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FIRST QUARTER IN REVIEW

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RUSHING LEADERS

Oakland

Crockett...2 carries, 6 yards

Tampa Bay

Pittman...6 carries, 28 yards

RECEIVING LEADERS

Oakland

Garner...3 catches, 22 yards

Tampa Bay

Jurevicius...2 catches, 34 yards

PASSING LEADERS

Oakland

Gannon...4-8, 31 yards

Tampa Bay

B. Johnson...4-13, 50 yards

The lowdown: Nothing much happened, unless you like sacks and punts. The quarter ended 3-3, the result of a 40-yard field goal by the Raiders’ Sebastian Janikowski and a 31-yarder by the Buccaneers’ Martin Gramatica.

Big play: Buccaneer defensive end Simeon Rice sacked Raider quarterback Rich Gannon at the Buccaneer 16 on third down, stopping Raider momentum and forcing a field goal.

Unanswered question: Could Charles Woodson and Tory James, Raider cornerbacks playing with plates in their right legs, stand up for an entire game? Woodson limped noticeably from the start.

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Did you notice?Referee Bill Carollo, with a week to practice his coin flip lines, had the wrong home team but corrected it immediately. Then the crew either failed to react or failed to see a kickoff non-fumble by Tampa Bay’s Aaron Stecker. That forced an unnecessary challenge by Buccaneer Coach Jon Gruden to get the play reversed.

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