Buccaneers vs. New England Patriots

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New England Patriots 32

The Buccaneers took a 14–0 lead on a 1-yard James Wilder run, but barely crossed midfield for the rest of the game. Wilder's touchdown was his 33rd and gave him 198 career points, which made him the franchise scoring leader ahead of Bill Capece, with 196.

Injuries were again a problem, with starting linebackers Brantley and Davis leaving the game for the second week in a row, along with starting tackle George Yarno and kick returner Leon Bright. Bright's knee injury required surgery. Injured guard Sean Farrell did not play at all.

The game eliminated the Buccaneers from the NFC Central Division race, and had the second-smallest home attendance in team history, 34,661.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Tom Dooley
• UMPIRE: Dave Hamilton
• LINE JUDGE: Vern Marshall
• HEAD LINESMAN: Ed Marion
• BACK JUDGE: Bob Moore
• FIELD JUDGE: Bob Lewis
• SIDE JUDGE: Gary Lane

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 11:31-1Q Giles 16 pass from DeBerg (Igwebuike kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 05:50-1Q Wilder 1 run (Igwebuike kick)
• PATRIOTS: 13:29-2Q Franklin FG35
• PATRIOTS: 11:24-2Q Franklin FG50
• PATRIOTS: 00:47-2Q Collins 11 pass from James (Franklin kick)
• PATRIOTS: 10:12-3Q Franklin FG49
• PATRIOTS: 14:54-4Q James 8 run (Franklin kick)
• PATRIOTS: 05:21-4Q James 22 run (Franklin kick)
• PATRIOTS: 04:24-4Q Safety - DeBerg sacked by Blackmon in the endzone

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #89 K. House
• LT: #66 G. Yarno
• LG: #72 S. Courson
• C: #60 R. Grimes
• RG: #68 R. Mallory
• RT: #73 R. Heller
• TE: #88 J. Giles
• WR: #87 G. Carter
• QB: #17 S. DeBerg
• UB: #82 J. Bell
• RB: #32 J. Wilder

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #78 J. Cannon
• NT: #76 D.Logan
• RE: #90 R. Holmes
• LOLB: #57 K. Browner
• LILB: #58 J. Davis
• RILB: #52 S. Brantley
• ROLB: #51 C. Washington
• RCB: #21 J. Holt
• LCB: #23 J. Castille
• FS: #30 D. Greenwood
• SS: #44 I. Sully

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Igwebuike, 5 Garcia, 7 Risher, 20 Springs, 24 Prior, 25 Howard, 29 Bright, 31 Curry, 40 Armstrong, 54 Randle, 56 Johnson, 59 Kubin, 64 Shearin, 65 Fielder, 67 Morgan, 75 Lindstrom, 79 Kaplan, 81 Freeman, 83 T Bell, 85 Witte, 86 Magee

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Young, 62 Farrell

INACTIVE

• none.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Wilder 21-62, Springs 5-17.
• PATRIOTS: James 15-96, Collins 10-55, Tatupu 7-23, Weathers 4-12, Grogan 1-9, Fryar 1-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: DeBerg 26-13-141-2-1.
• PATRIOTS: Grogan 21-14-237-0-0, James 1-1-11-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: House 4-55, J.Bell 4-33, Giles 2-24, Carter 1-17, T.Bell 1-12.
• PATRIOTS: Collins 6-109, Morgan 3-55, Fryar 2-49, Dawson 2-17, Ramsey 1-10, Jones 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• PATRIOTS: Marion 1-22, Blackmon 1-14.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 4-60, Bright 2-35.
• PATRIOTS: Weathers 1-18, Fryar 1-16, Starring 1-15.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Prior 1-5, Bright 0-0.
• PATRIOTS: Fryar 2-24.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Randle 1-13, Browner 1-8, Cannon 1-4.
• PATRIOTS: Blackman 1-3, Veris 1-3. Tippett 0.5-2.5, Sims 0.5-2.5.

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