The beat-up Bucs won their third game as they overcame a short week and typically hostile crowd in Philadelphia to take down the Eagles 28-22. The running game was more utilised with Leonard Fournette scoring twice. The defense was only really beaten on two long pass interference calls and kept the mobile Jalen Hurts under control for most of the night.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 22-81, Jones 5-20, Brady 4-1. EAGLES: Sanders 9-56, Hurts 10-44. PASSING BUCS: Brady 42-34-297-1-2. EAGLES: Hurts 26-12-115-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Brown 9-93, Howard 6-49, Fournette 6-46, Godwin 5-43, Brate 3-26, Evans 2-27, Bernard 2-4, Jones 1-9. EAGLES: Ertz 4-29, Watkins 3-44, Smith 2-31, Sanders 2-10, Gainwell 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Dean 1-0. EAGLES: Harris 1-2, Slay 0-4. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. EAGLES: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Mickens 3-21. EAGLES: Reagor 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Vea 1-1, Barrett 1-0. EAGLES: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Philadelphia Eagles 22 Thursday 14 October 2021 at Lincoln Financial Field
GAME SCORING TB 7-0 9:26-1Q Howard 2 pass from Brady (Succop kick) PHI 7-7 6:01-1Q Ertz 5 pass from Hurts (Elliott kick) TB 14-7 0:33-1Q Brown 23 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 21-7 1:56-2Q Fournette 2 run (Succop kick) TB 28-7 5:47-3Q Fournette 1 run (Succop kick) PHI 28-14 2:15-3Q Hurts 6 run (Elliott kick) PHI 28-22 5:54-4Q Hurts 2 run (Watkins pass from Hurts)
GAME REPORTS Banged-up Bucs hold on for victory in Philadelphia They ain't looking pretty yet, but the Bucs are getting the job done “Regular season Lenny” was the star of the show Richard Sherman’s hamstring lasted just into his third game An OJ Howard sighting as the 1st round pick TE re-appears 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 OLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 65 Cappa ILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs ILB 51 Minter T 72 Wells OLB 58 Barrett TE 80 Howard CB 43 Cockrell WR 13 Evans CB 5 Sherman WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 7 Fournette S 32 Edwards PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 18 Johnson, 21 Vaughn, 25 Bernard, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 46 Tinker, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 79 O’Connor, 81 Brown, 82 Yelder, 84 Brate, 85 Mickens, 92 Gholston, 96 McLendon, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hainsey INACTIVES 1 Darden, 2 Trask, 31 Winfield, 54 David, 60 Leverett, 87 Gronkowski
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays OJ Howard had his first touchdown of the season on a goal-line play Tom Brady found Antonio Brown for a 23-yard score at the end of the first quarter Leonard Fournette’s second score of the game was one of the easiest he will ever have
COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 6 Tampa Bay 28 Philadelphia 22 Jacksonville 23 Miami 20 Kansas City 31 Washington 13 LA Rams 38 NY Giants 11 Indianapolis 31 Houston 3 Cincinnati 34 Detroit 11 Green Bay 24 Chicago 14 Baltimore 34 LA Chargers 6 Minnesota 34 Carolina 28 Arizona 37 Cleveland 14 Las Vegas 34 Denver 24 Dallas 35 New England 29 Pittsburgh 23 Seattle 20 Tennessee 34 Buffalo 31 Bye: NY Jets, Atlanta, San Francisco and New Orleans