Buccaneers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 Kansas City Chiefs 31

The lone highlight game of Tampa Bay's forgetful 2004 season came against Kansas City in week 9. Brian Griese threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns, while Michael Pittman rushed for 128 yards on the ground.

Late in the first quarter, Trent Green connected to Eddie Kennison for a 59-yard gain to the Tampa Bay 11 yard line. Dwight Smith forced a fumble, and Brian Kelly returned the fumble 32 yards for the Buccaneers. The turnover led to a touchdown and a 14–7 lead.

Early in the third quarter, Pittman broke away for a 78-yard touchdown run, the longest in Buccaneers history. Tampa Bay took the lead 34–31 after another Pittman score with 12 minutes to go.

Jermaine Phillips sealed the game for Tampa Bay, intercepting Green with just under six minutes left. Kansas City had one final chance, but the Buccaneer defense forced a turnover on downs with only 1:15 to go.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ron Winter
• UMPIRE: Jell Rice
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
• SIDE JUDGE: Michael Banks
• FIELD JUDGE: Greg Gautreaux
• BACK JUDGE: Perry Paganelli
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Ken Baker
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• CHIEFS: 09:42-1Q Morton 25 pass from Green (Tynes kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 07:39-1Q Cook 8 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:49-2Q Pittman 1 run (Gramatica kick)
• CHIEFS: 09:05-2Q Holmes 2 run (Tynes kick)
• CHIEFS: 06:25-2Q Tynes FG31
• BUCCANEERS: 01:55-2Q Dilger 3 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick)
• CHIEFS: 00:35-2Q Gonzalez 25 pass from Green (Tynes kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 14:00-3Q Pittman 78 run (Gramatica kick)
• CHIEFS: 02:13-3Q Dunn 1 pass from Green (Tynes kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 11:50-4Q Pittman 3 run (kick failed)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 J. Jurevicius
• LT: #70 D. Deese
• LG: #78 M. Stinchcomb
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #60 C. Coleman
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #85 K. Dilger
• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• QB: #08 B. Griese
• RB: #32 M. Pittman
• FB: #43 J. Cook

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LDE: #94 G. Spires
• LDT: #92 A. McFarland
• RDT: #91 C. Darby
• RDE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #52 I. Gold
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LC: #25 B. Kelly
• RC: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 D. Smith
• FS: #23 J. Phillips

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 24 Cox, 27 Edwards, 34 Comella, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 73 Bradley, 75 Steussie, 79 Mahan, 81 Brown, 82 Lee, 84 Galloway, 86 Moore, 89 Heller, 90 White, 98 Smith

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Johnson

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 11 Schroeder, 22 White, 40 Alstott, 58 Cooper, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 93 Savage

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 15-128, Griese 4-1, Graham 1-1.
• CHIEFS: Holmes 16-59, Johnson 10-21, Kennison 1-15, Morton 1-6, Green 2-4.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Griese 34-22-296-0-2.
• CHIEFS: Green 42-32-369-2-3.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Clayton 5-90, Dilger 5-47, Jurevicius 3-43, Cook 3-17, Galloway 2-40, Pittman 2-30, Heller 1-22, Lee 1-7.
• CHIEFS: Gonzalez 9-123, Kennison 6-104, Morton 6-69, Johnson 4-38, Holmes 4-3, Horn 1-30, Richardson 1-1, Dunn 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Phillips 1-0, Smith 1-0.
• CHIEFS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Cox 4-88, Comella 1-20.
• CHIEFS: Hall 3-76, Horn 2-16.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Galloway 1-2.
• CHIEFS: Hall 2-42.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-8, White 1-7.
• CHIEFS: Fujita 1-8.

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