Buccaneers vs. Washington Redskins

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Washington Redskins 16

Following their shutout home loss to the Giants, the Buccaneers flew to FedExField for a Week 4 duel with the Washington Redskins. Due to Byron Leftwich's poor performance during the first three weeks of the season, quarterback Josh Johnson would get his first career start.

Buccaneers would come out firing in the first quarter with Johnson's 8-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Antonio Bryant, followed by kicker Mike Nugent's 37-yard field goal in the second quarter.

However, the Redskins came back with a vengeance in the third quarter. Kicker Shaun Suisham would get a 42-yard field goal, followed by quarterback Jason Campbell's 17-yard touchdown pass to tight end Chris Cooley (with a blocked PAT) and a 59-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Santana Moss.

Tampa Bay tried to rally in the fourth quarter as Nugent nailed a 22-yard field goal, but Washington's defense would prevent any further progress.

With the loss, the Buccaneers fell to 0–4.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ed Hochuli
• UMPIRE: Chad Brown
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Hittner
• LINE JUDGE: Tim Podraza
• SIDE JUDGE: Barry Anderson

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 13:00-1Q Bryant 8 pass from Johnson (Nugent kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Nugent FG37
• REDSKINS: 10:36-3Q Suisham FG42
• REDSKINS: 03:32-3Q Cooley 17 pass from Campbell (kick blocked)
• REDSKINS: 01:22-3Q Moss 59 pass from Campbell (Suisham kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 04:25-4Q Nugent FG22

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #79 S. Mahan
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #82 K. Winslow
• WR: #89 A. Bryant
• QB: #11 J. Johnson
• RB: #24 C. Williams
• FB: #35 B. Askew

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 L. Wilkerson
• DT: #98 R. Sims
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• RE: #90 G. Adams
• SLB: #26 W. Allen
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
• CB: #33 E. Mack

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Nugent, 8 D Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 27 Cox, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Wilson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 72 M Johnson, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 93 Miller, 96 Crowder

DID NOT PLAY

• 5 Freeman, 61 Compas

INACTIVE

• 7 Leftwich, 28 Ward, 37 Hamilton, 52 Faine ,62 Dile, 69 Dotson, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 16-77, Johnson 7-41, Graham 5-8, Smith 2-3.
• REDSKINS: Portis 25-98, Campbell 7-20, Mason 2-8, Betts 1-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Johnson 22-13-106-1-1.
• REDSKINS: Campbell 22-12-170-3-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Bryant 4-44, Williams 4-22, Winslow 2-21, Graham 2-9, Stroughter 1-10.
• REDSKINS: Cooley 5-65, Betts 3-21, Moss 2-74, Sellers 1-11, Davis 1-(-1).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Talib 3-61.
• REDSKINS: Hall 1-22.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 2-62.
• REDSKINS: Cartwright 2-51.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Smith 2-9.
• REDSKINS: Randle-El 1-10, Moss 1-4.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Wilkerson 1-10, Adams 1-4, Black 1-4.
• REDSKINS: Tryon 1-4, Fletcher 1-1, Orakpo 1-1.

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