Super Bowl XXXVII was played on January 26, 2003, at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, California, home of the host team, San Diego Chargers. The Oakland Raiders were favored to win their first Super Bowl in 19 years during the lead-up to the game. However, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden, who coached the Oakland Raiders until 2001, was thought to still have an idea of what Oakland's game plans would be, and the game turned into a blowout. The fact that Raiders' center Barrett Robbins went missing for most of the week and ended up in the hospital did not help the team either. Raiders' quarterback Rich Gannon threw a Super Bowl record five interceptions, three of which were returned for touchdowns. Bucs safety Dexter Jackson, who had two of those interceptions, was named Most Valuable Player (MVP). Dwight Smith also had two interceptions for Tampa Bay.

Charles Woodson intercepted Brad Johnson three plays into the game to give Oakland the ball at the Buccaneers' 36. But Simeon Rice sacked Rich Gannon on third down to force the Oakland Raiders to settle for Sebastian Janikowski's 40 yard field goal. On their next nine possessions, the Oakland Raiders registered just two first downs and did not run a play inside the Buccaneers' 40 as Tampa Bay scored the next 34 points. The Buccaneers answered Janikowski's field goal with Martin Gramatica's 31 yard boot to tie the game. An interception by Dexter Jackson set up Gramatica's go ahead field goal early in the second quarter. Midway through the second quarter, a 25 yard punt return by Karl Williams and a 19 yard run by Michael Pittman led to Mike Alstott's 2 yard touchdown run. Late in the half, the Buccaneers drove 77 yards, aided by three defensive penalties and pass receptions of 16 and 12 yards by Alstott, to set up Brad Johnson's 5 yard touchdown pass to Keenan McCardell with 30 seconds left in the half, which gave Tampa Bay a 20-3 lead. With their first possession of the second half, the Buccaneers put together a 14 play, 89 yard drive that consumed eight minutes and was culminated by Johnson's 8 yard scoring toss to McCardell.

Two plays later, Dwight Smith intercepted Gannon's pass and returned it 44 yards for a touchdown and a 34-3 lead with four minutes forty seven seconds left in the third quarter. Tampa Bay scored four touchdowns in a span of sixteen and a half minutes. Jerry Porter's 39 yard touchdown catch in the back of the end zone made it 34-9. Less than three minutes later, Tim Johnson blocked Tom Tupa's punt. Eric Johnson caught the ball and dove into the end zone for a touchdown to cut the deficit to 34-15 with fourteen and a quarter minutes remaining. The Buccaneers drove deep downfield again, but Tupa mishandled the snap for a field goal attempt, allowing the Raiders to regain possession. Gannon hit Jerry Rice with a 48 yard touchdown pass with six minutes left to trim the lead to 34-21. A 9 yard pass by Johnson to Alstott on third and 7 allowed Tampa Bay Buccaneers' to take another two minutes off the clock before Tupa punted with two minutes and forty four seconds remaining. On third and 18 from the Oakland Raiders' 29, Derrick Brooks intercepted Gannon's pass and raced 44 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown with less then one and a half minutes remaining to give Tampa Bay a commanding 41-21 lead. Smith intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 50 yards for a touchdown with two seconds left to finish the scoring. Johnson was 18 of 34 for 215 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception. Pittman had 29 carries for 124 yards. Gannon was 24 of 44 for 272 yards and two touchdowns, with a Super Bowl record five interceptions. ABC televised the game with Al Michaels & John Madden serving as announcers.