Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Atlanta Falcons 17
Sunday 5 December 2021 at Mercedes Benz Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
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.
GAME SCORING
TB
9:53-1Q
Fournette 3 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
ATL
6:40-1Q
Davis 17 run (Koo kick)
TB
4:23-1Q
Brate 3 pass from Brady (kick failed)
ATL
8:39-2Q
Koo FG21
TB
4:54-2Q
Gronkowski 27 pass from Brady (Succop)
ATL
0:22-2Q
Davidson 3 interception return (Koo kick)
TB
0:29-3Q
Gronkowski 11 pass from Brady (Succop)
TB
1:49-4Q
Succop FG31
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud reports on another win led by Chris Godwin’s 15 catches
Bucs offense ain't always pretty, but dang it can be entertaining
For second week in a row, Bucs buoyed by fiery halftime address
Brady-Gronk now the NFL's No. 2 touchdown pass-catch tandem
Injury update as both Jamel Dean and Sean Murphy-Bunting limp off
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
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
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.
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
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes to view the big plays
Leonard Fournette caught a pass out of the backfield for a score
Two drives, two TDs as Tom Brady hooked up with Cameron Brate
Rob Gronkowski’s second TD of the game put the Bucs out of reach
