Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33 Arizona Cardinals 38
Sunday 15 October 2017 at University of Phoenix Stadium
SCORING
ARI
11:52-1Q
Peterson 27 run (Dawson kick)
ARI
5:24-1Q
Niklas 14 pass from Palmer (Dawson kick)
ARI
12:04-2Q
Fitzgerald 11 pass from Palmer (Dawson kick)
ARI
5:31-2Q
Dawson FG28
ARI
11:58-3Q
Brown 17 pass from Palmer (Dawson kick)
TB
8:27-3Q
Jackson 4 pass from Fitzgerald (run failed)
TB
13:32-4Q
Brate 10 pass from Fitzgerald (pass failed)
TB
12:56-4Q
David 21 fumble return (Martin run)
ARI
7:17-4Q
Peterson 1 run (Dawson kick)
TB
3:02-4Q
Martin 1 run (pass failed)
TB
2:02-4Q
Evans 37 pass from Fitzgerald (Murray kick)
This one was seemingly over just after half-time with the Bucs 31-0 down and Jameis Winston on the sideline
with a shoulder injury. And then came the fightback. Five touchdowns in the second half brought back
memories of the 1987 Cardinal comeback over Ray Perkins’ team but in the end, it was too little, too late. The
inability to stop the Arizona offense in the first half was what cost the Bucs any chance of success in the end.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 14-53, Fitzpatrick 3-10, Reedy 1-4, Rodgers 3-1.
CARDINALS: Peterson 26-134, Nelson 1-16, K Williams 3-14,
Palmer 5-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 10-5-61-0-0, Fitzgerald 32-22-290-2-3.
CARDINALS: Palmer 22-18-283-1-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Brate 6-76, Humphries 6-51, Sims 4-45, Evans 3-95,
Jackson 3-38, Howard 1-15, Martin 1-11, Godwin 1-9, Rodgers 1-
6, Stocker 1-5.
CARDINALS: Fitzgerald 10-138, J Brown 3-63, Gresham 2-32,
Niklas 2-20, Ja Brown 1-30,
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Grimes 1-39.
CARDINALS: Bethea 1-21, T Williams 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
CARDINALS: K Williams 1-28.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Reedy 1-10.
CARDINALS: Peterson 1-0, K Williams 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: McDonald 1-6, McCoy 1-5.
CARDINALS: Jones 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
57 Spence
LG
64 Pamphile
DT
93 McCoy
C
74 Marpet
DT
90 Baker
RG
73 Sweezy
RDE
92 Gholston
RT
69 Dotson
MLB
51 Beckwith
TE
80 Howard
WLB
54 David
TE
84 Brate
CB
36 McClain
WR
11 Jackson
LCB
28 Hargeaves
WR
13 Evans
RCB
24 Grimes
QB
3 Winston
SS
23 Conte
RB
22 Martin
FS
43 Ward
PLAYED
7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 14 Fitzpatrick, 18
Reedy, 21 Evans, 25 Barber, 29 Smith, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims,
35 Elliott, 36 McClain, 39 Johnson, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 59
Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 77 Benenoch, 88 Stocker, 94
Clarke, 96 Siliga, 98 McDonald.
INACTIVES
26 Robinson, 37 Tandy, 58 Alexander, 66 Weston, 68 Hawley,
82 Auclair, 95 Russell.
COMMENTARY CREW
Kenny Albert and Charles Davis
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud sees a team suddenly in a crisis mode
Tom Jones wants to forget about the comeback and talk embarrassment
Greg Auman’s regular notes column
How Roy Cummings saw it for Florida Football Insiders
Brent Grimes believes the team was just not ready to play
Scott Smith’s game report
The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Cameron Brate scored for the fourth consecutive game tying a franchise record
Lavonte David’s fumble return was the third defensive score in his career
Mike Evans had the fifth Buccaneer touchdown just before the two minute warning