Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Arizona Cardinals 10 Sunday 4 November 2007 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING ARI 12:17-1Q Rackers FG47 TB 5:56-1Q Galloway 37 pass from Garcia (Bryant kick) TB 13:37-2Q Bryant FG32 TB 10:33-3Q Graham 2 run (Bryant kick) ARI 7:30-4Q James 3 run (Rackers kick)
GAME REPORTS How Joe Henderson saw the game unfold Martin Fennelly's award-winning column Rick Stroud reports from Raymond James Stadium Gary Shelton's morning-after column Gaines Adams inspired by Hall of Famer speech It would have been the longest scoring drive ever The 1-2 punch of Galloway and Hilliard strikes again Buccaneer game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's official game report The official gamebook and play-by-play
A better defensive display got the Bucs back in the win column with Earnest Graham leading the ground game with a 100-yard performance. Jeff Garcia did what he had to do avoiding the rush and throwing his own touchdown pass to Joey Galloway. The Bucs were 12 of 21 on third downs.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 34-124, Garcia 7-26, Bennett 5-12. CARDINALS: James 9-15, Arrington 2-7, Shipp 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Garcia 28-18-196-0-1. CARDINALS: Warner 30-10-172-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Hilliard 7-70, Galloway 5-84, Smith 2-13, Graham 2-13, Stovall 1-9, Askew 1-7. CARDINALS: Fitzgerald 4-95, Boldin 3-40, Johnson 1-15, Urban 1-12, Arrington 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Jackson 1-0, Phillips 1-0. CARDINALS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 2-57. CARDINALS: Breaston 4-81. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Buchanon 3-11, Hilliard 1-8. CARDINALS: Breaston 3-18, Arrington 1-10. SACKS BUCS: none. CARDINALS: Dockett 2-3, Hayes 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 90 Adams LG 78 Sears DT 71 Haye C 76 Wade DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph DE 93 Carter RT 65 Trueblood WLB 55 Brooks TE 81 Smith MLB 51 Ruud WR 19 Hilliard SLB 59 June 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, 9 Bidwell, 17 Spurlock, 22 Davis, 25 Kelly, 26 Allen, 29 Bennett, 39 Pearson, 44 Storer, 48 Economos, 56 Nece, 57 Hayward, 68 Lehr,69 Davis, 83 Gessner, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 87 Heinrich, 88 Becht, 91 White, 96 Peterson, 98 Sims DID NOT PLAY 5 Gradkowski INACTIVES 12 McCown, 32 Pittman, 50 Trotter, 54 Chukwurah, 58 Black, 72 Buenning, 80 Clayton, 94 Spires
COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Tony Boselli