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Article: Mix-and-match Bucs halt Pack streak; Different: Favre's late drive falls short in Tampa Bay
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2001
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - When it was over, an exhausted Warren Sapp sat
on the ground and soaked up the atmosphere.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Green Bay Packers, 14-10, and
ended the NFL's longest winning streak at seven games Sunday. They
also answered their doubters and regained some of the swagger the
team lost after blowing a fourth-quarter lead the week before.
"I think there was a different feeling the whole ballgame," said
Sapp, Tampa Bay's All-Pro defensive tackle.
"We were mixing and matching, playing our defense. Bucs ball.
There was never a sense that we were giving them anything. They were
going to have to earn it. When you've got to earn it, it's pretty