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Minnesota Vikings at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Final · Kickoff

2002 Regular season · Week 9 · Raymond James 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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MINMinnesota Vikings24Away
TBTampa Bay Buccaneers38Home
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Buccaneers beat Vikings 38–24 in 2002 Week 9

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Minnesota Vikings 38–24 at home at Raymond James Stadium in Week 9 of the 2002 regular season on November 3, 2002.

The 62 combined points were the most in any game of Week 9.

The result moved the Buccaneers to 7–2 and dropped the Vikings to 2–6. The Vikings finished 2002 at 6–10 and missed the playoffs. The Buccaneers finished 2002 at 12–4 and won Super Bowl XXXVII.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 41–14 on October 28, 2001. When they met again, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 24–13 on September 11, 2005.

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 4–3 after meeting No. 7 since 1999 Full series history

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