Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 7 Sunday 18 November 2007 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING TTB 7:43-1Q Galloway 44 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) TB 10:42-2Q Barber 41 fumble return (Bryant kick) TB 6:35-3Q Bryant FG23 TB 4:51-3Q Smith 21 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) TB 14:53-4Q Graham 26 run (Bryant kick) ATL 1:10-4Q Jennings 7 pass from Harrington (Andersen kick)
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from the Georgia Dome How Joe Henderson saw the game unfold Rick Stroud's take on the victory Gary Shelton's morning-after column Ronde Barber takes another one to the house How one fumble caused so much confusion and aggravation Earnest Graham quietly gets another ton From the Atlanta locker room Game notes and anecdotes More game notes Scott Smith's official game report The play-by-play and the gamebook
A real hammering of a division rival with all assets of the Buccaneer game playing their part. Ronde Barber had a key fumble return score and Earnest Graham went over 100 yards for the second straight week. "That was the turning point in the game," said Jon Gruden talking about the defensive score.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 17-102, Pittman 10-44, Garcia 2-5, Gradkowski 2-(-2). FALCONS: Dunn 15-32, Snelling 2-13, Norwood 2-4. PASSING BUCS: Garcia 20-10-159-0-2, Gradkowski 1-1-2-0-0. FALCONS: Leftwich 28-15-106-2-0, Harrington 20-16-139-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Smith 3-51, Galloway 2-63, Pittman 2-17, Hilliard 1-14, Askew 1-8, Graham 1-6, Storer 1-2. FALCONS: Jenkins 9-73, Dunn 8-40, White 4-28, Crumpler 3-28, Robinson 2-43, Jennings 2-11, Norwood 2-10, Mughelli 1-12. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Ruud 1-5, Hovan 1-3. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 1-21, Buchanon 1-(-1). FALCONS: Norwood 5-110, Babineaux 1-8. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Buchanon 3-3. FALCONS: Jennings 3-14, Harris 1-1. SACKS BUCS: White 2-6, Adams 1-7, Hovan 1-6. FALCONS: Abraham 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 93 Carter LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud TE 86 Stevens DB 25 Kelly WR 84 Galloway LCB 20 Barber FB 35 Askew RCB 31 Buchanon RB 34 Graham SS 23 Phillips QB 7 Garcia FS 28 Jackson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 5 Gradkowski, 9 Bidwell, 17 Spurlock, 19 Hilliard, 22 Davis, 26 Allen, 32 Pittman, 39 Pearson, 44 Storer, 48 Economos, 54 Chukwurah, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 59 June, 68 Lehr,69 Davis, 80 Clayton, 85 Stovall, 88 Becht, 91 White, 98 Sims INACTIVES 12 McCown, 29 Bennett, 37 Ratliff, 50 Trotter, 72 Buenning, 87 Heinrich, 94 Spires, 96 Peterson
COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli