Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Seattle Seahawks 5 Sunday 27 November 2016 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 7:34-1Q Evans 3 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) TB 2:53-1Q Evans 23 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) SEA 13:23-2Q Safety - Stocker called for holding in endzone SEA 10:39-2Q Hauschka FG43
If the win over the Chiefs was a statement, then this victory over the Seahawks was simply stunning. It was like the old Super Bowl days at Raymond James Stadium with a dominant defense forcing turnovers and recording sacks all day, keeping Russell Wilson and his Seattle offense away from the endzone all day. Jameis Winston and Mike Evans hooked up for a pair of first quarter touchdowns and that proved enough offense to take the Bucs to 6- 5 on the season and right in the playoff hunt. The chances to score but turnovers, penalties and a missed fieldgoal saw the chance to really put the game out of reach go to waste.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 23-87, Barber 5-16, Winston 5-12, Humphries 2-3. SEAHAWKS: Wilson 8-80, Rawls 12-38, Lockett 1-9, Tukuafu 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Winston 28-21-220-1-2. SEAHAWKS: Wilson 33-17-151-2-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-104, Brate 4-49, Shepard 2-23, Martin 2-3, Humphries 1-18, Cross 1-10, Shorts 1-6, Barber 1-4, Stocker 1-3. SEAHAWKS: Baldwin 7-34, Graham 6-67, Kearse 1-18, Richardson 1-17, Willson 1-11, Farner 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: McDougald 1-32, Verner 1-16. SEAHAWKS: Chancellor 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: R Smith 2-42. SEAHAWKS: Lockett 1-15. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 3-48. SEAHAWKS: Lockett 1-0. SACKS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: McCoy 1.5-10.5, N Spence 1.5-6.5, Alexander 1-6, Russell 1-6, Ayers 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 91 Ayers LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 68 Hawley DT 98 McDonald RG 74 Marpet RDE 92 Gholston RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 82 Myers WLB 54 David TE 84 Brate SLB 51 Da Smith TE 88 Stocker LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 13 Evans RCB 24 Grimes QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 22 Martin FS 30 McDougald PLAYED 9 Anger, 10 Shorts, 11 Humphries, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21 Vermer, 25 James, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 70 Siliga, 77 Benenoch, 78 Cherilus, 89 Shepard, 96 Russell, 97 Spence DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 32 Rodgers, 61 Allen, 62 Smith, 66 Wester, 67 Hughes, 75 Lambert
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Daryl Johnston
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud’s lead story on the game from The Tampa Bay Times Tom Jones reports on a truly emotional day for Alterraun Verner The game grades - the Bucs have a crowded honor roll from this one Martin Fennelly sees Dirk Koetter’s team starting to win back the town Greg Auman’s notes column leads with Mike Evans winning his battle Scott Smith’s detailed game report Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips Jameis Winston buys time in the pocket and then finds Mike Evans for the opening score On the next drive, the same combination hooked up again to put the Bucs 14-0 ahead. Alterraun Verner’s interception was an emotional play for all concerned