Buccaneers vs. Cleveland Browns

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cleveland Browns 14

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began the 2010 season against the Browns.

In the first quarter, Jake Delhomme completed a 41-yard touchdown pass to Mohamed Massaquoi for a 7–0 lead. Buccaneers kicker Connor Barth made a 49-yard field goal to trim the deficit to 7–3. In the second quarter, the Browns increased their lead with a Peyton Hillis touchdown run. Josh Freeman completed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams for a 14–10 halftime score.

The Buccaneers took the lead in the fourth quarter with Freeman's second touchdown pass, this time to Micheal Spurlock. The Buccaneers held the Browns scoreless in the second half and won their first opening day game since 2005.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
• UMPIRE: Jeff Rice
• HEAD LINESMAN: Wayne Mackie
• LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
• SIDE JUDGE: David Wyant
• FIELD JUDGE: Scott Steenson
• BACK JUDGE: Steve Freeman
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bob Boylston
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BROWNS: 02:48-1Q Massaquoi 41 pass from Delhomme (Dawson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:50-1Q Barth FG49
• BROWNS: 05:35-2Q Hillis 10 run (Dawson kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:18-2Q M.Williams 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:45-4Q Spurlock 33 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #68 K. Vincent
• C: #52 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #82 K. Winslow
• WR: #18 S. Stroughter
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• RB: #24 C. Williams
• FB: #34 E. Graham

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 K. Moore
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 R. Miller
• RE: #98 R. Sims
• SLB: #58 Q. Black
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #31 E. Biggers
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #36 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bryan, 10 Barth, 17 Benn, 21 Piscitelli, 32 Huggins, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 35 Grimm , 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 92 Price, 96 Crowder

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 J Johnson, 23 Lewis

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 27 Blount, 28 Lumpkin, 62 Larsen, 71 Bennett, 85 Stovall, 87 Parker, 97 Lorig

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: C.Williams 22-75, Freeman 2-34, Graham 6-10.
• BROWNS: Harrison 9-52, Hillis 9-41, Cribbs 3-11, Delhomme 1-1, Watson 1-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 28-17-182-1-2.
• BROWNS: Delhomme 37-20-227-2-1, Cribbs 1-1-9-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: M.Williams 5-30, Winslow 4-32, Spurlock 2-49, Stroughter 2-32, C.Williams 2-23, Stevens 1-8, Graham 1-8.
• BROWNS: Stuckey 4-30, Hillis 4-24, Moore 3-87, Watson 3-16, Massaquoi 2-46, Cribbs 2-11, Wallace 1-9, Harrison 1-7, Robiskie 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-64, Biggers 1-0.
• BROWNS: Adams 1-26.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 2-50.
• BROWNS: Cribbs 3-46, Benard 1-11.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 4-24.
• BROWNS: Cribbs 3-29.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BROWNS: Benard 1.5-5, Trusnik 1-6, Fujita 0.5-2.

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