This was a bad loss. A 1-4 Steelers team starting a rookie QB and without most of its secondary. But the Bucs could do nothing offensively all day and allowed two long third down conversions to back-up QB Mitch Trubisky inside the final four minutes to allow Pittsburgh to run out the clock. Tom Brady was off target much of the game and there was little room to run inside for either of the Buc backs. Social media went crazy over this loss as the Bucs fell to 3-3.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 21-63, White 4-12, Brady 1-0. STEELERS: Harris 14-42, Pickett 2-16, Johnson 2-8, Claypool 1-8, Trubisky 6-5, Warren 2-2, Pickens 1-1, Simms 1-(-5). PASSING BUCS: Brady 40-25-243-0-1. STEELERS: Pickett 18-11-67-0-1, Trubisky 12-9-144-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 6-95, Fournette 6-38, Evans 4-42, White 3-11, Otton 2-23, Gage 2-20, Brate 2-14. STEELERS: Claypool 7-96, Johnson 5-28, Pickens 3-27, Co.Heyward 2-49, Harris 2-7, Gentry 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. STEELERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 2-54. STEELERS: Sims 3-112. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 3-14. STEELERS: Sims 3-23. SACKS BUCS: Winfield 1-12, Nassib 1-6. STEELERS: Highsmith 1-9, C.Heyward 1-5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 18 Pittsburgh Steelers 20 Sunday 16 October 2022 at Acrisure Stadium
GAME SCORING PIT 0-7 7:38-1Q Harris 6 pass from Pickett (Boswell) TB 3-7 2:50-1Q Succop FG30 TB 6-7 11:01-2Q Succop FG27 PIT 6-10 4:07-2Q Boswell FG55 TB 9-10 0:00-2Q Succop FG54 PIT 9-13 13:55-3Q Boswell FG25 TB 12-13 7:24-3Q Succop FG24 PIT 12-20 9:55-4Q Claypool 6 pass from Trubisky (Boswell) TB 18-20 4:38-4Q Fournette 11 pass from Brady (pass fail)
GAME REPORTS Bucs stuck in neutral in loss - were they also stuck in the past? Another disappointing, incomplete outing from Bucs defense Cameron Brate taken off on stretcher after being hit vs. Steelers Steelers' surprise win over Bucs proves unpredictability of NFL Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 56 Nunez-Roches LG 67 Goedecke DT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mason ILB 54 David RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 41 Kieft OLB 58 Barrett WR 17 Gage CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin CB 30 Delaney QB 12 Brady S 22 Neal RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 10 Miller, 16 Perriman, 21 Vaughn, 27 McCollum, 29 White, 34 Turner, 37 Chesley, 52 Britt, 53 Fatukasi, 59 Avery, 73 Walton, 74 Johnson, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 88 Otton, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 2 Trask, 6 Jones, 8 Rudolph, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 26 Ryan, 32 Edwards, 96 Hicks
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Ryan Succop tied his career-high with a 54-yard fieldgoal at the end of the first half Leonard Fournette scored the only Buc touchdown with a typically bruising effort But the two-point conversion attempt failed to leave the Bucs short on the scoreboard
COMMENTARY CREW Brandon Gaudin and Daryl Johnston
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 6 Tampa Bay 18 Pittsburgh 20 Washington 12 Chicago 7 San Francisco 14 Atlanta 28 NY Jets 27 Green Bay 10 Indianapolis 34 Jacksonville 27 Minnesota 24 Miami 16 Cincinnati 30 New Orleans 26 NY Giants 24 Baltimore 20 New England 38 Cleveland 15 LA Rams 24 Carolina 10 Seattle 19 Arizona 9 Buffalo 24 Kansas City 20 Philadelphia 26 Dallas 17 LA Chargers 19 Denver 16 bye: Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas and Tennessee.