Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Indianapolis Colts 33 Sunday 7 October 2007 at the RCA Dome
SCORING IND 10:19-1Q Clark 10 pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) IND 14:53-2Q Keith 1 run (kick blocked) TB 6:43-2Q Smith 3 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) IND 0:00-2Q Vinatieri FG27 IND 7:23-3Q Keith 7 run (Vinatieri kick) IND 14:57-4Q Wayne 9 pass from Manning (Vinatieri kick) TB 9:21-4Q Smith 3 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) IND 2:53-4Q Vinatieri FG35
The three game winning streak came to an end in Indianapolis as the Bucs were held to just 17 yards rushing and were manhandled most of the day by the team coached by Tony Dungy. Peyton Manning was untouched, the Colts rushed for over 100 yards and the Bucs did well to hold the score to 33-14 in the end.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 6-11, Garcia 1-7, Pittman 5-(-1). COLTS: Keith 28-121, Dawson 8-24, Wayne 1-4, Lawton 1-0, Manning 2-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Garcia 23-18-143-0-2, Gradkowski 4-3-22-1-0. COLTS: Manning 37-29-253-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Hilliard 8-58, Galloway 4-50, Graham 2-18, Pittman 2-16, Stevens 2-14, Smith 2-6, Askew 1-3. COLTS: Gonzalez 7-71, Wayne 7-62, Clark 7-49, Keith 5-37, Fletcher 2-25, Dawson 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Jackson 1-26. COLTS: Bethea 1-11. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Jones 5-137. COLTS: Thorpe 3-58. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. COLTS: Thorpe 4-36. SACKS BUCS: none. COLTS: Brock 0.5-2,5, Freeney 0.5-2.5
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 94 Spires LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 93 Carter RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud WR 19 Hilliard SLB 59 June WR 84 Galloway LCB 20 Barber WR 80 Clayton RCB 31 Buchanon RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 28 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 5 Gradkowski , 9 Bidwell, 11 Jones, 25 Kelly, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 34 Graham, 35 Askew, 39 Pearson, 48 Economos, 54 Chukwurah, 56 Nece, 58 Black, 68 Lehr, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Becht, 90 Adams, 93 Carter, 96 Peterson DID NOT PLAY 33 Darby, 69 Davis INACTIVES 2 Simms, 12 McCown, 22 Davis, 50 Trotter, 57 Hayward, 72 Buenning, 73 Roland, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Darryl Johnston