LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Baltimore Ravens 17
The Buccaneers traveled to M&T Bank Stadium to face the Baltimore Ravens.
In a largely defensive game, the teams traded field goals in the second quarter. The game was tied 3–3 with 4:32 remaining in the first half. Quarterback Joe Flacco struck quickly, however, completing touchdown passes of 65 yards and 10 yards, to Todd Heap and Derrick Mason respectively, just before half time.
Trailing 17–3 with about three minutes left in the game, Josh Freeman completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Kellen Winslow.
The Buccaneers were unable to get the ball back on offense, and fell by a score of 17–10.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
- UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
- HEAD LINESMAN: Kent Payne
- LINE JUDGE: Darryll Lewis
- SIDE JUDGE: Jeff Lamberth
- FIELD JUDGE: Boris Cheek
- BACK JUDGE: Todd Prukop
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Larry Nemmers
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- RAVENS: 13:54-2Q Cundiff FG45
- BUCCANEERS: 04:32-2Q Barth FG22
- RAVENS: 03:04-2Q Heap 65 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick)
- RAVENS: 00:32-2Q Mason 10 pass from Flacco (Cundiff kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 03:05-4Q Winslow 5 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #62 T. Larsen
- C: #52 J. Faine
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #77 J. Lee
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- TE: #88 J. Gilmore
- TE: #80 R. Purvis
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #27 L. Blount
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #96 T. Crowder
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- RE: #91 S. White
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #51 B. Ruud
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #35 C. Grimm
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 17 Benn, 18 Stroughter, 21 Piscitelli, 23 Lewis, 24 Williams, 31 Biggers, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 71 Bennett, 76 Zuttah, 81 Spurlock, 85 Stovall, 95 Woods, 97 Magee
DID NOT PLAY
- 28 Lumpkin, 65 Trueblood
INACTIVE
- 12 Carpenter, 33 Mack, 44 Lorig, 61 Barker, 73 Hardman, 78 Okam, 87 Parker, 94 Moore
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Blount 13-55, Freeman 6-27, C.Williams 4-19.
- RAVENS: Rice 20-85, McGahee 3-9, Flacco 3-(-2).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 37-17-162-0-1.
- RAVENS: Flacco 35-25-289-1-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: C.Williams 5-41, Winslow 4-44, Benn 3-9, M.Williams 2-20, Gilmore 1-30, Purvis 1-12, Spurlock 1-6.
- RAVENS: Mason 8-87, Rice 7-47, Boldin 3-27, McGahee 3-13, Heap 2-79, Houshmandzadeh 2-36.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Talib 1-25.
- RAVENS: none.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 2-60.
- RAVENS: Reed 2-50, Carr 1-14.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 3-15.
- RAVENS: Webb 3-20, Reed 1-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McCoy 2-17, Jones 1-10, Crowder 1-5.
- RAVENS: none.