Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 New Orleans Saints 31
Sunday 5 November 2006 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
NO
8:11-1Q
Colston 15 pass from Brees (Carney kick)
NO
5:35-2Q
Henderson 52 pass from Brees (Carney kick)
NO
14:12-2Q
Carney FG46
TB
3:01-2Q
Galloway 44 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
TB
0:07-2Q
Galloway 17 pass from Gradkowski (Bryant kick)
NO
5:59-3Q
McAllister 3 run (Carney kick)
NO
0:33-3Q
Henderson 45 pass from Brees (Carney kick)
Outside of a pair of scoring passes from Bruce Gradkowski to Joey Galloway in the second quarter, this was
another disappointing home loss, one in which the defense got torched through the air by Drew Brees.
"Defensively, we gave up way too many big plays. I don't understand it, I really don't, but we have to make the
corrections, and all I can say is to fall behind against a team is not what we are about here," Jon Gruden said.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 12-39, Gradkowski 2-12, Graham 2-12, Pittman
1-3, Clayton 1-2.
SAINTS: McAllister 15-32, Brees 6-9, Copper 1-8, Karney 2-5,
Bush 11-(-5).
PASSING
BUCS: Gradkowski 31-18-185-0-2.
SAINTS: Brees 32-24-324-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Pittman 6-27, Galloway 4-97, Clayton 4-38, Smith 2-8,
Hilliard 1-10, Williams 1-5.
SAINTS: Colston 11-123, Bush 4-22, Henderson 3-111, Campbell
2-16, McAllister 2-12, Miller 1-19, Copper 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Pittman 3-72, Cox 1-17.
SAINTS: Lewis 2-33, Lake 1-8.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Hilliard 3-12.
SAINTS: Lewis 4-34, Bush 2-20.
SACKS
BUCS: none.
SAINTS: Smith 2-10, Grant 1-14, Young 1-3.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Davis
DE
94 Spires
LG
79 Mahan
DT
95 Hovan
C
76 Wade
DT
96 Wyms
RG
75 Joseph
DE
97 Rice
RT
65 Trueblood
MLB
53 Quarles
TE
88 Becht
RLB
55 Brooks
TE
81 Smith
DB
27 Cox
WR
80 Clayton
LCB
21 Bolden
RB
40 Alstott
RCB
20 Barber
RB
24 Williams
SS
23 Phillips
QB
7 Gradkowski
FS
37 Allen
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 31 Buchanon, 32 Pittman, 34
Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 50 Winborn, 51 Ruud, 52
Cash, 54 Mallard, 56 Nece, 71 Haye, 74 Green, 82 Warren, 83
Moore, 84 Galloway, 86 Jolley, 90 White, 98 Bradley
DID NOT PLAY
13 Rattay, 72 Buenning
INACTIVES
12 McCown, 29 Zemaitis, 33 Sowell, 70 Penn, 77 Terry, 85
Stovall, 89 Jones, 91 Jenkins
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Darryl Johnson
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports on another disappointing day
The potential fallout from this season
Rick Stroud adds his views on the loss to the Saints
Two big plays bring some hope to the offense
The defense gets shelled through the air
Game notes and anecdotes
A new comments feature on the game
The game report from Raymond James Stadium
The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game
