Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 Minnesota Vikings 17
Thursday 26 October 2012 at the Mall of America Stadium
SCORING
TB
9:48-1Q
Barth FG28
TB
3:34-1Q
Lorig 1 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
TB
12:20-2Q
Barth FG40
MIN
9:39-2Q
Harvin 18 pass from Ponder (Walsh kick
TB
4:30-2Q
Williams 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
MIN
1:40-2Q
Walsh FG51
TB
13:39-3Q
Martin 64 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
TB
7:50-3Q
Barth FG38
MIN
7:28-3Q
Peterson 64 run (Walsh kick)
TB
7:03-4Q
Martin 1 run (pass failed)
On a short week, the Bucs came out flying on offense as Josh Freeman threw three scoring passes and Doug
Martin added 135 yards on the ground. The rookie back also scored on a 64-yard passing play and Adrian
Peterson’s third quarter score was the only real blip on the all-round team performance.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 29-135, Blount 8-16, Benn 1-9, Freeman 3-(-1).
VIKINGS: Peterson 15-123, Ponder 4-12, Gerhart 1-6, Harvin
1-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 36-19-262-0-3.
VIKINGS: Ponder 35-19-251-1-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Williams 6-68, Martin 3-79, Clark 3-40, Underwood 3-
27, Jackson 2-40, Ware 1-7, Lorig 1-1.
VIKINGS: Harvin 7-90, Jenkins 4-78, Simpson 2-37, Gerhart 2-
20, Rudolph 2-17, Ellison 1-5, Peterson 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: L.Johnson 1-0.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
VIKINGS: Harvin 1-43.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Parrish 3-1.
VIKINGS: Sherels 3-21.
SACKS
BUCS: Foster 1-10, Te'o-Nesheim 1-7, Bennett 1-5.
VIKINGS: Allen 1-5.
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
88 Stocker
MLB
59 Foster
WR
19 Williams
DB
29 Johnson
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, 27
Blount, 28 Ware, 33 McDonald, 35 Grimm, 43 Black, 44 Clark.
48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black,
62 Larsen, 65 Trueblood, 82 Byham, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 96
Irvin, 97 Johnson
DID NOT PLAY
6 Orlovsky
INACTIVE
23 Lewis, 34 Smith, 37 Tandy, 53 Goode, 74 Wallace, 80
Owusu, 86 Noble
COMMENTARY CREW
Brad Nessler and Mike Mayock
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Mall of America
Martin Fennelly looks at Doug Martin's breakout game
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton weighs in with his thoughts
Da'Quan Bowers back at opportune time
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's game report
The official gamebook including the play-by-play
