Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 New Orleans Saints 14
Sunday 16 September 2007 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
TB
5:25-1Q
Williams 1 run (Bryant kick)
TB
13:09-2Q
Galloway 69 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick)
TB
1:05-2Q
Galloway 24 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick)
TB
4:26-3Q
Williams 1 run (Bryant kick)
NO
0:49-3Q
Karney 1 run (Mare kick)
TB
7:30-4Q
Bryant FG27
NO
2:50-4Q
Colston 4 pass from Brees (Mare kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports on the home-opening win
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Joe Henderson's morning-after column
How Rick Stroud saw it unfold
Gary Shelton offers his comments on the win
Malcolm Glazer makes a return to Raymond James Stadium
Cadillac scores twice and impresses with his toughness
The defense takes us back to the old days
How the New Orleans media viewed it
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's official game report
The gamebook and play-by-play
This was not even close - it was 28-0 Tampa in the third quarter with Cadillac scoring twice in spite of playing
beaten up and Jeff Garcia connected twice with Joey Galloway on scoring passes. The game was long
decided when the Saints made the score a little more respectable and the Bucs went to 1-1 on the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 24-61, Pittman 5-18, Garcia 2-6, Graham 1-2.
SAINTS: McAllister 10-49, Bush 10-27, Karney 3-13, Brees 3-10.
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 16-10-243-0-2.
SAINTS: Brees 44-26-260-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Galloway 4-135, Hilliard 2-51, Smith 2-45, Pittman 1-11,
Askew 1-1.
SAINTS: Colston 8-70, Bush 6-43, Moore 3-46, Johnson 3-18,
Patten 2-66, McAllister 1-7, Copper 1-6, Owens 1-4, Karney 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: June 1-0.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 1-36, Clayton 1-23, Hilliard 1-3.
SAINTS: Moore 3-50, Lake 1-10.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 3-25.
SAINTS: none.
SACKS
BUCS: Haye 1-7, White 1-9.
SAINTS: none.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
77 Petitgout
DE
94 Spires
LG
78 Sears
DT
71 Haye
C
76 Wade
DT
95 Hovan
RG
75 Joseph
DE
93 Carter
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
81 Smith
MLB
51 Ruud
WR
19 Hilliard
DB
22 Davis
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
20 Barber
FB
35 Askew
RCB
31 Buchanon
RB
24 Williams
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Garcia
FS
28 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 11 Jones, 21 Piscitelli, 26 Allen, 32 Pittman,
34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward,
58 Black, 59 June, 68 Lehr, 70 Penn, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86
Stevens, 88 Becht, 90 Adams, 91 White, 96 Peterson
DID NOT PLAY
5 Gradkowski
INACTIVES
2 Simms, 12 McCown, 25 Kelly, 50 Trotter, 54 Chukwurah, 69
Davis, 72 Buenning, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW
Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
