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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

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    ARIZONA 10
    TAMPA BAY 17 2:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR

    TAM BALL ON ARI 46 YD LINE
    1ST AND 46</div>
     
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    ARIZONA 10
    TAMPA BAY 17 2:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR

    TAM BALL ON ARI 41 YD LINE
    2ND AND 5</div>
     
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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    ARIZONA 3 0 0 7 10
    TAMPA BAY 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER: ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 47 YD, 2:43. Drive: 6
    plays, 59 yards in 2:53. Key plays:
    Warner 47-yard pass to Fitzgerald
    to Tampa Bay 33. ARIZONA 3-0
    TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 37 YD PASS FROM JEFF
    GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK), 9:04.
    Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 6:21.
    Key plays: Graham 11-yard run to
    Tampa Bay 35; Garcia 8-yard pass to
    Hilliard on 3rd-and-4 to Tampa Bay
    49; Garcia 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1
    to Arizona 40. TAMPA BAY 7-3
    2ND QUARTER: TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 32 YD, 1:23. Drive: 4
    plays, 3 yards in 1:12. Key plays:
    Jackson interception plus 15-yard
    face mask penalty on Cardinals'
    Pope to Arizona 17; Graham 12-yard
    run to Arizona 15. TAMPA BAY 10-3
    3RD QUARTER: TAM - TD, EARNEST GRAHAM 2 YD RUN (MATT
    BRYANT KICK), 4:27. Drive: 10
    plays, 64 yards in 4:27. Key plays:
    Graham 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
    midfield; Garcia 28-yard pass to
    Galloway on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona
    17; Garcia 8-yard run plus 15-yard
    face mask penalty on Cardinals'
    Pace to Arizona 4. TAMPA BAY 17-3
    4TH QUARTER: ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 3 YD RUN (NEIL
    RACKERS KICK), 7:30. Drive: 11
    plays, 80 yards in 4:17. Key plays:
    Warner 16-yard pass to Fitzgerald
    to Arizona 36; Warner 12-yard pass
    to Urban to Arizona 48; Warner
    11-yard pass to Arrington to Tampa
    Bay 41; Warner 24-yard pass to
    Boldin to Tampa Bay 17; Warner
    16-yard pass to Fitzgerald on
    3rd-and-15 to Tampa Bay 6. TAMPA
    BAY 17-10

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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
    NFL
    ARIZONA 10
    TAMPA BAY 17 FINAL</div>
     
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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    ARIZONA 3 0 0 7 10
    TAMPA BAY 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    2:43 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 47 YD.
    Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards in 2:53.
    Key plays: Warner 47-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Tampa Bay 33.
    ARIZONA 3-0.
    9:04 TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 37 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK).
    Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 6:21.
    Key plays: Graham 11-yard run to Tampa Bay 35; Garcia 8-yard pass to
    Hilliard on 3rd-and-4 to Tampa Bay 49; Garcia 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
    Arizona 40. TAMPA BAY 7-3.

    2ND QUARTER:

    1:23 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 32 YD.
    Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 1:12.
    Key plays: Jackson interception plus 15-yard face mask penalty on
    Cardinals' Pope to Arizona 17; Graham 12-yard run to Arizona 15. TAMPA BAY
    10-3.

    3RD QUARTER:

    4:27 TAM - TD, EARNEST GRAHAM 2 YD RUN (MATT BRYANT KICK).
    Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:27.
    Key plays: Graham 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; Garcia
    28-yard pass to Galloway on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona 17; Garcia 8-yard run
    plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Cardinals' Pace to Arizona 4. TAMPA BAY
    17-3.

    4TH QUARTER:

    7:30 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 3 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
    Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 4:17.
    Key plays: Warner 16-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Arizona 36; Warner
    12-yard pass to Urban to Arizona 48; Warner 11-yard pass to Arrington to
    Tampa Bay 41; Warner 24-yard pass to Boldin to Tampa Bay 17; Warner
    16-yard pass to Fitzgerald on 3rd-and-15 to Tampa Bay 6. TAMPA BAY 17-10.

    ARIZONA - TAMPA BAY Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS ARIZONA TAMPA BAY

    FIRST DOWNS 9 18
    Rushing 1 8
    Passing 8 9
    Penalty 0 1
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-10-20% 12-21-57%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 195 350
    Total offensive plays 42 77
    Average gain per play 4.6 4.5
    NET YARDS RUSHING 23 162
    Rushing attempts 12 46
    Average gain per rush 1.9 3.5
    Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4
    NET YARDS PASSING 172 188
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 3-8
    Gross passing yards 172 196
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 30-10-2 28-18-0
    Avg gain per pass play 5.7 6.1
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
    PUNTS: Number and Average 7-42.0 6-49.7
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 38.0 46.5
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 28 19
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-28 4-19
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-81 2-57
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-0
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-64 9-70
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
    Rushing 1 1
    Passing 0 1
    Interceptions 0 0
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
    Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-3
    FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
    RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 16:53 43:07


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    ARIZONA TAMPA BAY

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    E JAMES 9 15 1.7 3 1 E GRAHAM 34 124 3.6 15 1
    J ARRINGTO 2 7 3.5 5 0 J GARCIA 7 26 3.7 14 0
    M SHIPP 1 1 1.0 1 0 M BENNETT 5 12 2.4 5 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K WARNER 10-30-172 2 0 47 J GARCIA 18-28-196 0 1 37

    Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J GARCIA 3-8.

