Buccaneers vs. New York Giants

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 New York Giants 24

Still looking for their first win of the season, the Buccaneers went home for a Week 3 duel with the New York Giants.

Tampa Bay would trail early in the first quarter with Giants running back Brandon Jacobs getting a 6-yard touchdown run. The Buccaneers'deficit would climb in the second quarter with quarterback Eli Manning's 4-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Steve Smith.

New York continued its dominance in the third quarter with kicker Lawrence Tynes nailing a 26-yard field goal.

In the fourth quarter, the Giants would close out the game with Manning's 18-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Sinorice Moss.

With the loss, the Buccaneers fell to 0–3.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
• UMPIRE: Bruce Stritesky
• HEAD LINESMAN: Steve Stelljes
• LINE JUDGE: Michael Spanier
• SIDE JUDGE: David Wyant
• FIELD JUDGE: Boris Cheek
• BACK JUDGE: Steve Freeman
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bob Boylston
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• GIANTS: 08:05-1Q Jacobs 6 run (Tynes kick)
• GIANTS: 14:54-2Q Smith 4 pass from Manning (Tynes kick)
• GIANTS: 05:48-3Q Tynes FG26
• GIANTS: 12:26-4Q Moss 18 pass from Manning (Tynes kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #79 S. Mahan
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #82 K. Winslow
• WR: #89 A. Bryant
• QB: #07 B. Leftwich
• RB: #28 D. Ward
• TE: #86 J. Stevens

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 J. Wilkerson
• DT: #98 R. Sims
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• RE: #90 G. Adams
• SLB: #58 Q. Black
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
• FS: #26 W. Allen

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Nugent, 8 D Johnson, 11 J Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 24 Williams, 27 Cox, 33 Mack, 35 Askew , 37 Hamilton, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Wilson, 57 Hayward, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 93 Miller, 96 Crowder

DID NOT PLAY

• 19 Urrutia, 61 Compas, 72 M Johnson

INACTIVE

• 5 Freeman, 34 Graham, 52 Faine ,62 Dile , 69 Dotson, 85 Stovall, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 1-15, Williams 2-8, Leftwich 2-3, Ward 5-2.
• GIANTS: Bradshaw 14-104, Jacobs 26-92, Johnson 6-23, Manning 1-9, Carr 2-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Leftwich 16-7-22-1-0, Johnson 10-4-36-0-0.
• GIANTS: Manning 24-14-161-0-2, Carr 3-2-10-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Winslow 3-14, Stroughter 2-23, Ward 2-7, Stevens 1-7, Bryant 1-6, Williams 1-3, Askew 1-(-1).
• GIANTS: Smith 7-63, Manningham 4-55, Boss 2-27, Beckum 2-8, S.Moss 1-18.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• GIANTS: Thomas 1-3.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 2-56, Crowder 1-11.
• GIANTS: none.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 3-41.
• GIANTS: Bradshaw 4-39, Moss 1-7.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• GIANTS: none.

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