Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 New England Patriots 17 Sunday 3 October 2021 at Gillette Stadium NBC COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
On the night that Tom Brady broke the NFL all-time passing yardage record and also gained some revenge over his former team, it took a 56-yard FG attempt by former Buc Nick Folk hitting the post in the final minute for the Bucs to escape with a win over the Patriots. The Bucs lost more DBs to injury and were playing short-handed even as the game started.
GAME SCORING TB 4:49-1Q Succop FG29 NE 8:28-2Q Henry 11 pass from Jones (Folk kick) TB 0:13-2Q Succop FG44 TB 3:29-3Q Jones 8 run (Succop kick) NE 14:57-4Q Smith 1 pass from Jones (Folk kick) TB 7:58-4Q Succop FG27 NE 4:34-4Q Folk FG27 TB 1:57-4Q Succop FG48
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports from a wet Foxborough on a memorable night It wasn't the stuff of fantasies, but Tom Brady got his homecoming Bucs' pass rush comes off life support for a night Richard Sherman logs overtime his fifth day on the job Tom Brady vs. Bill Belichick was Adele-worthy Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet DL 50 Vea C 66 Jensen LOLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 65 Cappa LILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David T 72 Wells ROLB 58 Barrett TE 84 Brate CB 43 Cockrell WR 13 Evans CB 5 Sherman WR 14 Godwin CB 24 Davis QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 18 Johnson, 21 Vaughn, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 28 Robinson, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 46 Tinker, 48 Stuard, 51 Minter, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 79 O’Connor, 80 Howard, 81 Brown, 85 Mickens, 86 McElroy, 92 Gholston, 96 McLendon, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hainsey INACTIVES 1 Darden, 2 Trask, 25 Bernard, 35 Dean, 60 Leverett, 87 Gronkowski, 90 Pierre-Paul.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 20-92, Jones 6-25, Brady 4-3. PATRIOTS: Agholor 1-4, Taylor 1-0, Bolden 1-0, Jones 1-(-1), Harris 4-(- 4). PASSING BUCS: Brady 42-22-269-0-0. PATRIOTS: Jones 40-31-275-1-2, Meyers 2-2-45-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 7-75, Brown 7-63, Godwin 3-55, Fournette 3-47, Brate 2- 29. PATRIOTS: Meyers 8-70, Bolden 6-51, Bourne 5-58, Henry 4-32, Agholor 3-55, Smith 3-14, Harris 2-30, Harry 1-10, Taylor 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Winfield 1-0. PATRIOTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 1-13, Johnson 1-10. PATRIOTS: Bolden 1-25. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 2-12. PATRIOTS: Olszewski 2-17. SACKS BUCS: Tryon-Showinka 2-13, Gholston 1-6, Barrett 1-6. PATRIOTS: Judon 1-8.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 4 Cincinnati 24 Jacksonville 21 Washington 34 Atlanta 30 Buffalo 40 Houston 0 Chicago 24 Detroit 14 Dallas 36 Carolina 28 Indianapolis 27 Miami 17 Cleveland 14 Houston 7 NY Giants 27 New Orleans 21 NY Jets 27 Tennessee 24 Kansas City 42 Philadelphia 30 Arizona 37 LA Rams 20 Seattle 28 San Francisco 21 Baltimore 23 Denver 7 Green Bay 27 Pittsburgh 17 Tampa Bay 19 New England 17 LA Chargers 28 Las Vegas 14
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays Joe Tryon-Shoyinka’s second sack came courtesy of Vita Vea Ronald Jones scored the only Buccaneer touchdown Ryan Succop’s fourth fieldgoal was the game winner.