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.
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.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Indianapolis Colts 31
Sunday 28 November 2021 at Lucas Oil Stadium
GAME SCORING
IND
0-3
12:31-1Q
Badgley FG44
TB
7-3
13:22-2Q
Fournette 1 run (Succop kick)
IND
7-10
11:44-2Q
Dulin 62 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick)
IND
7-17
5:07-2Q
Doyle 15 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick)
TB
14-17
1:56-2Q
Fournette 4 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
IND
14-24
0:18-2Q
Hilton 4 pass from Wentz (Badgley kick)
TB
21-24
8:06-3Q
Fournette 4 run (Succop kick)
TB
28-24
1:06-3Q
Jones 1 run (Succop kick)
TB
31-24
10:06-4Q
Succop FG25
IND
31-31
3:29-4Q
Taylor 4 run (Badgley kick)
TB
38-31
0:20-4Q
Fournette 28 run (Succop kick)
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
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Shaqul Barrett’s strip sack and fumble recovery changed the momentum in the third quarter
Antoine Winfield’s interception ended another Colts’ scoring drive
Leonard Fournette’s fourth touchdown of the game was the game-winner
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
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 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
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