Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Carolina Panthers 31
Sunday 30 December 2007 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli
The Bucs ended the regular season with a home loss but one
that did not mean much in the grand scheme. "If we had to do
it over again, we'd do the same thing, because starting next
week it's going to be single elimination and we're going to be in
for the fight of our lives” summed up Jon Gruden afterwards.
GAME SCORING
TB
11:04-1Q
Stevens 3 pass from McCown (Bryant kick)
CAR
3:55-1Q
Fauria 2 pass from Moore (Kasay kick)
TB
12:32-2Q
Bryant FG31
CAR
6:40-2Q
Rosario 20 pass from Moore (Kasay kick)
TB
2:34-2Q
Bryant FG23
CAR
0:16-2Q
Kasay FG19
TB
6:57-3Q
Bennett 23 pass from McCown (Bryant kick)
CAR
4:03-3Q
Williams 1 run (Kasay kick)
TB
14:02-4Q
Bryant FG49
CAR
6:24-4Q
Williams 32 run (Kasay kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
How Rick Stroud saw it all unfold
Gary Shelton's morning-after column
Luke McCown leads a record-breaking Buccaneer scoring drive
Michael Bennett makes a case for more playing time
Game notes and anecdotes
Vinny Testaverde ends his career on the same field it all began
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
50 Trotter
WR
15 Lucas
SLB
59 June
WR
80 Clayton
LCB
20 Barber
FB
44 Storer
RCB
31 Buchanon
RB
32 Pittman
SS
39 Pearson
QB
12 McCown
FS
28 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 17 Spurlock, 18 Clark, 22 Davis, 25 Kelly, 26
Allen, 29 Bennett, 33 Darby, 48 Economos, 54 Chukwurah, 56 Nece,
57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 69 Davis, 86 Stevens, 88 Becht, 91
White, 94 Spires, 96 Peterson, 98 Sims
DID NOT PLAY
5 Gradkowski
INACTIVES
7 Garcia, 19 Hilliard, 23 Phillips, 34 Graham, 35 Askew, 51 Ruud, 72
Buenning, 84 Galloway
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: McCown 5-47, Bennett 15-39, Pittman 4-12, Darby 2-9.
PANTHERS: Williams 20-121, Foster 11-46, Jarrett 1-11, Hoover 1-2,
Haynes 2-1, Moore 1-0, Testaverde 1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: McCown 28-21-236-1-2.
PANTHERS: Moore 24-15-174-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Lucas 5-82, Clayton 5-60, Stevens 4-30, Bennett 2-28, Darby 2-16,
Smith 1-18, Becht 1-2, Pittman 1-0.
PANTHERS: Smith 5-48, Rosario 3-36, Carter 2-59, Foster 1-11, Robinson
1-9, King 1-5, Hoover 1-4, Fauria 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Buchanon 1-4.
PANTHERS: Marshall 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 2-41, Darby 2-11.
PANTHERS: Robinson 3-103, Moorehead 2-14.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Spurlock 1-15.
PANTHERS: Robinson 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: Spires 1-5.
PANTHERS: Marshall 1-14, Diggs 1-11, McClover 1-9, Moorehead 1-6.
