Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36 Minnesota Vikings 17 Thursday 26 October 2012 at Mall of America StadiumNFL NETWORK COMMENTARY CREWBrad Nessler and Mike Mayock
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.
GAME SCORINGTB 9:48-1Q Barth FG28TB 3:34-1Q Lorig 1 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)TB 12:20-2Q Barth FG40MIN 9:39-2Q Harvin 18 pass from Ponder (Walsh kickTB 4:30-2Q Williams 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)MIN 1:40-2Q Walsh FG51TB 13:39-3Q Martin 64 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)TB 7:50-3Q Barth FG38MIN 7:28-3Q Peterson 64 run (Walsh kick)TB 7:03-4Q Martin 1 run (pass failed)