National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 24, Minnesota 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 11, 2005
Where: Hubert Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Mike Carey
Attendance: 63939
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 0170724
Minnesota 703313
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 2:44
Minnesota TD Minnesota 7 - Tampa Bay 0
Darren Sharper 88 yd. interception return (Paul Edinger kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:55
Tampa Bay TD Minnesota 7 - Tampa Bay 7
Alex Smith 23 yd. pass from Brian Griese (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:38
Tampa Bay TD Minnesota 7 - Tampa Bay 14
Alex Smith 2 yd. pass from Brian Griese (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:17
Tampa Bay FG Minnesota 7 - Tampa Bay 17
Matt Bryant 41 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:52
Minnesota FG Minnesota 10 - Tampa Bay 17
Paul Edinger 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 6:13
Minnesota FG Minnesota 13 - Tampa Bay 17
Paul Edinger 22 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:23
Tampa Bay TD Minnesota 13 - Tampa Bay 24
Carnell Williams 71 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay Minnesota
1st Downs 12 15
Rushing 4 2
Passing 8 9
Penalty 0 4
3rd Down Conversions 8-17 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 6-46.8 4-54.3
Return Yards 126 231
Punts-Returns 3-27 5-54
Kickoffs-Returns 4-83 5-89
Int-Returns 3-16 2-88
Penalties-Yards 13-99 9-70
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 4-2
Time of Possession 30:34 29:26
Total Net Yards 345 248
Total Plays 62 51
Average Gain 5.6 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 146 26
Rushes 31 16
Average/Rush 4.7 1.6
Net Yards Passing 199 222
Comp-Att 18-29 22-33
Yards/Pass 6.4 6.3
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-14 2-11
Had Intercepted 2 3
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 1 0
Passing 2 0
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 1-1
Field Goals 1-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-3-33% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Griese 18/29 213 2 2
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Culpepper 22/33 233 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Williams 27 148 5.5 1 71
M. Alstott 1 0 0.0 0 0
J. Galloway 1 0 0.0 0 0
B. Griese 2 -2 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Williams 6 15 2.5 0 9
D. Culpepper 4 12 3.0 0 10
M. Bennett 6 -1 -0.2 0 3
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Galloway 5 97 19.4 0 36
M. Clayton 4 57 14.2 0 41
A. Smith 4 34 8.5 2 23
J. Cook 2 7 3.5 0 8
M. Alstott 1 7 7.0 0 7
A. Becht 1 7 7.0 0 7
I. Hilliard 1 4 4.0 0 4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Burleson 3 45 15.0 0 20
J. Kleinsasser 4 42 10.5 0 13
T. Taylor 3 38 12.7 0 25
J. Wiggins 4 33 8.2 0 17
M. Williams 2 32 16.0 0 25
M. Robinson 3 22 7.3 0 14
M. Bennett 3 21 7.0 0 10
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Kelly 2 16 0
D. Brooks 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Sharper 1 88 1
F. Smoot 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
A. McFarland 1.0 8.0
S. Rice 1.0 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
P. Williams 1.0 7.0
L. Johnstone 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK AST
S. Quarles 7 0
J. Bolden 6 0
D. Brooks 4 0
D. Jackson 4 1
S. Rice 3 0
R. Barber 3 0
J. Phillips 3 1
C. Hovan 2 0
D. White 1 0
B. Kelly 1 0
A. McFarland 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
D. Sharper 6 2
P. Williams 4 0
C. Chavous 4 6
K. Udeze 3 0
A. Winfield 3 0
E. Henderson 3 0
D. Thomas 3 1
S. Cowart 3 2
N. Harris 3 2
K. Williams 2 0
R. Brown 2 0
B. Williams 2 0
S. Johnson 1 0
L. Johnstone 1 0
K. Newman 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Clayton 1
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Culpepper 2
J. Kleinsasser 1
M. Williams 1