Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Arizona Cardinals 35 Sunday 31 October 2010 at the University of Phoenix Stadium
SCORING ARI 6:25-1Q Fitzgerald 3 pass from Hall (Feely kick) TB 4:15-1Q Hayes 41 interception return (Barth kick) ARI 10:17-2Q Wells 1 run (Feely kick) TB 8:59-2Q M.Williams 47 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 6:33-2Q Talib 45 interception return (Barth kick) TB 0:00-2Q Barth FG21 TB 4:35-3Q Blount 15 run (Barth kick) ARI 0:56-3Q Stephens-Howling 30 run (Feely kick) ARI 0:33-3Q Hayes 21 fumble return (Feely kick) ARI 9:41-4Q Fitzgerald 5 pass from Anderson (Feely kick) TB 5:13-4Q Blount 1 run (Barth kick)
A wild Halloween victory on the road thanks to 120 yards and two scores from Legarrete Blount including his highlight reel leaping run over a Cardinal defender. Josh Freeman led an efficient offense and the defense forced four interceptions including a pair of touchdowns from Geno Hayes and Aqib Talib. The Bucs were now 5-2 and leading the NFC to the surprise of many around the league.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Blount 22-120, Freeman 2-22, C.Williams 4-10, Graham 1- 2, Benn 1-0. CARDINALS: Wells 16-50, Stephens-Howling 4-41, Breaston 1-14, Hightower 1-0, Hall 1-(-5). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 25-18-267-0-1. CARDINALS: Hall 16-8-71-2-1, Anderson 24-16-234-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: M.Williams 4-105, Spurlock 3-60, C.Williams 3-26, Blount 2- 9, Benn 1-53, Gilmore 1-11, Winslow 1-5, Purvis 1-5, Stovall 1-2, Graham 1-2. CARDINALS: Breaston 8-147, Fitzgerald 6-72, Doucet 4-39, Wright 3-19, Wells 1-14, Hightower 1-11, Spach 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Talib 2-31, Hayes 1-41, Ruud 1-1. CARDINALS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stroughter 2-54, Spurlock 2-37. CARDINALS: Stephens-Howling 6-143. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Strougher 1-0, Spurlock 0-0. CARDINALS: Roberts 3-22. SACKS BUCS: White 1-9. CARDINALS: Dockett 1-14, Porter 1-11.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 94 Moore LG 62 Larsen DT 93 McCoy C 76 Zuttah DT 90 Miller RG 75 Joseph DE 91 White RT 77 Lee WLB 54 Hayes TE 88 Gilmore MLB 51 Ruud WR 19 Williams SLB 58 Black WR 17 Benn LCB 25 Talib FB 34 Graham RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 35 Grimm PLAYED 1 Malone, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 21 Piscitelli, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 31 Biggers, 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 61 Barker, 71 Bennett, 73 Hardman, 80 Purvis, 81 Spurlock, 82 Winslow, 85 Stovall, 96 Crowder, 98 Sims DID NOT PLAY 11 J Johnson INACTIVE 12 Carpenter, 28 Lumpkin, 33 Mack, 52 Faine, 65 Trueblood, 87 Parker, 92 Price, 97 Magee
COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Brian Billick