Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Minnesota Vikings 13 Sunday 11 September 2005 at the Metrodome MIN 2:44-1Q Sharper 88 interception return (Edinger kick) TB 14:55-2Q Smith 23 pass from Griese (Bryant kick) TB 4:38-2Q Smith 2 pass from Griese (Bryant kick) TB 0:17-2Q Bryant FG40 MIN 3:52-3Q Edinger FG53 MIN 6:13-4Q Edinger FG22 TB 1:23-4Q Williams 71 run (Bryant kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 27-148, Galloway 1-0, Alstott 1-0, Griese 2-(-2). VIKINGS: Williams 6-15, Culpepper 3-19, Bennett 6-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Griese 29-18-213-2-2. VIKINGS: Culpepper 33-22-233-3-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 5-97, Clayton 4-57, Smith 4-34, Cook 2-7, Alstott 1-7, Becht 1-7, Hilliard 1-4. VIKINGS: Kleinsasser 4-42, Wiggins 4-33, Burleson 3-45, Taylor 3-38, Robinson 3-22, Bennett 3-21, Williams 2-32. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Kelly 2-16, Brooks 1-0. VIKINGS: Sharper 1-88, Smoot 1-0. GAME REPORTS AND COMMENT How Roy Cummings saw the game Martin Fennelly's award-winning column Rick Stroud's morning-after review The offensive line comes through young and proud The Cadillac purrs into action on his debut John Romano's hilarious "Gimme Five" column Alex Smith becomes the second rookie to shine Game notes and anecdotes from the Metrodome How the Minnesota press reported the events The game report The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis LDE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning UT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan RDE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles TE 81 Smith RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 25 Kelly RB 32 Pittman SS 23 Phillips RB 24 Williams FS 34 Jackson QB 8 Griese RCB 20 Barber SUBSTITUTIONS 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 33 Graham, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 58 Cooper, 64 Bryant, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 80 Clayton, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 2 Simms, 85 Lawrie INACTIVE 12 McCown, 28 Nicholson, 44 Razzano, 61 Colmer, 78 Stinchcomb, 82 Warren, 87 Russell, 91 Bradley