Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 Seattle Seahawks 20 Sunday 9 September 2007 at Qwest Field
SCORING TB 8:56-1Q Bryant FG38 TB 0:00-1Q Bryant FG32 SEA 2:39-2Q Brown FG28 SEA 0:50-2Q Alexander 1 run (Brown kick) SEA 14:09-4Q Brown FG46 SEA 7:55-4Q Morris 34 pass from Hasselbeck (Brown kick)
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Seattle Martin Fennelly's award-winning column Joe Henderson offers his opinions How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton's morning-after column The linebackers strike out twice The defense gives up three big plays The offensive line started well then fell away Game notes and anecdotes Bucs at Seahawks - the game report The gamebook and the play-by-play
The first quarter of the 2007 season started well with the offense moving the ball and the Bucs taking a 6-0 lead. Then Seattle took over with Shaun Alexander rushing for 100 yards and the Tampa offense stagnating. Jeff Garcia and Cadillac Williams both went out with injuries and five sacks did not help matters either.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 12-60, Graham 4-11, McCown 1-9, Pittman 3-6. Garcia 1-3, Galloway 1-1, Clayton 1-0. SEAHAWKS: Alexander 27-105, Morris 3-15, Strong 1-9, Hasselbeck 2-7, Burleson 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Garcia 27-19-201-0-0, McCown 4-1-9-0-0. SEAHAWKS: Hasselbeck 24-17-222-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 5-72, Pittman 5-32, Hilliard 4-49, Smith 2-23, Williams 2-14, Clayton 1-11, Graham 1-9. SEAHAWKS: Pollard 5-43, Engram 3-64, Strong 3-21, Burleson 2- 41, Alexander 2-12, Morris 1-34, Hackett 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Graham 4-90. SEAHAWKS: Burleson 2-35, Wilson 1-3. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hilliard 4-38, Galloway 1-2. SEAHAWKS: Burleson 5-63. SACKS BUCS: Phillips 1-11, Spires 1-7. SEAHAWKS: Peterson 2-9, Kerney 1.5-5.5, Tapp 0.5-5.5, Darby 0.5-0, Bernard 0.5-0.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 77 Petitgout DE 94 Spires LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 93 Carter RT 65 Trueblood LLB 59 June TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud WR 19 Hilliard WLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 20 Barber RB 32 Pittman RCB 25 Kelly RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 28 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 12 McCown, 21 Piscitelli, 26 Allen, 31 Buchanon , 34 Graham, 35 Askew, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 70 Penn, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Becht, 90 Adams, 91 White, 96 Peterson DID NOT PLAY 89 Boston INACTIVES 2 Simms, 5 Gradkowski, 37 Madison, 50 Trotter, 54 Chukwurah, 69 Davis, 72 Buenning, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger