Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 Sunday 3 December 2006 at Three Rivers Stadium
SCORING PIT 0:29-1Q Tuman 2 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) PIT 1:56-2Q Reed FG50 PIT 14:52-4Q Miller 16 pass from Roethlisberger (Reed kick) PIT 1:56-4Q Reed FG39 TB 0:00-4Q Bryant FG27
When you kick a meaningless fieldgoal on the final play of the game just to avoid a shutout, then you know your team is in a bad place. The Bucs fell to 3-9 as the offense did nothing except throw interceptions and the defense was eventually worn done by the length of time they were on the field.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 4-35, Williams 11-27, Gradkowski 6-26, Alstott 6- 13, Galloway 1-7, Clayton 1-3, Pittman 1-(-1). STEELERS: Parker 22-61, Davenport 6-8, Kreider 1-5, Roethlisberger 2-2. PASSING BUCS: Gradkowski 34-20-175-3-0. STEELERS: Roethlisberger 25-12-198-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Clayton 4-57, Williams 4-30, Galloway 3-37, Hilliard 2-13, Becht 2-10, Smith 2-4, Stovall 1-11, Pittman 1-7, Alstott 1-6. STEELERS: Washington 3-78, Miller 2-27, Wilson 2-26, Davenport 2-22, Parker 1-25, Holmes 1-18, Tuman 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-9. STEELERS: Kriewaldt 1-12, Foote 1-11, McFadden 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Cox 4-78, Pittman 1-12. STEELERS: Davenport 1-21. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Buchanon 2-5, Hilliard 2-4. STEELERS: Holmes 2-12. SACKS BUCS: Quarles 1-7. STEELERS: Porter 2-16, Townsend 1-8, Keisel 1-6, Smith 1-1.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 79 Mahan DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 96 Wyms RG 75 Joseph DE 90 White RT 65 Trueblood SLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles WR 80 Clayton RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 21 Bolden RB 32 Pittman RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Gradkowski FS 37 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 27 Cox, 31 Buchanon, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 40 Alstott, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 77 Terry, 81 Smith, 83 Moore, 85 Stovall, 91 Jenkins DID NOT PLAY 13 Rattay, 86 Jolley INACTIVES 12 McCown, 29 Zemaitis, 30 Nicholson, 66 Mihlhauser, 70 Penn, 82 Warren, 93 Bennett, 98 Bradley
COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Jesse Palmer
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Heinz Field Rick Stroud knows that it is time for a change Gary Shelton's view - now switch to Tim Rattay at QB Cadillac Williams reaches a new low Not a happy homecoming for Bruce Gradkowski Tom Jones' excellent Bucshotz column Game notes and anecdotes from Pittsburgh The gory details of the game report The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game