Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Pittsburgh Steelers 38

Tampa Bay took an early 3–0 lead with Connor Barth's 40-yard field goal. However, Pittsburgh dominated the remainder of the game.

Mike Wallace caught two touchdown passes of 46 yards and 41 yards, respectively. The Steelers rushed for 201 yards, and routed Tampa Bay 38–13.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Bill Leavy
• UMPIRE: Darrell Jenkins
• HEAD LINESMAN: Mark Baltz
• LINE JUDGE: Mark Perlman
• SIDE JUDGE: Jeff Lamberth
• FIELD JUDGE: Jim Quirk
• BACK JUDGE: Keith Ferguson
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Al Jury
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 12:10-1Q Barth FG40
• STEELERS: 07:53-1Q Wallace 46 pass from Batch (Reed kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 14:08-2Q Barth FG24
• STEELERS: 10:19-2Q Mendenhall 3 run (Reed kick)
• STEELERS: 07:15-2Q Wallace 41 pass from Batch (Reed kick)
• STEELERS: 00:16-2Q Ward 9 pass from Batch (Reed kick)
• STEELERS: 02:23-3Q Reed FG24
• STEELERS: 14:44-4Q Keisel 79 interception return (Reed kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:54-4Q Blount 1 run (Barth kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #68 K. Vincent
• C: #52 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #88 J. Gilmore
• WR: #18 S. Stroughter
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• RB: #24 C. Williams
• FB: #34 E. Graham

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #94 K. Moore
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 R. Miller
• RE: #91 S. White
• SLB: #58 Q. Black
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barberb
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #35 C. Grimm

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bryan, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 17 Benn, 21 Piscitelli, 27 Blount, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 87 Parker, 92 Price, 96 Crowder, 98 Sims

DID NOT PLAY

• none.

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 23 Lewis, 32 Huggins, 53 Koutouvides, 62 Larsen, 71 Bennett, 85 Stovall

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Blount 6-27, Freeman 6-15, Williams 6-13, Graham 2-13, Johnson 1-7.
• STEELERS: Mendenhall 19-143, Redman 5-31, Batch 5-26, Moore 1-4, Wallace 1-(-1), Ward 1-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 31-20-184-1-0, Johnson 6-6-67-0-0.
• STEELERS: Batch 17-12-186-2-3.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: M.Williams 5-55, C.Williams 5-33, Graham 4-57, Stroughter 4-17, Benn 3-33, Winslow 3-24, Stevens 1-22, Spurlock 1-10.
• STEELERS: Wallace 3-100, Ward 3-34, Miller 2-25, Moore 2-4, Randle-El 1-14, Redman 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Black 1-4, Talib 1-0.
• STEELERS: Keisel 1-79.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 4-81, Parker 2-52.
• STEELERS: Brown 3-67, Moore 1-17.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Randle-El 1-8.
• STEELERS: none.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• STEELERS: Eason 1-9, Worilds 1-7, Gay 1-7, Timmons 1-0.

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