Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 New Orleans Saints 23 Sunday 2 December 2007 at the Superdome
SCORING TB 9:54-1Q Bryant FG27 NO 2:05-1Q Copper 4 pass from Brees (Mare kick) TB 14:20-2Q Becht 1 pass from McCown (Bryant kick) TB 7:52-2Q Bryant FG31 NO 3:21-2Q Henderson 45 pass from Brees (Mare kick) TB 9:36-3Q Graham 25 run (Bryant kick) NO 3:05-3Q McKenzie 53 interception return (Mare kick) NO 3:44-4Q Safety - McCown sacked in the endzone TB 0:14-4Q Stevens 4 pass from McCown (Bryant kick)
The Bucs moved to the brink of the division title led by third-string QB Luke McCown who completed his first 15 passes and threw a game-winning touchdown to Jerramy Stevens with 14 seconds left to cap a remarkable performance. "I didn't think he'd have that much poise, that much composure," Ronde Barber said.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 22-106, McCown 2-34, Clayton 1-20, Bennett 1-12. SAINTS: Bush 13-64, Stecker 7-16, Brees 1-4. PASSING BUCS: McCown 37-29-313-1-2. SAINTS: Brees 23-17-179-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 7-159, Graham 7-37, Hilliard 4-29, Askew 3- 41, Stevens 2-8, Pittman 2-6, Bennett 1-12, Smith 1-11, Stovall 1-9, Becht 1-1. SAINTS: Stecker 4-35, Bush 3-13, Colston 2-39, Moore 2-18, Johnson 2-12, Henderson 1-45, Karney 1-7, Miller 1-6, Copper 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. SAINTS: McKenzie 1-53. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Clayton 4-89. SAINTS: Moore 5-83, Patten 2-20. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Hilliard 2-13, Galloway 1-2, Buchanon 1-(-6). SAINTS: none. SACKS BUCS: Barber 1-7, Adams 1-6, Haye 1-4. SAINTS: Smith 1-7, Wynn 1-8, Simoneau 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud TE 86 Stevens DB 25 Kelly WR 84 Galloway LCB 20 Barber FB 35 Askew RCB 31 Buchanon RB 34 Graham SS 23 Phillips QB 12 McCown FS 28 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 5 Gradkowski, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 22 Davis, 25 Kelly, 26 Allen, 29 Bennett, 32 Pittman, 39 Pearson, 44 Storer, 48 Economos, 54 Chukwurah, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 68 Lehr,69 Davis, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 88 Becht, 91 White, 98 Sims INACTIVES 7 Garcia , 17 Spurlock, 36 Gates, 50 Trotter, 72 Buenning, 87 Heinrich, 94 Spires, 96 Peterson
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan