2003 · Week 3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons
Sep 21, 2003 · Georgia Dome · dome · fieldturf
Recap
It wasn't close — Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat Atlanta Falcons 31–10. ScoutIndex had favored Buccaneers (57%) going in. Buccaneers improve to 2-1; Falcons fall to 1-2. Michael Pittman was the story of the game with 82 rushing yards; 7 catches for 82 yards and 1 TD. Buccaneers out-gained the opponent 324–156 in total yards. Falcons turned it over 4 times to Buccaneers's 1.
Team stats
| TB | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 9 |
| 324 | Total yards | 156 |
| 192 | Passing yards | 127 |
| 132 | Rushing yards | 29 |
| 16/24 | Comp / Att | 18/31 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 16/24 | 192 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 20 | 82 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 8 | 44 | 2 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Jones | 1 | -1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Pittman | 7 | 0 | 82 | 1 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Johnson | 13/19 | 95 | 0 | 3 |
| Kurt Kittner | 5/12 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Johnson | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| T.J. Duckett | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Justin Griffith | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Woody Dantzler | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| T.J. Duckett | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |