Buccaneers vs. New Orleans Saints 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 New Orleans Saints 13
The Buccaneers swept the New Orleans Saints 27-13 with DeWayne White stripping the ball for a sack, fumble recovery which he took back 34 yards for the clinching touchdown] for the season, It clinched the 2005 NFC South title and made the Buccaneers a third seed for the playoffs.
The Buccaneers beat out Carolina Panthers who was also 11-5 because their 5-1 NFC South record was better than Carolina's 4-2 record.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
- UMPIRE: Scott Dawson
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
- SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
- BACK JUDGE: Greg Steed
- FIELD JUDGE: Duke Carroll
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Mark Burns
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Hendi Ancich
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 2:52-1Q Galloway 7 pass from Simms (Bryant kick)
- SAINTS: 12:32-2Q Carney FG25
- BUCCANEERS: 11:25-2Q Galloway 4 pass from Simms (Bryant kick)
- SAINTS: 3:36-2Q Henderson 24 pass from Bouman (Carney kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 0:45-2Q Bryant FG46
- SAINTS: 12:06-4Q Carney FG34
- BUCCANEERS: 7:16-4Q Bryant FG26
- BUCCANEERS: 1:43-4Q White 34 fumble return (Bryant kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #84 J. Galloway
- LT: #69 Davis
- LG: #72 D. Buenning
- C: #76 J. Wade
- RG: #79 S. Mahan
- RT: #67 K. Walker
- TE: #88 A. Beckt
- WR: #19 I. Hillard
- QB: #02 C. Simms
- RB: #24 C. Williams
- FB: #40 M. Alstott
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LDE: #94 G. Spires
- NT: #95 C. Hovan
- DT: #92 A. McFarland
- RDE: #97 S. Rice
- SLB: #56 R. Nece
- MLB: #53 S. Quarles
- WLB: #55 D. Brooks
- LCB: #25 B. Kelly
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 W. Allen
- FS: #34 D. Jackson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 54 Mallard, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 81 Smith, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
- 12 McCown
INACTIVE
- 13 Rattay, 22 Watson, 23 Phillips, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson, 80 Clayton, 85 Heller
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 22-81, Pittman 1-64, Simms 2-2, Alstott 1-2.
- SAINTS: Smith 16-55, Stecker 2-10, Thomas 4-7, Bouman 1-(-1).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Simms 25-12-143-0-2.
- SAINTS: Bouman 37-25-265-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Galloway 4-38, Pittman 3-35, Hilliard 2-20, Alstott 1-24, Smith 1-22, Shepherd 1-4.
- SAINTS: Hakim 6-71, Stallworth 6-61, Hilton 5-74, Stecker 4-16, Henderson 2-30, Horn 1-11, Thomas 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Bolden 1-18, Allen 1-0.
- SAINTS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Pittman 3-85.
- SAINTS: Stecker 3-62, McAfee 1-13, Hall 1-5.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 2-24.
- SAINTS: Hakim 3-32.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Rice 2-13, White 1-12, Spires 1-5.
- SAINTS: Thomas 1-7.
