| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New England Patriots Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 2005 Location: Foxborough, MA |
| Venue: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 68756 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 39 F Humidty: 44% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England PatriotsNE | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | NE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | Tom Ashworth 1 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Corey Dillon 3 run (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | David Givens 16 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Corey Dillon 2 pass from Tom Brady (Adam Vinatieri kick) | 0 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Michael Clayton |
| 84 | WR | Joey Galloway |
| 69 | LOT | Anthony Davis |
| 72 | LOG | Dan Buenning |
| 76 | C | John Wade |
| 79 | ROG | Sean Mahan |
| 67 | ROT | Kenyatta Walker |
| 88 | TE | Anthony Becht |
| 81 | TE | Alex Smith |
| 2 | QB | Chris Simms |
| 24 | RB | Cadillac Williams |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Greg Spires |
| 96 | DT | Ellis Wyms |
| 95 | NT | Chris Hovan |
| 97 | RDE | Simeon Rice |
| 53 | MLB | Shelton Quarles |
| 55 | WLB | Derrick Brooks |
| 25 | LCB | Brian Kelly |
| 23 | SS | Jermaine Phillips |
| 34 | FS | Dexter Jackson |
| 20 | RCB | Ronde Barber |
| 21 | DB | Juran Bolden |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 83 | WR | Deion Branch |
| 80 | WR | Troy Brown |
| 87 | WR | David Givens |
| 68 | LOT | Tom Ashworth |
| 70 | LOG | Logan Mankins |
| 71 | C | Russ Hochstein |
| 61 | ROG | Stephen Neal |
| 76 | ROT | Brandon Gorin |
| 88 | TE | Christian Fauria |
| 12 | QB | Tom Brady |
| 33 | RB | Kevin Faulk |
| Defense | ||
| 94 | LDE | Ty Warren |
| 75 | NT | Vince Wilfork |
| 93 | RDE | Richard Seymour |
| 59 | LOLB | Rosevelt Colvin |
| 54 | LILB | Tedy Bruschi |
| 50 | RILB | Mike Vrabel |
| 55 | ROLB | Willie McGinest |
| 22 | LCB | Asante Samuel |
| 25 | SS | Artrell Hawkins |
| 26 | FS | Eugene Wilson |
| 27 | RCB | Ellis Hobbs |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Cadillac Williams | 14 | 23 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Simms | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Corey Dillon | 19 | 48 | 2.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Kevin Faulk | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| David Givens | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Tom Brady | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Doug Flutie | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Chris Simms | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 0 | 155 | 4.6 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 47 | 72.5 |
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Tom Brady | 31 | 20 | 64.5 | 0 | 258 | 8.3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 122.8 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Ike Hilliard | 6 | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 10 | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Alex Smith | 6 | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Clayton | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Becht | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| David Givens | 8 | 6 | 137 | 22.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Corey Dillon | 4 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Deion Branch | 5 | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Christian Fauria | 5 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Kevin Faulk | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Tim Dwight | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Andre' Davis | 3 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Patrick Pass | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Ashworth | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Troy Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| New England Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Josh Bidwell | 7 | 307 | 43.9 | 49 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Josh Miller | 6 | 237 | 39.5 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Mark Jones | 3 | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 15 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Tim Dwight | 3 | 1 | 22 | 7.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Troy Brown | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Matt Bryant | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||
| Adam Vinatieri | 5 | 291 | 58.2 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Edell Shepherd | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Earnest Graham | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Jon Bradley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Bethel Johnson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Simeon Rice | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| New England Patriots | ||
| Tedy Bruschi | 2.0 | 20.0 |
| Willie McGinest | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dexter Jackson | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Spires | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simeon Rice | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juran Bolden | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barrett Ruud | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Bryant | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Pearson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Bradley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Clayton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earnest Graham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Tedy Bruschi | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Vrabel | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Asante Samuel | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artrell Hawkins | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie McGinest | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosevelt Colvin | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Seymour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Wilfork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarvis Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Warren | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eugene Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Stone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ellis Hobbs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Poteat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Chatham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonie Paxton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tully Banta-Cain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre' Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Izzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bethel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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