Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Houston Texans 37 Sunday 13 November 2011 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING HOU 14:48-1Q Jones 80 pass from Schaub (kick blocked) HOU 4:29-1Q Rackers FG22 HOU 8:55-2Q Foster 78 pass from Schaub (Rackers kick) TB 0:00-2Q Barth FG55 HOU 8:10-3Q Foster 5 run (Rackers kick) HOU 2:03-3Q Ward 4 run (Rackers kick) TB 11:17-4Q Parker 9 pass from Freeman (pass failed) HOU 5:38-4Q Tate 11 run (Rackers kick)
The very first play of the game went 80 yards for a touchdown and the rest of the afternoon did not get any better. The Bucs only scored on a long fieldgoal and a meaningless late touchdown as the Texans had their way with the Buccaneers on both side of the field.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Blount 10-34, Lumpkin 4-31, Freeman 3-25, J.Johnson 1-0. TEXANS: Foster 17-84, Tate 13-63, Ward 11-36, Jones 1-2, Schaub 1-1, Leinart 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 33-15-170-3-1, J.Johnson 2-0-0-0-0. TEXANS: Schaub 15-11-242-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Lumpkin 5-30, Winslow 3-33, Benn 2-47, Williams 2-43, Parker 2-17, Blount 1-0. TEXANS: Foster 4-102, Daniels 3-31, Jones 2-87, Mason 1-16, Walter 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. TEXANS: McCain 1-10, Demps 1-5, Cushing 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Stroughter 3-77, Briscoe 1-12. TEXANS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Parker 2-34. TEXANS: Jones 4-10. SACKS BUCS: Price 1-7. TEXANS: Barwin 1.5-7.5, Reed 1-10, Cushing 1-8, Watt 0.5-3.5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 95 Haynesworth C 52 Faine DT 92 Price RG 75 Joseph DE 94 Clayborn RT 65 Trueblood SLB 58 Black TE 82 WInslow MLB 59 Foster TE 88 Stocker WLB 57 Hayward WR 19 Williams LCB 25 Talib WR 17 Benn RCB 20 Barber RB 27 Blount SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 36 Jackson PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 32 Madu. 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 53 Diles, 54 Hayes, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 80 Pianalto, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 97 Johnson INACTIVE 24 Gaitor, 56 Watson, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 96 Crowder, 98 Okam
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Harlan and Rich Gannon