Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Atlanta Falcons 34
Sunday 30 December 2018 at Raymond James Stadium
Dirk Koetter’s final game as Buccaneer head coach ended in a narrow loss although the bigger picture did see
Tampa Bay secure the 5th overall pick with the defeat. Jameis Winston had another 300-yard passing game with
four TD passes and the Bucs had a 17-0 lead just before the half before the Atlanta offense got into gear. The
Falcons’ final drive went 56 yards on 13 plays in the final 5:10 before former Tampa kicker Matt Bryant won it.
SCORING
TB
3:48-1Q
Evans 19 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
TB
8:25-2Q
Santos FG36
TB
0:46-2Q
Godwin 30 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
ATL
0:20-2Q
Jones 19 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
ATL
8:49-3Q
Ryan 5 pass from Sanu (Bryant kick)
TB
6:39-3Q
Santos FG45
ATL
1:59-3Q
Bryant FG49
ATL
0:44-3Q
Coleman 23 run (Bryant kick)
ATL
10:51-4Q
Ridley 7 pass from Ryan (Bryant kck)
TB
8:09-4Q
Evans 10 pass from Winston (pass failed)
TB
5:10-4Q
Godwin 19 pass from Winston (pass failed)
ATL
0:00-4Q
Bryant FG37
GAME REPORTS
Eduardo Encina reports on another close loss to end the 5-11 season
Mike Evans and Chris Godwin had record-breaking days
Could this have been Gerald McCoy’s final game as a Buccaneer?
The defense just could not stop third down conversions after half-time
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Barber 15-66, Winston 2-23, Rodgers 3-3.
FALCONS: Coleman 8-45, Hill 8-30, Langford 9-25,
Ryan 4-7, Sanu 1-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 35-22-345-1-4.
FALCONS: Ryan 44-31-378-1-2, Sanu 1-1-5-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 6-114, Evans 6-106, Humphries 5-66,
Brate 2-39, Wilson 1-16, Barber 1-2, Rodgers 1-2.
FALCONS: Jones 9-138, Sanu 7-90, Hooper 5-67,
Ridley 5-32, Gage 2-14, Paulsen 1-19, Hill 1-9, Coleman
1-9, Ryan 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Adams 1-13.
FALCONS: Kazee 1-2.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Wilson 3-91.
FALCONS: Hall 4-80.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 2-9.
FALCONS: Hardy 2-28.
SACKS
BUCS: Pierre-Paul 1-3.
FALCONS: McKinley 1-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
97 Curry
LG
74 Marpet
DT
93 McCoy
C
66 Jensen
DT
50 Vea
RG
77 Benenoch
RDE
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
69 Dotson
WLB
54 David
TE
82 Auclair
MLB
53 Taylor
TE
84 Brate
DB
33 Davis
WR
12 Godwin
LCB
24 Grimes
WR
13 Evans
RCB
35 Elliott
QB
3 Winston
SS
31 Whitehead
RB
25 Barber
FS
26 Adams
PLAYED
5 Santos, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 17 Watson, 22 Harris, 27
Jones, 29 Smith, 32 Rogers, 36 Stewart, 39 Johnson, 49
Bullough, 52 Lynch, 57 Spence, 59 Bond, 61 Wester, 65
Cappa, 67 Liedtke, 78 Ledbetter, 85 Wilson, 86 Ernsberger,
89 Sanborn, 91 Allen, 92 Gholston
DID NOT PLAY
4 Griffin
INACTIVES
11 Jackson, 14 Fitzpatrick, 30 Shaw, 37 Rivers, 56 Nunez-
Roches, 88 Hudson, 94 Nassib
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Mike Evans had a pair of touchdown receptions on the day - this was the first
Chris Godwin had two of his own including this toe-tapping reception in the south endzone
Andrew Adams led the Bucs with four interceptions on the season - this was off Matt Ryan in the 4th quarter