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Sunday October 8, 2006 - Away Game

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 New Orleans Saints 24

Coming off their bye week, the Buccaneers were still looking for their first win of the season.

The Buccaneers traveled to the Louisiana Superdome for their third divisional match-up in a row - this time, against the New Orleans Saints. The Bucs scored first as rookie QB Bruce Gradkowski threw an 18-yard TD pass to WR Joey Galloway in the first quarter; the Saints responded with a 21-yard field goal from kicker John Carney. The Saints continued scoring, with a 24-yard TD run from RB Deuce McAllister in the second quarter, and a 9-yard TD pass to TE Ernie Conwell in the third quarter.

The Bucs finally responded with a 1-yard TD run from FB Mike Alstott, and took the lead in the fourth quarter with Gradkowski's 3-yard TD pass to TE Alex Smith. Unfortunately for the Bucs, a special teams breakdown led to Saints RB Reggie Bush getting his inaugural NFL touchdown on a 65-yard punt return, which sealed the win for the Saints.

GAMEDAY BRIEF

  • WEATHER: Clear - 80°F. - Humidity 47% - Wind E.N.E. 10 mph Wind Chill 78°F.
  • OFFICALS
    • REFEREE: Gene Steratore
    • UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
    • HEAD LINESMAN: Paul Weidner
    • LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
    • SIDE JUDGE: Tom Hill
    • BACK JUDGE: Tony Steratore
    • FIELD JUDGE: Doug Rosenbaum
    • REPLAY OFFICAL: NOT DOCUMENTED
    • VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
    SCORING
    • BUCCANEERS: 10:49-1Q Galloway 18 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
    • SAINTS: 5:04-1Q Carney FG21
    • SAINTS: 1:44-2Q McAllister 24 run (Carney kick)
    • SAINTS: 5:52-3Q Conwell 9 pass from Brees (Carney kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 2:50-3Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick)
    • BUCCANEERS: 10:03-4Q Smith 3 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
    • SAINTS: 4:17-4Q Bush 65 punt return (Carney kick)
    STARTERS OFFENSE
    • WR: #84 J. Galloway
    • LT: #69 A. Davis
    • LG: #72 D. Buenning
    • C: #76 J. Wade
    • RG: #79 S. Mahan
    • RT: #65 J. Trueblood
    • TE: #88 A. Beckt
    • WR: #80 M. Clayton
    • QB: #07 B. Gradkowski
    • RB: #24 C. Williams
    • FB: #40 M. Alstott
    STARTERS DEFENSE
    • LDE: #94 G. Spires
    • NT: #95 C. Hovan
    • DT: #92 A. McFarland
    • RDE: #97 S. Rice
    • SLB: #56 R. Nece
    • MLB: #53 S. Quarles
    • WLB: #55 D. Brooks
    • LCB: #25 B. Kelly
    • RCB: #20 R. Barber
    • SS: #23 J. Phillips
    • FS: #26 W. Allen
    SUBSTITUTIONS
    • 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 48 Economos, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 74 Green, 75 Joseph, 81 Smith, 85 Stovall, 87 Jolley, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Jenkins, 98 Wyms
    DID NOT PLAY

    • 13 Rattay
    INACTIVE
    • 2 Simms, 29 Zemaitis, 33 Sowell, 50 Winborn, 70 Penn, 77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore

    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    RUSHING
    • BUCCANEERS: Williams 20-111, Clayton 1-27, Pittman 2-27, Gradkowski 6-19, Alstott 4-3.
    • SAINTS: McAllister 15-123, Bush 9-23, Brees 1-(-3).
    PASSING
    • BUCCANEERS: Gradkowski 31-20-225-0-2.
    • SAINTS: Brees 33-21-171-0-1.
    RECIEVING
    • BUCCANEERS: Smith 5-16, Galloway 4-110, Hilliard 4-34, Williams 3-14, Pittman 2-31, Becht 1-13, Clayton 1-7.
    • SAINTS: Bush 11-63, Horn 4-48, Colston 3-38, Conwell 2-14, McAllister 1-8.
    INTERCEPTIONS
    • BUCCANEERS: none
    • SAINTS: none
    KICK RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Pittman 4-85.
    • SAINTS: Copper 2-41, Stecker 1-17, Jones 1-13.
    PUNT RETURNS
    • BUCCANEERS: Jones 6-51.
    • SAINTS: Bush 3-75, Moore 1-3.
    SACKS
    • BUCCANEERS: none
    • SAINTS: Grant 1-5, Fujita 1-1.

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