Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Washington Redskins 16 Sunday 4 October 2009 at FedEx Field FOX COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan
Josh Johnson replaced Byron Leftwich at quarterback but the end result was still the same as Raheem Morris’ team fell to 0-4 on the season. This was in spite of taking a 10-0 half-time lead and having other chances to drive for the winning score. Johnson’s inexperience led to just two of 13 3rd down chances being converted and the Redskins, thanks to a pair of third quarter touchdown passes hung on for the narrow victory. The Buc defense forced three sacks and three interceptions, all of the latter coming from Aqib Talib who tied a franchise record with the performance. "He'll get better, and when he does he'll take some of those shots," Morris said "He's got to lay it up there and give his receivers a chance to make a play”.
GAME SCORING TB 13:00-1Q Bryant 8 pass from Johnson (Nugent kick) TB 0:00-2Q Nugent FG37 WAS 10:36-3Q Suisham FG42 WAS 3:32-3Q Cooley 17 pass from Campbell (kick blocked) WAS 1:22-3Q Moss 59 pass from Campbell (Suisham kick) TB 4:25-4Q Nugent FG22
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn LDE 97 Wilkerson LG 76 Zuttah UT 98 Sims C 79 Mahan DT 95 Hovan RG 75 Joseph RDE 90 Adams RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes WR 80 Clayton MLB 51 Ruud WR 89 Bryant CB 33 Mack TE 82 Winslow LCB 25 Talib FB 35 Askew SS 21 Piscitelli RB 24 Williams FS 26 Allen QB 11 J Johnson RCB 20 Barber PLAYED 4 Nugent, 8 D Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 27 Cox, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Wilson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 72 M Johnson, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 91 White, 93 Miller, 96 Crowder DID NOT PLAY 5 Freeman, 61 Compas INACTIVES 7 Leftwich, 28 Ward, 37 Hamilton, 52 Faine, 62 Dile, 69 Dotson, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 16-77, Johnson 7-41, Graham 5-8, Smith 2-3. REDSKINS: Portis 25-98, Campbell 7-20, Mason 2-8, Betts 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Johnson 22-13-106-1-1. REDSKINS: Campbell 22-12-170-3-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Bryant 4-44, Williams 4-22, Winslow 2-21, Graham 2-9, Stroughter 1-10. REDSKINS: Cooley 5-65, Betts 3-21, Moss 2-74, Sellers 1-11, Davis 1-(-1). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Talib 3-61. REDSKINS: Hall 1-22. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Smith 2-62. REDSKINS: Cartwright 2-51. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Smith 2-9. REDSKINS: Randle-El 1-10, Moss 1-4. SACKS BUCS: Wilkerson 1-10, Adams 1-4, Black 1-4. REDSKINS: Tryon 1-4, Fletcher 1-1, Orakpo 1-1.
VIDEO CLIPS Josh Johnson throws his first NFL TD pass to Antonio Bryant Aqib Talib makes the first of his three interceptions on the day The second one as he defends a sideline play to make the pick