2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season The 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on a 11 - 5 season . In week 15 they won one of the greatest games in the history of " Monday Night Football " against the St . Louis Rams . They failed to win the NFC Central after losing the final regular season game to the Green Bay Packers . Game summaries . Week 1 at New England Patriots . With time running out before halftime , Shaun King drove the Buccaneers to the New England 8 yard line . Faking a spike play ( the Dan Marino " Clock Play " ) , King lofted a pass to Reidel Anthony scoring a surprise 8 - yard touchdown pass . The Tampa Bay defense sacked Drew Bledsoe six times , and recovered a fumble to hold a 21 - 16 lead late in the game . With 14 seconds remaining , at their own 22 yard line , the defense forced four straight incompletions , and held on for the victory . Week 2 Chicago Bears . Tampa Bay crushed the visiting Bears 41 - 0 , setting a franchise record for a shutout . After a scoreless first quarter , the Buccaneers scored 20 points in the second quarter . Shaun King finished the day with two touchdown passes and one touchdown run . The Buccaneers won their home opener , and started the season 2 - 0 . Week 3 at Detroit Lions . Shaun King passed for 211 yards , one touchdown pass , and had a 6 - yard touchdown run , as Tampa Bay beat Detroit at the Silverdome . The Buccaneers defense held the Lions to only 17 yards rushing , and made two interceptions . Week 4 New York Jets . Tampa Bay entered week four undefeated at 3 - 0 . Wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson had been traded to the Buccaneers over the offseason , and for the first time , would meet his former club , the New York Jets . In the rain , quarterback Shaun King struggled , but led the Buccaneers to a 10 - 6 lead at halftime . In the third quarter , Ronde Barber returned an interception 37 yards to extend the lead to 17 - 6 . With two minutes to go , Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde scored a 6 - yard touchdown pass to Curtis Martin . Martin followed with a two - point conversion run to narrow the score to 17 - 14 . On the ensuing drive , Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott lost a fumble , and it was recovered by the Jets . With 52 seconds remaining , Curtis Martin executed a halfback option pass to Wayne Chrebet , to score an improbable game - winning touchdown , and a 21 - 17 final score . After considerable media attention going into the game , Keyshawn Johnson was held to one catch for 1 yard . In light of the attention that was placed on the matchup , and the embarrassing last - minute loss , the game eventually became known as the " Keyshawn Bowl . " Week 5 at Washington Redskins . With just under 4 minutes to go in the fourth quarter , Washington went up by a score of 17 - 7 . With 3 : 36 to go , Shaun King faced 3rd & 10 at the Washington 46 . King was stripped of the ball , and fumbled . He recovered the ball , picked it up , and threw an improbable 46 - yard touchdown pass to Reidel Anthony . With 43 seconds remaining , the Buccaneers blocked a field goal by the Redskins , and recovered the ball at the 25 . Martin Gramatica kicked a game - tying 42 - yard field goal as time expired in regulation , and sent the game to overtime . In the overtime period , Deion Sanders returned a Tampa Bay punt 57 yards , setting the Redskins up for a game winning 20 - yard field goal . Week 6 at Minnesota Vikings . Tampa Bay fell to their division rival Minnesota on " Monday Night Football " . With 12 minutes left in the fourth quarter , the Buccaneers blocked a field goal attempt . Donnie Abraham returned the ball 53 - yards for a touchdown , and a 23 - 20 lead . Trailing 27 - 23 with just under 9 minutes left , Shaun King drove the Buccaneers to the Minnesota 47 yard line . On 4th down & 1 , a trick play saw Mike Alstott loft a pass to Todd Yoder , but it fell incomplete . Tampa Bay lost by a score of 30 - 23 , and dropped their third straight game , falling to 3 - 3 . Week 8 Detroit Lions . Tampa Bay hosted Detroit on a Thursday night game . A 9 - 0 lead was fizzled away as Lions running back James Stewart rushed for 116 yards , three touchdowns , and a two - point conversion . Shaun King threw three interceptions in the second half , and Tampa Bay fell to 3 - 4 . Week 9 Minnesota Vikings . Tampa Bay snapped a four - game losing streak by beating their division rivals the Minnesota Vikings in their second meeting of the season . Shaun King threw for 267 yards , four touchdowns , and no interceptions . Derrick Brooks added a 34 - yard interception return . With the victory , Tampa Bay stopped the Vikings then - undefeated season for the second time in three years . Week 10 at Atlanta Falcons . Keyshawn Johnson scored two touchdown catches as Tampa Bay beat Atlanta at the Georgia Dome . The Buccaneers held a 27 - 7 lead until a " garbage time " touchdown with 3 seconds to go trimmed the margin slightly . Week 11 Green Bay Packers . Tampa Bay pulled out to a 14 - 3 halftime lead against Green Bay . In the third quarter , Warren Sapp sacked Brett Favre , and knocked him out of the game with a sprained foot . Martin Gramatica saved the game for the Buccaneers , connecting on two long field goals ( 54 , 51 yards ) in the fourth quarter . Week 12 at Chicago Bears . Quarterback Shaun King threw two interceptions ( one returned for a touchdown ) , and gained only 91 yards of passing , as the Buccaneers fell to the division rival Bears . Week 13 Buffalo Bills . Tampa Bay gained less than 200 yards of offense , but so - called " Buc Ball " still prevailed over the visiting Bills . Warrick Dunn scored two rushing touchdowns , and Karl " The Truth " Williams scored a 73 - yard punt return touchdown . Week 14 Dallas Cowboys . Tampa Bay scored 17 points in the first quarter , and dominated the visiting Cowboys . Running back Warrick Dunn finished with two touchdowns and 210 rushing yards , just 9 short of the team single - game record . Dunn ' s 76 - yard touchdown run in the first quarter was a franchise record at the time . Week 15 at Miami Dolphins . Tampa Bay traveled to take on their in - state rivals , the Miami Dolphins . Steady rain made for sloppy conditions , but the Buccaneer defense dominated the game . Tampa Bay intercepted Jay Fiedler four times , and forced a fumble midway through the fourth quarter . With just over 8 minutes remaining , Martin Gramatica made a 46 - yard field goal in the pouring rain , and the Buccaneers held on to win . Week 16 St . Louis Rams . The Buccaneers hosted the St . Louis Rams in one of the most memorable " Monday Night Football " games in history . It was a rematch of the previous season ' s NFC Championship ( which was won by the Rams ) . With 5 : 18 to go , Kurt Warner connected with a 72 - yard touchdown pass to Torry Holt to take a 35 - 31 lead . Tampa Bay , with no timeouts remaining , started their next drive at their own 20 yard line , with a playoff berth on the line for both teams . Quarterback Shaun King led the team on a remarkable 80 - yard drive to win 38 - 35 . The drive included a swing pass play from King to Warrick Dunn , which lost 14 yards , but Dunn pitched the ball backwards back to King , who scrambled 29 yards for a first down . The win secured , at minimum , a wild card playoff spot for Tampa Bay , and is regarded as one of the greatest regular season games in Buccaneer history . Week 17 at Green Bay . On Christmas Eve , Tampa Bay traveled to Lambeau Field to meet the division rival Green Bay Packers . A Tampa Bay win , coupled with a loss by Minnesota would clinch the NFC Central title for the Buccaneers , as well as a first - round bye in the playoffs . In addition , a win by the Buccaneers would break an 11 - game losing streak at Green Bay dating back to 1989 , and an 0 - 18 record in games under 40° . On a frigid , windy , snowy , 18° day , Green Bay took a 14 - 0 lead into halftime , while Tampa Bay ' s offense sputtered . Shaun King narrowed the Buccaneers to a 14 - 3 deficit to start the fourth quarter , but it was the Buccaneer defense which kept the team in the game . King finally got the offense going , and drove 74 yards for Tampa Bay ' s first touchdown . A two - point conversion try appeared to be a busted play salvaged with some trickery . King handed off to Warrick Dunn , who handed off to Mike Alstott , but pitched the ball back to King , who crossed the endzone , and made the score 14 - 11 with just over nine minutes remaining . On Green Bay ' s next drive , John Lynch intercepted Brett Favre , and returned the ball to the Packers ' 35 yard line . After going 3 - and - out , coach Tony Dungy took a timeout to decide whether to go for it on 4th & 1 . After consideration , Martin Gramatica was brought in for a field goal try , and the score was tied 14 - 14 with just under 8 minutes remaining . Late in the fourth quarter , Favre drove the Packers into Tampa Bay territory , looking to win the game . With 1 : 54 to go in regulation , Favre was intercepted by Jamie Duncan at the 28 , and Duncan returned the ball 15 yards to the 43 . In just over a minute and a half , King drove the Buccaneers to the Green Bay 22 yard line . With 13 seconds to go , Gramatica attempted a potential game - winning 40 - yard field goal , but the kick sailed wide right . The game went into overtime , and the Packers kicker Ryan Longwell won the game for Green Bay . The loss was devastating for Tampa Bay , especially when Minnesota lost later that afternoon . After forcing four turnovers , and battling back from a 14 - point deficit , Tampa Bay ' s postseason outlook changed dramatically . Instead of winning their division and securing a first - round bye ( and a legitimate shot at a " home game " for Super Bowl XXXV held at their very own Raymond James Stadium ) , the Buccaneers instead saw themselves fall to a wild card , having to play on the road at the Eagles . The loss also meant Tampa Bay fell to 0 - 19 in games under 40° , and their losing streak at Green Bay extended to 11 games . Afterwards , Gramatica took blame for the loss saying " It hurts because I let the guys down . " Playoffs . Wild Card playoffs at Philadelphia . " at Veterans Stadium , Philadelphia " The Eagles defense held Tampa Bay to only 199 total yards and 11 first downs . The Buccaneers scored first early in the second quarter with Martin Gramatica ' s 29 - yard field goal . But late in the period , the Eagles ' Hugh Douglas forced Tampa Bay quarterback Shaun King to fumble , and Mike Mamula recovered the loose ball at the Buccaneers 15 - yard line . The turnover set up Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb ' s 5 - yard touchdown run . Tampa Bay then punted on their next possession and the Eagles marched 69 yards on 8 plays to take a 14 - 3 on Na Brown ' s 5 - yard touchdown reception with 12 seconds left in the half . Philadelphia then shut out the Buccaneers in the second half , while McNabb threw a 2 - yard pass to Jeff Thomason with less than a minute left in the game to seal the victory . The Eagle ' s victory meant for the 35th consecutive year that the team hosting the Super Bowl would not be playing in it .