Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Houston Texans 28
Sunday 9 December 2007 at Reliant Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Terry Donohue
Luke McCown once again led the Buccaneer offense but to
no avail as the defense was repeatedly beaten on third down
and three Sage Rosenfels touchdowns gave the Texans their
victory. “We just didn't do a good job of getting off the field
today” said Derrick Brooks. “They made plays and we didn't."
GAME SCORING
HOU
3:59-1Q
Johnson 4 pass from Rosenfels (Brown kick)
TB
10:57-2Q
Graham 4 run (Bryant kick)
HOU
4:38-2Q
Walter 8 pass from Rosenfels (Brown kick)
HOU
14:46-3Q
Davis 99 kickoff return (Brown kick)
TB
12:38-3Q
Graham 11 run (Bryant kick)
HOU
14:56-4Q
Daniels 4 pass from Rosenfels (Brown kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Reliant Stadium
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton's morning-after column
And the Tampa defense just couldn't get off the field
The kick return touchdown just killed the Bucs
Jeff Garcia will be back for the Atlanta game next week
Ike Hilliard's shoulder injury is a concern
Buc team notes and anecdotes
More comment and feedback on the game
Scott Smith's official game report
The gamebook and the 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
WR
80 Clayton
SLB
59 June
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, 9 Bidwell, 17 Spurlock, 19 Hilliard, 22 Davis, 25 Kelly, 26
Allen, 29 Bennett, 39 Pearson, 44 Storer, 48 Economos, 54
Chukwurah, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 69 Davis, 85
Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Becht, 91 White, 98 Sims
DID NOT PLAY
5 Gradkowski
INACTIVES
7 Garcia, 32 Pittman, 36 Gates, 50 Trotter, 72 Buenning, 87
Heinrich, 94 Spires, 96 Peterson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Graham 15-61, McCown 2-10.
TEXANS: Walker 16-46, Dayne 7-17, Echemandu 2-7, Rosenfels 2-1.
PASSING
BUCS: McCown 38-25-266-0-0.
TEXANS: Rosenfels 36-27-209-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Galloway 6-87, Graham 6-45, Clayton 4-39, Hilliard 3-28, Smith 2-39,
Stovall 2-17, Becht 1-7, Askew 1-4.
TEXANS: Johnson 9-82, Walker 6-35, Walter 5-47, Daniels 3-20, Dayne 2-15,
Davis 1-5, Leach 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
TEXANS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 4-112, Clayton 1-21.
TEXANS: Davis 2-115.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 1-3.
TEXANS: Jones 2-4.
SACKS
BUCS: White 3-23.
TEXANS: Williams 1-13, Greenwood 1-8, Cochran 1-6, Kalu 0.5-2.5, Okoye
0.5-2.5.
