The Buc defense recorded five sacks and held the Falcons out of the endzone after an opening drive as Tampa Bay won their third game in a row and all but clinched the NFC South title moving to 9-3 on the season. Tom Brady had four TD passes including two to Rob Gronkowski and Chris Godwin set a franchise record with 15 receptions in a single game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 13-44, Godwin 1-9, Bernard 1-3, Jones 1-2, Brady 1-(-1). FALCONS: Patterson 13-78, Davis 4-32, Ollison 2-7, Ryan 3- 2, Zaccheaus 1-2. PASSING BUCS: Brady 51-38-368-1-4. FALCONS: Ryan 41-30-297-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 15-143, Evans 7-99, Fournette 7-48, Gronkowski 4-58, Bernard 1-7, Perriman 1-5, Johnson 1-5, Brate 1-3, Jones 1-0. FALCONS: Gage 11-130, Pitts 4-48, Davis 4-37, Zaccheaus 3- 44, Patterson 3-18, Sharpe 3-10, Ollison 1-8, Smith 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Davidson 1-3. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Williams 1-30. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Bernard 2-7. FALCONS: Williams 1-7. SACKS BUCS: Vea 2-17, Suh 2-13, Gill 1-8. FALCONS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Atlanta Falcons 17 Sunday 5 December 2021 at Mercedes Benz Stadium
GAME SCORING TB 7-0 9:53-1Q Fournette 3 pass from Brady (Succop kick) ATL 7-7 6:40-1Q Davis 17 run (Koo kick) TB 13-7 4:23-1Q Brate 3 pass from Brady (kick failed) ATL 13-10 8:39-2Q Koo FG21 TB 20-10 4:54-2Q Gronkowski 27 pass from Brady (Succop) ATL 20-17 0:22-2Q Davidson 3 interception return (Koo kick) TB 27-17 0:29-3Q Gronkowski 11 pass from Brady (Succop) TB 30-10 1:49-4Q Succop FG31
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet NT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 65 Cappa LILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David TE 80 Howard ROLB 58 Barrett TE 87 Gronkowski CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin CB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady S 26 Adams RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Miller, 16 Perriman, 18 Johnson, 21 Vaughn, 25 Bernard, 27 Jones, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 70 Hainsey, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 1 Darden, 2 Trask, 33 Whitehead, 96 McLendon.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Leonard Fournette caught a pass out of the backfield for the opening score of the game Two drives, two touchdowns as Tom Brady hooked up with Cameron Brate in the same spot Rob Gronkowski’s second touchdown of the game put the Bucs out of reach in the third quarter
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 13 Dallas 27 New Orleans 17 NY Giants 9 Miami 20 Indianapolis 31 Houston 0 Minnesota 27 Detroit 29 Philadelphia 33 NY Jets 18 Denver 9 Kansas City 22 Arizona 33 Chicago 22 LA Chargers 41 Cincinnati 22 Tampa Bay 30 Atlanta 17 Washington 17 Las Vegas 15 Jacksonville 7 LA Rams 37 Baltimore 19 Pittsburgh 20 San Francisco 23 Seattle 30 New England 14 Buffalo 10 BYE: Carolina, Cleveland, Green Bay, Tennessee