Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 St Louis Rams 28 Sunday 23 December 2012 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 5:22-1Q Barth FG29 STL 11:46-2Q Jenkins 41 interception return (Zuerlein kick) TB 5:56-2Q Barth FG49 STL 0:32-2Q Jackson 5 run (Zuerlein kick) STL 14:46-3Q Kendricks 80 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick) STL 10:47-3Q Pettis 5 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick) TB 8:50-3Q Williams 61 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
The home season ended with another loss, the fifth in a row for the Buccaneers as Josh Freeman once again threw four interceptions in a single game. "That Saints game last week and this game today, it's not really the brand of football that I expect to play,'' Freeman said. "I just have to figure out a way not to do it."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 18-62, Freeman 4-18. RAMS: Jackson 19-81, Richardson 5-9, Pead 1-0, Bradford 2-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 54-30-372-4-1. RAMS: Bradford 27-13-196-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Williams 7-132, Jackson 7-108, Martin 7-57, Clark 4-33, Stocker 2-16, Lorig 2-8, Underwood 1-18. RAMS: Kendricks 4-119, Givens 3-38, Gibson 2-33, Amendola 2-5, Pettis 1-5, Jackson 1-(-4). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Gorrer 1-0. RAMS: Jenkins 1-41, Sims 1-5, Laurinitis 1-0, Johnson 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. RAMS: Givens 2-39. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Parrish 3-7. RAMS: Givens 0-0. SACKS BUCS: none. RAMS: Hayes 2-4, Mikell 1-8, Long 1-6, Langford 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 93 McCoy C 62 Larsen DT 90 Miller RG 79 Meredith SLB 57 Hayward RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 88 Stocker MLB 59 Foster TE 82 Byham DB 43 Black WR 83 Jackson LCB 31 Biggers WR 19 Williams RCB 29 Johnson RB 22 Martin SS 24 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 20 Barber PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 26 Gaitor, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 33 McDonald, 36 Gorrer, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 44 Clark, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 51 Cutrera, 53 Goode, 56 Watson, 74 Wallace, 78 Levingston, 91 Bowers, 92 White, 95 Gibson DID NOT PLAY 6 Orlovsky INACTIVE 30 Lewis, 34 Smith, 73 Allen, 80 Owusu, 89 Douglas, 96 Irvin, 97 Masiflio
COMMENTARY CREW Ron Pitts and Mike Martz