The bid to repeat as Super Bowl champions came to an end with former Buc Matt Gay kicking the winning fieldgoal as time
expired. The Bucs had come back from 27-3 down to tie the score inside the final minute albeit thanks to multiple Ram
turnovers that kept giving them chances to stay close in a game where for three quarters they were not even in contention.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Fournette 13-51, Brady 1-0.
RAMS: Akers 24-48, Jefferson 1-15, Stafford 4-6, Michel 1-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Brady 54-30-329-1-1.
RAMS: Stafford 38-28-366-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Fournette 9-56, Evans 8-119, Gronkowski 4-85, Miller 4-
38, Johnson 3-15, Brate 1-9, Howard 1-7.
RAMS: Kupp 9-183, Beckham 6-69, Higbee 4-51, Akers 3-20,
Jefferson 2-29, Blanton 2-18, Michel 2-(-4).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
RAMS: Scott 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Darden 4-62.
RAMS: Powell 1-19.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Darden 1-5, Bernard 1-2.
RAMS: Powell 3-60.
SACKS
BUCS: Vea 1-10, Suh 0.5-0.5, Pierre-Paul 0.5-0.5.
RAMS: Floyd 1-9, Donald 1-7, Miller 1-5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Los Angeles Rams 30
Sunday 23 January 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING
LA
0-3
8:01-1Q
Gay FG26
LA
0-10
3:28-1Q
Blanton 7 pass from Stafford (Gay kick)
TB
3-10
0:32-1Q
Succop FG45
LA
3-17
14:17-2Q
Kupp 70 pass from Stafford (Gay kick)
LA
3-20
2:19-2Q
Gay FG40
LA
3-27
7:07-3Q
Stafford 1 run (Gay kick)
TB
6-27
3:02-3Q
Succop FG31
TB
13-27
0:12-3Q
Fournette 1 run (Succop kick)
TB
20-27
3:20-4Q
Evans 55 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
TB
27-27
0:42-4Q
Fournette 9 run (Succop kick)
LA
27-30
0:00-4Q
Gay FG30
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
DL
93 Suh
LG
74 Marpet
NT
50 Vea
C
66 Jensen
DL
92 Gholston
RG
65 Cappa
LOLB
58 Barrett
RT
72 Wells
LILB
45 White
TE
80 Howard
RILB
54 David
TE
87 Gronkowski
ROLB
90 Pierre-Paul
TE
84 Brate
CB
35 Dean
WR
13 Evans
CB
24 Davis
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, 21 Vaughn, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 25 Bernard, 26
Adams, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49
Gill, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 60 Leverett, 64
Stinnie, 70 Hainsey, 89 Brown, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98
Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
11 Gabbert
INACTIVES
2 Trask, 4 Griffin, 15 Grayson, 16 Perriman, 27 Jones, 29 Desir,
78 Wirfts
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Jamel Dean forced a fumble late in the third quarter that began the 21-point comeback
Mike Evans caught a 55-yard bomb from Tom Brady to pull the Bucs to within seven
Leonard Fournette scored the tying touchdown on a 4th down run with 42 seconds left
COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
NFL RESULTS - PLAYOFF WEEK ONE
Los Angeles Rams 30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27
Kansas City Chiefs 42 Buffalo Bills 36 (ot)
San Francisco 49ers 13 Green Bay Packers 10
Cincinnati Bengals 19 Tennessee Titans 16
GAME REPORTS
How Rick Stroud saw the Bucs come so close to the great comeback
If this is goodbye, thanks for the memories Tom Brady and Co.
Leonard Fournette caps somber week with surreal performance
Well before ex-Buc Matt Gay's walkoff, Bucs kicked themselves
Injury update - the Bucs had to start Josh Wells for Tristan Wirfs
How Bill Plaschke of the LA Times saw the game unfold
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook