Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 New York Giants 17 Sunday 29 October 2006 at Giants Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Jon Gruden came in for a lot of stick in the media for this loss - it was incredibly windy in the Meadowlands yet called on his rookie weak-armed QB to throw nearly 50 passes. The Giants kept the ball on the ground, passed only when necessary and controlled possession to drop the Bucs to 2-5 on the 2006 season.
GAME SCORING NYG 3:27-1Q Burress 7 pass from Manning (Feely kick) NYG 8:50-2Q Jacobs 1 run (Feely kick) TB 0:58-2Q Bryant FG43 NYG 3:43-4Q Feely FG31
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from a windy Meadowlands Joey Johnston lays the blame on Jon Gruden Rick Stroud's game report from the Big Apple It wasn't just the weather that was bad Those key drops just killed the second quarter momentum Cadillac doesn't get untracked again The defense was good but not good enough Buccaneer notes and anecdotes The game report from the Meadowlands The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game
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 97 Rice RT 65 Trueblood LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles WR 80 Clayton RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 21 Bolden RB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Gradkowski FS 37 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 72 Buenning, 74 Green, 81 Smith, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 90 White, 98 Bradley DID NOT PLAY 13 Rattay, 31 Buchanon, 71 Haye, 86 Jolley INACTIVES 2 Simms, 29 Zemaitis, 33 Sowell, 70 Penn, 77 Terry, 85 Stovall, 89 Jones, 91 Jenkins
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 8-20, Gradkowski 3-18, Pittman 2-2. GIANTS: Barber 26-68, Jacobs 7-41, Toomer 1-0, Manning 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Gradkowski 48-20-139-0-0. GIANTS: Manning 31-16-154-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Pittman 5-38, Williams 5-34, Galloway 4-32, Becht 2-16, Smith 2-12, Clayton 1-4, Hilliard 1-3. GIANTS: Burress 7-86, Barber 3-20, Shockey 3-15, Shiancoe 1-13, Toomer 1-12, Finn 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. GIANTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Graham 1-13, Adams 1-0. GIANTS: Morton 2-35. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hilliard 6-39. GIANTS: Morton 4-28. SACKS BUCS: Wyms 1-6, Rice 1-5. GIANTS: Kiwanuka 1-5, Torbor 1-0.