Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 New Orleans Saints 23
Sunday 2 December 2007 at the Superdome
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
The Bucs moved to the brink of the division title led by third-
string QB Luke McCown who completed his first 15 passes
and threw a game-winning touchdown to Jerramy Stevens
with 14 seconds left to cap a remarkable performance. "I
didn't think he'd have that much poise, that much composure,"
Ronde Barber said.
GAME SCORING
TB
9:54-1Q
Bryant FG27
NO
2:05-1Q
Copper 4 pass from Brees (Mare kick)
TB
14:20-2Q
Becht 1 pass from McCown (Bryant kick)
TB
7:52-2Q
Bryant FG31
NO
3:21-2Q
Henderson 45 pass from Brees (Mare kick)
TB
9:36-3Q
Graham 25 run (Bryant kick)
NO
3:05-3Q
McKenzie 53 interception return (Mare kick)
NO
3:44-4Q
Safety - McCown sacked in the endzone
TB
0:14-4Q
Stevens 4 pass from McCown (Bryant kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Superdome
Joe Henderson's morning-after column
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton offers his opinions on the win
Jerramy Stevens comes up big at the end
The Tampa Bay defense makes the play when it had to
Team notes and anecdotes
More notes from the Buc locker room
The view from the New Orleans' locker room
Scott Smith's official game report
The gamebook and play-by-play
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
93 Carter
LG
78 Sears
DT
71 Haye
C
76 Wade
DT
95 Hovan
RG
75 Joseph
DE
90 Adams
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
81 Smith
MLB
51 Ruud
TE
86 Stevens
DB
25 Kelly
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
20 Barber
FB
35 Askew
RCB
31 Buchanon
RB
34 Graham
SS
23 Phillips
QB
12 McCown
FS
28 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 5 Gradkowski, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 22 Davis, 25 Kelly, 26
Allen, 29 Bennett, 32 Pittman, 39 Pearson, 44 Storer, 48 Economos,
54 Chukwurah, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr,69 Davis,
80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 88 Becht, 91 White, 98 Sims
INACTIVES
7 Garcia , 17 Spurlock, 36 Gates, 50 Trotter, 72 Buenning, 87
Heinrich, 94 Spires, 96 Peterson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Graham 22-106, McCown 2-34, Clayton 1-20, Bennett 1-12.
SAINTS: Bush 13-64, Stecker 7-16, Brees 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: McCown 37-29-313-1-2.
SAINTS: Brees 23-17-179-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Galloway 7-159, Graham 7-37, Hilliard 4-29, Askew 3-41, Stevens 2-8,
Pittman 2-6, Bennett 1-12, Smith 1-11, Stovall 1-9, Becht 1-1.
SAINTS: Stecker 4-35, Bush 3-13, Colston 2-39, Moore 2-18, Johnson 2-12,
Henderson 1-45, Karney 1-7, Miller 1-6, Copper 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: McKenzie 1-53.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Clayton 4-89.
SAINTS: Moore 5-83, Patten 2-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hilliard 2-13, Galloway 1-2, Buchanon 1-(-6).
SAINTS: none.
SACKS
BUCS: Barber 1-7, Adams 1-6, Haye 1-4.
SAINTS: Smith 1-7, Wynn 1-8, Simoneau 1-4.
