Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 Baltimore Ravens 27
Sunday 10 September 2006 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
BAL
5:44-1Q
Lewis 4 run (Stover kick)
BAL
14:45-2Q
McAllister 60 interception return (Stover kick)
BAL
1:54-2Q
Stover FG20
BAL
10:22-3Q
Stover FG42
BAL
7:17-4Q
Wilcox 4 pass from McNair (Stover kick)
GAME REPORTS
Pointless - Roy Cummings' review of the game
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
Rick Stroud's opinions on what went wrong
Gary Shelton can see z-e-r-o possibilities from this performance
Cadillac never got untracked against the Raven defense
Bruce Gradkowski made his NFL debut early
How the Baltimore Sun saw the game unfold
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report from Raymond Jamea Stadium
The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game
Not the kind of home opener any fan expects. A shutout and it was not even that close. The offense had
struggled during the pre-season and this was more of the same with Chris Simms throwing three
interceptions one of which was returned for a touchdown to put the Ravens 14-0 up early in the second
quarter. The defense played OK but was behind the eight ball from early on.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 8-22, Simms 1-3, Alstott 1-2, Pittman 3-(-1).
RAVENS: Lewis 18-78, Anderson 7-25, Smith 2-6, McNair 2-4,
Boller 4-(-2), Clayton 1-(-8).
PASSING
BUCS: Simms 29-17-133-3-0, Gradkowski 5-1-4-0-0.
RAVENS: McNair 27-17-181-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Williams 5-25, Becht 4-27, Clayton 3-34, Alstott 3-26,
Smith 2-18, Pittman 1-7.
RAVENS: Heap 5-46, Mason 4-50, Wilcox 3-52, Clayton 2-18,
Williams 1-9, Smith 1-4, Green 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
RAVENS: McAllister 1-60, Ngata 1-60, Reed 1-3.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Pittman 5-121, Cox 1-26.
RAVENS: Sams 1-18.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 5-47.
RAVENS: Sams 4-57, Oglesby 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: White 1-13.
RAVENS: Scott 2-12, Lewis 1-9.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Davis
DE
94 Spires
LG
79 Mahan
DT
95 Hovan
C
76 Wade
DT
92 McFarland
RG
77 Terry
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
LLB
56 Nece
TE
81 Smith
MLB
51 Ruud
TE
88 Becht
RLB
55 Brooks
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
25 Kelly
RB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
24 Williams
SS
23 Phillips
QB
2 Simms
FS
37 Allen
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 7 Gradkowski, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27
Cox, 32 Pittman, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46
Adams, 50 Winborn, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 80 Clayton, 83
Moore, 87 Jolley, 89 Jones, 90 White, 98 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
65 Trueblood, 74 Green, 78 Jackson
INACTIVES
13 Rattay, 29 Zemaitis, 53 Quarles, 72 Buenning, 75 Joseph,
82 Warren, 85 Stovall, 91 Jenkins
COMMENTARY CREW
Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon
