NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL FG HST C.C. BROWN 39 YD HOUSTON 20 TAMPA BAY 24 0:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- HOUSTON 17 3 20 TAMPA BAY 7 17 24 HALFTIME SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: HST - TD, JACOBY JONES 3 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK), 3:47. HOUSTON 7-0 HST - TD, JAMAR FLETCHER 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 5:33. HOUSTON 14-0 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 9 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:14. HOUSTON 14-7 HST - FG, PHIL DAWSON 24 YD, 14:50. HOUSTON 17-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, B.J. ASKEW 12 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 0:52. HOUSTON 17-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 41 YD, 3:09. HOUSTON 17-17 TAM - TD, LIONEL GATES 5 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:40. TAMPA BAY 24-17 HST - FG, C.C. BROWN 39 YD, 14:52. TAMPA BAY 24-20</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 20 TAMPA BAY 24 14:53 LEFT, 3RD QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 29 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL TD HST WALI LUNDY 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK) HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 11:25 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 8:21 LEFT, 3RD QTR HST BALL ON HST 33 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 6:28 LEFT, 3RD QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 11 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- HOUSTON 17 3 7 27 TAMPA BAY 7 17 0 24 END, 3RD QTR SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: HST - TD, JACOBY JONES 3 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK), 3:47. HOUSTON 7-0 HST - TD, JAMAR FLETCHER 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 5:33. HOUSTON 14-0 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 9 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:14. HOUSTON 14-7 HST - FG, PHIL DAWSON 24 YD, 14:50. HOUSTON 17-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, B.J. ASKEW 12 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 0:52. HOUSTON 17-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 41 YD, 3:09. HOUSTON 17-17 TAM - TD, LIONEL GATES 5 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:40. TAMPA BAY 24-17 HST - FG, C.C. BROWN 39 YD, 14:52. TAMPA BAY 24-20 3RD QUARTER: HST - TD, WALI LUNDY 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 3:35. HOUSTON 27-24</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 7:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR HST BALL ON HST 26 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 6:08 LEFT, 4TH QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 31 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 3:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR HST BALL ON HST 21 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 24 3:54 LEFT, 4TH QTR TAM BALL ON HST 44 YD LINE 2ND AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 31 2:53 LEFT, 4TH QTR HST BALL ON HST 23 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 31 HST BALL ON TAM 34 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL HOUSTON 27 TAMPA BAY 31 1:20 LEFT, 4TH QTR TAM BALL ON TAM 33 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiverParis Warren ended the preseason finale by catching what turnedout to be a winning 31-yard touchdown pass. However, Warren may have ended his season after suffering anapparent broken left leg on the play in the Bucs' 31-24 victoryover the Houston Texans. As Warren was crossing the goal line, Texans cornerback DexterMcCleon wrapped Warren's legs and fell on them. Warrenimmediately dropped the ball as the Bucs' trainers ran onto thefield with 3:09 to play. Bucs coach Jon Gruden wasn't far behind and ,upon reachingWarren, Gruden removed his visor in disbelief. Tampa Bay'sentire team soon came on the field as trainers lifted Warrenonto a cart and he was taken off the field. Warren finished with seven catches for 110 yards and two TDs. The Buccaneers sat nearly their entire starting lineup. Theonly starters to play were wide receiver Maurice Stovall, strongsafety Jermaine Phillips and free safety Will Allen. Several starters also didn't play for Houston, includingquarterback Matt Schaub. Houston backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels saw limited action,going 5-for-5 for 63 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown pass torookie Jacoby Jones. Tampa Bay backup quarterback Luke McCown was impressive,completing 15-of-20 for 203 yards, three TDs and oneinterception. After Rosenfels drove Houston for a score on its opening drive,cornerback Jamar Fletcher returned a fumble by McCown 36 yardsfor a touchdown, giving Houston a 14-0 lead. However, the Bucs reeled off 24 consecutive points for a 24-14lead. Kris Brown pulled Houston within 24-17 with a 39-yardfield goal eight seconds before halftime. Jared Zabransky, the rookie who engineered Boise State's upsetof Oklahoma in the Tostado's Fiesta Bowl, took the majority ofsnaps for the Texans. Tampa Bay's Bruce Gradkowski saw the bulk of action atquarterback for the Bucs in the second half. He finished13-of-20 for 141 yards and a touchdown.
