Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 New Orleans Saints 03

STADIUM RELOCATION - HURRICANE KATRINA: Game against the New Orleans Saints hosted Tampa Bay at LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge. The game was relocated from the Louisiana Superdome due to Hurricane Katrina. The Tampa Bay defense dominated, and the Buccaneers came away with a 10–3 victory, a key intra-division win.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Peter Morelli
• UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
• LINE JUDGE: Darryll Lewis
• SIDE JUDGE: Jeff Lamberth
• BACK JUDGE: Don Dorkowski
• FIELD JUDGE: Jim Saracino
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Neil Gereb
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Hendi Ancich

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 4:44-2Q Galloway 30 pass from Simms (France kick)
• SAINTS: 0:46-2Q Carney FG26
• BUCCANEERS: 9:37-4Q France FG28

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #70 D. Deese
• LG: #72 D. Buenning
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #79 S. Mahan
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #88 A. Beckt
• TE: #81 A. Smith
• WR: #80 M. Clayton
• QB: #02 C. Simms
• RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• NT: #95 C. Hovan
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• RE: #97 S. Rice
• SLB: #56 R. Nece
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #23 J. Phillips
• FS: #34 D. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 France, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 54 Mallard, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 12 McCown

INACTIVE

• 3 Bryant, 13 Rattay, 22 Watson, 26 Allen, 58 Cooper, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 22-96, Pittman 4-40, Simms 4-(-3).
• SAINTS: Smith 18-49, Brooks 3-9, Stecker 5-5, Thomas 1-2.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Simms 21-12-123-0-1.
• SAINTS: Brooks 34-18-215-4-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Galloway 5-75, Hilliard 2-23, Pittman 2-19, Williams 2-7, Smith 1-(-1).
• SAINTS: Stecker 4-55, Hilton 4-50, Henderson 3-42, Stallworth 3-20, Horn 2-40, Hall 1-7, Smith 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Barber 3-70, Jackson 1-21
• SAINTS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Shepherd 2-53.
• SAINTS: Stecker 3-67.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Jones 3-36.
• SAINTS: Stallworth 1-4.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Kelly 1-1, Spires 1-0.
• SAINTS: Smith 1-8.

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