Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings
September 11, 2005
| Quarter | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| 1st Quarter | ||||
| 12:16 | Min | TD | Darren Sharper 88 interception return (Paul Edinger Kick) | Min 7, TB 0 |
| 2nd Quarter | ||||
| 0:05 | TB | TD | Alex Smith 23 pass from Brian Griese (Matt Bryant Kick) | Min 7, TB 7 |
| 10:22 | TB | TD | Alex Smith 2 pass from Brian Griese (Matt Bryant Kick) | TB 14, Min 7 |
| 14:43 | TB | FG | FG Matt Bryant 41 | TB 17, Min 7 |
| 3rd Quarter | ||||
| 11:08 | Min | FG | FG Paul Edinger 53 | TB 17, Min 10 |
| 4th Quarter | ||||
| 8:47 | Min | FG | FG Paul Edinger 22 | TB 17, Min 13 |
| 13:37 | TB | TD | Carnell Williams 71 run (Matt Bryant Kick) | TB 24, Min 13 |
Attendance: 63,939
Missed Field Goals: None| Team Statistics | ||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Minnesota Vikings | |
| First downs | 12 | 15 |
| Rushes - yards | 31 - 146 | 15 - 33 |
| Passing | 199 | 215 |
| Punt returns | 3 - 27 | 5 - 54 |
| Kickoff returns | 4 - 83 | 5 - 89 |
| Interception returns | 3 - 16 | 2 - 88 |
| Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted | 18 - 29 - 2 | 22 - 33 - 3 |
| Sacked - yards lost | 2 - 14 | 3 - 18 |
| Punts | 6 - 46.8 | 4 - 54.2 |
| Fumbles - lost | 1 - 0 | 4 - 2 |
| Penalties - yards | 13 - 99 | 9 - 70 |
| Time of possession | 30:34 | 29:26 |
| Passing | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Brian Griese | 29 | 18 | 213 | 7.34 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 14 | 78.7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Att | Cmp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Lg | Sack | Loss | Rating |
| Daunte Culpepper | 33 | 22 | 233 | 7.06 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 18 | 49.2 |
| Rushing | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Carnell Williams | 27 | 148 | 5.5 | 71t | 1 | 4 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Galloway | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Griese | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Att | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Daunte Culpepper | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Moe Williams | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Joey Galloway | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 36 | 0 | 4 |
| Michael Clayton | 4 | 57 | 14.2 | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Smith | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 23t | 2 | 3 |
| Jameel Cook | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Becht | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ike Hilliard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD | FD |
| Jim Kleinsasser | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Jermaine Wiggins | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Nate Burleson | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 | 2 |
| Travis Taylor | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Robinson | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Bennett | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Moe Williams | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Kickoff Returns | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Torrie Cox | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Mewelde Moore | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Troy Williamson | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | ||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Mark Jones | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Num | Yds | Avg | FC | Lg | TD |
| Keenan Howry | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Punting | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Josh Bidwell | 6 | 281 | 46.8 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37.8 | 5 | 54 |
| Minnesota Vikings | Punts | Yds | Avg | Lg | TB | In20 | Blk | Net | OppRet | RetYds |
| Chris Kluwe | 4 | 217 | 54.2 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42.5 | 3 | 27 |
| Defense | ||||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Brian Kelly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Derrick Brooks | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Adams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Jackson | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony McFarland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Nece | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jermaine Phillips | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simeon Rice | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Spires | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marquis Cooper | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Juran Bolden | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronde Barber | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Torrie Cox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Will Allen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | Tack | Ast | Tot | Sacks | Loss | Ints | Yds | Avg | Lg | TD |
| Darren Sharper | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 88 | 88.0 | 88t | 1 |
| Fred Smoot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenechi Udeze | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Williams | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dontarrious Thomas | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Williams | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Williams | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrion Scott | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Brown | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lance Johnstone | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kleinsasser | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Sam Cowart | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Newman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Offord | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Owens | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Corey Chavous | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Burleson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Antoine Winfield | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 NFL Scoreboard - Week 1
Thursday, September 8, 2005
| Oakland | 20 |
| New England | 30 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Sunday, September 11, 2005
| Chicago | 7 |
| Washington | 9 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Cincinnati | 27 |
| Cleveland | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Denver | 10 |
| Miami | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Houston | 7 |
| Buffalo | 22 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| New Orleans | 23 |
| Carolina | 20 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| NY Jets | 7 |
| Kansas City | 27 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Seattle | 14 |
| Jacksonville | 26 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tampa Bay | 24 |
| Minnesota | 13 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Tennessee | 7 |
| Pittsburgh | 34 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Arizona | 19 |
| NY Giants | 42 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Dallas | 28 |
| San Diego | 24 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Green Bay | 3 |
| Detroit | 17 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| St. Louis | 25 |
| San Francisco | 28 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
| Indianapolis | 24 |
| Baltimore | 7 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
Monday, September 12, 2005
| Philadelphia | 10 |
| Atlanta | 14 |
| Boxscore | FINAL |
