Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Green Bay Packers 21 Sunday 28 September 2008 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING GB 10:24-1Q Jennings 25 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) TB 12:09-2Q Smith 9 pass from Griese (Bryant kick) TB 6:43-2Q Bryant FG23 TB 1:07-2Q Bryant FG36 TB 6:00-3Q Phillips 38 fumble return (Bryant kick) GB 1:46-3Q Jennings 25 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) GB 13:43-4Q Woodson 62 interception return (Crosby kick) TB 2:26-4Q Bryant FG24 TB 1:56-4Q Graham 1 run (Bryant kick)
The Bucs’ third straight win came on the back of the ground game once more as they overcome three Brian Griese interceptions, the third of which had put the Pack ahead in the fourth quarter. "Stopping the run was the key to it all," Bucs defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin said. "We were able to make them one-dimensional that way and the guys did a good job of disguising things."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 20-111, Dunn 16-63, Clayton 1-4, Griese 4-0. PACKERS: Grant 15-20, Rodgers 2-8, Jackson 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Griese 30-15-149-3-1. PACKERS: Rodgers 27-14-165-3-2, Flynn 5-2-6-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Bryant 4-39, Clayton 3-28, Smith 2-26, Dunn 2-23, Hilliard 2-21, Gilmore 1-9, Graham 1-3. PACKERS: Jennings 6-109, Nelson 4-31, Jackson 2-21, Driver 1- 8, Lee 1-6, Grant 2-(-4). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Ruud 1-10, Adams 1-5, Brooks 1-0, June 0-1. PACKERS: Woodson 1-62, Williams 1-39, Collins 1-6. KICK RETURNS BUCS: D.Jackson 3-100, Stovall 1-15. PACKERS: Blackmon 5-95, Nelson 1-5. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: D.Jackson 1-19, Hilliard 0-0. PACKERS: Blackmon 2-21. SACKS BUCS: Ruud 1-9, Wilkerson 1-8, Carter 1-1. PACKERS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 98 Sims C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 76 Zuttah DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud WR 89 Bryant SLB 59 June WR 80 Clayton LCB 31 Buchanon FB 44 Storer RCB 20 Barber RB 34 Graham SS 23 Phillips QB 8 Griese FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 10 Jackson, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 25 Talib,26 Allen, 28 Dunn, 29 Bennett, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 54 Hayes, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 71 Haye, 79 Mahan, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown, 96 Peterson INACTIVES 7 Garcia, 11 Johnson, 35 Askew, 50 McCoy, 75 Joseph, 77 Lee, 84 Galloway, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Joe Henderson reflects on Matt Bryant's day of rememberance How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton also writes about Matt Bryant Tom Jones weighs in with his two cents Three wins in a row but three interceptions again The five big plays of the game Game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's game report Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play