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L FITZGERA 4 95 23.8 47 0 I HILLIARD 7 70 10.0 18 0
    A BOLDIN 3 40 13.3 24 0 J GALLOWAY 5 84 16.8 37 1
    B JOHNSON 1 14 14.0 14 0 E GRAHAM 2 13 6.5 7 0
    J URBAN 1 12 12.0 12 0 A SMITH 2 13 6.5 10 0
    J ARRINGTO 1 11 11.0 11 0 M STOVALL 1 9 9.0 9 0
    B ASKEW 1 7 7.0 7 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    T JACKSON 1 0 0.0 0 0
    J PHILLIPS 1 0 0.0 0 0

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    M BARR 7 294 42.0 0 1 50 J BIDWELL 6 298 49.7 1 2 57

    T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

    PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S BREASTON 3 18 6.0 11 0 P BUCHANON 3 11 3.7 6 0
    J ARRINGTON 1 10 10.0 10 0 I HILLIARD 1 8 8.0 8 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S BREASTON 4 81 20.3 23 0 M SPURLOCK 2 57 28.5 35 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    N RACKERS 1/1 1/1 M BRYANT 2/2 1/3
    Dist.: 47 Dist.: 32 (58) (26)

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    Fumbles: None

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M BEISEL 12 9 3 0-0 J HAYE 4 3 1 0-0
    D DOCKETT 10 9 1 2-3 K CARTER 3 1 2 0-0
    A ROLLE 9 6 3 0-0 R BARBER 2 2 0 0-0
    G HAYES 8 8 0 1-5 C JUNE 2 2 0 0-0
    C PACE 8 7 1 0-0 G WHITE 2 2 0 0-0
    B BERRY 4 4 0 0-0 C HOVAN 2 2 0 0-0
    A SMITH 4 4 0 0-0 J PHILLIPS 2 2 0 0-0
    E GREEN 4 3 1 0-0 T JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
    T HOLT 3 3 0 0-0 R SIMS 2 1 1 0-0
    R BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 D BROOKS 2 0 2 0-0
    R HOOD 2 2 0 0-0 B KELLY 1 1 0 0-0
    R BAILEY 2 2 0 0-0 G ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0
    A WILSON 2 1 1 0-0 P BUCHANON 1 1 0 0-0
    A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0 B RUUD 1 0 1 0-0
    G WATSON 1 0 1 0-0

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    TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tookadvantage of some home cooking to snap a two-game losing streak.

    Earnest Graham led an effective ground attack as the Buccaneersdefeated the Arizona Cardinals, 17-10, on Sunday to move backover .500.


    Graham rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown on 34 carries,helping Tampa Bay (5-4) improve to 4-1 at home this season.

    The Buccaneers dominated time of possession, holding the ballfor more than 43 minutes. They rushed for 162 yards whileholding Arizona to just 23 yards on the ground.


    Tampa Bay's Jeff Garcia completed 18-of-28 passes for 196 yards,including a 37-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway that gavethe Buccaneers a 7-3 lead with 5:56 left in the first quarter.

    Leading, 10-3, at halftime, Tampa Bay took the first possessionof the second half and drove 64 yards for a touchdown. The bigplay of the drive was Garcia's 28-yard completion to Graham thatset up Graham's 2-yard TD run.


    The Cardinals (3-5) scored on the game's opening possesion,taking a 3-0 lead on Neil Rackers' 47-yard field goal with 12:17left in the first quarter.


    After Arizona's initial 59-yard drive, the Cardinals had only 51yards of offense for the next 2 1/2 quarters before driving 80yards in the fourth quarter for their only TD on Edgerrin James'3-yard run.


    Larry Fitzgerald had four catches for 95 yards for Arizona, butJames was limited to just 15 yards on nine carries.

    Kurt Warner completed just 10-of-30 passes for 172 yards withtwo interceptions for Arizona.
     
