Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Atlanta Falcons 13
Sunday 15 December 2008 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING
ATL
6:50-1Q
Elam FG26
ATL
1:01-1Q
Turner 1 run (Elam kick)
TB
0:11-2Q
A.Bryant 20 pass from Griese (M.Bryant kick)
TB
0:44-4Q
M.Bryant FG38
ATL
4:04-OT
Elam FG34
Then it came falling down offensively for the Bucs as they lost once more, this time in overtime in Atlanta. They
had tied the game late on a Matt Bryant fieldgoal but could not stop Michael Turner. "We looked great at times
but we're just not together," Warrick Dunn said. "We have to take care of that. We have to figure out a way to be
sharper on offense, to start faster and finish better."
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Williams 14-59, Dunn 12-40.
FALCONS: Turner 32-152, Ryan 6-19, Douglas 1-11, Norwood 4-(-7).
PASSING
BUCS: Griese 37-26-269-1-1.
FALCONS: Ryan 23-15-206-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: A.Bryant 8-108, Dunn 7-50, Clayton 3-41, Hilliard 3-29,
Stevens 2-27, Gilmore 1-12, A.Smith 1-2, Williams 1-0.
FALCONS: White 4-61, Jenkins 3-55, Turner 2-30, Norwood 2-24,
Rader 1-26, Peelle 1-5, Finneran 1-4, Mughelli 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Talib 1-0, Barber 1-(-2).
FALCONS: Foxworth 1-1.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 4-72.
FALCONS: Norwood 3-56.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: C.Smith 3-16.
FALCONS: Douglas 4-37.
SACKS
BUCS: Jackson 1-8.
FALCONS: Abraham 3-33, Jackson 1-10.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
93 Carter
LG
78 Sears
DT
98 Sims
C
52 Faine
DT
97 Wilkerson
RG
75 Joseph
DE
90 Adams
RT
65 Trueblood
WLB
55 Brooks
TE
88 Gilmore
MLB
51 Ruud
WR
80 Clayton
SLB
59 June
WR
89 Bryant
LCB
31 Buchanon
FB
35 Askew
RCB
20 Barber
RB
28 Dunn
SS
23 Phillips
QB
8 Griese
FS
36 Jackson
PLAYED
3 Bryant, 9 Bidwell, 19 Hilliard, 21 Piscitelli, 22 Smith, 24
Williams, 25 Talib, 26 Allen, 30 Nicholson, 33 Cook, 43 Mack,
48 Economos, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 71 Haye, 77 Lee, 79
Mahan, 81 Smith, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 91 White, 96 Peterson
DID NOT PLAY
12 McCown
INACTIVES
7 Garcia, 10 Jackson, 11 Johnson, 29 Herron, 50 McCoy, 76
Zuttah, 84 Galloway, 95 Hovan
COMMENTARY CREW
Dick Stockton and Brian Baldinger
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the Georgia Dome
Martin Fennelly's award-winning column
How Rick Stroud saw it all unfold
Gary Shelton - who starts at QB next week now?
Tom McEwen - the dean of Buccaneer sports writers
Jermaine Phillips could be out for rest of season
Bucs cannot overcome the errors and penalties
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith's official game report
The official gamebook and play-by-play
