Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Atlanta Falcons 15 Sunday 9 October 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Joe Davis and Darryl Johnston
GAME SCORING TB 9:31-2Q Fournette 1 run (Succop kick) TB 1:18-2Q Succop FG21 TB 0:00-2Q Succop FG44 TB 6:09-3Q Fournette 1 pass from Brady (Gage pass) ATL 13:39-4Q Williams 8 run (Koo kick) ATL 4:38-4Q Zaccheaus 19 pass from Mariota (Hodge)
GAME REPORTS Bucs build lead, then hold on to beat Falcons John Romano realises Tom Brady’s best friends are the officials Leonard Fournette has a big game rushing and receiving Game notes, defensive injuries and a payback sack Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
The Bucs ended their two-game home losing streak by jumping out to a 21- 0 lead against the Falcons and then hanging on after Atlanta scored on a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns. A generous roughing-the-passer penalty on Tom Brady on the final drive allowed the Bucs to run out the clock to the scorn of most of the NFL media. Brady threw underneath to Leonard Fournette and Cade Otton most of the day but did hit on a 40-yard pass to Mike Evans to set up the opening touchdown.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 14-56, White 5-14, Godwin 1-2, Brady 3-(-3). FALCONS: Mariota 7-61, Allgeier 13-45, Huntley 8-34, Williams 4-11. PASSING BUCS: Brady 52-35-351-0-1. FALCONS: Mariota 25-14-147-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Fournette 10-83, Godwin 6-61, Otton 6-43, Evans 4-81, Miller 4-35, White 3-28, Gage 2-20. FALCONS: London 4-35, Hodge 3-33, Zaccheaus 2-39, Williams 2- 10, Firkser 1-11, Edwards 1-10, Hesse 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 1-18. FALCONS: Williams 3-69. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 2-40. FALCONS: Williams 1-28. SACKS BUCS: Winfield 1-9, Hall 1-9, Tryon-Shoyinka 1-7, Vea 1-6, Senat 1-6. FALCONS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 56 Nunez-Roches LG 67 Goedecke DT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey DL 92 Gholston RG 69 Mason OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 17 Gage OLB 58 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 8 Rudolph, 10 Miller, 21 Vaughn, 22 Neal, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 27 McCollum, 29 White, 30 Delaney, 33 Young, 41 Kieft, 52 Britt, 53 Fatukasi, 74 Johnson, 79 O’Connor, 80 Geiger, 90 Hall, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 60 Leverett, 73 Walton INACTIVES 2 Trask, 6 Jones, 16 Perriman, 26 Ryan, 83 Tompkins, 84 Brate, 96 Hicks
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Leonard Fournette had this score on the ground and one through the air The second was set up by Mike Evans taking the ball to the one-yard line The most generous roughing-the-passer penalty ever went the Bucs’ way
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 5 Tampa Bay 21 Atlanta 15 Indianapolis 12 Denver 9 NY Giants 27 Green Bay 22 Buffalo 38 Pittsburgh 3 LA Chargers 30 Cleveland 28 Houston 13 Jacksonville 6 Minnesota 29 Chicago 22 New England 29 Detroit 0 New Orleans 39 Seattle 32 NY Jets 40 Miami 17 Tennessee 21 Washington 17 San Francisco 37 Carolina 15 Philadelphia 20 Arizona 17 Dallas 22 LA Rams 10 Baltimore 19 Cincinnati 17 Kansas City 30 Las Vegas 29