Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Atlanta Falcons 27 Sunday 20 November 2005 at the Georgia Dome FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Brian Baldinger
A second straight late victory as Cadillac Williams tied the scores inside the two minute warning and then the defense did its part as Derrick Brooks forced a Michael Vick fumble. Four plays later, Matt Bryant kicked the game-winning fieldgoal and the Bucs moved to 7-3 on the season.
GAME SCORING TB 10:44-1Q Bryant FG31 TB 7:03-1Q McFarland 0 fumble return (Bryant kick) TB 8:38-2Q Bryant FG45 ATL 4:31-2Q Peterson FG31 ATL 0:16-2Q Duckett 1 run (Peterson kick) ATL 9:22-3Q Crumpler 4 pass from Vick (Peterson kick) TB 5:32-3Q Alstott 1 run (Bryant kick) ATL 12:57-4Q Peterson FG20 ATL 7:36-4Q Jenkins 10 pass from Vick (Peterson kick) TB 1:55-4Q Williams 9 run (Bryant kick) TB 0:42-4Q Bryant FG45
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 69 Davis DE 94 Spires LG 72 Buenning DT 95 Hovan C 76 Wade DT 92 McFarland RG 79 Mahan DE 97 Rice RT 67 Walker LLB 56 Nece TE 88 Becht MLB 53 Quarles TE 81 Smith RLB 55 Brooks TE 83 Moore LCB 25 Kelly WR 84 Galloway RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 23 Phillips QB 2 Simms FS 39 Pearson PLAYED 3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Bolden, 27 Cox, 28 Nicholson, 32 Pittman, 33 Graham, 40 Alstott, 43 Cook, 46 Adams, 51 Ruud, 54 Mallard, 58 Cooper, 75 Steussie, 77 Terry, 80 Clayton, 86 Shepherd, 89 Jones, 90 White, 91 Bradley, 96 Wyms DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown INACTIVES 13 Rattay, 26 Allen, 34 Jackson, 44 Razzano, 61 Colmer, 64 Bryant, 74 Jackson, 87 Russell
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings' review of the game Joe Henderson's Monday morning column How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold The Cadillac starts up again - a big day for No.24 This is not the sort of defense we are used to from the Bucs Matt Bryant steps up to the plate and wins it for Tampa Bay Game notes and anecdotes The game report The gamebook and the play-by-play of the game
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Williams 19-116, Simms 3-10, Alstott 4-8, Pittman 1-6. FALCONS: Dunn 18-82, Duckett 14-51, Vick 4-17. PASSING BUCS: Simms 19-11-118-1-0. FALCONS: Vick 38-21-306-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Clayton 3-48, Smith 3-43, Williams 3-13, Becht 1-12, Alstott 1-2. FALCONS: Jenkins 5-69, Crumpler 5-49, White 4-108, Finneran 3-40, Dunn 2-20, Duckett 1-19, McCrary 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Brooking 1-5 KICK RETURNS BUCS: Shepherd 3-47, Graham 1-19. FALCONS: Rossum 4-76, Duckett 2-36. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Jones 1-2. FALCONS: Rossum 1-19. SACKS BUCS: McFarland 1-7, Brooks 1-5, Rice 1-2. FALCONS: none.