Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Los Angeles Rams 30 Sunday 23 January 2022 at Raymond James Stadium NBC COMMENTARY CREW Al 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 SCORING LA 8:01-1Q Gay FG26 LA 3:28-1Q Blanton 7 pass from Stafford (Gay kick) TB 0:32-1Q Succop FG45 LA 14:17-2Q Kupp 70 pass from Stafford (Gay kick) LA 2:19-2Q Gay FG40 LA 7:07-3Q Stafford 1 run (Gay kick) TB 3:02-3Q Succop FG31 TB 0:12-3Q Fournette 1 run (Succop kick) TB 3:20-4Q Evans 55 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 0:42-4Q Fournette 9 run (Succop kick) LA 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
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.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays Jamel 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