Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 07 Seattle Seahawks 23

Trying to end their season on a high note on New Year's Eve, the Buccaneers hosted the NFC West champion Seattle Seahawks.

Tampa Bay trailed early as Seahawks kicker Josh Brown nailed a 35-yard field goal, which was followed by RB Shaun Alexander's one-yard TD run. In the second quarter, the Buccaneers got their only score of the game with QB Tim Rattay completing a 4-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway. Afterwards, Seattle continued its dominance with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 5-yard TD pass to WR D.J. Hackett. After that, the Seahawks wrapped up the game in the second half with Brown getting a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter and a 23-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.

With the loss, the Buccaneers ended their year at 4–12.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerome Boger
• UMPIRE: Roy Ellison
• HEAD LINESMAN: Ed Camp
• LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
• SIDE JUDGE: Joe Larrew
• FIELD JUDGE: Scott Steenson
• BACK JUDGE: Perry Paganelli
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dick Creed
• VIDEO OPERATOR: unknown

SCORING

• SEAHAWKS: 09:58-1Q Brown FG35
• SEAHAWKS: 02:53-1Q Alexander 1 run (Brown kick)
• BUCS: 14:14-2Q Galloway 4 pass from Rattay (Bryant kick)
• SEAHAWKS: 00:19-2Q Hackett 5 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick)
• SEAHAWKS: 10:14-3Q Brown FG30
• SEAHAWKS: 14:49-4Q Brown FG23

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #69 A. Davis
• LG: #79 S. Mahan
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #88 A. Becht
• WR: #85 M. Stovall
• QB: #13 T. Rattay
• RB: #32 M. Pittman
• FB: #40 M Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• DT: #96 E. Wyms
• DE: #90 D. White
• MLB: #53 S. Quarles
• OLB: #55 D. Brooks
• DB: #21 J. Bolden
• LCB: #31 P. Buchanon
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #23 J. Phillips
• FS: #26 W. Allen

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 86 Jolley, 89 Jones, 93 Bennett, 98 Bradley

DID NOT PLAY

• 7 Gradkowski

INACTIVE

• 12 McCown, 24 Williams, 28 Gates, 30 Nicholson, 60 Campbell, 66 Mihlhauser, 70 Penn, 81 Smith

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 12-73, Stovall 2-29, Alstott 6-4, Rattay 1-4.
• SEAHAWKS: Alexander 28-92, Morris 10-39, Strong 1-2, Hasselbeck 3-(-1).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Rattay 27-16-185-0-1.
• SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 29-17-216-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Galloway 8-118, Pittman 3-36, Moore 1-9, Warren 1-9, Becht 1-5, Hilliard 1-4, Stovall 1-4.
• SEAHAWKS: Hackett 4-63, Stevens 4-54, Branch 3-38, Engram 2-27, Alexander 1-14, Morris 1-8, Strong 1-7, Burleson 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• SEAHAWKS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Cox 2-72, Jones 1-29.
• SEAHAWKS: Burleson 2-46.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• SEAHAWKS: Burleson 3-43

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Spires 1-4.
• SEAHAWKS: Peterson 1-8.

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