Patriots 10
(0-2, 0-1 away)
Buccaneers 27
(2-0, 1-0 home)
Coverage: NFL
8:00 PM ET, August 17, 2008
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | NE | TB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | TD | 05:22 | Earnest Graham 1 Yd Run (Matt Bryant Kick) | 0 | 7 |
| SECOND QUARTER | NE | TB | |||
![]() | FG | 07:25 | Matt Bryant 34 Yd | 0 | 10 |
![]() | TD | 01:13 | Byron Storer 1 Yd Pass From Luke Mccown (Matt Bryant Kick) | 0 | 17 |
![]() | FG | 00:00 | Stephen Gostkowski 53 Yd | 3 | 17 |
| THIRD QUARTER | NE | TB | |||
![]() | TD | 14:44 | Sabby Piscitelli 24 Yd Fumble Return (Matt Bryant Kick) | 3 | 24 |
![]() | FG | 07:38 | Matt Bryant 23 Yd | 3 | 27 |
| FOURTH QUARTER | NE | TB | |||
![]() | TD | 10:20 | Heath Evans 1 Yd Run (Stephen Gostkowski Kick) | 10 | 27 |
Team Stat Comparison
New England | Tampa Bay | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 11 | 21 |
3rd down efficiency | 3-11 | 7-14 |
4th down efficiency | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| Total Yards | 174 | 295 |
| Yards per play | 3.7 | 4.6 |
| Total Drives | 1 | 3 |
| Passing | 118 | 125 |
Comp-Att | 12-25 | 19-25 |
Yards per pass | 4.7 | 5.0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
Sacks-Yards Lost | 0-0 | 3-28 |
| Rushing | 56 | 170 |
Rushing Attempts | 22 | 36 |
Yards per rush | 2.5 | 4.7 |
| Penalties | 2-10 | 3-35 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 22:02 | 37:58 |
| NE Passing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | ||
| K. O'Connell | 6/15 | 61 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | |
| M. Cassel | 6/10 | 57 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| Team | 12/25 | 118 | 4.7 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | |
| TB Passing | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | ||
| L. McCown | 7/10 | 79 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| B. Griese | 9/10 | 44 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | |
| C. Simms | 2/4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 2-15 | |
| J. Johnson | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 1-13 | |
| Team | 19/25 | 125 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 3-28 | |
| New England Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| L. Maroney | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 10 |
| S. Morris | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| K. O'Connell | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 5 |
| M. Cassel | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Green-Ellis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
| K. Faulk | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| H. Evans | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 22 | 56 | 2.5 | 1 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay Rushing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| M. Bennett | 8 | 57 | 7.1 | 0 | 23 |
| K. Darby | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 |
| C. Smith | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 |
| A. Bryant | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16 |
| E. Graham | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 1 | 6 |
| W. Dunn | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 |
| C. Simms | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Jackson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| L. McCown | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Johnson | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 170 | 4.7 | 1 | 23 |
| New England Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. Jones | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 17 |
| W. Welker | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 12 |
| R. Moss | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 15 |
| C. Jackson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 |
| R. Ventrone | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Faulk | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 0 | 17 |
| Tampa Bay Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| A. Bryant | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 33 |
| M. Stovall | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| I. Hilliard | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | 8 |
| W. Dunn | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 7 |
| D. Fells | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| M. Bennett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| K. Darby | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| P. Warren | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| B. Storer | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 5 |
| C. Hankton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| A. Smith | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 19 | 153 | 8.1 | 1 | 33 |
| New England Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| D. Connolly | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Faulk | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| L. McCown | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Simms | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wilkerson | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Piscitelli | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Interceptions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| INT | YDS | TD | |
| E. Mack | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| New England Tackles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | SACKS | SOLO | |
| J. Mayo | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Spann | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Vrabel | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Crable | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Hobbs | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Dillard | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Shoate | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| P. Woods | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| V. Redd | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| E. Alexander | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Seymour | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Guyton | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| S. Fifita | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Thomas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Bruschi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| V. Hobson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Adams | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| F. Bryant | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Ventrone | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Lynch | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| V. Wilfork | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D. Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Wheatley | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Meriweather | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Mankins | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| T. Warren | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 73 | 3 | 57 |
| Tampa Bay Tackles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | SACKS | SOLO | |
| E. Mack | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| B. Ruud | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| M. McCoy | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Piscitelli | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| T. Jackson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| G. White | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Hunter | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Q. Black | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Wilkerson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| W. Allen | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Sims | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Bennett | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Hayes | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| K. Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Davis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Adams | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. June | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| G. Peterson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| B. Storer | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| C. Hovan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Douglas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Economos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| A. Talib | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 46 | 0 | 40 |
| Tampa Bay Kick Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| C. Smith | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 |
| Team | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 |
| New England Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| C. Jones | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 26 |
| C. Jackson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Team | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 26 |
| Tampa Bay Punt Returns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | |
| M. Spurlock | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 19 |
| D. Jackson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 |
| Team | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 |
| New England Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Gostkowski | 1/1 | 100.0 | 53 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 53 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| M. Bryant | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 3/3 | 9 |
| Team | 2/2 | 100.0 | 34 | 3/3 | 9 |
| New England Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| C. Hanson | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Team | 5 | 225 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| Tampa Bay Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| J. Bidwell | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
| Team | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 55 |
Attendance: 63,365



