Cardinals 12-7 Buccaneers (Jan 2, 2005) Box Score

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

5-11, 1-7 away

	1	2	3	4	T
TB	0	0	7	0	7
ARI	3	3	0	6	12

Arizona Cardinals

6-10, 5-3 home

Tampa Bay Passing


Chris Simms
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/32	224	7.0	1	2	4-37	57.3
16/32	187	7.0	1	2	4-37	57.3

Arizona Passing


Josh McCown
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
16/36	115	3.2	0	1	0-0	40.9
16/36	115	3.2	0	1	0-0	40.9

Tampa Bay Rushing


Michael Pittman
Earnest Graham
Chris Simms
Mike Alstott
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
16	50	3.1	17
1	12	12.0	12
3	1	0.3	2
1	-1	-1.0	-1
21	62	3.0	17

Arizona Rushing


Emmitt Smith
Obafemi Ayanbadejo
Josh Scobey
Larry Fitzgerald
Josh McCown
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
23	69	3.0	7
6	31	5.2	23
1	8	8.0	8
2	1	0.5	6
2	-2	-1.0	-1
34	107	3.1	23

Tampa Bay Receiving


Michael Clayton
Joey Galloway
Michael Pittman
Joe Jurevicius
Nate Lawrie
Mike Alstott
Billy Baber
Ken Dilger
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
2	86	43.0	1	75
3	48	16.0	0	22
3	30	10.0	0	20
3	20	6.7	0	8
1	15	15.0	0	15
2	15	7.5	0	12
1	7	7.0	0	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
16	224	14.0	1	75

Arizona Receiving


Larry Fitzgerald
Anquan Boldin
Freddie Jones
Emmitt Smith
Bryant Johnson
Karl Williams
Obafemi Ayanbadejo
Josh McCown
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	36	12.0	16
3	31	10.3	12
2	18	9.0	14
2	13	6.5	11
2	9	4.5	7
1	8	8.0	8
2	5	2.5	6
1	-5	-5.0	-5
16	115	7.2	16

Tampa Bay Fumbles


Michael Pittman
Sean Mahan
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
2	2	0

Arizona Fumbles


Emmitt Smith
Duane Starks
Darnell Dockett
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
1	0	2

Tampa Bay Defense



Shelton Quarles
Dwight Smith
Derrick Brooks
Ronde Barber
Brian Kelly
Dexter Jackson
Mario Edwards
Chartric Darby
Ian Gold
Simeon Rice
Corey Ivy
Dewayne White
Chidi Ahanotu
Michael Pittman
Greg Spires
Josh Bidwell
Ryan Nece
Torrie Cox
Michael Clayton
Will Allen
Jeff Gooch
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
9	5	0	0	1	0	0
8	6	0	0	3	0	0
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	4	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	54	0	0	10	0	0

Arizona Defense



James Darling
Duane Starks
Adrian Wilson
Quentin Harris
David Macklin
Karlos Dansby
Darnell Dockett
Gerald Hayes
Russell Davis
Bertrand Berry
Obafemi Ayanbadejo
Kyle Vanden Bosch
Robert Tate
Peppi Zellner
Ross Kolodziej
Nathan Hodel
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	0	0	0	0	0
7	5	0	0	2	0	0
6	4	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	2	1	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	1	0	0	0	0
2	2	2	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
53	44	4	0	5	0	0

Tampa Bay Interceptions


Dwight Smith
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	13	0
1	13	0

Arizona Interceptions


Adrian Wilson
Darnell Dockett
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	24	0
1	20	0
2	44	0

Tampa Bay Kick Returns


Torrie Cox
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	80	40.0	44	0
2	80	40.0	44	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Josh Scobey
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
2	41	20.5	23	0
2	41	20.5	23	0

Tampa Bay Punt Returns


Joey Galloway
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
5	10	2.0	6	0
5	10	2.0	6	0

Arizona Punt Returns


Karl Williams
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	45	15.0	31	0
3	45	15.0	31	0

Tampa Bay Kicking


Jay Taylor
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1

Arizona Kicking


Neil Rackers
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
4/6	66.7	45	0/0	12
4/6	66.7	45	0/0	12

Tampa Bay Punting


Josh Bidwell
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
8	293	36.6	1	2	51
8	293	36.6	1	2	51

Arizona Punting


Scott Player
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
7	301	43.0	0	4	49
7	301	43.0	0	4	49

4:05 PM, January 2, 2005

Attendance: 31,650

Referees:
Walt Anderson

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Los Angeles	9	6	.600	329	347
Seattle	8	7	.533	339	340
Arizona	7	8	.467	344	342
San Francisco	6	9	.400	331	349

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