Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Dallas Cowboys 13 Saturday 26 October 2008 at Texas Stadium
SCORING TB 10:57-1Q Bryant FG36 TB 1:09-1Q Bryant FG36 DAL 9:29-2Q Folk FG38 DAL 0:01-2Q Williams 2 pass from Johnson (Folk kick) DAL 5:13-3Q Folk FG45 TB 0:34-3Q Bryant FG41
The Dallas defense stifled the Bucs for most of the game and allowed ex-Tampa Bay QB Brad Johnson to lead the Cowboys to enough offense to take a narrow victory.  "We moved the ball pretty well today but you have to score touchdowns to win in this league,'' Jon Gruden said. "We had several opportunities to win the game today; we just didn't cash in.''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 17-42, Garcia 1-6, Dunn 1-0. COWBOYS: Barber 25-71, Johnson 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Garcia 44-28-228-0-0. COWBOYS: Johnson 33-19-122-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Bryant 7-46. Graham 4-22, Galloway 3-38, Clayton 3-23. Hilliard 3-23, Stevens 3-16, A.Smith 2-39, Dunn 2-8, C.Smith 1-13. COWBOYS: Barber 6-29, Owens 5-33, Bennett 3-21, Williams 2- 10, Crayton 1-13, Witten 1-8, Curtis 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COWBOYS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: C.Smith 3-62. COWBOYS: Austin 2-38, Stanback 2-37. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: C.Smith 5-82, Hilliard 1-0. COWBOYS: Crayton 2-5. SACKS BUCS: Adams 2-15, Sims 1-5. COWBOYS: Ratliff 1-8, James 1-6.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 52 Faine DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud TE 88 Gilmore SLB 59 June WR 89 Bryant LCB 31 Buchanon WR 80 Clayton RCB 20 Barber RB 34 Graham SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 22 Smith, 25 Talib, 26 Allen, 28 Dunn, 33 Cook, 43 Mack, 48 Economos, 54 Hayes, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 79 Mahan, 84 Galloway, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 91 White, 97 Wilkerson, 98 Sims DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown, 76 Zuttah INACTIVES 8 Griese, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 29 Bennett, 35 Askew, 77 Lee, 85 Stovall, 96 Peterson
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Darryl Johnson