Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 San Diego Chargers 31
Sunday 12 December 2004 at Qualcomm Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and JC Pearson
Brian Griese passed for nearly 400 yards and kept the Bucs
coming back with three touchdown passes to match earlier
San Diego scores. But his pick six with 4:18 remaining
proved to be the back-breaker and no other kinds of miracles
were going to pull this one out of the fire.
GAME SCORING
SD
11:49-2Q
Parker 79 pass from Brees (Kaeding kick)
TB
9:02-2Q
Galloway 36 pass from Griese (Taylor kick)
SD
0:49-2Q
Osgood 19 pass from Brees (Kaeding kick)
TB
4:56-3Q
Galloway 4 pass from Griese (Taylor kick)
SD
0:30-3Q
Tomlinson 7 run (Kaeding kick)
TB
6:53-4Q
Clayton 20 pass from Griese (Taylor kick)
SD
4:18-4Q
Edwards 30 interception return (Kaeding kick)
SD
2:06-4Q
Kaeding FG42
TB
0:16-4Q
Taylor FG40
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' game review
Mick Elliott's morning-after column
Rick Stroud's Monday morning viewpoint
Gary Shelton's weekly rant
Griese throws for nearly 400 yards
John Romano's Gimme Five column
From the winning locker room
Michael Clayton has another big day
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
The gamebook and play-by-play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Deese
DE
94 Spires
LG
78 Stinchcomb
DT
95 Ahanotu
C
79 Mahan
DT
91 Darby
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
52 Gold
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
TE
89 Heller
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
80 Clayton
LCB
25 Kelly
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
32 Pittman
SS
26 Smith
QB
8 Griese
FS
38 Howell
PLAYED
6 Taylor, 9 Bidwell, 27 Edwards, 34 Comella, 35 Ivy, 36 Smart, 37
Allen, 43 Cook, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 72
O'Dwyer, 73 Bradley, 75 Steussie, 81 Brown, 83 Jurevicius, 84
Galloway, 86 Moore, 90 White, 93 Savage
DID NOT PLAY
2 Simms
INACTIVES
14 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 24 Cox, 28 Jackson, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 82
Lee, 98 Smith
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Pittman 12-42, Alstott 4-12, Graham 1-6, Griese 1-3.
CHARGERS: Tomlinson 25-131, Neal 1-2, Brees 4-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Griese 50-36-392-3-3.
CHARGERS: Brees 23-17-220-2-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Clayton 9-145, Pittman 6-46, Galloway 5-78, Dilger 4-28, Heller 3-19,
Jurevicius 2-33, Alstott 2-23, Brown 2-14, Smart 2-10, Griese 1-(-4) .
CHARGERS: Parker 6-118, Tomlinson 4-19, McCardell 3-30, Osgood 2-27,
Gates 1-17, Peelle 1-9.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-0, Allen 1-0.
CHARGERS: Edwards 2-34, Jammer 1-12.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smart 5-106.
CHARGERS: Chatman 3-70, Neal 1-12.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Galloway 3-5.
CHARGERS: Parker 2-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 1-9, Spires 1-5.
CHARGERS: Leber 1-10, Fisk 1-7, Foley 1-2.
