Sunday, September 23, 2012 - Dallas Cowboys vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Dallas Cowboys 16

Aqib Talib intercepted Tony Romo on the fourth play of the game, which led to a Tampa Bay Buccaneers touchdown and an early lead 7–0 over the Cowboys. However, the Buccaneer offense sputtered, and failed to score on their next nine possessions.

In the first 57 minutes of the game, Tampa Bay had only 96 net yards of offense. Adrian Clayborn injured his knee throughout the second half and was expected to miss the rest of the season after the Buccaneers placed him on injured reserve.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Clear - 85°F. - Humidity 38% - Wind S.S.W. 5-10 mph Wind Chill 80°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Robert Dalton
UMPIRE: Oscar Shorten
HEAD LINESMAN: Wayne Bernier
LINE JUDGE: Larry Skarpa
SIDE JUDGE: Jeffery Garvin
BACK JUDGE: Bobby Jackson
FIELD JUDGE: John O'Brien
REPLAY OFFICIAL: Bill Spyskma
VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

BUCCANEERS: 10:51-1Q Stocker 1 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
COWBOYS: 01:22-1Q Murray 11 run (Bailey kick)
COWBOYS: 02:51-2Q Bailey FG32
COWBOYS: 11:10-4Q Bailey FG26
COWBOYS: 02:43-4Q Bailey FG22
BUCCANEERS: 00:40-4Q Barth FG28

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #83 V. Jackson
LT: #70 D. Penn
LG: #77 C. Nicks
C: #76 J. Zuttah
RG: #62 T. Larsen
RT: #69 D. Dotson
WR: #17 A. Benn
WR: #19 M. Williams
QB: #05 J. Freeman
RB: #22 D. Martin
RB: #28 D. Ware

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #71 M. Bennett
DT: #93 G. McCoy
DT: #50 D. Te'o-Nesheim
RE: #94 A. Clayborn
MLB: #59 M. Foster
WLB: #54 L. David
LCB: #25 A. Talib
RCB: #21 E. Wright
FS: #20 R. Barber
SS: #24 M. Barron
DB: #33 B. McDonald

SUBSTITUTIONS

9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Shipley, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 29 Johnson, 35 Grimm, 41 Lorig, 43 A Black, 44 Clark, 48 Economos, 53 Goode, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 65 Trueblood, 86 Noble, 88 Stocker, 90 Miller, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvinm

DID NOT PLAY

6 Orlovsky, 74 Wallace

INACTIVE

26 Gaitor, 31 Biggers, 34 Smith, 37 Tandy, 79 Meredith, 80 Owusu, 97 Johnson

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Martin 19-53, Blount 4-19, Ware 1-2, Freeman 1-1.
COWBOYS: Murray 18-38, Romo 4-1, Jones 1-(-1).

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Freeman 28-10-110-1-1.
COWBOYS: Romo 39-25-283-1-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Williams 2-33, Martin 2-21, Jackson 1-20, Ware 1-11, Benn 1-8, Underwood 1-7, Stocker 1-1, Clark 1-0.
COWBOYS: Bryant 6-62, Austin 5-108, Ogletree 5-57, Murray 3-17, Jones 2-28, Witten 2-8, Vickers 1-5, Romo 1-(-1).

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Talib 1-0.
COWBOYS: Lee 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Benn 1-15.
COWBOYS: Jones 1-18.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Shipley 3-10.
COWBOYS: Bryant 3-43.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Bennett 2-15, McCoy 2-9.
COWBOYS: Ware 2-19.