Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Carolina Panthers 10 Sunday 11 December 2005 at Bank of America Stadium
SCORING TB 4:04-1Q Williams 14 run (Bryant kick) TB 0:00-2Q Bryant FG34 TB 4:32-3Q Bryant FG36 CAR 1:20-3Q Kasay FG39 TB 5:39-4Q Williams 10 run (Bryant kick) CAR 0:23-4Q Proehl 10 pass from Delhomme (Kasay kick)
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' review of the game Martin Fennelly's award-winning column What Rick Stroud thought of it all Cadillac keeps driving no matter what the weather Ronde finally gets that record-setting sack The defense gives Carolina a taste of its own medicine Redemption for the Buccaneer offensive line Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
This win gave the Bucs their first sweep of all road division games since 1979. Cadillac had yet another 100- yard game with two scores and the Panthers only reached the endzone in the final seconds when the game was long decided. "We've come a long way since last season, when were pretty much down and out," Michael Clayton said. "Right now there's a whole new atmosphere here. Everybody is revived."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 29-112, Alstott 4-2, Pittman 2-1, Simms 1-(-1). PANTHERS: Foster 14-46, Davis 4-23, Goings 1-7, Delhomme 1-6. PASSING BUCS: Simms 27-20-138-0-0. PANTHERS: Delhomme 33-21-220-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Hilliard 5-32, Galloway 4-39, Pittman 3-20, Smith 3-11, Alstott 2-20, Williams 2-4, Clayton 1-12. PANTHERS: Smith 5-103, Mangum 4-30, Goings 4-26, Proehl 3-36, Colbert 2-20, Foster 2-2, Hoover 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-35. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Shepherd 2-30, Alstott 1-2. PANTHERS: Smart 4-78. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 3-49. PANTHERS: Smith 2-55, Gamble 2-8. SACKS BUCS: Barber 1-13, Wyms 1-13. PANTHERS: Moorehead 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan DE 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 FB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 2 Simms FS 34 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 43 Cook, 51 Ruud, 54 Mallard, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 80 Clayton, 83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown INACTIVES 4 France, 13 Rattay, 22 Watson, 46 Adams, 58 Cooper, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Bill Maas