Buccaneers vs. Seattle Seahawks

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Seattle Seahawks 15

Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman threw for 237 yards and threw five touchdown passes, tying a franchise record, as Tampa Bay routed Seattle 38–15.

In the first quarter, Matt Hasselbeck scrambled for a 1-yard touchdown to give Seattle a 7–0 lead. However, Hasselbeck suffered a muscle strain on the play, and was sidelined for the remainder of the game. Backup quarterback Charlie Whitehurst was forced to take over for Seattle.

Micheal Spurlock returned the ensuing kickoff 79 yards to the Seattle 17-yard line, setting up a Connor Barth field goal. Tampa Bay scored 31 unanswered points, including two touchdown passes apiece from Freeman to Kellen Winslow and Mike Williams.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
• UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
• LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
• SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
• FIELD JUDGE: Mike Weir
• BACK JUDGE: Terrence Miles
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Dick Creed
• VIDEO OPERATOR: unknown

SCORING

• SEAHAWKS: 02:50-1Q Hasselbeck 1 run (Mare kick)
• BUCS: 00:25-1Q Barth FG46
• BUCS: 12:23-2Q Winslow 10 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCS: 00:17-2Q M.Williams 20 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCS: 06:38-3Q Winslow 21 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCS: 01:28-3Q M.Williams 7 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• SEAHAWKS: 10:14-4Q Washington 16 run (Obamanu pass from Whitehurst)
• BUCS: 07:56-4Q Stovall 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #62 T. Larsen
• C: #76 J. Zuttah
• RG: #73 D. Hardman
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #88 J. Gilmore
• WR: #17 A. Benn
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• FB: #27 L. Blount
• RB: #34 E. Graham

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #96 T. Crowder
• DT: #98 F. Okam
• DT: #90 R. Miller
• RE: #71 M. Bennett
• SLB: #57 A. Hayward
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #31 E. Biggers
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #41 C. Lynch

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 24 Williams, 33 Mack, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 50 McKenzie, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 60 Carter, 61 Barker, 77 Lee, 80 Purvis, 81 Spurlock, 85 Stovall, 87 Parker, 88 Gilmore, 89 Briscoe, 91 White, 95 Woods, 97 Magee

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 18 Stroughter, 21 Harris, 28 Lumpkin, 29 Johnson, 67 Johnson, 84 Overbay

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Blount 18-164, Freeman 4-23, C.Williams 4-21.
• SEAHAWKS: Lynch 14-53, Washington 1-16, Forsett 8-12, Whitehurst 3-5, Robinson 1-3, Hasselbeck 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 26-21-237-0-5, Johnson 2-2-15-0-0.
• SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 4-3-24-0-0, Whitehurst 18-11-66-0-0..

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Winslow 7-98, M.Williams 3-44, C.Williams 3-22, Stovall 3-12, Briscoe 2-28, Spurlock 1-20, Benn 1-16, Parker 1-5, Graham 1-4, Blount 1-3.
• SEAHAWKS: Carlson 3-27, Tate 3-10, Obomanu 2-18, Williams 2-15, Forsett 2-5, Morrah 1-9, Stokley 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• SEAHAWKS: none.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 3-99.
• SEAHAWKS: Washington 7-128.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 1-6.
• SEAHAWKS: Washington 2-4.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Hayes 2-6, Ruud 1-0.
• SEAHAWKS: Tatapu 1-8, Brock 0.5-6.5, Clemons 0.5-6.5.

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