Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 New Orleans Saints 24
Sunday 8 October 2006 at the Superdome
TB 10:49-1Q Galloway 18 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
NO 5:04-1Q Carney FG21
NO 1:44-2Q McAllister 24 run (Carney kick)
NO 5:52-3Q Conwell 9 pass from Brees (Carney kick)
TB 2:50-3Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick)
TB 10:03-4Q Smith 3 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
NO 4:17-4Q Bush 65 punt return (Carney kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 20-111, Clayton 1-27, Pittman 2-27, Gradkowski 6-19, Alstott 4-3.
SAINTS: McAllister 15-123, Bush 9-23, Brees 1-(-3).
PASSING
BUCS: Gradkowski 31-20-225-0-2.
SAINTS: Brees 33-21-171-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Smith 5-16, Galloway 4-110, Hilliard 4-34, Williams 3-14, Pittman 2-31, Becht 1-13, Clayton 1-7.
SAINTS: Bush 11-63, Horn 4-48, Colston 3-38, Conwell 2-14, McAllister 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Pittman 4-85.
SAINTS: Copper 2-41, Stecker 1-17, Jones 1-13.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 6-51.
SAINTS: Bush 3-75, Moore 1-3.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Grant 1-5, Fujita 1-1.
GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS
Roy Cummings of The Tampa Tribune reports from New Orleans
Rick Stroud of the St.Petersburg Times offers his viewpoint
Gary Shelton's Monday morning column
Reggie Bush finally scores his first NFL TD at the Bucs' expense
Jon Gruden challenges his defense to step up
The Cadillac finally gets untracked with a 100-yard game
Jeremy Trueblood becomes another rookie starter for the Bucs
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report from the Superdome
The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game
OFFENSEDEFENSE
LT69 Davis LDE94 Spires
LG72 Buenning UT92 McFarland
C76 Wade DT95 Hovan
RG79 Mahan RDE97 Rice
RT65 Trueblood SLB56 Nece
TE88 Becht MLB53 Quarles
WR84 Galloway WLB55 Brooks
WR80 Clayton LCB20 Barber
FB40 Alstott SS23 Phillips
RB24 Williams FS37 Allen
QB7 Gradkowski RCB25 Kelly
SUBSTITUTIONS
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 48 Economos, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 74 Green, 75 Joseph, 81 Smith, 85 Stovall, 87 Jolley, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Jenkins, 98 Wyms
DID NOT PLAY
13 Rattay
INACTIVE
2 Simms, 29 Zemaitis, 33 Sowell, 50 Winborn, 70 Penn, 77 Terry, 82 Warren, 83 Moore