2001 · Week 1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys
Sep 9, 2001 · Texas Stadium · outdoors · astroturf
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated Dallas Cowboys 10–6. ScoutIndex's model didn't see it coming, giving Buccaneers only a 48% shot beforehand. Buccaneers improve to 1-0; Cowboys fall to 0-1. Brad Johnson paced the offense with 195 passing yards; 2 rushing yards and 1 rushing TD. Buccaneers out-gained the opponent 266–133 in total yards.
Team stats
| TB | DAL | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | First downs | 7 |
| 266 | Total yards | 133 |
| 195 | Passing yards | 34 |
| 71 | Rushing yards | 99 |
| 25/34 | Comp / Att | 9/19 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 25/34 | 195 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Johnson | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Warrick Dunn | 22 | 56 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacquez Green | 8 | 9 | 75 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 7 | 9 | 71 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 4 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 4 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Jameel Cook | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
DAL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Carter | 9/19 | 34 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmitt Smith | 13 | 40 | 0 |
| Quincy Carter | 4 | 16 | 0 |
| Robert Thomas | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Michael Wiley | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Troy Hambrick | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Galloway | 6 | 10 | 18 | 0 |
| Michael Wiley | 3 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Raghib Ismail | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackie Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |