The first true offensive explosion by the 2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers and led to a comprehensive victory as they came out of their bye week. The only Chiefs touchdown came after a botched punt although Ronde Barber had earlier scored a defensive TD of his own. Josh Freeman had a 300-yard game with three scores.

GAME SCORING TB 0:18-1Q Williams 62 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) KC 7:45-2Q Succop FG38 TB 12:46-3Q Jackson 10 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 9:36-3Q Barber 78 interception return (Barth kick) KC 14:01-4Q Jones 11 fumble return (Succop kick) TB 10:34-4Q Barth FG27 TB 6:43-4Q Jackson 17 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 1:53-4Q Blount 12 run (Barth kick)

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly's opinions How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold Gary Shelton weighs in with his thoughts Ronde Barber produces return to remember Gruber immortalised in Ring of Honor Koenen's mad scramble is only drawback Ira Kaufman's game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith's game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 77 Nicks DT 93 McCoy C 76 Zuttah DT 90 Miller RG 79 Meredith DE 50 Te’o-Nesheim RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 44 Clark MLB 59 Foster WR 19 Williams SLB 58 Black WR 83 Jackson LCB 31 Biggers FB 41 Lorig RCB 21 Wright RB 22 Martin SS 24 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 20 Barber PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 17 Benn, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 33 McDonald, 35 Grimm, 43 Black, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 65 Trueblood, 88 Stocker, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 97 Johnson DID NOT PLAY 6 Orlovsky, 82 Byham INACTIVE 34 Smith, 37 Tandy, 53 Goode, 74 Wallace, 80 Owusu, 86 Noble, 98 White

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 13-76, Blount 7-58, Ware 1-6, Freeman 3-5. CHIEFS: Charles 12-40, Eachus 5-18, Draughn 11-11, Quinn 2-11. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 26-15-328-1-3. CHIEFS: Quinn 38-22-180-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Williams 4-113, Jackson 4-66, Underwood 2-68, Martin 2-55, Ware 2-10, Lorig 1-16. CHIEFS: McCluster 6-39, Maneri 4-45, Bowe 3-21, Draughn 3-12, Baldwin 2-19, Charles 2-7, Eachus 1-19, Moeaki 1-18. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-78, Barron 1-12. CHIEFS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Benn 2-36. CHIEFS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Parrish 3-21. CHIEFS: Arenas 2-11. SACKS BUCS: none. CHIEFS: Hali 1-10.