Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19 Arizona Cardinals 16 Sunday 25 December 2022 at State Farm Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth
GAME SCORING TB 13:23-1Q Succop FG38 ARI 0:32-1Q Prater FG56 TB 8:14-2Q Succop FG35 ARI 0:08-2Q Prater FG53 ARI 14:07-4Q Prater FG39 ARI 10:47-4Q Conner 22 run (Prater kick) TB 8:03-4Q White 3 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 2:27-4Q Succop FG42 TB 3:41-OT Succop FG40
GAME REPORTS Bucs rally to defeat the Cardinals in overtime Bucs' offensive tackle shortage goes from disconcerting to dire Bucs come back in Arizona to keep lead in playoff race Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
Somehow on Christmas Day the Buccaneers won another game. It took a 10-point fourth quarter comeback against a 4-11 team playing its third string QB but they remained a game ahead in the terrible NFC South. They lost another offensive lineman and the offense was down to even quicker short passes than normal but they found a way. It will go down as another Tom Brady comeback victory but this was not exactly one for the ages.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 72 Wells DL 96 Hicks LG 60 Leverett DT 56 Nunez-Roches C 70 Hainsey OLB 98 Nelson RG 69 Mason ILB 54 David RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka WR 6 Jones CB 24 Davis WR 13 Evans CB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 14 Godwin S 31 Winfield QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 29 White S 26 Ryan PLAYED 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 7 Fournette, 8 Rudolph, 10 Miller, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn, 22 Neal, 25 Bernard, 27 McCollum, 30 Delaney, 37 Chesley, 41 Kieft, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 67 Goedecke, 73 Walton, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 84 Brate, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 95 Senat, 97 Triner DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 77 Skule INACTIVES 2 Trask, 16 Perriman, 35 Dean, 50 Vea, 75 Molchon, 76 Smith, 94 Nassib
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 20-72, White 7-36, Vaughn 1-6, Brady 2-1. CARDINALS: Conner 15-79, Dortch 3-25, McSorley 7-14, Ingram 1-2, Brown 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Brady 48-32-281-2-1. CARDINALS: McSorley 45-24-217-1-0, Lee 1-1-4-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Fournette 9-90, Godwin 8-63, Gage 5-65, White 4-17, Evans 3-29, Otton 2-12, Jones 1-5. CARDINALS: Dortch 10-98, Conner 7-41, Brown 3-57, McBride 3-17, Hopkins 1-4, Grugler-Hill 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Neal 1-0. CARDINALS: Wilson 2-39. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-68. CARDINALS: Cooper 1-17. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 1-14. CARDINALS: Cooper 5-71. SACKS BUCS: Nelson 1-17. CARDINALS: none.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Rachaad White’s TD brought the Bucs to within three in the 4th quarter William Gholston recovered a fumble inside the final five minutes In overtime, it was Ryan Succop to deliver the game-winning kick
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