Buccaneers vs. Baltimore Ravens

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 00 Baltimore Ravens 27

After shutting out the Ravens at the last meeting September 15, 2002, Baltimore was focused on returning the goose-eggs to Tampa Bay.

The Buccaneers opened the regular season at home against the Baltimore Ravens on September 10 with a shutout, their first since Week 14 of the 2005 season.

The game began with the Ravens scoring a touchdown after a clock-killing 80-yard drive, and the Buccaneers were never able to respond.

Buccaneers QB Chris Simms threw three interceptions and many of his passes were batted down at the line of scrimmage, an issue that was present during the pre-season and would continue to plague Simms in the next two games. In addition, second-year RB Carnell Williams struggled with back spasms and was held to just 22 rushing yards on 8 carries.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Ron Winter
• UMPIRE: Roy Ellison
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Stabile
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
• SIDE JUDGE: John Parry
• FIELD JUDGE: Bill Lovett
• BACK JUDGE: Jim Howey
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: not documented
• VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented

SCORING

• RAVENS: 05:44-1Q Lewis 4 run (Stover kick)
• RAVENS: 14:45-2Q McAllister 60 interception return (Stover kick)
• RAVENS: 01:54-2Q Stover FG20
• RAVENS: 10:22-3Q Stover FG42
• RAVENS: 07:17-4Q Wilcox 4 pass from McNair (Stover kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #84 J. Galloway
• LT: #69 A. Davis
• LG: #79 S. Mahan
• C: #76 J. Wade
• RG: #77 J. Terry
• RT: #67 K. Walker
• TE: #88 A. Becht
• TE: #81 A. Smith
• QB: #02 C. Simms
• RB: #24 C. Williams
• FB: #40 M. Alstott

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #94 G. Spires
• DT: #95 C. Hovan
• DT: #92 A. McFarland
• DE: #97 S. Rice
• OLB: #56 R. Nece
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• OLB: #55 D. Brooks
• LCB: #25 B. Kelly
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #23 J. Phillips
• FS: #26 W. Allen

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 3 Bryant, 7 Gradkowski, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 33 Sowell, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 83 Moore, 87 Jolley, 88 Becht, 89 Jones, 90 White, 98 Wyms

DID NOT PLAY

• 65 Trueblood, 74 Green, 78 Jackson

INACTIVE

• 13 Rattay, 29 Zemaitis, 53 Quarles, 72 Buenning, 75 Joseph, 82 Warren, 85 Stovall, 91 Jenkins

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 8-22, Simms 1-3, Alstott 1-2, Pittman 3-(-1).
• RAVENS: Lewis 18-78, Anderson 7-25, Smith 2-6, McNair 2-4, Boller 4-(-2), Clayton 1-(-8).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Simms 29-17-133-3-0, Gradkowski 5-1-4-0-0.
• RAVENS: McNair 27-17-181-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Williams 5-25, Becht 4-27, Clayton 3-34, Alstott 3-26, Smith 2-18, Pittman 1-7.
• RAVENS: Heap 5-46, Mason 4-50, Wilcox 3-52, Clayton 2-18, Williams 1-9, Smith 1-4, Green 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• RAVENS: McAllister 1-60, Ngata 1-60, Reed 1-3.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Pittman 5-121, Cox 1-26.
• RAVENS: Sams 1-18.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Jones 5-47.
• RAVENS: Sams 4-57, Oglesby 1-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: White 1-13.
• RAVENS: Scott 2-12, Lewis 1-9.

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