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- HOUSTON 14 3 7 0 24 TAMPA BAY 7 17 0 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: HST - TD, JACOBY JONES 3 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK), 3:47. HOUSTON 7-0 HST - TD, JAMAR FLETCHER 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 5:33. HOUSTON 14-0 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 9 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:14. HOUSTON 14-7 2ND QUARTER: TAM - TD, B.J. ASKEW 12 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 0:40. TAMPA BAY 21-14 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 41 YD, 3:04. TAMPA BAY 24-14 TAM - TD, LIONEL GATES 5 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK), 10:32. TAMPA BAY 31-14 HST - FG, C.C. BROWN 0 YD, 14:47. TAMPA BAY 31-17 3RD QUARTER: HST - TD, WALI LUNDY 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK), 3:29. TAMPA BAY 31-24 4TH QUARTER: TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 31 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK), 11:51. HOUSTON 14-14 ATT: 64,321</div>
TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiverParis Warren ended the preseason finale by catching what turnedout to be a winning 31-yard touchdown pass. However, Warren suffered a season-ending injury after sufferinga dislocated left ankle on the play in the Bucs' 31-24 victoryover the Houston Texans. "I'm very disappointed his season is over, it puts a stain ontonight's effort," Gruden said. As Warren was crossing the goal line, Texans cornerback DexterMcCleon wrapped Warren's legs and fell on them. Warrenimmediately dropped the ball as the Bucs' trainers ran onto thefield with 3:09 to play. Gruden wasn't far behind and, upon reaching Warren, Grudenremoved his visor in disbelief. Tampa Bay's entire team sooncame on the field as trainers lifted Warren onto a cart and hewas taken off the field. "It was a freak thing; he got pulled down from behind," saidGruden, adding that Warren had made the team. "You saw our teamout there, you see how important he was to the team." Warren finished with seven catches for 110 yards and two TDs. The Buccaneers sat nearly their entire starting lineup. Theonly starters to play were wide receiver Maurice Stovall, strongsafety Jermaine Phillips and free safety Will Allen. Several starters also didn't play for Houston, includingquarterback Matt Schaub. Houston backup quarterback Sage Rosenfels saw limited action,going 5-for-5 for 63 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown pass torookie Jacoby Jones. Tampa Bay backup quarterback Luke McCown was impressive,completing 15-of-20 for 203 yards, three TDs and oneinterception. After Rosenfels drove Houston for a score on its opening drive,cornerback Jamar Fletcher returned a fumble by McCown 36 yardsfor a touchdown, giving Houston a 14-0 lead. However, the Bucs reeled off 24 consecutive points for a 24-14lead. Kris Brown pulled Houston within 24-17 with a 39-yardfield goal eight seconds before halftime. Jared Zabransky, the rookie who engineered Boise State's upsetof Oklahoma in the Tostado's Fiesta Bowl, took the majority ofsnaps for the Texans. Tampa Bay's Bruce Gradkowski saw the bulk of action atquarterback for the Bucs in the second half. Playing a day after his name has surfaced in a federalpoints-shaving investigation at his alma mater, Toledo,Gradkowski finished 13-of-20 for 141 yards and a touchdown.
NFL: HOUSTON at TAMPA BAY <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- HOUSTON 14 3 7 0 24 TAMPA BAY 7 17 0 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 3:51 HST - TD, JACOBY JONES 3 YD PASS FROM SAGE ROSENFELS (KRIS BROWN KICK). HOUSTON 7-0. 5:33 HST - TD, JAMAR FLETCHER 36 YD FUMBLE RETURN (KRIS BROWN KICK). HOUSTON 14-0. 10:14 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 9 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK). HOUSTON 14-7. 2ND QUARTER: 0:52 TAM - TD, B.J. ASKEW 12 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 21-14. 3:09 TAM - FG, MATT BRYANT 41 YD. TAMPA BAY 24-14. 10:40 TAM - TD, LIONEL GATES 5 YD PASS FROM LUKE MCCOWN (MATT BRYANT KICK). TAMPA BAY 31-14. 14:52 HST - FG, C.C. BROWN 0 YD. TAMPA BAY 31-17. 3RD QUARTER: 3:35 HST - TD, WALI LUNDY 1 YD RUN (KRIS BROWN KICK). TAMPA BAY 31-24. 4TH QUARTER: 12:00 TAM - TD, PARIS WARREN 31 YD PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI (MATT BRYANT KICK). HOUSTON 14-14. HOUSTON - TAMPA BAY Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS HOUSTON TAMPA BAY FIRST DOWNS 19 23 Rushing 7 3 Passing 11 17 Penalty 1 3 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-9-33% 7-13-54% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 1-1-100% TOTAL NET YARDS 292 390 Total offensive plays 53 67 Average gain per play 5.5 5.