The Bucs reached their second Super Bowl with a somewhat surprising win in the cold of Lambeau against the favoured Packers. Tampa Bay jumped out to a 21-10 half-time lead and then Devin White’s fumble recovery set up another quick score. Green Bay came back as Tom Brady had three interceptions but the Bucs hung on and clinched their second NFC Championship title.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 12-55, Jones 10-16, Godwin 1-6, Brady 1-(-1). PACKERS: Jones 6-27, Williams 7-23, Dillon 3-17. PASSING BUCS: Brady 36-20-280-3-3. PACKERS: Rodgers 48-33-346-1-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 5-110, Fournette 5-19, Evans 3-51, Brate 3-19, Miller 2-36, Gronkowski 1-29, Johnson 1- 16. PACKERS: Adams 9-67, Valdes-Scantling 4-115, Tonyan 4-22, Williams 4-22, Jones 4-7, Lazard 3-62, Lewis 3-28, Dillon 1-13, St.Brown 1-10. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Murphy-Bunting 1-0. PACKERS: Alexander 2-16, Amos 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 5-121. PACKERS: Williams 1-30, Dafney 1-0. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 2-10. PACKERS: Austin 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 3-18, Pierre-Paul 2-14. PACKERS: Clark 1-5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Green Bay Packers 26 Sunday 24 January 2021 at Lambeau Field
SCORING TB 10:59-1Q Evans 15 pass from Brady (Succop kick) GB 14:07-2Q Valdes-Scantling 50 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) TB 12:24-2Q Fournette 20 run (Succop kick) GB 4:59-2Q Crosby FG24 TB 0:01-2Q Miller 39 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 13:54-3Q Brate 8 pass from Brady (Succop kick) GB 9:28-3Q Tonyan 8 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick) GB 0:24-3Q Adams 2 pass from Rodgers (pass failed) TB 4:42-4Q Succop FG46 GB 2:05-4Q Crosby FG26
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a second Buccaneer NFC title success How John Romano saw the game unfold in his excellent column By settling for FG, Packers pay ultimate compliment to Bucs' defense Sean Murphy-Bunting ties Bucs postseason picks record Notes and anecdotes from the winning locker room Kaelen Jones from TheRinger.com offers an outside viewpoint How the game was seen from the Packers’ perspective Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Leonard Fournette’s TD run was a real thing of beauty Scotty Miller’s TD reception just before half-time really swung the momentum And Devin White’s fumble recovery set up the 28-10 lead for the Buccaneers
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DE 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet DT 56 Nunez-Roches C 66 Jensen LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 64 Stinnie LILB 45 David RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans LCB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 10 Miller RCB 24 Davis QB 12 Brady SS 32 Edwards RB 28 Fournette FS 33 Whitehead PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 17 Watson, 18 Johnson, 25 McCoy, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 29 Smith, 34 Hagan, 41 Bucannon, 43 Cockrell, 49 Gill, 50 Vea, 51 Minter, 72 Wells, 73 Haeg, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 85 Mickens, 88 Hudson, 92 Gholston, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 62 Larsen INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 30 Vaughn, 31 Winfield, 81 Brown, 82 Auclair, 94 Davis, 95 Ledbetter