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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Cincinnati Bengals

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2002 Regular season · Week 4 · Paul Brown Stadium

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Buccaneers beat Bengals 35–7 in 2002 Week 4

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 35–7 on the road at Paul Brown Stadium in Week 4 of the 2002 regular season on September 29, 2002.

No other game of Week 4 was decided by as many points.

The result moved the Buccaneers to 3–1 and dropped the Bengals to 0–4. It was the Buccaneers’ third straight win. It was the Bengals’ fourth straight loss. The Buccaneers finished 2002 at 12–4 and won Super Bowl XXXVII. The Bengals finished 2002 at 2–14 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 16–13 on December 2, 2001. When they met again, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 14–13 on October 15, 2006.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Buccaneers lead the series 2–0 after meeting No. 2 since 2001 Full series history

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