Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Atlanta Falcons 36 Thursday 3 October 2024 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3-2 Atlanta Falcons 3-2 New Orleans Saints 2-3 Carolina Panthers 1-4
PRIME COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit
This was one the Bucs let slip. Leading 30-27 late in the game, Bucky Irving fumbled when trying to run out the clock. Then after Lavonte David picked off Kirk Cousins, a penalty took the Bucs out of fieldgoal range and then the defense allowed the tying fieldgoal after a late drive. They never saw the ball in overtime and hence fell to 3-2. Kirk Cousins became the fourth QB to pass for over 500 yards against Tampa Bay.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 68 Brederson DL 50 Vea C 62 Barton OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mauch ILB 54 David RT 77 Skule ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton OLB 0 Diaby TE 87 Durham CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 14 Godwin S 23 Smith QB 6 Mayfield S 3 Whitehead RB 1 White S 29 Izien PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 7 Irving, 16 Gill, 17 Shepard, 19 Johnson, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 33 Ramirez, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Triner, 48 Grier, 51 Russell, 58 Watts, 70 Hainsey, 79 Klein, 83 Thompson, 92 Gholston, 95 Brewer, 96 Gaines, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 24 Funderburk, 64 Newman INACTIVES 5 Camarda, 10 Palmer, 15 McMillan, 31 Winfield, 67 Goedecke, 82 Culp, 94 Kancey
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Evans had a pair of touchdown receptions - this is the second Sean Tucker’s kick return was his biggest play as a Buccaneer Sterling Shepard caught his first Tampa Bay touchdown
GAME SCORING ATL 11:54-1Q London 18 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 7:36-1Q Evans 2 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) TB 1:22-1Q McLaughlin FG53 ATL 11:58-2Q Mooney 24 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 10:17-2Q Evans 23 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) ATL 6:17-2Q Koo FG54 TB 1:56-2Q Shepard 4 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) ATL 6:21-3Q Koo FG48 TB 1:17-3Q McLaughlin FG32 ATL 13:18-4Q Mooney 12 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 10:23-4Q McLaughlin FG53 ATL 0:00-4Q Koo FG52 ATL 8:45-OT Hodge 45 pass from Cousins
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press How many ways can a team give a game away? One second from victory, the Bucs collapse against Falcons in OT Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 5 Tampa Bay 30 Atlanta 36 Minnesota 23 NY Jets 17 Chicago 36 Carolina 10 Baltimore 41 Cincinnati 38 Miami 15 New England 10 Washington 34 Cleveland 13 Jacksonville 37 Indianapolis 34 Houston 23 Buffalo 20 Denver 34 Las Vegas 18 Arizona 24 San Francisco 23 Green Bay 23 LA Rams 19 NY Giants 29 Seattle 20 Dallas 20 Pittsburgh 17 Kansas City 26 New Orleans 13 Bye: Detroit, Tennessee, Philadelphia and LA Chargers.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 10-72, Irving 9-44, Mayfield 6-42, Godwin 1-2. FALCONS: Robinson 12-61, Allgeier 6-12. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 24-19-180-0-3. FALCONS: Cousins 58-42-509-1-4, Mooney 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 5-64, Evans 5-62, Otton 3-44, White 3-(-6), Irving 2-12, Shepard 1-4. FALCONS: London 12-154, Mooney 9-105, Pitts 7-88, McCloud 6-66, Robinson 3-16, Allgeier 3-13, Hodge 2-67. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: David 1-0. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 2-86, Irving 1-39, Thompson 1-21. FALCONS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Johnson 0-0. FALCONS: Williams 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Hall 2-15, Vea 1-9, Nelson 1-8. FALCONS: Onyemata 1-7.