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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

    <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
    --- --- --- --- -----
    ARIZONA 3 0 0 7 10
    TAMPA BAY 7 3 7 0 17 FINAL

    SCORING SUMMARY

    1ST QUARTER:

    2:43 ARI - FG, NEIL RACKERS 47 YD.
    Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards in 2:43.
    Key plays: Warner 47-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Tampa Bay 33.
    ARIZONA 3-0.
    9:04 TAM - TD, JOEY GALLOWAY 37 YD PASS FROM JEFF GARCIA (MATT BRYANT KICK).
    Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 6:21.
    Key plays: Graham 11-yard run to Tampa Bay 35; Garcia 8-yard pass to
    Hilliard on 3rd-and-4 to Tampa Bay 49; Garcia 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to
    Arizona 40. TAMPA BAY 7-3.

    2ND QUARTER:

    1:23 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 32 YD.
    Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards in 1:12.
    Key plays: Jackson interception plus 15-yard face mask penalty on
    Cardinals' Pope to Arizona 17; Graham 12-yard run to Arizona 15. TAMPA BAY
    10-3.

    3RD QUARTER:

    4:27 TAM - TD, EARNEST GRAHAM 2 YD RUN (MATT BRYANT KICK).
    Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards in 4:27.
    Key plays: Graham 5-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to midfield; Garcia
    28-yard pass to Galloway on 3rd-and-5 to Arizona 17; Garcia 8-yard run
    plus 15-yard face mask penalty on Cardinals' Pace to Arizona 4. TAMPA BAY
    17-3.

    4TH QUARTER:

    7:30 ARI - TD, EDGERRIN JAMES 3 YD RUN (NEIL RACKERS KICK).
    Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards in 4:17.
    Key plays: Warner 16-yard pass to Fitzgerald to Arizona 36; Warner
    12-yard pass to Urban to Arizona 48; Warner 11-yard pass to Arrington to
    Tampa Bay 41; Warner 24-yard pass to Boldin to Tampa Bay 17; Warner
    16-yard pass to Fitzgerald on 3rd-and-15 to Tampa Bay 6. TAMPA BAY 17-10.

    ARIZONA - TAMPA BAY Final Statistics

    TEAM STATISTICS ARIZONA TAMPA BAY

    FIRST DOWNS 9 18
    Rushing 1 8
    Passing 8 9
    Penalty 0 1
    THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 2-10-20% 12-21-57%
    FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-0-0%
    TOTAL NET YARDS 195 350
    Total offensive plays 42 77
    Average gain per play 4.6 4.5
    NET YARDS RUSHING 23 162
    Rushing attempts 12 46
    Average gain per rush 1.9 3.5
    Tackles for loss-yards 1-1 3-4
    NET YARDS PASSING 172 188
    Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 3-8
    Gross passing yards 172 196
    PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 30-10-2 28-18-0
    Avg gain per pass play 5.7 6.1
    KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 4-0-0
    PUNTS: Number and Average 7-42.0 6-49.7
    Had blocked 0 0
    Net punting average 38.0 46.5
    TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 28 19
    Number-Yards: Punt Returns 4-28 4-19
    Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 4-81 2-57
    Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 2-0
    PENALTIES: Number-Yards 8-64 9-70
    FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 0-0
    TOUCHDOWNS 1 2
    Rushing 1 1
    Passing 0 1
    Interceptions 0 0
    Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0
    EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
    Kicking: Made-Attempts 1-1 2-2
    Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0
    FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-3
    FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0
    RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-3-33%
    GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
    SAFETIES 0 0
    TIME OF POSSESSION 16:53 43:07


    INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

    ARIZONA TAMPA BAY

    RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    E JAMES 9 15 1.7 3 1 E GRAHAM 34 124 3.6 15 1
    J ARRINGTO 2 7 3.5 5 0 J GARCIA 7 26 3.7 14 0
    M SHIPP 1 1 1.0 1 0 M BENNETT 5 12 2.4 5 0

    PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    K WARNER 10-30-172 2 0 47 J GARCIA 18-28-196 0 1 37

    Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: J GARCIA 3-8.

    RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    L FITZGERA 4 95 23.8 47 0 I HILLIARD 7 70 10.0 18 0
    A BOLDIN 3 40 13.3 24 0 J GALLOWAY 5 84 16.8 37 1
    B JOHNSON 1 14 14.0 14 0 E GRAHAM 2 13 6.5 7 0
    J URBAN 1 12 12.0 12 0 A SMITH 2 13 6.5 10 0
    J ARRINGTO 1 11 11.0 11 0 M STOVALL 1 9 9.0 9 0
    B ASKEW 1 7 7.0 7 0

    INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    T JACKSON 1 0 0.0 0 0
    J PHILLIPS 1 0 0.0 0 0

    PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    M BARR 7 294 42.0 0 1 50 J BIDWELL 6 298 49.7 1 2 57

    T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20

    PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S BREASTON 3 18 6.0 11 0 P BUCHANON 3 11 3.7 6 0
    J ARRINGTON 1 10 10.0 10 0 I HILLIARD 1 8 8.0 8 0

    KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD
    -------------------------------------- --------------------------------------
    S BREASTON 4 81 20.3 23 0 M SPURLOCK 2 57 28.5 35 0

    KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA
    ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------
    N RACKERS 1/1 1/1 M BRYANT 2/2 1/3
    Dist.: 47 Dist.: 32 (58) (26)

    O-D O-D
    FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    Fumbles: None

    DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD
    ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------
    M BEISEL 12 9 3 0-0 J HAYE 4 3 1 0-0
    D DOCKETT 10 9 1 2-3 K CARTER 3 1 2 0-0
    A ROLLE 9 6 3 0-0 R BARBER 2 2 0 0-0
    G HAYES 8 8 0 1-5 C JUNE 2 2 0 0-0
    C PACE 8 7 1 0-0 G WHITE 2 2 0 0-0
    B BERRY 4 4 0 0-0 C HOVAN 2 2 0 0-0
    A SMITH 4 4 0 0-0 J PHILLIPS 2 2 0 0-0
    E GREEN 4 3 1 0-0 T JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0
    T HOLT 3 3 0 0-0 R SIMS 2 1 1 0-0
    R BROWN 2 2 0 0-0 D BROOKS 2 0 2 0-0
    R HOOD 2 2 0 0-0 B KELLY 1 1 0 0-0
    R BAILEY 2 2 0 0-0 G ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0
    A WILSON 2 1 1 0-0 P BUCHANON 1 1 0 0-0
    A BRANCH 1 1 0 0-0 B RUUD 1 0 1 0-0
    G WATSON 1 0 1 0-0

    Officials: Referee-Terry Mcaulay, Umpire-Bruce Stritesky, Head
    Linesman-Jim Mello, Line Judge-Mark Steinkerchner, Field Judge-Greg
    Gautreaux, Side Judge-Michael Banks, Back Judge-Steve Freeman.

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    NFL: ARIZONA at TAMPA BAY

    <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
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    ARIZONA 10
    TAMPA BAY 17 FINAL</div>
     
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    TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers tookadvantage of some home cooking to snap a two-game losing streak.

    Earnest Graham led an effective ground attack as the Buccaneersdefeated the Arizona Cardinals, 17-10, on Sunday to move backover .500.


    Graham rushed for 124 yards and a touchdown on 34 carries,helping Tampa Bay (5-4) improve to 4-1 at home this season.

    "We felt at halftime we have to run the football and we said,'Earnest, you got to do it,'" Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden said."And do it, he did. He made some great traffic runs, he didn'tfumble, he had a couple of really good receptions. He'sexhausted."


    The Buccaneers dominated time of possession, holding the ballfor more than 43 minutes. They rushed for 162 yards whileholding Arizona to just 23 yards on the ground.


    "That's a lot (of minutes), heck, that's the way you have toplay in the NFL," Graham said. "The ground game got in there andtook time off the clock - let the defense stay fresh and youusually get a victory when you do that.


    "With 43 minutes, it's hard not to win."


    Tampa Bay's Jeff Garcia completed 18-of-28 passes for 196 yards,including a 37-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway that gavethe Buccaneers a 7-3 lead with 5:56 left in the first quarter.

    "It felt very important just to get our momentum turned around,to get it headed back in a positive direction," Garcia said. "Itwas a tough game, but a grat way to finish off this littlestretch right before the bye."


    Leading, 10-3, at halftime, Tampa Bay took the first possessionof the second half and drove 64 yards for a touchdown. The bigplay of the drive was Garcia's 28-yard completion to Graham thatset up Graham's 2-yard TD run.


    The Cardinals (3-5) scored on the game's opening possesion,taking a 3-0 lead on Neil Rackers' 47-yard field goal with 12:17left in the first quarter.


    After Arizona's initial 59-yard drive, the Cardinals had only 51yards of offense for the next 2 1/2 quarters before driving 80yards in the fourth quarter for their only TD on Edgerrin James'3-yard run.


    Larry Fitzgerald had four catches for 95 yards for Arizona, butJames was limited to just 15 yards on nine carries.

    "It goes without saying, very disappointed, especially comingoff a bye wekk that we didn't play better than that," Arizonacoach Ken Whisenhunt said. "We just didn't get it done today."

    Kurt Warner completed just 10-of-30 passes for 172 yards withtwo interceptions for Arizona.


    "I'm disgusted, I'm embarrassed," Warner said. "I mean, I'm waytoo good of a football player to be a part of something that wejust did out there on the field.


    I hope we have a bunch of other guys that feel the same way,because that was ridiculous the way we played offensively."

    The Cardinals had a possession in the final three minutes with achance to send the contest into overtime, but Warner wasintercepted at the Cardinals' 46-yard line


    "We made it a little interesting," Gruden said. "I'm verypleased with the way our team stepped up. It's a big win to bein the (division) race."
     

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