Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Indianapolis Colts 31 Sunday 28 November 2021 at Lucas Oil Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
The Bucs (8-3) were made to work for this high-scoring victory as the Colts racked up a lot of offensive yardage but turnovers were the key as the defense forced both an interception and a fumble to stop key Indianapolis drives. Leonard Fournette became the third Buc to score four TDs in a game including the clinching 28-yarder with 20 seconds remaining.
GAME SCORING IND 12:31-1Q Badgley FG44 TB 13:22-2Q Fournette 1 run (Succop kick) IND 11:44-2Q Dulin 62 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick) IND 5:07-2Q Doyle 15 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick) TB 1:56-2Q Fournette 4 pass from Brady (Succop kick) IND 0:18-2Q Hilton 4 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick) TB 8:06-3Q Fournette 4 run (Succop kick) TB 1:06-3Q Jones 1 run (Succop kick) TB 10:06-4Q Succop FG25 IND 3:29-4Q Taylor 4 run (Badgley kick) TB 0:20-4Q Fournette 28 run (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a record-setting day for Leonard Fournette John Romano knows this will not get it done in January Rob Gronkowski's ribs, routes back at full strength Opportunistic Bucs erase Colts' margin for error Injuries aplenty early affect the starting line-up on both sides of the ball Scott Smith’s official game report for Buccaneers.com Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 64 Stinnie NT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DL 92 Gholston RG 65 Cappa LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RT 78 Wirfs LILB 45 White T 72 Wells RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 14 Godwin CB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Miller, 18 Johnson, 25 Bernard, 27 Jones, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 60 Leverett, 79 O’Connor, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert INACTIVES 2 Trask, 21 Vaughn, 26 Adams, 74 Marpet, 81 Brown
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 17-100, Jones 7-37, Godwin 1-3, Brady 2-2. COLTS: Taylor 16-83, Wentz 3-21, Hines 1-3. PASSING BUCS: Brady 34-25-226-1-1. COLTS: Wentz 44-27-306-2-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Gronkowski 7-123, Fournette 7-31, Godwin 4-24, Brate 3-23, Evans 3-16, Johnson 1-9. COLTS: Doyel 6-81, Pittman 4-53, Hilton 4-28, Taylor 4-4, Hines 3-26, Granson 2-22, Pascal 2-12, Dulin 1-62, Alie-Cox 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Winfield 1-30, Desir 1-0. COLTS: Rodgers 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Darden 3-66. COLTS: Rodgers 1-72. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 2-3. COLTS: Hines 3-22. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 2-16, Suh 1-5. COLTS: Buckner 1-7, Paye 1-2.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 12 Chicago 16 Detroit 14 Las Vegas 36 Dallas 33 Buffalo 31 New Orleans 6 Tampa Bay 38 Indianapolis 31 NY Jets 21 Houston 14 Philadelphia 7 NY Giants 13 Carolina 10 Miami 33 Tennessee 13 New England 36 Pittsburgh 10 Cincinnati 41 Atlanta 21 Jacksonville 14 LA Chargers 13 Denver 28 LA Rams 28 Green Bay 36 Minnesota 26 San Francisco 34 Cleveland 10 Baltimore 16 Seattle 15 Washington 17 BYE: Arizona, Kansas City
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays Shaqul Barrett’s strip sack and fumble recovery changed momentum Antoine Winfield’s interception ended another Colts’ scoring drive Leonard Fournette’s fourth TD of the game was the game-winner