The first home playoff game in 14 years turned out to be a comfortable victory as the Bucs jumped out to a 31-0 lead before surrendering a pair of fourth quarter scores. Tom Brady was efficient and the offense methodical in building the advantage with the defense holding the vaunted Philadelphia running game in check for most of the day.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Vaughn 17-53, Bernard 13-44, Miller 1-9. EAGLES: Hurts 8-39, Scott 1-34, Sanders 7-16, Gainwell 1-6. PASSING BUCS: Brady 37-29-271-0-2. EAGLES: Hurtz 43-23-258-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 9-117, Bernard 5-39, Gronkowski 5-31, Brate 3- 29, Johnson 2-30, Vaughn 2-9, Miller 1-8, Perriman 1-5, Howard 1-3. EAGLES: Goedert 6-92, Gainwell 5-49, Smith 4-60, Sanders 3- 12, Watkins 2-35, Howard 1-7, Reagor 1-2, Scott 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barrett 1-17, Edwards 1-0. EAGLES: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Darden 1-16. EAGLES: Gainwell 3-57. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 4-13. EAGLES: Reagor 5-35. SACKS BUCS: McLendon 1-9, Winfeld 1-5. EAGLES: Kerrigan 1-5-12.5, Hargrave 1-8, Singleton 1-4, Barnett 0.5-3.5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Philadelphia Eagles 15 Sunday 16 January 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING TB 7-0 10:00-1Q Bernard 2 run (Succop kick) TB 14-0 0:25-1Q Vaughn 1 run (Succop kick) TB 17-0 9:16-2Q Succop FG34 TB 24-0 7:38-3Q Gronkowski 2 pass from Brady (Succop) TB 31-0 5:18-3Q Evans 36 pass from Brady (Succop kick) PHI 31-7 12:08-4Q Scott 34 run (Elliott kick) PHI 31-15 4:45-4Q Gainwell 16 pass from Hurtz (Smith pass)
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet NT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen LOLB 58 Barrett RG 65 Cappa LILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 90 Pierre-Paul WR 16 Perriman DB 32 Edwards WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 18 Johnson CB 24 Davis QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 21 Vaughn S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Miller, 25 Bernard, 26 Adams, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hainsey, 72 Wells, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 6 Bell, 11 Gabbert INACTIVES 2 Trask, 15 Grayson, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 27 Jones, 38 Barner, 60 Leverett, 86 McElroy
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Edwards ended the only Eagle scoring threat in the first half with an endzone interception Shaq Barrett got a pick of his own on 4th down catching his own deflected pass One play later, Mike Evans caught a pass on a crossing pattern and somersaulted in for a score
COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
NFL RESULTS - PLAYOFF WEEK ONE Cincinnati 26 Las Vegas 17 Buffalo 47 New England 17 Kansas City 42 Pittsburgh 21 Tampa Bay 31 Philadelphia 15 San Francisco 23 Dallas 17 LA Rams 34 Arizona 11
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on the first home playoff game in 14 years When it comes to football IQ, the Bucs may be in a class of their own With Playoff Lenny sidelined, Bucs patchwork run game delivers Playoff romp comes at a cost as Tristan Wirfs exits with ankle injury The only records left for Tom Brady to break are his own Game notes and anedcotes Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook