Monday October 18, 2004 - St. Louis Rams vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 St. Louis Rams 28

MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

Round 4, Tampa Bay Buccaneers faced St. Louis Rams on Monday Night Football for the fourth time in five seasons.

A Michael Pittman fumble was returned 93 yards for a touchdown by Adam Archuleta, and Martin Gramatica missed two field goal attempts, sinking the Buccaneers' chances at victory.

With a final rating of 7.7, this was the lowest-ever rated MNF game on ABC.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Thunderstorms - 55°F. - Humidity 90% - Wind S.E. 10-15 mph Wind Chill 52°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Larry Nemmers
UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
HEAD LINESMAN: Paul Weidner
LINE JUDGE: Michael Spanier
BACK JUDGE: Kirk Dornan
FIELD JUDGE: Mike Weir
SIDE JUDGE: Carl Cheffers
REPLAY OFFICIAL: Neil Gereb
VIDEO OPERATOR: Jim Pearson

SCORING

RAMS: 12:40-1Q Holt 52 pass from Bulger (Wilkins kick)
BUCCANEERS: 9:14-1Q Alstott 1 run (Gramatica kick)
BUCCANEERS: 13:02-2Q Pittman 5 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick)
RAMS: 1:39-2Q Faulk 1 run (Wilkins kick)
RAMS: 7:24-3Q Archuleta 93 fumble return (Wilkins kick)
BUCCANEERS: 0:37-3Q Heller 1 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick)
RAMS: 10:46-4Q Holt 36 pass from Bulger (Wilkins kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #82 C. Lee
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. Pitman
FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

LDE: #94 G. Spires
LDT: #92 A. McFarland
RDT: #91 C. Darby
RDE: #97 S. Rice
MLB: #50 J. Gooch
WLB: #55 D. Brooks
LC: #25 B. Kelly
RC: #20 R. Barber
SS: #26 D. Smith
FS: #23 J. Phillips
CB: #27 M. Edwards

SUBSTITUTIONS

9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 11 Schroeder, 22 White, 24 Cox, 34 Comella,35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 51 Burns, 52 Gold, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 66 Gregory, 75 Steussie, 79 Mahan, 81 Brown, 86 Moore, 89 Heller, 90 White, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

14 Johnson, 69 Davis

INACTIVE

2 Simms, 16 Madise, 17 Garrett, 43 Cook, 53 Quarles, 77 Terry, 84 Galloway, 93 Savage

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Pittman 13-37, Alstott 5-17 , Griese 4-1.
RAMS: Jackson 13-48, Faulk 15-40, Curtis 1-7, Bulger 1-(-1).

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Griese 40-27-286-1-2.
RAMS: Bulger 30-18-264-1-2.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Clayton 8-142, Dilger 4-30, Pittman 4-16, Lee 3-31, Heller 3-21, Alstott 3-20, Brown 2-26.
RAMS: Holt 6-124, McDonald 3-30, Jackson 3-30, Faulk 3-29, Curtis 1-32, Bruce 1-11, Goodspeed 1-8.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Gold 1-31.
RAMS: Butler 1-0

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Cox 4-152.
RAMS: Harris 4-84.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Brown 1-14.
RAMS: McDonald 2-(-5).

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Spires 2-16, McFarland 1-12, Rice 1-6.
RAMS: Flowers 1-8, Polley 1-1.