Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 17 Sunday 2 November 2003 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING NO 10:57-2Q Lewis 38 pass from Brooks (Carney kick) NO 0:07-3Q Ambrose 73 interception return (Carney kick) TB 7:59-4Q Pittman 26 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick TB 2:08-4Q McCardell 30 pass from BJohnson (Gramatica kick) NO 0:08-4Q Carney FG47
The Bucs came back from 14-0 down midway through the fourth quarter to tie the score on a pair of Brad Johnson touchdown passes, the second coming after completing a 4th and 10 to keep the drive alive. But the defense gave up enough yards to allow former Buc John Carney to kick the game winning fieldgoal with eight seconds remaining. Martin Gramatica missed a kick of his own dropping him to 6 of 12 on the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 16-48, B.Johnson 1-9, Stecker 1-(-1). SAINTS: McAllister 26-110, Brooks 1-15, Carter 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: B.Johnson 46-27-323-2-2. SAINTS: Brooks 29-13-142-1-1, Berger 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: K.Johnson 10-123, Pittman 6-55, McCardell 5-70, Williams 2-19, Jones 1-29, Yoder 1-20, Dilger 1-6, Stecker 1-5. SAINTS: Horn 4-39, McAllister 4-16, Lewis 3-69, Williams 1-13, Pathon 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-12. SAINTS: Ambrose 2-74. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stecker 2-34, Barlow 1-22. SAINTS: Lewis 3-74. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Williams 2-23, Wansley 2-17. SAINTS: Lewis 2-22. SACKS BUCS: Rice 1-9, Team 1-0. SAINTS: Whitehead 3-17, Smith 1-10.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 67 Walker DE 94 Spires LG 71 Jenkins DT 92 McFarland C 76 Wade DT 99 Sapp RG 60 Coleman DE 97 Rice RT 74 Green LLB 56 Nece TE 85 Dilger MLB 53 Quarles WR 19 Johnson RLB 55 Brooks WR 87 McCardell LCB 20 Barber FB 43 Cook RCB 31 Wansley RB 32 Pittman SS 26 Smith QB 14 Johnson FS 23 Phillips PLAYED 7 Gramatica, 9 Tupa, 22 Jones, 27 Stecker, 28 Robinson, 30 Barnes, 34 Gibson, 35 Ivy, 44 Ciurciu, 52 Webster, 57 Rudd, 65 Whittle, 66 Benjamin, 79 Mahan, 80 Yoder, 82 Lee, 84 Barlow, 86 Williams, 89 Heller, 90 White, 91 Darby, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 10 King INACTIVES 2 Simms, 21 Poteat, 38 Howell, 47 Lynch, 61 Pinkney, 62 King, 72 Oben, 83 Jurevicius
COMMENTARY CREW Curt Menafee and Tim Green