Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Cincinnati Bengals 34 Sunday 18 December 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Tony Romo
GAME SCORING TB 6:06-1Q Succop FG21 TB 14:11-2Q Gage 1 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 1:39-2Q Godwin 5 pass from Brady (Succop kick) CIN 0:00-2Q McPherson FG41 CIN 12:04-3Q McPherson FG21 CIN 5:42-3Q Higgins 5 pass from Burrow (pass failed) CIN 2:40-3Q Boyd 3 pass from Burrow (Higgins pass) CIN 12:45-4Q Chase 8 pass from Burrow (McPherson) CIN 2:21-4Q Wilcox 12 pass from Burrow (McPherson) TB 0:49-4Q Gage 5 pass from Brady (pass failed)
GAME REPORTS Second-half collapse vs. Bengals leads to another loss for Bucs If the Bucs aren't embarrassed, then we have a problem Bright opening half for Bucs offense precedes after-dark debacle How the Cincinnati Examiner saw the game unfold Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
For 29 minutes, the old Super Bowl Bucs were back, leading 17-0 with a great offensive gameplan and a stifling defense shutting down the Bengals. And then it all went horribly wrong. A failed fake punt, fumbles, interceptions, key penalties and a general collective effort to throw a game away. 34 unanswered points later and the Bucs fell to 6-8 yet still a game up of the other three teams in the NFC South.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 96 Hicks LG 60 Leverett DT 56 Nunez-Roches C 70 Hainsey OLB 98 Nelson RG 69 Mason ILB 54 David RT 72 Wells ILB 45 White TE 41 Kieft OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka WR 16 Perriman CB 24 Davis WR 13 Evans CB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 14 Godwin S 31 Winfield QB 12 Brady S 22 Neal RB 29 White S 26 Ryan PLAYED 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 7 Fournette, 10 Miller, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn, 25 Bernard, 27 McCollum, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 37 Chesley, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 67 Goedecke, 73 Walton, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 84 Brate, 88 Otton, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 95 Senat, 97 Triner DID NOT PLAY 8 Rudolph, 11 Gabbert, 75 Molchon INACTIVES 2 Trask, 6 Jones, 35 Dean, 50 Vea, 59 Avery, 78 Wirfs, 94 Nassib
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 10-44, White 11-38, Thompkins 1-9, Brady 2-1, Bernard 1-0. BENGALS: Perine 7-24, Mixon 11-21, Burrow 3-8. PASSING BUCS: Brady 44-30-312-3-2. BENGALS: Burrow 39-27-200-1-4. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 8-83, Gage 8-59, Evans 5-83, Fournette 4-30, Brate 2-25, Otton 1-20, Thompkins 1-7, White 1-5. BENGALS: Chase 7-60, Boyd 5-35, Higgins 5-33, Mixon 5-33, Wilcox 3-34, Irwin 1-5, Perine 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Davis 1-0. BENGALS: Flowers 1-0, Pratt 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-48. BENGALS: Williams 2-48. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 2-14. BENGALS: Taylor 0-0. SACKS BUCS: David 1-10, Nelson 0.5-3, Tryon-Shoyinka 0.5-3. BENGALS: Wilson 1-8.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Carlton Davis caught a deflected pass for his first interception Russell Gage scored on a 4th down pass from the one-yard line Chris Godwin scored on a smoke route play to extend the lead to 17-0
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 15 Tampa Bay 23 Cincinnati 34 San Francisco 21 Seattle 13 Minnesota 39 Indianapolis 36 Cleveland 13 Baltimore 3 Buffalo 32 Miami 29 New Orleans 21 Atlanta 18 Pittsburgh 24 Carolina 16 Philadelphia 25 Chicago 20 Kansas City 30 Houston 24 Jacksonville 40 Dallas 34 Detroit 20 NY Jets 17 Denver 24 Arizona 15 Las Vegas 30 New England 24 LA Chargers 17 Tennessee 14 NY Giants 20 Washington 12 Green Bay 24 LA Rams 12