| Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Denver Broncos Game Statistics | 
| Date: October 5, 2008 Location: Denver, CO | 
| Venue: INVESCO Field Attendance: 75480 | 
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 33% Wind: 12 mph | 
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | TB | DEN | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Antonio Bryant 33 FG | 3 | 0 | 
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 55 FG | 3 | 3 | 
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 40 FG | 3 | 6 | 
| 2 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Antonio Bryant 31 FG | 6 | 6 | 
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Brandon Stokley 10 pass from Jay Cutler (Matt Prater kick) | 6 | 13 | 
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Matt Prater 27 FG | 6 | 16 | 
| 4 | Tampa Bay BuccaneersTB | Ike Hilliard 7 pass from Jeff Garcia (Matt Bryant kick) | 13 | 16 | 
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Antonio Bryant | 
| 70 | LOT | Donald Penn | 
| 78 | LOG | Arron Sears | 
| 52 | C | Jeff Faine | 
| 75 | ROG | Davin Joseph | 
| 65 | ROT | Jeremy Trueblood | 
| 88 | TE | John Gilmore | 
| 81 | TE | Alex Smith | 
| 8 | QB | Brian Griese | 
| 34 | RB | Earnest Graham | 
| 44 | FB | Byron Storer | 
| Defense | ||
| 93 | LDE | Kevin Carter | 
| 71 | DT | Jovan Haye | 
| 95 | DT | Chris Hovan | 
| 90 | RDE | Gaines Adams | 
| 59 | SLB | Cato June | 
| 51 | MLB | Barrett Ruud | 
| 55 | WLB | Derrick Brooks | 
| 31 | LCB | Phillip Buchanon | 
| 23 | SS | Jermaine Phillips | 
| 36 | FS | Tanard Jackson | 
| 20 | RCB | Ronde Barber | 
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Brandon Marshall | 
| 19 | WR | Eddie Royal | 
| 78 | LOT | Ryan Clady | 
| 50 | LOG | Ben Hamilton | 
| 62 | C | Casey Wiegmann | 
| 73 | ROG | Chris Kuper | 
| 74 | ROT | Ryan Harris | 
| 89 | TE | Daniel Graham | 
| 88 | TE | Tony Scheffler | 
| 6 | QB | Jay Cutler | 
| 35 | RB | Selvin Young | 
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | John Engelberger | 
| 63 | LDT | Dewayne Robertson | 
| 79 | RDT | Marcus Thomas | 
| 92 | RDE | Elvis Dumervil | 
| 97 | SLB | Boss Bailey | 
| 58 | MLB | Nate Webster | 
| 55 | WLB | D.J. Williams | 
| 24 | LCB | Champ Bailey | 
| 33 | SS | Marquand Manuel | 
| 20 | FS | Marlon McCree | 
| 32 | RCB | Dre' Bly | 
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Warrick Dunn | 11 | 74 | 6.7 | 38 | 0 | 
| Earnest Graham | 10 | 59 | 5.9 | 14 | 0 | 
| Jeff Garcia | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Michael Pittman | 6 | 39 | 6.5 | 16 | 0 | 
| Selvin Young | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 | 
| Jay Cutler | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 12 | 0 | 
| Andre Hall | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | 
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||||
| Brian Griese | 19 | 13 | 68.4 | 0 | 88 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 78.4 | 
| Jeff Garcia | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 1 | 93 | 5.5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.7 | 
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Jay Cutler | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 0 | 227 | 6.7 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 96.1 | 
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Antonio Bryant | 10 | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 17 | 0 | 
| Earnest Graham | 6 | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 5 | 0 | 
| Ike Hilliard | 5 | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 11 | 1 | 
| Michael Clayton | 3 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 | 
| Warrick Dunn | 3 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 | 
| Jerramy Stevens | 3 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Alex Smith | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| Maurice Stovall | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 
| Michael Bennett | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Brandon Stokley | 7 | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 11 | 1 | 
| Tony Scheffler | 4 | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 33 | 0 | 
| Brandon Marshall | 7 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 | 
| Eddie Royal | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 | 
| Michael Pittman | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | 
| Andre Hall | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 11 | 0 | 
| Glenn Martinez | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 
| Daniel Graham | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 
| Selvin Young | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Marcus Thomas | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||
| Josh Bidwell | 7 | 349 | 49.9 | 64 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Brett Kern | 5 | 248 | 49.6 | 63 | 0 | 
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dexter Jackson | 4 | 0 | 19 | 4.8 | 12 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Eddie Royal | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10.3 | 20 | 0 | 
| Glenn Martinez | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 | 
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||
| Matt Bryant | 3 | 201 | 67.0 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | ||||
| Matt Prater | 5 | 347 | 69.4 | 4 | 
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Dexter Jackson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Andre Hall | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Glenn Martinez | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS | 
|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 1.0 | 8.0 | 
| Elvis Dumervil | 1.0 | 5.0 | 
| D.J. Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | 
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | ||||||
| Jermaine Phillips | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ronde Barber | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Barrett Ruud | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Cato June | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Derrick Brooks | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Phillip Buchanon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Adam Hayward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Stylez G. White | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Tanard Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Quincy Black | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Andrew Economos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Matt McCoy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Gaines Adams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kevin Carter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Chris Hovan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ryan Sims | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Aqib Talib | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Will Allen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jimmy Wilkerson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| D.J. Williams | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Boss Bailey | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Nate Webster | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Champ Bailey | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dre' Bly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Ebenezer Ekuban | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Jamie Winborn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Marquand Manuel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Kenny Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Elvis Dumervil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Marlon McCree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Marcus Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| John Engelberger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Dewayne Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Vernon Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Andre Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Niko Koutouvides | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Mike Leach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
| Karl Paymah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
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