National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 31, Tampa Bay 24
When: 4:15 PM ET, Sunday, December 12, 2004
Where: Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California
Temperature: 69°
Head Official: Mike Carey
Attendance: 65858
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 0771024
San Diego 01471031
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 11:49
San Diego TD San Diego 7 - Tampa Bay 0
Eric Parker 79 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 9:02
Tampa Bay TD San Diego 7 - Tampa Bay 7
Joey Galloway 36 yd. pass from Brian Griese (Jay Taylor kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:49
San Diego TD San Diego 14 - Tampa Bay 7
Kassim Osgood 19 yd. pass from Drew Brees (Nate Kaeding kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:56
Tampa Bay TD San Diego 14 - Tampa Bay 14
Joey Galloway 4 yd. pass from Brian Griese (Jay Taylor kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:30
San Diego TD San Diego 21 - Tampa Bay 14
LaDainian Tomlinson 7 yd. run (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 6:53
Tampa Bay TD San Diego 21 - Tampa Bay 21
Michael Clayton 20 yd. pass from Brian Griese (Jay Taylor kick)
4th Quarter - 4:09
San Diego TD San Diego 28 - Tampa Bay 21
Brock Edwards 30 yd. interception return (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 2:06
San Diego FG San Diego 31 - Tampa Bay 21
Nate Kaeding 40 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 0:16
Tampa Bay FG San Diego 31 - Tampa Bay 24
Jay Taylor 41 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay San Diego
1st Downs 21 18
Rushing 1 7
Passing 19 8
Penalty 1 3
3rd Down Conversions 7-16 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Punts-Average 5-40.4 4-46.8
Return Yards 111 138
Punts-Returns 3-5 2-10
Kickoffs-Returns 5-106 5-82
Int-Returns 2-0 3-46
Penalties-Yards 12-11 4-40
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Time of Possession 32:30 27:30
Total Net Yards 436 336
Total Plays 71 55
Average Gain 6.1 6.1
Net Yards Rushing 63 130
Rushes 18 30
Average/Rush 3.5 4.3
Net Yards Passing 373 206
Comp-Att 36-50 17-23
Yards/Pass 7.0 8.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-19 2-14
Had Intercepted 3 2
Touchdowns 3 4
Rushing 0 1
Passing 3 2
Other 0 1
Extra Points 3-3 4-4
Field Goals 1-2 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Griese 36/50 392 3 3
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Brees 17/23 220 2 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Pittman 12 42 3.5 0 11
M. Alstott 4 12 3.0 0 7
E. Graham 1 6 6.0 0 6
B. Griese 1 3 3.0 0 3
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Tomlinson 25 131 5.2 1 35
L. Neal 1 2 2.0 0 2
D. Brees 4 -3 -0.8 0 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Clayton 9 145 16.1 1 29
J. Galloway 5 78 15.6 2 36
M. Pittman 6 46 7.7 0 23
J. Jurevicius 2 33 16.5 0 24
K. Dilger 4 28 7.0 0 12
M. Alstott 2 23 11.5 0 12
W. Heller 3 19 6.3 0 9
T. Brown 2 14 7.0 0 9
I. Smart 2 10 5.0 0 5
B. Griese 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
E. Parker 6 118 19.7 1 79
K. McCardell 3 30 10.0 0 18
K. Osgood 2 27 13.5 1 19
L. Tomlinson 4 19 4.8 0 10
A. Gates 1 17 17.0 0 17
J. Peelle 1 9 9.0 0 9
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. Allen 1 0 0
R. Barber 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Edwards 2 34 1
Q. Jammer 1 12 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Rice 1.0 9.0
G. Spires 1.0 5.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. Leber 1.0 10.0
J. Fisk 1.0 7.0
S. Foley 1.0 2.0
Tackles
  TK AST
R. Barber 10 0
S. Quarles 7 2
D. Smith 6 0
I. Gold 4 0
D. White 4 0
S. Rice 3 0
C. Darby 3 1
B. Kelly 3 2
J. Howell 1 0
C. Ahanotu 1 0
G. Spires 1 0
D. Brooks 1 3
Tackles
  TK AST
T. Kiel 10 4
D. Edwards 9 7
Q. Jammer 6 1
D. Florence 5 1
R. Godfrey 4 2
B. Leber 3 0
S. Foley 3 2
J. Fletcher 2 0
S. Cooper 2 0
J. Cesaire 2 0
J. Fisk 2 1
S. Phillips 1 0
C. Hart 1 0
R. Butler 1 0
A. Dingle 1 0
J. Williams 1 2
J. Wilson 1 3
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Galloway 1
B. Griese 1
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Tomlinson 1
E. Parker 1