Buccaneers vs. Green Bay Packers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 Green Bay Packers 31

With James Wilder leaving the game after aggravating his rib injury, the Buccaneers were unable to take advantage of Green Bay Packers quarterback Randy Wright's three interceptions.

Wright completed 18 of 29 passes for 238 yards, with a career-best three first-half touchdowns. The win was only the Packers' second of the season. The loss left the Buccaneers' defense in last place in the league, despite their having spent four of their first five draft picks on defensive players.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Greg Barth
• UMPIRE: Bill Boylston
• LINE JUDGE: Jimmy Johnson
• HEAD LINESMAN: Bob Toler
• BACK JUDGE: Phil Liske
• FIELD JUDGE: David Dorkowski
• SIDE JUDGE: Greg Austin

SCORING

• PACKERS: 10:03-1Q Epps 53 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
• PACKERS: 06:04-1Q Lofton 12 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
• PACKERS: 00:40-2Q Epps 5 pass from Wright (Del Greco kick)
• PACKERS: 09:57-3Q Del Greco FG27
• PACKERS: 03:11-3Q Ellerson 1 run (Del Greco kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:00-4Q Carter 10 pass from Young (Igwebuike kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #81 P. Freeman
• LT: #72 R. Taylor
• LG: #66 G. Yarno
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #62 S. Farrell
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #86 C. Magee
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #08 S. Young
• RB: #35 P. Franklin
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #71 B. Nelson
• LT: #76 D. Logan
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #57 K. Browner
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• LC: #21 V. McKeever
• RC: #22 R. Jones
• SS: #44 !. Sully
• FS: #31 C. Curry

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 17 DeBerg, 20 Springs, 23 Castille, 25 Bobby Howard, 36 Futrell, 54 Randle, 56 Walker, 59 Murphy, 67 Morgan, 68 Mallory, 75 Kellin, 77 Maarleveld, 80 Williams, 84 Heflin, 85 Dunn, 98 Keys

DID NOT PLAY

• 26 Easmon, 28 Allen, 41 Swoope, 64 Robinson, 83 Gillespie

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Young 6-33, Springs 11-30, Wilder 4-0.
• PACKERS: Davis 11-59, Ellis 6-31, Ellerson 8-28, Carruth 6-13, Wright 1-13, Ivery 1-9, Clark 3-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Young 35-20-234-2-1.
• PACKERS: Wright 29-18-238-3-3, Fusina 4-2-45-0-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: G.Carter 7-143, Springs 6-24, Freeman 4-42, Franklin 2-14, Dunn 1-11.
• PACKERS: Lofton 5-80, Epps 4-77, Stanley 4-54, Ivery 3-56, Ross 1-15, Davis 1-5, Carruth 1-(-1), Clark 1-(-3).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: McKeever 2-2, Curry 1-0.
• PACKERS: Leopold 1-21, Cade 1-3.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Howard 3-47, Williams 2-29, Futrell 1-18.
• PACKERS: Watts 1-26, Carruth 1-0.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• PACKERS: Stanley 4-62.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• PACKERS: Harris 2-10, Leopold 1.5-12, Carreker 1.5-10, Thomas 1-2.

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