Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 Atlanta Falcons 31 Sunday 28 October 2024 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Atlanta Falcons 5-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-4 New Orleans Saints 2-6 Carolina Panthers 1-7
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Adam Amin and Greg Olsen
Without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, the Buccaneer offense did its best but could not complete a final play Hail Mary that was caught out of bounds and hence were swept by the Falcons in the season series. It was also their fifth straight loss in the throwback orange uniforms. The offense was mainly screens and underneath throws but a failed fake punt and fumble on the first drive proved to be the turning points in the loss.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mauch ILB 54 David RT 67 Goedecke ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton OLB 0 Diaby WR 15 McMillan CB 24 Funderburk WR 10 Palmer CB 27 McCollum WR 81 Miller DB 29 Izien QB 6 Mayfield S 3 Whitehead RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 7 Irving, 16 Gill, 17 Shepard, 18 Jarrett, 21 Isaac, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Triner, 48 Grier, 51 Russell, 70 Hainsey, 77 Skule, 79 Klein, 82 Culp, 87 Durham, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 95 Brewer, 97 Brown, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask INACTIVES 11 Pratt, 13 Evans, 23 Smith, 33 Ramirez, 64 Newman, 96 Gaines
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Cade Otton opened the scoring with the first of his two touchdowns Rachaad White went down the left sideline for another receiving score The safety could so easily have been a defensive touchdown for the Bucs
GAME SCORING ATL 12:52-1Q Pitts 36 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 4:22-1Q Otton 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) TB 10:28-2Q White 18 pass from Mayfield (McLaughli kick) ATL 7:19-2Q Pitts 49 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) ATL 2:09-2Q Mooney 30 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 1:04-2Q McLaughlin FG52 ATL 0:01-2Q Koo FG39 ATL 0:14-3Q Robinson 6 pass from Cousins (Koo kick) TB 12:04-4Q Safety - ball fumbled out of endzone TB 6:52-4Q Otton 4 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick)
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press Bucs try a few tricks, but magic is missing vs. Falcons Bucs had a great game plan. So why did they abandon it? After 2 NFC South losses, yeah, it's time to fret about the Bucs Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 8 Tampa Bay 26 Atlanta 31 LA Rans 30 Minnesota 20 Cleveland 29 Baltimore 24 Detroit 52 Tennessee 14 Houston 23 Indianapolis 20 Green Bay 30 Jacksonville 27 Arizona 28 Miami 27 New England 25 NY Jets 22 Philadelphia 37 Cincinnati 17 LA Chargers 26 New Orleans 8 Buffalo 31 Seattle 10 Washington 18 Chicago 15 Denver 28 Carolina 14 Kansas City 27 Las Vegas 20 San Francisco 30 Dallas 24 Pittsburgh 26 NY Giants 18
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 9-44, White 6-29, McMillan 1-17, Mayfield 3-11, Tucker 2- 3, Thomas 1-(-2). FALCONS: Robinson 12-63, Allgeier 12-33, McCloud 1-17, Cousins 3- 16. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 50-37-330-2-3. FALCONS: Cousins 29-23-276-0-4. RECEIVING BUCS: Otton 9-81, Irving 7-40, White 5-38, McMillan 4-35, Jarrett 3-58, Miller 3-19, Shepard 3-18, Palmer 2-29, Tucker 1-12. FALCONS: Robinson 6-37, Mooney 5-92, Pitts 4-91, London 4-34, McCloud 3-9, Woerner 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Bates 1-0, Terrell 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 1-20. FALCONS: McCloud 2-61. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Palmer 2-31. FALCONS: Williams 1-14. SACKS BUCS: Brewer 2-11. FALCONS: none.