RECAP
Al Davis played against the Tampa Bay ownership's need to aquire his young coach and netted two first round picks, two second round picks
and money. He then proceeded to install Gruden's deputy as the new Raiders head coach. The move paid off and Al's team returned to the
Super Bowl. However it also worked out for Tampa Bay because their new fiery coach took them to the show too.
The Raiders got there behind a powerful ariel assault that ranked #1 in the league. Some of the credit for which belonged to Jon Gruden
but however under Callahan it became more aggressive.
Tamp got there by defense - a defense built by former head coach Tony Dungy. Gruden's offense wasn't an equal partner in the endeavour
to get to the big game but was effective enough to get them there.
NOTES
MVP
Dexter Jackson , Free Safety
Winning Coach
Jon Gruden
Location Of Superbowl
Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
Attendance
67,603
Road To The Superbowl
Divisional Round:
Tampa Bay 31, San Francisco 6
Conference Finals:
Philadelphia 10, Tampa Bay 27
Divisional Round:
Oakland 30, New York Jets 10
Conference Finals:
Oakland 41, Tennessee 24
SCORING
1st Quarter
Sebastian Janikowski 40 Yd. Drive: 7 plays, 14 yards in 2:55.
Martin Gramatica 31 Yd, Drive: 9 plays, 58 yards in 2:49.
2nd Quarter
Martin Gramatica 43 Yd. Drive: 9 plays, 26 yards in 3:53.
Mike Alstott, 2 Yd run (Martin Gramatica kick is good). Drive: 4 plays, 27 yards in 2:02.
Keenan McCardell, 5 Yd pass from Brad Johnson (Martin Gramatica kick is good). Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in
3:15.
3rd Quarter
Keenan McCardell, 8 Yd pass from Brad Johnson (Martin Gramatica kick is good). Drive: 14 plays, 89 yards in 7:52.
Dwight Smith, 44 Yd interception return (Martin Gramatica kick is good).
Jerry Porter, 39 Yd pass from Rich Gannon , 2:14. Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards.
4th Quarter
Eric Johnson, 13 Yd blocked punt return (Rich Gannon 2 Pt. Conversion pass to Tim Brown failed).
Jerry Rice, 48 Yd pass from Rich Gannon (Rich Gannon 2 Pt. Conversion pass to Jerry Porter failed). Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards in 2:56.
Derrick Brooks, 44 Yd interception return (Martin Gramatica kick is good).
Dwight Smith, 50 Yd interception return (Martin Gramatica kick is good).
PLAYER STATS
Rushing
M.Pittman, 29 for 124 yards
C.Garner, 7 for 10 yards
M.Alstott, 10 for 15 yards, 1 TD
Z.Crockett, 2 for 6 yards
B.Johnson 1 for 10 yards
R.Gannon, 2 for 3 yards
A.Stecker, 1 for 1 yard
T.Tupa, 1 for 0 yards
Passing
B.Johnson, 18 of 34 for 215 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
R.Gannon, 24 of 44 for 272 yards, 2 TDs and 5 INTs
Receiving
K.Johnson, 6 for 69 yards
C.Garner, 7 for 51 yards
M.Alstott, 5 for 43 yards
J.Rice, 5 for 77 yards, 1 TD
J.Jurevicius, 4 for 78 yards
D.Jolley, 5 for 59 yards
K.McCardell, 2 for 13 yards, 2 TDs
J.Porter, 4 for 62 yards, 1 TD
K.Dilger, 1 for 12 yards
T.Brown, 1 for 9 yards
J.Ritchie, 1 for 7 yards
T.Wheatley, 1 for 7 yards
Interceptions
D.Smith, 2 for 94 yards, 2 TDs
Charles Woodson, 1 for 12 yards
D.Jackson, 2 for 34 yards
D.Brooks, 1 for 44 yards, 1 TD