Monday, December 28, 1998Game statistics
Tampa Bay 14 14 0 7 - 35 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 - 0First QuarterTB—Thomas 50 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick), 12:29. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:31. Key plays: Green 12 kickoff return to own 30. Tampa Bay 7, Cincinnati 0.
TB—Alstott 1 run (Husted kick), 2:46. Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, 1:12. Key plays: Battaglia tackled on own 8 after recovering bad snap on punt. Tampa Bay 14, Cincinnati 0.
Second Quarter
TB—Alstott 1 run (Husted kick), 14:57. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards, 2:39. Key plays: Ellison recovered Bieniemy fumble on Cincinnati 31 after Bieniemy's 17 punt return; Dunn 17 run; Dilfer 10 run on 3rd-and-9. Tampa Bay 21, Cincinnati 0.
TB—Anthony 4 pass from Dilfer (Husted kick), 8:07. Drive: 3 plays, 4 yards, :50. Key plays: Davis blocked punt out of bounds at Cincinnati 4. Tampa Bay 28, Cincinnati 0.
Fourth Quarter
TB—Alstott 3 run (Husted kick), 9:20. Drive: 7 plays, 43 yards, 3:51. Key plays: Barber 56 interception return; Dunn 19 run to Bengals 8. Tampa Bay 35, Cincinnati 0.
A—49,826. No-shows—NA.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Tampa Bay, Dunn 19-89, Alstott 20-69, Neal 4-25, Dilfer 2-22, Ellison 6-18. Cincinnati, Dillon 14-70, Bennett 5-13, Milne 1-3, Scott 1-2, Costello 1-0, Kresser 1-(minus 1).
PASSING—Tampa Bay, Dilfer 10-16-1-111. Cincinnati, Justin 4-10-0-74, Kresser 7-17-2-102.
RECEIVING—Tampa Bay, Green 3-23, Williams 2-18, Alstott 2-8, Thomas 1-50, Dunn 1-8, Anthony 1-4. Cincinnati, McGee 3-68, Dillon 3-51, Scott 2-37, Pickens 2-17, Milne 1-3.
PUNT RETURNS—Tampa Bay, None. Cincinnati, Williams 2-16.
KICKOFF RETURNS—Tampa Bay, Green 1-12. Cincinnati, Gibson 4-85, Bieniemy 1-16.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—Tampa Bay, Barber 7-0-0, Brooks 6-0-0, Gooch 5-0-0, Quarles 4-0-0, Upshaw 3-1-1, Bouie 3-0-0, Abraham 2-0-0, Culpepper 2-0-1, Duncan 2-0-0, White 2-0-0, Vance 1-0-0, Ellison 1-0-0, Thomas 1-0-0, Sapp 0-1-0. Cincinnati, Spikes 9-2-0, B.Simmons 9-1-0, Hawkins 6-0-0, Myers 6-0-0, C.Simmons 5-1-1, Langford 5-0-0, Bell 4-0-0, Shade 3-0-0, Bankston 2-1-1, Moore 2-1-0, Foley 2-0-0, Francis 1-1-0, Ambrose 1-0-0, Purvis 1-0-0, Randolph 1-0-0, Ross 1-0-0, Granville 0-1-0, von Oelhoffen 0-1-0, Wilson 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS—Tampa Bay, Barber 1-56, Mincy 1-5. Cincinnati, Ambrose 1-0.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—Cincinnati, Pelfrey 40 (WR); Tampa Bay, Husted 18 (WR).
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OFFICIALS—Referee Phil Luckett, Ump Hendi Ancich, HL Earnie Frantz, LJ Dale Orem, FJ Jim Saracino, SJ Laird Hayes, BJ Ron Spittler.
Time: 2:42.
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