Sunday, September 14, 1997
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buccaneers (3-0-0) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Vikings (2-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| TAM | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Greg Davis 25 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Buccaneers | Jackie Harris 5 yard pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 7 | 3 |
| Buccaneers | Mike Alstott 1 yard rush (Michael Husted kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 3rd | Buccaneers | Horace Copeland 27 yard pass from Trent Dilfer (Michael Husted kick) | 21 | 3 |
| Vikings | Greg Davis 24 yard field goal | 21 | 6 | |
| 4th | Buccaneers | Warrick Dunn 52 yard rush (Michael Husted kick) | 28 | 6 |
| Vikings | Cris Carter 30 yard pass from Brad Johnson (Brad Johnson run) | 28 | 14 |
| TAM | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 37-191-2 | 15-72-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-20-192-2-0 | 29-44-334-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-7 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 185 | 310 |
| Total yards | 376 | 382 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-39 | 6-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Trent Dilfer | TAM | 15 | 20 | 192 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Warrick Dunn | TAM | 16 | 101 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Horace Copeland | TAM | 3 | 85 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Reidel Anthony | TAM | 1 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 58 | 0 | 28 | ||||||
| Mike Alstott | TAM | 8 | 29 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Errict Rhett | TAM | 8 | 28 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Robb Thomas | TAM | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Jackie Harris | TAM | 3 | 13 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Brad Johnson | MIN | 29 | 44 | 334 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Jake Reed | MIN | 6 | 131 | 0 | 56 | ||||||||||
| Robert Smith | MIN | 10 | 54 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Cris Carter | MIN | 6 | 69 | 1 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Charles Evans | MIN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 53 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Chris Walsh | MIN | 2 | 29 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Greg DeLong | MIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Hoard | MIN | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Chidi Ahanotu | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Derrick Brooks | TAM | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Warrick Dunn | TAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyoka Jackson | TAM | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Regan Upshaw | TAM | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| David Palmer | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dwayne Rudd | MIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Tommy Barnhardt | TAM | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 0 | ||||
| Mitch Berger | MIN | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Davis | MIN | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||