Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Dallas Cowboys 13
Sunday 26 October 2008 at Texas Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Darryl Johnston
The Dallas defense stifled the Bucs for most of the game
and allowed ex-Tampa Bay QB Brad Johnson to lead the
Cowboys to enough offense to take a narrow victory. "We
moved the ball pretty well today but you have to score
touchdowns to win in this league,'' Jon Gruden said. "We
had several opportunities to win the game today; we just
didn't cash in.''
GAME SCORING
TB
10:57-1Q
Bryant FG36
TB
1:09-1Q
Bryant FG36
DAL
9:29-2Q
Folk FG38
DAL
0:01-2Q
Williams 2 pass from Johnson (Folk kick)
DAL
5:13-3Q
Folk FG45
TB
0:34-3Q
Bryant FG41
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Texas Stadium
Joey Johnston offers his opinions on the defeat
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
The white tiger returns to the Buccaneer offense
Clifton Smith gets his chance to return kicks and punts
Jermaine Phillips breaks his arm and could be out a while
The defense only comes through with destructive penalties
Brad Johnson takes what is on offer and walks off with a win
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's game report from Dallas
The official gamebook and play-by-play
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
81 Smith
MLB
51 Ruud
TE
88 Gilmore
SLB
59 June
WR
89 Bryant
LCB
31 Buchanon
WR
80 Clayton
RCB
20 Barber
RB
34 Graham
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Garcia
FS
36 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 22 Smith, 25 Talib, 26
Allen, 28 Dunn, 33 Cook, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 54 Hayes, 57
Hayward, 58 Black, 79 Mahan, 84 Galloway, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark,
91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims
DID NOT PLAY
12 McCown, 76 Zuttah
INACTIVES
8 Griese, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 29 Bennett, 35 Askew, 77 Lee,
85 Stovall, 96 Peterson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Graham 17-42, Garcia 1-6, Dunn 1-0.
COWBOYS: Barber 25-71, Johnson 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 44-28-228-0-0.
COWBOYS: Johnson 33-19-122-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Bryant 7-46. Graham 4-22, Galloway 3-38, Clayton 3-23. Hilliard 3-23,
Stevens 3-16, A.Smith 2-39, Dunn 2-8, C.Smith 1-13.
COWBOYS: Barber 6-29, Owens 5-33, Bennett 3-21, Williams 2-10, Crayton 1-
13, Witten 1-8, Curtis 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
COWBOYS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 3-62.
COWBOYS: Austin 2-38, Stanback 2-37.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 5-82, Hilliard 1-0.
COWBOYS: Crayton 2-5.
SACKS
BUCS: Adams 2-15, Sims 1-5.
COWBOYS: Ratliff 1-8, James 1-6.
