Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 New Orleans Saints 21
Sunday 19 December 2004 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Tim Green
Former Buc Aaron Stecker set the tone on the opening kickoff
when he initially fumbled it and then went 98 yards for a
touchdown return, something of course the Bucs had never
done to that poibt themselves. The passing offense stagnated
most of the day and in spite of seven sacks, the defense could
not shut down the Saints when it really mattered capped by the
winning touchdown inside the final minute.
GAME SCORING
NO
14:40-1Q
Stecker 98 kickoff return (Carney kick)
TB
11:25-1Q
Galloway 3 pass from Griese (Taylor kick)
TB
8:57-3Q
Galloway 59 punt return (Taylor kick)
TB
11:17-4Q
Taylor FG37
NO
3:33-4Q
Horn 4 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)
NO
0:38-4Q
Stallworth 7 pass from Brooks (Carney kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' game review
Martin Fennelly's excellent column
Rick Stroud's Monday morning viewpoint
Gary Shelton's Monday rant
Joey Johnston tells it how it is
Michael Pittman's costly fumble (again)
John Romano's Gimme Five column
The defense played its heart out
Stecker returns the opening kick
More sacks than Santa for the defense
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
The gamebook and play-by-play of the game
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Deese
DE
90 White
LG
78 Stinchcomb
DT
95 Ahanotu
C
79 Mahan
DT
91 Darby
RG
60 Coleman
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
52 Gold
TE
85 Dilger
MLB
53 Quarles
WR
84 Galloway
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
80 Clayton
LCB
25 Kelly
FB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
32 Pittman
SS
26 Smith
QB
8 Griese
FS
38 Howell
PLAYED
6 Taylor, 9 Bidwell, 27 Edwards, 28 Jackson, 35 Ivy, 36 Smart, 37
Allen, 46 Lawrie, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 58 Cooper, 72
O'Dwyer, 75 Steussie, 81 Brown, 83 Jurevicius, 85 Dilger, 86 Moore,
95 Ahanotu
DID NOT PLAY
2 Simms, 68 Wright, 93 Savage
INACTIVES
14 Johnson, 23 Phillips, 24 Cox, 34 Comella, 44 Baber, 69 Davis, 77
Terry, 82 Lee
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Pittman 24-131, Galloway 2-19, Graham 3-16, Alstott 2-2, Smart 1-1,
Griese 2-0.
SAINTS: McAllister 25-89, Brooks 3-17, Stecker 1-9.
PASSING
BUCS: Griese 22-13-118-1-1.
SAINTS: Brooks 21-14-169-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Clayton 4-53, Galloway 2-18, Pittman 2-10, Brown 1-17, Alstott 1-5,
Dilger 1-5, Jurevicius 1-5, Moore 1-5.
SAINTS: Horn 4-64, Stecker 3-26, Stallworth 2-29, Williams 2-22, Pathon 1-
15, McAllister 1-9, Karney 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: McKenzie 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smart 2-44, Graham 1-17.
SAINTS: Stecker 1-98, Lewis 1-22, McAfee 1-16, Whitehead 1-12.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Galloway 2-59.
SAINTS: Lewis 1-53.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 3-13, Spires 1.5-10.5, Barber 1-8, Ahanotu 1-4, White 0.5-1.5.
SAINTS: Howard 1-4.