Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 Kansas City Chiefs 31 Sunday 7 November 2004 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING KC 9:42-1Q Morton 25 pass from Green (Tynes kick) TB 7:39-1Q Cook 8 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick) TB 13:49-2Q Pittman 1 run (Gramatica kick) KC 9:05-2Q Holmes 2 run (Tynes kick) KC 6:25-2Q Tynes FG31 TB 1:55-2Q Dilger 3 pass from Griese (Gramatica kick) KC 0:35-2Q Gonzalez 25 pass from Green (Tynes kick) TB 14:00-3Q Pittman 78 run (Gramatica kick) KC 2:13-3Q Dunn 1 pass from Green (Tynes kick) TB 11:50-4Q Pittman 3 run (kick failed)
A wild first half which featured touchdowns everywhere settled down a little after the break and Michael Pittman’s second and third TD runs of the day proved the difference on a day when the Chiefs amassed over 400 yards against the Tampa defense. Dwight Smith had a huge day on defense and was awarded the game ball for his interception and touchdown-saving chase down and fumble recovery to prevent another score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Pittman 15-128, Griese 4-1, Graham 1-1. CHIEFS: Holmes 16-59, Johnson 10-21, Kennison 1-15, Morton 1-6, Green 2-4. PASSING BUCS: Griese 34-22-296-0-2. CHIEFS: Green 42-32-369-2-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Clayton 5-90, Dilger 5-47, Jurevicius 3-43, Cook 3-17, Galloway 2-40, Pittman 2-30, Heller 1-22, Lee 1-7. CHIEFS: Gonzalez 9-123, Kennison 6-104, Morton 6-69, Johnson 4-38, Holmes 4-3, Horn 1-30, Richardson 1-1, Dunn 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Phillips 1-0, Smith 1-0. CHIEFS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Cox 4-88, Comella 1-20. CHIEFS: Hall 3-76, Horn 2-16. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Galloway 1-2. CHIEFS: Hall 2-42. SACKS BUCS: Barber 1-8, White 1-7. CHIEFS: Fujita 1-8.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Deese DE 94 Spires LG 78 Stinchcomb DT 92 McFarland C 76 Wade DT 91 Darby RG 60 Coleman DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 52 Gold TE 85 Dilger MLB 53 Quarles WR 83 Jurevicius RLB 55 Brooks WR 80 Clayton LCB 25 Kelly FB 43 Cook RCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman SS 26 Smith QB 8 Griese FS 23 Phillips PLAYED 9 Bidwell, 10 Gramatica, 24 Cox, 27 Edwards, 34 Comella, 35 Ivy, 37 Allen, 38 Howell, 50 Gooch, 51 Burns, 56 Nece, 73 Bradley, 75 Steussie, 79 Mahan, 81 Brown, 82 Lee, 84 Galloway, 86 Moore, 89 Heller, 90 White, 98 Smith DID NOT PLAY 14 Johnson INACTIVES 2 Simms, 11 Schroeder, 22 White, 40 Alstott, 58 Cooper, 69 Davis, 77 Terry, 93 Savage
COMMENTARY CREW Gus Johnson and Brent Jones