Buccaneers vs. Minnesota Vikings 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Minnesota Vikings 20
Minnesota led Tampa Bay 17–0 at halftime, but the Buccaneers rallied for the 24–20 victory on the road.
In the final four minutes, Josh Freeman drove the Buccaneers 61 yards in 9 plays, capped off by a game-winning 4-yard touchdown run by LeGarrette Blount with 35 seconds remaining.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
- UMPIRE: Jeff Rice
- HEAD LINESMAN: Phil McKinnely
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
- SIDE JUDGE: Doavid Wyant
- FIELD JUDGE: Barry Anderson
- BACK JUDGE: Steve Freeman
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Al Hynes
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- VIKINGS: 00:02-1Q Peterson 1 run (Longwell kick)
- VIKINGS: 05:06-2Q Longwell FG22
- VIKINGS: 00:52-2Q Peterson 9 run (Longwell kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 10:59-3Q Blount 27 run (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 00:29-4Q Barth FG36
- VIKINGS: 09:41-4Q Longwell FG29
- BUCCANEERS: 06:39-4Q Benn 25 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 00:31-4Q Blount 4 run (Barth kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #76 J. Zuttah
- C: #52 J. Faine
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- WR: #17 A. Benn
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #27 L. Blount
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #92 B. Price
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- SLB: #58 Q. Black
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #35 C. Grimm
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 28 Lumpkin, 30 Holland, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 34 Graham , 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 46 Yount, 53 Diles, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 73 Hardman, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 96 Crowder, 98 Okam
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Johnson
INACTIVE
- 18 Stroughter, 21 Bradford, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 24 Gaitor, 69 Dotson, 77 Lee
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Blount 13-71, Graham 3-18, Freeman 3-16.
- VIKINGS: Peterson 25-120, Gerhart 2-36, Harvin 2-18, McNabb 4-12.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 31-22-243-1-1.
- VIKINGS: McNabb 30-18-228-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 6-98, Graham 5-21, Winslow 4-44, Briscoe 4-42, Benn 1-25, Stocker 1-17, Williams 1-(-4).
- VIKINGS: Harvin 7-76, Jenkins 3-29, Shiancoe 3-28, Peterson 2-21, Gerhart 1-42, Berrian 1-17, Rudolph 1-15.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- VIKINGS: Abdullah 1-32.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 3-70, Spurlock 1-21.
- VIKINGS: Booker 1-15, Harvin 1-2.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 2-27.
- VIKINGS: Sherels 2-3.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 1-10, Foster 1-6.
- VIKINGS: Griffin 1-7, Allen 1-6.
