Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Los Angeles Rams 30Sunday 23 January 2022 at Raymond James StadiumNBC COMMENTARY CREWAl Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
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.
GAME SCORINGLA8:01-1QGay FG26LA3:28-1QBlanton 7 pass from Stafford (Gay kick)TB0:32-1QSuccop FG45LA14:17-2QKupp 70 pass from Stafford (Gay kick)LA2:19-2QGay FG40LA7:07-3QStafford 1 run (Gay kick)TB3:02-3QSuccop FG31TB0:12-3QFournette 1 run (Succop kick)TB3:20-4QEvans 55 pass from Brady (Succop kick)TB0:42-4QFournette 9 run (Succop kick)LA0:00-4QGay FG30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Fournette 13-51, Brady 1-0.RAMS: Akers 24-48, Jefferson 1-15, Stafford 4-6, Michel 1-4.PASSINGBUCS: Brady 54-30-329-1-1.RAMS: Stafford 38-28-366-0-2.RECEIVINGBUCS: 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).INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: none.RAMS: Scott 1-0.KICK RETURNSBUCS: Darden 4-62.RAMS: Powell 1-19.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Darden 1-5, Bernard 1-2.RAMS: Powell 3-60.SACKSBUCS: Vea 1-10, Suh 0.5-0.5, Pierre-Paul 0.5-0.5.RAMS: Floyd 1-9, Donald 1-7, Miller 1-5.
GAME HIGHLIGHTSClick on the boxes to view the big playsJamel Dean forced a fumble late in the third quarter Mike Evans caught a 55-yard bomb from Tom Brady Leonard Fournette scored the tying touchdown on a 4th down run