Sunday January 3, 2010 - Atlanta Falcons vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Atlanta Falcons 20

At 44 °F, it was the second-coldest home game in Buccaneers history.

Unfortunately a very disapppinting home loss to the Falcons brought an end to the 3-13 season under first-year head coach Raheem Morris. The Buccaneers were tied at 10-10 midway through the 4th quarter but Matt Ryan’s second touchdown pass of the game put the Falcons ahead for the remaining quarters. "To see how this team stuck together for what we've been through, it's enough for me, “ said Ronde Barber. “We knew he (Raheem Morris) went through some growing pains as a head coach, but we stuck together."

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Cloudy - 44°F. - Humidity 0% - Wind N. 5-10 mph

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Gene Steratore
UMPIRE: Tony Michalek
HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
SIDE JUDGE: Mike Weatherford
BACK JUDGE: Bob Waggoner
FIELD JUDGE: Greg Gautreaux
REPLAY OFFICAL: Paul Weidner
VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

BUCCANEERS: 13:27-1Q Barth FG48
FALCONS: 4:09-2Q Bryant FG36
FALCONS: 0:00-2Q Peelle 2 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
BUCCANEERS: 11:34-4Q Bryant 8 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
FALCONS: 7:18-4Q White 12 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
FALCONS: 1:00-4Q Bryant FG36

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #85 M. Stovall
LT: #70 D. Penn
LG: #76 J. Zuttah
C: #52 J. Faine
RG: #75 D. Joseph
RT: #65 J. Trueblood
TE: #82 K. Winslow
WR: #89 A. Bryant
QB: #05 J. Freeman
FB: #45 C. Pressley
RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #96 T. Crowder
DT: #98 R. Sims
DT: #95 C. Hovan
RE: #91 S. White
SLB: #58 Q. Black
MLB: #51 B. Ruud
WLB: #54 G. Hayes
LCB: #25 A. Talib
RCB: #20 R. Barber
SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
FS: #28 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

2 Paulescu, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 29 Roberson, 32 Huggins, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 69 Dotson, 71 Bennett, 74 Murphy, 80 Clayton, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 92 D.Moore, 93 Miller, 94 K.Moore

DID NOT PLAY

11 J Johnson, 61 Compas

INACTIVE

12 Carpenter, 16 Bradley, 19 Urrutia, 28 Ward, 43 Hall, 46 Purvis, 77 Lee, 83 Nunn

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Williams 19-40, Freeman 3-(-2).
FALCONS: Snelling 25-147, Norwood 9-27, Mughelli 2-6, Ryan 1-3.

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Freeman 32-16-174-2-1.
FALCONS: Ryan 35-23-223-2-2.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Winslow 5-56, Williams 4-35, Bryant 2-15, Stovall 1-27, Clayton 1-16, Stevens 1-14, Gilmore 1-9, Pressley 1-2.
FALCONS: White 6-66, Jenkins 4-45, Norwood 4-23, Peelle 3-38, Gonzalez 3-30, Snelling 3-21.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Jackson 1-19 , Piscitelli 1-3.
FALCONS: Owens 1-13, Grimes 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 3-47.
FALCONS: Weems 3-64.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 1-10.
FALCONS: Weems 1-0.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Hayes 1-9.
FALCONS: Davis 1-6.