1999 · Week 1
New York Giants at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Sep 12, 1999 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
New York Giants topped Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17–13. It was an upset by ScoutIndex's numbers — Giants had just a 42% chance going in. Giants improve to 1-0; Buccaneers fall to 0-1. Kent Graham was the story of the game with 91 passing yards; 2 rushing yards. Buccaneers out-gained the opponent 265–119 in total yards. Buccaneers turned it over 4 times to Giants's 0.
Team stats
| NYG | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | First downs | 15 |
| 119 | Total yards | 265 |
| 91 | Passing yards | 188 |
| 28 | Rushing yards | 77 |
| 12/24 | Comp / Att | 18/42 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 4 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
Play-by-play not loaded for this game.
Box score
NYG
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Graham | 12/24 | 91 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Graham | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Sean Bennett | 13 | 24 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amani Toomer | 4 | 7 | 36 | 0 |
| Pete Mitchell | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 |
| Sean Bennett | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Ike Hilliard | 2 | 3 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Jurevicius | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Charles Way | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| David Patten | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Cross | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiki Barber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Dilfer | 15/31 | 174 | 1 | 3 |
| Eric Zeier | 3/11 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Dilfer | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 15 | 46 | 0 |
| Jacquez Green | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Rabih Abdullah | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bert Emanuel | 3 | 12 | 53 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 3 | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| Jacquez Green | 3 | 7 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Moore | 2 | 3 | 27 | 1 |
| Mike Alstott | 2 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 2 | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Reidel Anthony | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Darnell McDonald | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Patrick Hape | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |