Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Carolina Panthers 38
Monday 8 December 2008 at Bank of America Stadium
ESPN COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Tony Kornheiser
It was Monday Night Football and the Bucs needed one
more win to clinch a playoff berth. What they got was totally
run over giving up 300 yards on the ground as the stories of
Monte Kiffin leaving for the college ranks were true. Antonio
Bryant’s epic game and miraculous touchdown were left by
the wayside.
GAME SCORING
CAR
8:50-1Q
Kasay FG33
TB
6:35-2Q
M.Bryant FG20
CAR
1:56-2Q
Stewart 2 run (Kasay kick)
TB
11:23-3Q
A.Bryant 50 pass from Garcia (M.Bryant kick)
CAR
8:19-3Q
Smith 38 pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick)
TB
3:37-3Q
Williams 4 run (M.Bryant kick)
CAR
13:21-4Q
Stewart 4 run (Kasay kick)
CAR
8:30-4Q
Williams 16 run (Kasay kick)
TB
2:29-4Q
A.Bryant 15 pass from Garcia (kick blocked)
CAR
2:07-4Q
Williams 36 run (Kasay kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Bank of America Stadium
Joe Henderson offers his opinions on the game
How Rick Stroud saw things unfold in Carolina
Gary Shelton's morning-after column
Antonio Bryant's huge game goes to waste
Roy Cummings offers a summary of events
More notes and comments from the locker room
Scott Smith's game report
The official gamebook and play-by-play
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
93 Carter
LG
78 Sears
DT
98 Sims
C
52 Faine
DT
95 Hovan
RG
75 Joseph
DE
90 Adams
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
88 Gilmore
MLB
51 Ruud
WR
80 Clayton
DB
25 Talib
WR
89 Bryant
LCB
31 Buchanon
FB
35 Askew
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Garcia
FS
36 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 22 Smith, 24 Williams,
26 Allen, 33 Cook, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 57 Hayward, 58 Black,
59 June, 76 Zuttah, 79 Mahan, 81 Smith, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 91
White, 96 Peterson, 97 Wilkerson
DID NOT PLAY
12 McCown, 84 Galloway
INACTIVES
8 Griese, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 29 Herron, 30 Nicholson, 50
McCoy, 71 Haye, 77 Lee
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Dunn 10-49, Williams 9-22, Askew 3-9, Garcia 2-6.
PANTHERS: Williams 19-186, Stewart 15-115, Hoover 1-0, Delhomme 2-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Garcia 38-24-321-0-2.
PANTHERS: Delhomme 20-14-173-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: A.Bryant 9-200, Stevens 5-33, Dunn 3-13, Hilliard 2-20, A.Smith 1-20,
Clayton 1-15, Askew 1-9, Williams 1-6, Gilmore 1-5.
PANTHERS: Smith 9-117, Muhammad 3-43, Jarrett 1-7, Williams 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-4, Phillips 1-1.
PANTHERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 3-77, A.Smith 1-17, Clark 1-15, Gilmore 1-12.
PANTHERS: Jones 4-74.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 1-3.
PANTHERS: Jones 2-21.
SACKS
BUCS: Carter 1-8.
PANTHERS: Peppers 1.5-4.5, Brayton 1-7, Marshall 1-6, Lewis 1-3, Johnson
0.5-2.5.