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 125 76 Rushing attempts 24 24 Average gain per rush 5.2 3.2 Tackles for loss-yards 0-0 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 167 314 Times sacked: Number-Yards 2-13 3-30 Gross passing yards 180 344 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-17-1 40-28-1 Avg gain per pass play 5.8 7.3 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 5-1-0 6-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.0 3-44.7 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 47.4 37.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 6 30 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-3 3-23 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-115 5-109 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 1-3 1-7 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 6-38 5-45 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 1-1 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 4 Rushing 1 0 Passing 1 4 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 1 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 1-1 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 3-4-75% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 2-2-100% 1-2-50% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 26:00 34:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS HOUSTON TAMPA BAY RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- W LUNDY 8 50 6.3 24 1 L GATES 8 26 3.3 11 0 D WALKER 5 34 6.8 12 0 E GRAHAM 5 23 4.6 10 0 J ZABRANSK 2 17 8.5 12 0 K DARBY 6 19 3.2 4 0 J COOK 3 11 3.7 8 0 D BOSTON 1 7 7.0 7 0 S GADO 4 7 1.8 3 0 L MCCOWN 1 4 4.0 4 0 B JOHNSON 1 5 5.0 5 0 M CLAYTON 1 0 0.0 0 0 J MATHIS 1 1 1.0 1 0 B GRADKOWS 2 -3 -1.5 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J ZABRANSK 12-22-117 1 0 16 L MCCOWN 15-20-203 1 3 51 J ABBATE 5- 5- 63 0 0 27 B GRADKOWS 13-20-141 0 1 31 Sacked-Yards Lost: J ZABRANSK 2-13. Sacked-Yards Lost: L MCCOWN 3-30. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DREESSEN 3 41 13.7 16 0 P WARREN 7 110 15.7 51 2 J JONES 3 34 11.3 27 1 J STEVENS 7 100 14.3 23 0 J COOK 3 12 4.0 6 0 E GRAHAM 2 32 16.0 26 0 W LUNDY 2 12 6.0 12 0 M CLAYTON 2 25 12.5 20 0 K MCCARDEL 1 16 16.0 16 0 K DARBY 2 15 7.5 12 0 B JOHNSON 1 14 14.0 14 0 K HEINRICH 2 14 7.0 13 0 D ANDERSON 1 13 13.0 13 0 L GATES 2 13 6.5 8 1 A DAVIS 1 13 13.0 13 0 B ASKEW 1 12 12.0 12 1 J PUTZIER 1 13 13.0 13 0 C LUCAS 1 9 9.0 9 0 J MATHIS 1 12 12.0 12 0 M STOVALL 1 9 9.0 9 0 D BOSTON 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J FLETCHER 1 3 3.0 3 0 S PISCITELLI 1 7 7.0 7 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M TURK 3 153 51.0 0 2 58 J BIDWELL 3 134 44.7 0 0 54 C STANLEY 2 87 43.5 0 2 46 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A DAVIS 1 3 3.0 3 0 P WARREN 3 23 7.7 17 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- B JOHNSON 4 76 19.0 24 0 C HENDRICKS 3 76 25.3 28 0 A DAVIS 2 39 19.5 28 0 M JONES 1 33 33.0 33 0 B STORER 1 0 0.0 0 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- C BROWN 0/0 1/1 M BRYANT 4/4 1/1 Dist.: 0 Dist.: 41 K BROWN 3/3 0/0 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ J DREESSEN 1 1 0 0-0 L MCCOWN 1 1 0 0-0 N KALU 0 0 1 0-0 J STEVENS 1 1 0 0-0 S ORR 0 0 1 0-0 K PEARSON 0 0 1 0-1 J FLETCHER 0 0 0 0-1 B MITCHELL 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ B MITCHELL 7 7 0 0-0 J JENKINS 6 5 1 1-3 S BARBER 6 5 1 0-0 K PEARSON 4 4 0 0-0 Z DILES 6 5 1 0-0 G WHITE 3 3 0 1-10 V HUTCHINS 4 4 0 0-0 A ZEMAITIS 3 3 0 0-0 J ZGONINA 3 3 0 0-0 M HAMILTON 3 2 1 0-0 T BRAY 3 3 0 0-0 J WINBORN 2 2 0 0-0 F BENNETT 3 3 0 0-0 J MACKEY 2 2 0 0-0 N KALU 2 2 0 1-8 A HAYWARD 2 2 0 0-0 J BABIN 2 2 0 1-13 T COX 2 2 0 0-0 E COCHRAN 2 2 0 1-9 R NECE 2 2 0 0-0 J FLETCHER 2 2 0 0-0 G PETERSON 2 2 0 0-0 D ROBINSON 2 2 0 0-0 T JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0 C KILLINGS 2 2 0 0-0 S PISCITELLI 2 2 0 0-0 T POOLE 2 2 0 0-0 P WARREN 1 1 0 0-0 D CLARK 2 1 1 0-0 C HENDRICKS 1 1 0 0-0 D MCCLEON 1 1 0 0-0 J PHILLIPS 1 1 0 0-0 T BULMAN 1 1 0 0-0 D NICHOLSON 1 1 0 0-0 A MALONE 1 1 0 0-0 Q BLACK 1 1 0 0-0 S ORR 1 1 0 0-0 D CAMPBELL 1 1 0 0-0 A MADDOX 1 0 1 0-0 M BRYANT 1 1 0 0-0 G ADAMS 1 1 0 0-0 A ECONOMOS 1 1 0 0-0 S DAVIS 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer. Att: 64,321 Time of Game: 3:01</div>
