The Buccaneers defeated Conquering the Raiders by the score of 48–21 , tied Connect with Super Bowl XXXV for the seventh largest Super Bowl margin of victory , and winning Getting their first ever Super Bowl .

This was the first Super Bowl in which the league 's number one-ranked offense ( Raiders ) faced Perception_active the league 's number one-ranked defense Defending ( Buccaneers ) .

Gruden was the Raiders ' head coach from 1998 to 2001 , and then became Becoming the Buccaneers coach in 2002 .

The Buccaneers also sacked Gannon five times , and scored Getting 34 consecutive points to build Building a 34–3 lead late in the third quarter .

They also made it Causation the second straight year that a team from the NFC South division made Creating the Super Bowl , with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning Getting Super Bowl XXXVII .