Buccaneers vs. Denver Broncos

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Denver Broncos 16

Tampa Bay's dismal start continued, as they dropped to 0–4 on the season. Brad Johnson connected with Michael Clayton for a 51-yard touchdown in the first half, but three Jason Elam field goals proved to be the winning edge for Denver."

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Walt Coleman
• UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
• HEAD LINSMAN: Ron Phares
• LINE JUDGE: Jerome Boger
• SIDE JUDGE: David Wyant
• FIELD JUDGE: Steve Phares
• BACK JUDGE: Greg Steed
• REPLY OFFICIAL: Bob McGrath
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BRONCOS: 03:01-1Q Hape 5 pass from Plummer (Elam kick)
• BRONCOS: 13:14-2Q Elam FG49
• BUCCANEERS: 10:50-2Q Clayton 51 pass from Johnson (Gramatica kick)
• BRONCOS: 05:32-2Q Elam FG50
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Gramatica FG28
• BUCCANEERS: 08:15-3Q Gramatica FG30
• BRONCOS: 09:03-4Q Elam FG23

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• LT: #70 D. Deese
• LG: #78 M. Stinchcomb
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #75 T. Steussie
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• TE: #89 W. Heller
• QB: #14 B. Johnson
• RB: #32 M. Pittman
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• DT: #91 C. Darby
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #52 I. Gold
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 D. Smith
• FS: #23 J. Phillips

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Simms, 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 11 Schroeder, 15 Murphy, 22 White, 27 Edwards, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 43 Cook, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 66 Gregory, 67 Walker, 79 Mahan, 81 Brown, 82 Lee, 86 Moore, 90 White, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Griese

INACTIVE

• 12 Knight, 24 Cox, 34 Comella, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 84 Galloway, 93 Savage

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 15-72, White 4-17, Alstott 3-7, Johnson 1-7, Clayton 1-7.
• BRONCOS: Griffin 21-66, Droughns 8-20, Plummer 5-18, Watts 1-7.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 23-15-162-0-1, Simms 1-0-0-0-0.
• BRONCOS: Plummer 30-13-138-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Lee 5-47, Clayton 4-91, Alstott 3-9, Dilger 1-7, Heller 1-5, T.Brown 1-3.
• BRONCOS: Smith 4-32, Putzier 2-42, Watts 2-20, Griffin 1-15, Droughns 1-12, Jackson 1-9, Hape 1-5, Lelie 1-3.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BRONCOS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: White 4-99, Murphy 1-20.
• BRONCOS: Droughns 2-45.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Clayton 1-2, Brown 0-0.
• BRONCOS: Luke 2-19.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BRONCOS: Middlebrooks 1-3.

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