Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Atlanta Falcons 27
Sunday 20 December 2020 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Daryl Johnston
The Bucs moved to the verge of their first playoff berth in 13
seasons with a tremendous second half comeback. Trailing
17-0 at the half, they scored on five straight possessions as
Tom Brady passed for 390 yards and the defense began to
get to Matt Ryan. The Falcons must be sick of the sight of
Brady and comebacks. Mike Evans had his first 100-yard
game since Week 4 to keep alive his hopes of a seventh
straight 1,000-yard season.
GAME SCORING
ATL
10:34-1Q
Gage 5 pass from Ryan (Koo kick)
ATL
7:48-2Q
Ridley 12 pass from Ryan (Koo kick)
ATL
0:15-2Q
Koo FG32
TB
11:28-3Q
Fournette 1 run (Succop kick)
ATL
7:34-3Q
Hurst 7 pass from Ryan (Koo kick)
TB
3:44-3Q
Godwin 4 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
TB
0:05-3Q
Fournette 1 run (Succop kick)
TB
11:10-4Q
Succop FG27
ATL
8:22-4Q
Koo FG52
TB
6:19-4Q
Brown 46 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports on another stunning second half offensive explosion
Devin White gives listless Bucs defense life with huge second half
Antonio Brown's first touchdown as a Buc arrives at opportune moment
Joey Knight’s game notes and anecdoteson
Carmen Vitali’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
72 Wells
DE
93 Suh
LG
74 Marpet
DT
56 Nunez-Roches
C
66 Jensen
DE
92 Gholston
RG
65 Cappa
LOLB
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
78 Wirfs
LILB
45 White
TE
87 Gronkowski
RILB
54 David
WR
14 Godwin
ROLB
58 Barrett
WR
13 Evans
LCB
24 Davis
WR
81 Brown
RCB
23 Murphy-Bunting
QB
12 Brady
SS
31 Winfield
RB
28 Fournette
FS
33 Whitehead
PLAYED
3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 10 Miller, 18 Johnson, 25 McCoy, 26 Adams, 29
Smith, 30 Vaughn, 32 Edwards, 35 Dean, 43 Cockrell, 44 Barner, 49
Gill, 51 Minter, 53 Russell, 64 Stinnie, 73 Haeg, 79 O’Connor, 84
Brate, 88 Hudson, 95 Ledbetter, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
11 Gabbert, 62 Larsen
INACTIVES
1 Joseph, 4 Griffin, 17 Watson, 82 Auclair, 94 Davis
COVID LIST
27 Jones, 76 Smith
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Fournette 14-49, Vaughn 2-4, Brady 2-(-2).
FALCONS: I.Smith 6-24, Ryan 1-16, Gurley 1-(-1), Hill 5-(-2).
PASSING
BUCS: Brady 45-31-390-0-2.
FALCONS: Ryan 49-34-356-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 6-110, Brown 5-93, Brate 4-54, Godwin 4-36, McCoy 3-32,
Gronkowski 3-29, Miller 3-20, Fournette 3-16.
FALCONS: Ridley 10-163, Gage 5-68, Hurst 4-21, K.Smith 3-32, Stocker 2-21,
Gurley 2-15, I.Smith 2-9, Hill 2-9, Powell 2-5, Treadwell 1-14, Blake 1-(-1).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Barner 3-67.
FALCONS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Barner 4-32.
FALCONS: Powell 1-4.
SACKS
BUCS: White 3-24.
FALCONS: Neasman 1-9, Jones 1-8, Jarrett 1-8.
VIDEO CLIPS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Chris Godwin continued the third quarter scoring
Devin White had three sacks on the day - this was the first
Antonio Brown’s first Buc touchdown was a perfect deep pass
