Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 06 Seattle Seahawks 20

The Buccaneers began their 2007 campaign on the road against their fellow 1976 expansion mate, the Seattle Seahawks.

In the first quarter, kicker Matt Bryant provided two field goals for Tampa Bay (a 38-yarder and a 32-yarder) to begin the game. In the second quarter, the Seahawks took the lead with kicker Josh Brown's 28-yard field goal, while RB Shaun Alexander got a 1-yard TD run. During a scoreless third quarter, injuries sidelined Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Cadillac Williams (ribs) and quarterback Jeff Garcia (head). Garcia, however, returned to the game.

Seattle wrapped up the win with Brown's 46-yard field goal, while QB Matt Hasselbeck completed a 34-yard TD pass to RB Maurice Morris.

With the loss, the Buccaneers began their season at 0–1, their third opening day defeat in the past four seasons.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Larry Nemmers
• UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
• LINE JUDGE: Michael Spanier
• SIDE JUDGE: Carl Cheffers
• FIELD JUDGE: Eddy Powers
• BACK JUDGE: Dino Paganelli
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Lloyd McPeters
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Don Langeloh

SCORING

• BUCS: 08:56-1Q Bryant FG38
• BUCS: 00:00-1Q Bryant FG32
• SEAHAWKS: 02:39-2Q Brown FG28
• SEAHAWKS: 00:50-2Q Alexander 1 run (Brown kick)
• SEAHAWKS: 14:09-4Q Brown FG46
• SEAHAWKS: 07:55-4Q Morris 34 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #77 L. Petigout
• LG: #78 A. Sears
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #81 A. Smith
• WR: #19 I. Hilliard
• QB: #07 J. Garcia
• FB: #32 M. Pittman
• RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• DT: #71 J. Haye
• RE: #93 K. Carter
• SLB: #59 C. June
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #20 R. Barber
• RCB: #25 B. Kelly
• SS: #23 J. Phillips
• FS: #28 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 12 McCown, 21 Piscitelli, 26 Allen, 31 Buchanon , 34 Graham, 35 Askew, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 70 Penn, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Becht, 90 Adams, 91 White, 96 Peterson

DID NOT PLAY

• 89 Boston

INACTIVE

• 2 Simms, 5 Gradkowski, 37 Madison, 50 Trotter, 54 Chukwurah, 69 Davis, 72 Buenning, 98 Sims

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 12-60, Graham 4-11, McCown 1-9, Pittman 3-6. Garcia 1-3, Galloway 1-1, Clayton 1-0.
• SEAHAWKS: Alexander 27-105, Morris 3-15, Strong 1-9, Hasselbeck 2-7, Burleson 1-3.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Garcia 27-19-201-0-0, McCown 4-1-9-0-
• SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 24-17-222-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Galloway 5-72, Pittman 5-32, Hilliard 4-49, Smith 2-23, Williams 2-14, Clayton 1-11, Graham 1-9.
• SEAHAWKS: Pollard 5-43, Engram 3-64, Strong 3-21, Burleson 2-41, Alexander 2-12, Morris 1-34, Hackett 1-7.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• SEAHAWKS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Graham 4-90.
• SEAHAWKS: Burleson 2-35, Wilson 1-3.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Hilliard 4-38, Galloway 1-2.
• SEAHAWKS: Burleson 5-63.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Phillips 1, Spires 1.
• SEAHAWKS: Peterson 2, Kerney 1.5, Tapp 0.5, Darby 0.5, Bernard 0.5

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