Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 San Francisco 49ers 15 Sunday 30 October 2005 at Candlestick Park
SCORING SF 6:00-2Q Nedney FG45 TB 0:18-2Q Bryant FG47 SF 0:00-2Q Nedney FG47 SF 6:16-3Q Nedney FG41 SF 2:45-3Q Nedney FG49 TB 10:33-4Q Galloway 78 pass from Simms (Bryant kick) SF 1:56-4Q Nedney FG27
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' review of the game Martin Fennelly's award-winning column What Rick Stroud thought of it all Nowhere for Cadillac and Pittman to run Sweet redemption for the worst defense in the league Simeon Rice suspended and sent home from San Francisco What the San Francisco media had to say afterwards Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
The 49ers came into this game with the worst record in the NFL yet walked away with a win over the then 5-1 Buccaneers in spite of only mustering 50 yards in passing offense. Chris Simms did have a long TD pass to Joey Galloway but lost a key fumble and took five sacks in his first start of the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 13-20, Simms 3-18, Pittman 4-5. 49ERS: Barlow 26-101, Gore 10-40, Pickett 2-12, Dorsey 1-5. PASSING BUCS: Simms 34-21-264-2-1. 49ERS: Dorsey 18-7-40-0-0, Pickett 1-1-10-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 8-149, Clayton 4-30, Alstott 3-24, Smith 2-43, Hilliard 1-7, Williams 1-5, Pittman 1-3, Shepherd 1-3. 49ERS: Barlow 2-21, Lloyd 2-18, Morton 1-7, Jackson 1-6, Bajema 1-5, Gore 1-(-7). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. 49ERS: Spencer 1-24, Moore 1-12. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Jones 2-46, Cox 2-38. 49ERS: Hicks 3-63. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 5-29. 49ERS: Marshall 4-18. SACKS BUCS: none. 49ERS: Young 2-3, Johnson 1-12, Adams 1-9, Carter 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan DE 90 White RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles WR 80 Clayton RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 25 Kelly RB 24 Williams RCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman SS 23 Phillips QB 2 Simms FS 26 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 81 Smith, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown, 64 Bryant INACTIVES 13 Rattay, 34 Jackson, 44 Razzano, 61 Colmer, 74 Jackson, 85 Lawrie, 87 Russell, 97 Rice
COMMENTARY CREW Craig Shemon and Dale Hellestrae