Williams	4	1	1.0	20	29
DT Nolan Harrison	2	2	2.0	14	22
CB Doug Evans	2	1	0.0	18	31
DE Eric Curry	2	0	0.0	20	29
OLB Reggie Barnes	1	1	0.0	3	7
S Robert Griffith	1	1	0.0	5	7
S Damien Richardson	1	1	0.0	20	31
DT Jason Ferguson	1	0	0.0	5	9
DT James Cannida	1	0	0.0	10	17
CB Cornell Haynes Jr.	0	2	0.0	11	19
OLB Chris Singleton	0	1	0.0	5	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE Michael Strahan	1.0	0	27
DT Spencer Curley	0.0	1	15
DE Orpheus Roye	0.0	1	25

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Nolan Harrison	2.0	0	0	22
ILB John Fiala	1.0	1	0	32
CB Aeneas Williams	1.0	0	0	29
OLB Carlos Emmons	1.0	0	0	28
DE Ellis Simon	0.0	0	1	12

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Charles Woodson	5	1	30
ILB Yev Kassem	4	0	28
S Garth Algar	3	1	28
S Jason Perry	2	1	26
ILB Hardy Nickerson	2	0	11
OLB Jeff Posey	2	0	17
OLB Clint Kreiwaldt	1	1	21
CB Michael Booker	1	0	30
S Oliver Augustynowicz	1	0	12
CB Eric Warfield	0	1	9

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Chad Cota	4	2	32
ILB John Fiala	3	2	32
CB Aeneas Williams	2	0	29
OLB Chris Singleton	1	0	4
OLB Reggie Barnes	1	0	7
CB Doug Evans	1	0	31
OLB Carlos Emmons	1	0	28
S Damien Richardson	0	2	31
CB Dexter Bahr	0	1	10

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Courtney Hall	2	8	20	0	32
Henry Anderko	1	1	7	0	4
Randy Shughart	0	4	20	3	32
Scott Rehberg	0	3	20	0	32
Marcus Spriggs	0	1	16	2	29

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Thomas	4	10	0	37	1	30
Ross Verba	4	8	1	37	0	30
Nelson Kelley	2	6	0	37	0	30
Dave Moore	1	1	0	28	0	19
Chris Liwienski	0	7	0	37	0	30
Chris Dahlman	0	3	0	37	0	30

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Hardy Nickerson	2	27
Olandis Gary	1	24
Henry Anderko	1	17
Derrick Fenner	1	15
Rod Payne	1	10
Carlos Brooks	1	8
Derrick Thomas	1	7

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Ronnie Williams	1	17
Doug Evans	1	15
Anfernee Hardaway	1	11
Harvey Vail	1	10
Joe Poole	1	4

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Charles Woodson	---	---	37	30	8	75
Jason Perry	---	---	35	26	13	74
Michael Booker	---	---	35	30	8	73
Garth Algar	---	---	36	28	7	71
Yev Kassem	---	---	37	28	5	70
Michael Strahan	---	---	31	27	10	68
Scott Rehberg	20	32	---	---	10	62
Orpheus Roye	---	---	30	25	4	59
Clint Kreiwaldt	---	---	30	21	7	58
Marcus Spriggs	16	29	---	---	10	55
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	15	11	27	53
Courtney Hall	20	32	---	---	---	52
Randy Shughart	20	32	---	---	---	52
Joe Panos	20	32	---	---	---	52
Jonathan Quinn	20	32	---	---	---	52
Tomur Barnes	17	27	---	---	6	50
D'Marco Farr	---	---	22	20	4	46
Jerome Pathon	16	24	---	---	6	46
Olandis Gary	10	11	---	---	24	45
Jeff Posey	---	---	23	17	4	44
Derrick Fenner	8	20	---	---	15	43
Raylee Johnson	---	---	23	17	2	42
Tiki Barber	14	25	---	---	3	42
Spencer Curley	---	---	25	15	1	41
Tom Waddle	7	15	---	---	14	36
Ryan Thelwell	9	14	---	---	12	35
Hart Lee Dykes	12	20	---	---	2	34
Chuck Johnson	---	---	15	10	6	31
Henry Anderko	7	4	---	---	17	28
Oliver Augustynowicz	---	---	7	12	3	22
Derrick Thomas	---	---	3	2	7	12
Eric Warfield	---	---	3	9	---	12
Brian Johnston	0	0	---	---	10	10
Craig Hentrich	0	0	---	---	10	10
Rod Payne	0	0	---	---	10	10
Todd Washington	0	0	---	---	10	10
Carlos Brooks	---	---	0	0	8	8
Jerome Woods	---	---	0	0	7	7
Barry Sims	4	3	---	---	---	7
Neil Rackers	0	0	---	---	5	5
Patrise Alexander	---	---	0	2	2	4
Ramon Shonta	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jon Kitna	0	0	---	---	---	0
Stanley Bridges	0	0	---	---	---	0
Todd McClure	0	0	---	---	---	0
Doug Brzezinski	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Nelson Kelley	37	30	---	---	10	77
Chris Liwienski	37	30	---	---	10	77
Randy Thomas	37	30	---	---	10	77
Chris Dahlman	37	30	---	---	---	67
Gus Frerotte	37	30	---	---	---	67
Ross Verba	37	30	---	---	---	67
Doug Evans	---	---	18	31	15	64
Aaron Craver	28	15	---	---	17	60
Eric Curry	---	---	20	29	7	56
Louis Davis	31	25	---	---	---	56
Dave Moore	28	19	---	---	8	55
Chad Cota	---	---	20	32	2	54
John Fiala	---	---	19	32	2	53
Damien Richardson	---	---	20	31	2	53
Aeneas Williams	---	---	20	29	3	52
Ahman Green	29	23	---	---	---	52
Shawn Jefferson	26	22	---	---	---	48
Carlos Emmons	---	---	17	28	2	47
Cornell Haynes Jr.	---	---	11	19	13	43
Vaughn Hebron	8	5	---	---	26	39
Dexter Bahr	---	---	6	10	21	37
Nolan Harrison	---	---	14	22	---	36
Anfernee Hardaway	9	14	---	---	11	34
James Cannida	---	---	10	17	5	32
Pernell Davis	---	---	11	18	3	32
Ronnie Williams	7	6	---	---	17	30
Reggie Barnes	---	---	3	7	20	30
Harvey Vail	11	8	---	---	10	29
Dorian Boose	---	---	9	15	5	29
Perry Kemp	1	3	---	---	16	20
Ellis Simon	---	---	6	12	2	20
Kevin Johnson	7	10	---	---	2	19
Robert Griffith	---	---	5	7	6	18
Chris Singleton	---	---	5	4	6	15
Jason Ferguson	---	---	5	9	---	14
Houston Hoover	0	0	---	---	10	10
Tim Jorden	0	0	---	---	10	10
Scott Player	0	0	---	---	10	10
Scott Norwood	0	0	---	---	8	8
Todd Collins	---	---	1	0	4	5
Joe Poole	---	---	0	0	4	4
Joey Banes	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jason Garrett	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mark White	0	0	---	---	---	0
Koy Detmer	0	0	---	---	---	0
Travis Rigby	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	-13	-1.9
Middle	6	22	3.7
Right	7	38	5.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	38	3.8
Middle	12	41	3.4
Right	14	58	4.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jonathan Quinn	27	13	1	2	3	7	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gus Frerotte	29	21	1	1	0	5	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	-2	-0.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	4	35	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	6	47	3.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	15	3.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	55	11.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	125	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	3	42	14.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Hart Lee Dykes	6	2	0	1	0	20
WR Ryan Thelwell	5	2	1	12	0	14
WR Jerome Pathon	5	1	1	4	0	24
TE Tomur Barnes	4	3	0	48	1	27
WR Tom Waddle	3	2	0	18	0	15
FB Derrick Fenner	2	2	0	7	0	20
RB Tiki Barber	1	0	1	0	0	25
RB Olandis Gary	1	1	0	5	0	11

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Shawn Jefferson	10	6	53	0	22
WR Anfernee Hardaway	6	6	101	1	14
WR Louis Davis	5	4	49	0	25
RB Ahman Green	4	3	7	0	23
TE Harvey Vail	2	2	12	0	8
WR Perry Kemp	1	0	0	0	3
TE Dave Moore	1	0	0	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Vaughn Hebron	2	2	1.00	2.25
Ahman Green	2	6	3.00	4.11

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jonathan Quinn	2	2	15	7.50	3.52

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gus Frerotte	3	3	23	7.67	7.66

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Hart Lee Dykes	1	1	1	1.00	0.17
WR Ryan Thelwell	1	1	14	14.00	2.40

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Shawn Jefferson	1	1	8	8.00	5.30
WR Louis Davis	1	1	11	11.00	9.80
RB Ahman Green	1	1	4	4.00	1.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Jonathan Quinn	2	0
Olandis Gary	1	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Vaughn Hebron	2	1
Ahman Green	2	1
Gus Frerotte	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jonathan Quinn	8	3	2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gus Frerotte	11	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Hart Lee Dykes	2	0	0
TE Tomur Barnes	2	2	2
FB Derrick Fenner	1	1	0
WR Tom Waddle	1	0	0
WR Ryan Thelwell	1	0	0
WR Jerome Pathon	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Shawn Jefferson	4	2	1
WR Anfernee Hardaway	2	2	2
TE Harvey Vail	2	2	1
WR Perry Kemp	1	0	0
TE Dave Moore	1	0	0
RB Ahman Green	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,500 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,500 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)