Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Minnesota Vikings 13 Sunday 16 November 2008 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING MIN 6:53-1Q Longwell FG43 TB 2:48-1Q Bryant FG39 MIN 13:33-2Q Wade 4 pass from Frerotte (Longwell kick) TB 7:48-2Q Bryant FG26 MIN 1:47-2Q Longwell FG37 TB 9:25-1Q Askew 1 run (Bryant kick) TB 5:36-4Q Bryant FG29 TB 3:30-4Q Bryant FG26
This wasn’t a pretty win but once again veteran QB Jeff Garcia led the offense to enough points and the defense came up with the plays when it needed to including holding NFL rushing leader Adrian Peterson to under 100 yards. "It would be scary to see where we'd be without the help of that defense of ours," Garcia said. "They've pulled us out so many times this year."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Dunn 20-53, Garcia 6-21, C.Smith 4-21, A.Bryant 1-9, Graham 1-3, Askew 1-1. VIKINGS: Peterson 19-85, Taylor 5-11, Frerotte 2-3. PASSING BUCS: Garcia 30-23-255-0-0. VIKINGS: Frerotte 20-14-138-0-1, Rice 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Stevens 6-84, A.Bryant 5-59, Dunn 4-65, Clayton 3-36, Askew 2-9, Gilmore 1-4, C.Smith 1-(-1), Hilliard 1-(-1). VIKINGS: Berrian 3-46, Shiancoe 2-41, Rice 2-22, Taylor 2-15, Wade 2-12, Mills 1-6, Allison 1-(-1), Peterson 1-(-3). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. VIKINGS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: C.Smith 2-48, Clark 1-17. VIKINGS: Hicks 5-108, Peterson 1-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. VIKINGS: none. SACKS BUCS: Ruud 1-11, Wilkerson 1-8, Hovan 1-6, Carter 1-1, Barber 1-1. VIKINGS: Greenway 1-0.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 88 Gilmore MLB 51 Ruud WR 80 Clayton DB 25 Talib WR 89 Bryant LCB 31 Buchanon FB 35 Askew RCB 20 Barber RB 34 Graham SS 21 Piscitelli QB 7 Garcia FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 22 Smith, 26 Allen, 28 Dunn, 30 Nicholson, 33 Cook, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 54 Hayes, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 59 June, 76 Zuttah, 79 Mahan, 84 Galloway, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown INACTIVES 8 Griese, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 24 Williams, 77 Lee, 81 Smith, 96 Peterson
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Joe Henderson on the ageless wonder at quarterback How Rick Stroud saw things unfold Gary Shelton offers his morning-after column The Bucs need Earnest Graham for a real play-off run Upon further review - a summary of events Warrick Dunn takes on the extra workload BJ Askew scores his first NFL touchdown Tom Jones on the game coverage on Fox Sports Scott Smith's official game report Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play