Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Atlanta Falcons 14 Sunday 17 September 2006 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING ATL 4:11-1Q Vick 1 run (Koenen kick) ATL 8:25-2Q McCrary 4 pass from Vick (Koenen kick) TB 0:00-2Q Bryant FG22
Two weeks into the season and still no touchdowns. The defense gave up a franchise record 306 yards on the ground including a ton to both Warrick Dunn and Michael Vick. Chris Simms threw for over 300 yards but had three interceptions and Matt Bryant missed a pair of makeable fieldgoals.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 15-37, Simms 1-3. FALCONS: Dunn 21-134, Vick 14-127, Norwood 9-45. PASSING BUCS: Simms 53-28-313-3-0. FALCONS: Vick 15-10-92-1-1, Norwood 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Galloway 9-161, Hilliard 6-53, Clayton 5-62, Pittman 3-17, Alstott 3-10, Becht 2-10. FALCONS: Lelie 3-22, Jenkins 2-14, Crumpler 1-22, White 1-18, Norwood 1-12, McCrary 1-4, Hall 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Brooks 1-21. FALCONS: Hall 2-78, Webster 1-3. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Pittman 2-35. FALCONS: Rossum 1-23. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 1-10. FALCONS: Rossum 1-15. SACKS BUCS: White 1-10, Nece 1-6, Bolden 1-0. FALCONS: Coleman 1-2.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 81 Smith MLB 53 Quarles TE 88 Becht RLB 55 Brooks WR 84 Galloway LCB 21 Bolden RB 40 Alstott RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 2 Simms FS 37 Allen PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 27 Cox, 32 Pittman, 34 Graham, 39 Pearson, 46 Adams, 48 Economos, 51 Ruud, 52 Cash, 54 Mallard, 65 Trueblood, 77 Terry, 80 Clayton, 87 Jolley, 89 Jones, 90 White, 98 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 7 Gradkowski, 33 Sowell, 74 Green, 91 Jenkins INACTIVES 13 Rattay, 25 Kelly, 29 Zemaitis, 50 Winborn, 75 Joseph, 82 Warren, 83 Moore, 85 Stovall
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Brian Baldinger
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from the Georgia Dome Martin Fennelly's award-winning Tampa Tribune column Gary Shelton's column for the St.Petersburg Times How Rick Stroud saw it unfold The unthinkable happens to the Buccaneer defense What a difference a year makes for Cadillac Williams Team notes and anecdotes from the game How the Atlanta press reported on their team's victory The game report from Atlanta The gamebook and the play-by-play from the game