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 STATISTICSRUSHINGBUCS: Fournette 12-35, Perriman 1-0, Brady 1-(-1).PACKERS: Jones 12-36, Dillon 12-32, Rodgers 1-(-1).PASSINGBUCS: Brady 42-31-271-0-1.PACKERS: Rodgers 35-27-255-1-2.RECEIVINGBUCS: 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.INTERCEPTIONSBUCS: Ryan 1-0.PACKERS: none.KICK RETURNSBUCS: White 1-20.PACKERS: none.PUNT RETURNSBUCS: Darden 3-26.PACKERS: Am.Rodgers 2-21.SACKSBUCS: Hall 1-7.PACKERS: Clark 2-14, Gary 1-6.
GAME HIGHLIGHTSClick on the boxes below to view the big playsLogan Ryan’s first Buccaneer interception set up a fieldgoal scoreTom Brady found Russell Gage for a late touchdownBut then the two point conversion went awry with a delay of game penalty
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 3Tampa Bay 12 Green Bay 14Cleveland 29 Pittsburgh 17Carolina 22 New Orleans 14Chicago 23 Houston 20Indianapolis 20 Kansas City 17Miami 21 Buffalo 19Minnesota 28 Detroit 24Baltimore 37 New England 26Cincinnati 27 NY Jets 12Tennessee 24 Las Vegas 22Philadelphia 24 Washington 8Jacksonville 38 LA Chargers 10LA Rams 20 Arizona 12Atlanta 27 Seattle 23Denver 11 San Francisco 10Dallas 23 NY Giants 16