Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Dallas Cowboys 38

Hoping to build on their home win over the Redskins, the Buccaneers flew to Texas Stadium for a Thanksgiving game against the Dallas Cowboys.

In the first quarter, the Bucs capped off their opening driver with FB Mike Alstott getting a 1-yard TD run. However, the Cowboys responded with QB Tony Romo getting a 30-yard TD pass to WR Terry Glenn. In the second quarter, Romo and Glenn hooked up with each other again on a 2-yard TD pass. The Bucs could only respond with kicker Matt Bryant getting a 46-yard field goal. Dallas would respond with Romo getting a 1-yard TD pass to RB Marion Barber.

In the third quarter, Romo and Barber would hook up with each other again on a 2-yard TD pass, with Romo also hooking up with WR Terrell Owens on a 7-yard TD pass. In the fourth quarter, kicker Mike Vanderjagt would close out the scoring with a 22-yard field goal. With the loss, the Bucs fell to 3–8.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Walt Anderson
• UMPIRE: Butch Hannah
• HEAD LINESMAN: Phil McKinnely
• LINE JUDGE: Gary Authur
• SIDE JUDGE: Rick Patterson
• BACK JUDGE: Billy Smith
• FIELD JUDGE: Terry Brown
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dale Hamer
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:18-1Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick)
• COWBOYS: 01:09-1Q Glenn 30 pass from Romo (Vanderjagt kick)
• COWBOYS: 11:33-2Q Glenn 2 pass from Romo (Vanderjagt kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 06:38-2Q Bryant FG46
• COWBOYS: 00:30-2Q Barber 1 pass from Romo (Vanderjagt kick)
• COWBOYS: 09:55-3Q Barber 1 pass from Romo (Vanderjagt kick)
• COWBOYS: 06:30-3Q Owens 7 pass from Romo (Vanderjagt kick)
• COWBOYS: 10:00-4Q Vanderjagt FG22

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #69 A. Davis
• LG: #72 D. Buenning
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #88 A. Becht
• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• QB: #07 B. Dradkowski
• RB: #24 C. Williams
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• DT: #98 J. Bradley
• DE: #90 D. White
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• OLB: #55 D. Brooks
• CB: #27 T. Cox
• LCB: #21 J. Bolden
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #23 J. Phillps
• FS: #26 W. Allen

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 31 Buchanon, 32 Pittman, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 56 Nece, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 77 Terry, 79 Mahan, 83 Moore, 85 Stovall, 86 Jolley, 91 Jenkins, 93 Bennett

DID NOT PLAY

• 13 Rattay

INACTIVE

• 12 McCown, 29 Zemaitis, 53 Quarles, 70 Penn, 81 Smith, 82 Warren, 96 Wyms

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 17-78, Gradkowski 4-17, Alstott 2-4, Pittman 1-2.
• COWBOYS: Barber 16-83, Jones 11-40, Polite 7-18, Romo 3-(-4).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Gradkowski 20-10-120-2-0.
• COWBOYS: Romo 29-22-306-0-5.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Galloway 3-71, Clayton 2-19, Pittman 2-19, Alstott 1-4, Graham 1-4, Hilliard 1-3.
• COWBOYS: Owens 8-107, Glenn 4-89, Crayton 4-68, Witten 3-30, Barber 2-3, Fasano 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 1-27, Ayodele 1-0.
• COWBOYS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 4-97, Cox 2-38.
• COWBOYS: Austin 3-76.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Hilliard 1-9.
• COWBOYS: Newman 1-24.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Hovan 1-8.
• COWBOYS: Hatcher 1-10.

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