Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 Denver Broncos 26 Sunday 22 September 2024 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-1 New Orleans Saints 2-1 Atlanta Falcons 1-2 Carolina Panthers 1-2
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Tim Brando and Matt Millen
The good feelings from the first two weeks came crashing down with a totally abject performance and complete hammering at home to the winless Broncos fielding a rookie QB who had struggled so far this season. The Bucs had one scoring drive and never really came close to anything else.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 96 Gaines LG 68 Brederson DL 90 Hall C 62 Barton DL 92 Gholston RG 69 Mauch OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 77 Skule ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 15 McMillan OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 3 Whitehead RB 1 White S 29 Izien PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 7 Irving, 8 Dennis, 10 Palmer, 17 Shepard, 23 Smith, 24 Funderburk, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 51 Russell, 56 Stille, 58 Watts, 70 Hainsey, 79 Klein, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 91 Greene, 95 Brewer, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask. 64 Newman INACTIVES 19 Johnson, 31 Winfield, 33 Ramirez. 50 Vea, 67 Goedecke, 82 Culp, 94 Kancey
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Bucky Irving’s 32-yard run was the longest of his brief NFL career Chris Godwin caught the only Buccaneer touchdown of the game
GAME SCORING DEN 11:05-1Q Nix 3 run (Lutz kick) DEN 2:56-1Q McLaughlin 1 run (Lutz kick) DEN 9:25-2Q Lutz FG43 TB 1:50-2Q Godwin 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) DEN 0:02-2Q Lutz FG38 DEN 14:52-4Q Lutz FG33 DEN 7:30-4Q Lutz FG43
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press Sean Payton still has Todd Bowles, Bucs' number in regular season Bucs are young, talented and precocious. They're also far from perfect Let's put a pin in those premature Bucs, Super Bowl thoughts Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 3 Tampa Bay 7 Denver 26 NY Jets 24 New England 3 NY Giants 21 Cleveland 15 Indianapolis 21 Chicago 16 Minnesota 34 Houston 7 Philadelphia 15 New Orleans 12 Pittsburgh 20 LA Chargers 10 Green Bay 30 Tennessee 14 Carolina 36 Las Vegas 22 Seattle 24 Miami 3 Detroit 20 Arizona 13 Baltimore 28 Dallas 25 LA Rams 27 San Francisco 24 Kansas City 22 Atlanta 17 Buffalo 47 Jacksonville 10 Washington 38 Cincinnati 33
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 9-70, White 6-17, Tucker 1-4. BRONCOS: Badie 9-70, Nix 9-47, Williams 5-12, McLaughlin 5-7. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 33-25-1631-1. BRONCOS: Nix 36-25-216-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Otton 7-47, Godwin 6-53, White 5-18, Irving 3-14. Evans 2-17, Durham 1-8, McMillan 1-6. BRONCOS: Sutton 7-68, Humphrey 6-37, Williams 4-29, Reynolds 2- 36, Franklin 2-11, Trautman 1-13, Mims 1-9, McLaughlin 1-7, Adkins 1- 6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BRONCOS: Jones 1-37. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 1-27, Irving 1-27. BRONCOS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Palmer 0-0. BRONCOS: Mims 1-27. SACKS BUCS: none. BRONCOS: Tillman 2-18, Franklin-Meyers 1-7, Cooper 1-5, Allen 1-1, Key 1-0, Bonitto 1-0.