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Article: SUPER BOWL XXXVII; Bang for the Bucs; Strong defense lifts Tampa Bay to its first championship.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 27, 2003
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Byline: Kevin Seifert; Staff Writer
San Diego, Calif. -- TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS 48, OAKLAND RAIDERS 21
America, the "Yucs" are your Super Bowl champions. As you ease in to your otherwise placid Monday morning, consider how unlikely these words are in the context of NFL lore: The Tampa Bay Buccaneers trounced the Oakland Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII.
The Raiders, steeped deep in history and shrouded in self-proclaimed mystique, played the part of expansion team Sunday night. The Buccaneers, that bumbling and stumbling group of misfits since their birth in 1976, rode a suffocating defense and innovative offense to a 48-21 victory.
On an ...