2000 · Week 1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots
Sep 3, 2000 · Foxboro Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat New England Patriots 21–16. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Buccaneers (51%). Buccaneers improve to 1-0; Patriots fall to 0-1. Shaun King led the way with 167 passing yards and 1 TD; 21 rushing yards.
Team stats
| TB | NE | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 13 |
| 307 | Total yards | 304 |
| 167 | Passing yards | 216 |
| 140 | Rushing yards | 88 |
| 12/24 | Comp / Att | 26/39 |
| 0 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 1 | Sacks taken | 6 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun King | 12/24 | 167 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun King | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Jacquez Green | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 16 | 56 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 16 | 54 | 2 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquez Green | 2 | 7 | 67 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 4 | 7 | 64 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Reidel Anthony | 1 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Dave Moore | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Rabih Abdullah | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
NE
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 26/39 | 216 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drew Bledsoe | 8 | 30 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 33 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 10 | 21 | 0 |
| Tony Carter | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Brown | 7 | 7 | 70 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 11 | 14 | 62 | 0 |
| Terry Glenn | 4 | 7 | 56 | 1 |
| Eric Bjornson | 2 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Simmons | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| Rod Rutledge | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Calloway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |