Sunday, September 6, 1998
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, Minnesota Vikings 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0) | 14 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 31 |
| TAM | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Cris Carter 1 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Randy Moss 48 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Randy Moss 31 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 3rd | TAM | Lorenzo Neal 3 yard pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4th | MIN | Gary Anderson 43 yard field goal | 7 | 24 |
| MIN | Cris Carter 18 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Gary Anderson kick) | 7 | 31 |
| TAM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-68-0 | 27-117-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-37-260-1-1 | 15-25-189-4-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-9 | 1-8 |
| Net pass yards | 251 | 181 |
| Total yards | 319 | 298 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-124 | 4-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Trent Dilfer | TAM | 17 | 25 | 207 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bert Emanuel | TAM | 7 | 98 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Warrick Dunn | TAM | 12 | 47 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Reidel Anthony | TAM | 4 | 58 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Mike Alstott | TAM | 7 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Steve Walsh | TAM | 6 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||
| Karl Williams | TAM | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Dave Moore | TAM | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Patrick Hape | TAM | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Jerry Ellison | TAM | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | TAM | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Robert Smith | MIN | 18 | 90 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Randy Moss | MIN | 4 | 95 | 2 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 15 | 25 | 189 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 2 | -2 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 7 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 5 | 31 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Reidel Anthony | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 130 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charles Mincy | TAM | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Anthony Parker | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Karl Williams | TAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Jimmy Hitchcock | MIN | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Moe Williams | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Williams | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||