Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Indianapolis Colts 17 Monday 3 October 2011 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING IND 10:26-1Q Vinatieri FG45 IND 8:47-2Q Garcon 87 pass from Painter (Vinatieri kick) TB 3:54-2Q Freeman 1 run (Barth kick) TB 9:43-3Q Barth FG46 IND 7:10-3Q Garcon 59 pass from Painter (Vinatieri kick) TB 0:14-3Q Parker 13 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 3:15-4Q Blount 35 run (Barth kick)
Monday Night Football returned to Tampa and the Bucs gained a little revenge for their 2003 defeat in a similar meeting. LeGarrette Blount led the way on the ground including the clinching touchdown with 3:15 remaining. The Bucs had 106 yards in penalties and gave away at least 13 potential points. Arrelious Benn also had a 62- yard TD reception nullified because he went out of bounds before coming back in to catch the ball.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Blount 25-127, Freeman 6-27, Graham 2-24, Johnson 1-8, Williams 1-3, Benn 1-3. COLTS: Addai 11-41, Carter 7-21. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 39-25-287-0-1. COLTS: Painter 30-13-281-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Parker 5-70, Williams 5-66, Winslow 5-33, Graham 3- 27, Lumpkin 3-25, Stocker 2-9, Benn 1-43, Blount 1-14. COLTS: Wayne 4-59, Clark 3-46, Garcon 2-146, Collie 2-16, Addai 1-7, Eldridge 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COLTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Parker 1-24. COLTS: Lefeged 2-36. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Parker 3-17. COLTS: White 2-0. SACKS BUCS: Bennett 2-11, Clayborn 1-8, McCoy 1-6. COLTS: Mathis 1-8, Hughes 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 93 McCoy C 52 Faine DT 92 Price RG 75 Joseph DE 94 Clayborn RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes TE 82 WInslow MLB 59 Foster TE 88 Stocker DB 31 Biggers WR 17 Benn LCB 25 Talib WR 19 Williams RCB 20 Barber RB 27 Blount SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 41 Lynch PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Johnson, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 28 Lumpkin, 30 Holland, 33 Mack, 34 Graham , 44 Lorig, 46 Yount, 53 Diles, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 81 Spurlock, 85 Franklin, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 96 Crowder INACTIVE 18 Stroughter, 21 Bradford,24 Gaitor, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee, 80 Pianalto, 98 Okam
COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico, Ron Jaworski and Jon Gruden