The Bucs suffered a narrow loss in their home opener as a potential game-tying two-point conversion fell incomplete after Tom Brady had driven the team downfield to score with 14 seconds remaining. The Bucs were playing without their top three receivers and had a third-string left tackle but the defense played amazingly after the two opening Packer drives. Vita Vea stopped one scoring drive with a key forced fumble at the goal-line in the second quarter.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 12-35, Perriman 1-0, Brady 1-(-1). PACKERS: Jones 12-36, Dillon 12-32, Rodgers 1-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Brady 42-31-271-0-1. PACKERS: Rodgers 35-27-255-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Gage 12-87, Brate 5-52, Fournette 5-35, Perriman 3-44, Beasley 3-12, Darden 1-25, Rudolph 1- 12, Miller 1-4. PACKERS: Doubs 8-73, Tonyan 6-37, Lazard 4-45, Jones 3-11, Cobb 2-57, Davis 2-26, Dillon 2-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Ryan 1-0. PACKERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 1-20. PACKERS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 3-26. PACKERS: Am.Rodgers 2-21. SACKS BUCS: Hall 1-7. PACKERS: Clark 2-14, Gary 1-6.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 Green Bay Packers 14 Sunday 25 September 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING TB 3-0 9:05-1Q Succop FG45 GB 3-7 3:01-1Q Doubs 5 pass from Rodgers (Crosby) GB 3-14 8:44-2Q Lazard 6 pass from Rodgers (Crosby) TB 6-14 6:22-3Q Succop FG45 TB 12-14 0:14-4Q Gage 1 pass from Brady (pass failed)
GAME REPORTS Bucs rally late but fall just short on a failed two-point conversion John Romano thinks it is time to put the offense on notice Russell Gage has a career day but one of atonement Cole Beasley found himself involved from the very start Game notes and injury news from the locker room Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 73 Walton DL 92 Gholston LG 67 Goedecke DL 56 Nunez-Roches C 70 Hainsey DT 50 Vea RG 69 Mason OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 41 Kieft ILB 54 David WR 17 Gage OLB 58 Barrett WR 16 Perriman CB 24 Davis WR 10 Miller CB 35 Dean QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 8 Rudolph, 15 Beasley, 21 Vaughn, 22 Neal, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 26 Ryan, 29 White, 30 Delaney, 33 Young, 52 Britt, 53 Fatukasi, 74 Johnson, 79 O’Connor, 80 Geiger, 84 Brate, 90 Hall, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 60 Leverett, 75 Molchon INACTIVES 2 Trask, 6 Jones, 14 Godwin, 27 McCollum, 76 Smith, 88 Otton, 96 Hicks
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Logan Ryan’s first Buccaneer interception set up a fieldgoal score Tom Brady found Russell Gage for a late touchdown But then the two point conversion went awry with a delay of game penalty
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 3 Tampa Bay 12 Green Bay 14 Cleveland 29 Pittsburgh 17 Carolina 22 New Orleans 14 Chicago 23 Houston 20 Indianapolis 20 Kansas City 17 Miami 21 Buffalo 19 Minnesota 28 Detroit 24 Baltimore 37 New England 26 Cincinnati 27 NY Jets 12 Tennessee 24 Las Vegas 22 Philadelphia 24 Washington 8 Jacksonville 38 LA Chargers 10 LA Rams 20 Arizona 12 Atlanta 27 Seattle 23 Denver 11 San Francisco 10 Dallas 23 NY Giants 16