Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Seattle Seahawks 07

Coming off their home loss to the Jets, the Buccaneers flew to Qwest Field for a week 15 duel against the Seattle Seahawks. After a scoreless first quarter, Seattle got on the board first with QB Matt Hasselbeck's 29-yard pass to tight end John Carlson. The Buccaneers got on the board with Connor Barth's 28-yard field goal to end the first half.

In the third quarter, Tampa Bay took the lead after a 45-yard field goal and a 22-yard touchdown pass by QB Josh Freeman to running back Cadillac Williams, set up by a Tanard Jackson interception. The Buccaneers further extended their lead with a 28-yard pass to running back Derrick Ward, with a successful two-point conversion. In the fourth quarter, Barth kicked another field goal for 39 yards. Seattle tried to rally, but Hasselbeck threw an interception (his fourth) in the end zone to cornerback Elbert Mack for a touchback.

With the win, the Buccaneers improved to 2–12. Not only was it their first road win since November 23, 2008, it also marked their first win on the west coast since winning Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego and their first win in Seattle since 1999.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Mike Carey
• UMPIRE: Steve Wilson
• HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• SIDE JUDGE: Don Carlsen
• FIELD JUDGE: Buddy Horton
• BACK JUDGE: Todd Prukop
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Tommy Moore
• VIDEO OPERATOR: unknown

SCORING

• SEAHAWKS: 04:31-2Q Carlson 29 pass from Hasselbeck (Mare kick)
• BUCS: 00:15-2Q Barth FG28
• BUCS: 08:44-3Q Barth FG45
• BUCS: 07:44-3Q Williams 22 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCS: 02:41-3Q Ward 6 pass from Freeman (Freeman run)
• BUCS: 11:20-4Q Barth FG39

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #85 M. Stovall
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #76 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Josep
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #86 J. Stevens
• WR: #89 A. Bryant
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• FB: #34 E. Graham
• RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #97 J. Wilkerson
• DT: #98 R. Sims
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• RE: #91 S. White
• SLB: #58 Q. Black
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
• FS: #36 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 2 Paulescu, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 28 Ward, 32 Huggins, 33 Mack, 38 Anderson, 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 69 Dotson, 82 Winslow, 87 Clark, 92 D.Moore, 93 Miller, 94 K.Moore, 96 Crowder

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 J Johnson, 16 Figurs, 61 Compas

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 29 Roberson, 71 Bennett, 74 Murphy, 77 Lee, 80 Clayton, 83 Nunn, 88 Gilmore

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Ward 19-67, Williams 12-66, Freeman 3-1.
• SEAHAWKS: Jones 12-65, Forsett 9-55, Griffith 2-5, Hasselbeck 1-3, Ryan 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 26-16-205-1-2.
• SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 46-27-256-4-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Winslow 6-93, Stroughter 4-46, Bryant 3-35, Williams 1-22, Ward 1-6, Stovall 1-3.
• SEAHAWKS: Carlson 7-86, Houshmandzadeh 7-73, Branch 4-28, Butler 3-30, Forsett 2-14, Jones 2-0, Griffith 1-23, Owens 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Mack 2-0, Jackson 1-6, Hayes 1-1.
• SEAHAWKS: Grant 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Huggins 2-52.
• SEAHAWKS: Obomanu 1-16, Forsett 1-16, Wilson 1-14.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Stroughter 4-74.
• SEAHAWKS: Forsett 0-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Hayes 1-4.
• SEAHAWKS: none.

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