GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big playsPaul Harris sacked Bartkowski and Council Rudolph was there to recover.Lee Roy Selmon got his eighth sack of the season during the first half.The very next play, he got his ninth as Bartkowski felt the full force of 63.
Another home game and another shutout, the fourth in a row at home. The Bucs had marginally more completions (five) to their own players than interceptions (four). The Tampa Bay offensive total for the game was a paltry 78 yards. The Falcons were 10 point favourites against ths spread in spite of the game being in Tampa. The Bucs never crossed the Atlanta 35-yard line during the game and both times they got as far as that, they committed turnovers. Lee Roy Selmon had sacks on consecutive plays to extend his team lead in that category as the defense did its part holding the Falcons to just 222 yards of total offense.
GAME SCORINGATL8:11-1Q Steinfort FG26ATL14:06-3Q Stanback 1 run (Steinfort kick)ATL1:34-3Q Stanback 1 run (Steinfort kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Ragsdale 2-23, Carter 7-22, Bell 6-11, Williams 2-2, Huff 1-2, Davis 1-1, DuBose 1-1.FALCONS: Stanback 21-75, Esposito 8-39, Thompson 17-32, McIntyre 6-32, Pritchett 1-6, Bartkowski 6-(-3), Mitchell 1-(-6).PASSINGBUCS: Huff 11-4-38-3-0, Hedberg 12-1-17-1-0.FALCONS: Bartkowski 14-9-82-0-0, Esposito 1-0-0-0-0.RECEIVINGBUCS: Owens 1-17, McKay 1-17, DuBose 1-10, Hagins 1-6, Bell 1-5.FALCONS: Mitchell 2-32, Jenkins 2-25, Francis 2-12, Stanback 2-6, Thompson 1-7.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.FALCONS: Easterling 1-36, Pennywell 1-10, Lawrence 1-0, Ortega 1-(-1), Brown 0-8.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Hagins 2-53, Reece 1-24, A.Davis 1-15.FALCONS: Farmer 1-27.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Reece 1-12.FALCONS: Ryckman 3-25, Lawrence 1-7.SACKSBUCS: L.Selmon 2-23, Harris 1-12.FALCONS: Merrow 2-21, Pennywell 1-16, Team 1-2.
STARTERSOFFENSEDEFENSELT75 Reavis LDE78 RudolphLG62 Winans DT76 PearC79 Wilson RDE63 L SelmonRG68 Medlin LOLB57 LewisRT70 Carlton LILB61 D SelmonTE83 Nafziger RILB54 WoodWR85 Owens ROLB52 HarrisWR81 Hagins LCB45 WhiteFB28 Davis SS33 CotneyRB42 Bell FS34 BrownQB19 Huff RCB40 WashingtonPLAYED4 Green, 14 Hedberg, 23 Ragsdale, 32 L Carter, 35 DuBose, 43 Williams, 46 Reece, 51 Ryczek, 53 Bonness, 59 Lemon, 64 Robinson, 65 R Johnson, 66 B Carter, 72 G Johnson, 77 Kollar, 80 Novak, 87 Mucker, 89 McKayDID NOT PLAY9 Leavitt, 25 Jordan, 56 C JohnsonINACTIVE17 Blount, 82 Waddell