Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0 New England Patriots 28
Saturday 17 December 2005 at Gilette Stadium
SCORING
NE
8:52-1Q
Ashworth 1 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick
NE
2:08-2Q
Dillon 3 run (Vinatieri kick)
NE
0:47-2Q
Givens 16 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick)
NE
11:32-4Q
Dillon 2 pass from Brady (Vinatieri kick)
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings' review of the game
Joey Johnston's Sunday-morning column
What Rick Stroud thought of it all
Gary Shelton reports from Foxborough, Mass.
Put it down to being a 'learning experience'
Chris Simms gets battered and bruised
From the victorious New England locker room
Game notes and anecdotes
The game report
The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
The Tampa offense was held to just 138 yards as they were defeated 28-0 in New England and at times it
seemed as though they were lucky to get the 0. The ground game was stalled, Chris Simms was sacked seven
times and Tom Brady threw three touchdown passes. But the playoff run was still on course.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 14-23, Pittman 2-6, Alstott 1-2, Simms 1-(-1).
PATRIOTS: Dillon 19-48, Faulk 6-18, Givens 2-13, Brady 3-6, Flutie
2-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Simms 34-21-155-0-0.
PATRIOTS: Brady 31-20-258-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Hilliard 5-50, Galloway 4-38, Smith 4-26, Williams 3-4,
Clayton 2-26, Alstott 2-8, Pittman 1-3.
PATRIOTS: Givens 6-137, Dillon 4-15, Branch 2-27, Fauria 2-20,
Faulk 2-8, Dwight 1-27, Davis 1-19, Pass 1-4, Ashworth 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PATRIOTS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Shepherd 2-40, Graham 1-22, Bradley 1-2.
PATRIOTS: Johnson 1-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Jones 3-28.
PATRIOTS: Dwight 3-22, Brown 2-9.
SACKS
BUCS: Rice 1-5.
PATRIOTS: Bruschi 2-20, McGinest 2-15, Colvin 1-8, Vrabel 1-3,
Hawkins 1-1.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
69 Davis
DE
94 Spires
LG
72 Buenning
DT
95 Hovan
C
76 Wade
DT
96 Wyms
RG
79 Mahan
DE
97 Rice
RT
67 Walker
MLB
53 Quarles
TE
88 Becht
RLB
55 Brooks
TE
81 Smith
DB
21 Bolden
WR
84 Galloway
LCB
25 Kelly
WR
80 Clayton
RCB
20 Barber
RB
24 Williams
SS
23 Phillips
QB
2 Simms
FS
34 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 26 Allen, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson,
32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 39 Pearson, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 51
Ruud, 54 Mallard, 56 Nece, 64 Bryant, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry,
83 Moore, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley
DID NOT PLAY
12 McCown
INACTIVES
4 France, 13 Rattay, 22 Watson, 46 Adams, 58 Cooper, 61
Colmer, 74 Jackson, 92 McFarland
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Darryl Johnston
