National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
San Diego 41, Tampa Bay 24
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 21, 2008
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature: 74°
Head Official: Peter Morelli
Attendance: 64778
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Diego 71302141
Tampa Bay 7314024
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:14
San Diego TD Tampa Bay 0 - San Diego 7
Brandon Manumaleuna 11 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
1st Quarter - 2:44
Tampa Bay TD Tampa Bay 7 - San Diego 7
B.J. Askew 1 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick)
2nd Quarter - 13:37
San Diego TD Tampa Bay 7 - San Diego 14
Antonio Gates 15 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:37
San Diego FG Tampa Bay 7 - San Diego 17
Nate Kaeding 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:22
Tampa Bay FG Tampa Bay 10 - San Diego 17
Matt Bryant 49 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:04
San Diego FG Tampa Bay 10 - San Diego 20
Nate Kaeding 57 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 7:47
Tampa Bay TD Tampa Bay 17 - San Diego 20
Jeff Garcia 7 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:19
Tampa Bay TD Tampa Bay 24 - San Diego 20
Antonio Bryant 71 yd. pass from Jeff Garcia (Matt Bryant kick)
4th Quarter - 15:00
San Diego TD Tampa Bay 24 - San Diego 27
Antonio Gates 5 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 7:29
San Diego TD Tampa Bay 24 - San Diego 34
Darren Sproles 32 yd. pass from Philip Rivers (Nate Kaeding kick)
4th Quarter - 3:13
San Diego TD Tampa Bay 24 - San Diego 41
Antoine Cason 59 yd. interception return (Nate Kaeding kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  San Diego Tampa Bay
1st Downs 21 20
Rushing 5 9
Passing 16 10
Penalty 0 1
3rd Down Conversions 7-13 6-14
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-2
Punts-Average 4-44.5 3-43.7
Return Yards 234 221
Punts-Returns 2-45 2-16
Kickoffs-Returns 4-127 7-205
Int-Returns 2-62 0-0
Penalties-Yards 0-0 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Time of Possession 30:51 29:09
Total Net Yards 370 342
Total Plays 58 64
Average Gain 6.4 5.3
Net Yards Rushing 90 111
Rushes 26 27
Average/Rush 3.5 4.1
Net Yards Passing 280 231
Comp-Att 21-31 21-35
Yards/Pass 8.8 6.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 2-1
Had Intercepted 0 2
Touchdowns 5 3
Rushing 0 2
Passing 4 1
Other 1 0
Extra Points 5-5 3-3
Field Goals 2-2 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-4-75% 2-2-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
San Diego Chargers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Rivers 21/31 287 4 0
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Garcia 21/34 232 1 2
L. McCown 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Tomlinson 21 90 4.3 0 13
D. Sproles 2 3 1.5 0 2
P. Rivers 3 -3 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Garcia 6 45 7.5 1 11
C. Williams 8 27 3.4 0 11
W. Dunn 9 20 2.2 0 5
L. McCown 2 16 8.0 0 12
C. Smith 1 2 2.0 0 2
B. Askew 1 1 1.0 1 1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
V. Jackson 7 111 15.9 0 25
D. Sproles 3 46 15.3 1 32
A. Gates 4 43 10.8 2 15
L. Naanee 2 29 14.5 0 18
C. Chambers 2 27 13.5 0 17
L. Tomlinson 2 20 10.0 0 22
B. Manumaleuna 1 11 11.0 1 11
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Bryant 6 127 21.2 1 71
I. Hilliard 4 24 6.0 0 11
M. Clayton 2 23 11.5 0 17
J. Stevens 2 21 10.5 0 19
W. Dunn 4 19 4.8 0 9
C. Smith 1 9 9.0 0 9
B. Askew 1 5 5.0 0 5
J. Galloway 1 4 4.0 0 4
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Cason 1 59 1
S. Cooper 1 3 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Tucker 1.0 1.0
S. Phillips 1.0 0.0
Sks
  NO. YDS
J. Wilkerson 1.0 0.0
Tackles
  TK AST
E. Weddle 8 1
S. Cooper 7 3
Q. Jammer 4 0
A. Cromartie 4 0
A. Cason 4 0
J. Williams 4 1
C. Hart 3 0
L. Castillo 3 2
S. Gregory 2 0
J. Tucker 2 1
S. Phillips 2 2
A. Applewhite 1 0
Tackles
  TK AST
B. Ruud 7 4
S. Piscitelli 5 2
P. Buchanon 4 0
J. Haye 4 1
R. Barber 4 1
D. Brooks 3 0
T. Jackson 3 2
C. Hovan 2 0
R. Sims 1 0
J. Wilkerson 1 0
G. White 1 1
G. Adams 1 1
C. June 1 1
K. Carter 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Bryant 1