Another week and another team with a winning record just destroyed, this one in their own back yard. The Bucs put this one away with 21 unanswered points in the third quarter but it was another combination of Tom Brady using all his different offensive weapons, whilst the defense flew around hitting everything in site to record three sacks and a momentum changing interception. The rest of the NFL can now take notice - this team is for real.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 11-50, Jones 13-34, Brady 1-1. RAIDERS: Richard 7-24, Carr 2-19, Jacobs 10-17, Ruggs 1-10, Booker 3-5, Heath 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Brady 45-33-369-0-4. RAIDERS: Carr 36-24-284-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 9-88, Miller 6-109, Fournette 6-47, Gronkowski 5-62, Evans 2-37, Johnson 2-4, Hudson 1- 12, Brate 1-8, Jones 1-2. RAIDERS: Waller 6-50, Agholor 5-107, Renfrow 4-42, Jacobs 3-14, Ruggs 2-35, Booker 2-9, Ingold 1-21, Witten 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Winfield 1-16. RAIDERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 4-98. RAIDERS: Booker 1-4. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 0-0. RAIDERS: Renfrow 0-0. SACKS BUCS: White 3-13. RAIDERS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45 Las Vegas Raiders 20 Sunday 25 October 2020 at Allegiant Stadium
SCORING LV 9:55-1Q Agholor 20 pass from Carr (Carlson kick) TB 5:37-1Q Brady 1 run (Succop kick) LV 14:51-2Q Carlson FG42 TB 4:21-2Q Gronkowski 5 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 0:17-2Q Miller 33 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 8:16-3Q Succop FG29 LV 4:15-3Q Waller 1 pass from Carr (Carlson kick) LV 12:43-4Q Carlson FG36 TB 7:22-4Q Godwin 4 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 6:40-4Q Jones 1 run (Succop kick) TB 3:08-4Q Johnson 1 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold in the gambling city of America Antoine Winfield recorded his first NFL interception Game notes and anecdotes How the Las Vegas Sun saw the game unfold for their Raiders Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Tom Brady’s touchdown pass to Scotty Miller was a thing of beauty Chris Godwin caught a touchdown pass but wound up breaking a finger in the process Antoine Winfield got his first NFL interception during the fourth quarter Buccaneer onslaught
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith 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 T 73 Haeg RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 13 Evans LCB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin RCB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady SS 31 Winfield RB 27 Jones FS 33 Whitehead PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 10 Miller, 17 Watson, 18 Johnson, 26 Adams, 28 Fournette, 29 Smith, 30 Vaughn, 32 Edwards, 35 Dean, 43 Cockrell, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 53 Russell, 62 Shipley, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 85 Mickens, 88 Hudson, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 25 McCoy INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 15 Grayson, 57 Bell, 64 Stinnie, 94 Davis
COMMENTARY CREW Alex Amin and Mark Schlereth