Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Atlanta Falcons 27
Josh McCown returned as the starting quarterback for Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers led 17-16, but Atlanta scored a go-ahead touchdown early in the fourth quarter and held on for the win. In the final two minutes, Buccaneers drove to the Atlanta 4 yard line, but McCown's pass to Vincent Jackson was tipped and intercepted in the endzone, sealing the game for Atlanta.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
- UMPIRE: Ruben Fowler
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Ron Marinucci
- SIDE JUDGE: Rick Patterson
- FIELD JUDGE: David Meslow
- BACK JUDGE: Steve Patrick
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Richard Reels
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 6:24-1Q Murray FG51
- FALCONS: 0:51-1Q Jackson 1 run (Bryant kick)
- FALCONS: 7:09-2Q Bryant FG37
- BUCCANEERS: 0:46-2Q Evans 22 pass from McCown (Murray kick)
- FALCONS: 0:00-2Q Bryant FG43
- FALCONS: 10:23-3Q Bryant FG44
- BUCCANEERS: 14:18-4Q Seferian-Jenkins 1 pass from McCown (Murray kick)
- FALCONS: 9:18-4Q White 5 pass from Ryan (Douglas pass from Ryan)
- FALCONS: 4:10-4Q Bryant FG33
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 V. Jackson
- LT: #73 A. Collins
- LG: #70 L. Mankins
- C: #62 E. Dietrich-Smith
- RG: #66 P. Omameh
- RT: #69 D. Dotson
- FB: #46 J. Lane
- WR: #13 M. Evans
- QB: #12 J. McCown
- RB: #43 B. Rainey
- TE: #87 A. Seferian-Jenkins
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #92 W. Gholston
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #98 C. McDonald
- RE: #56 J. Smith
- SLB: #51 D. Lansanah
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #26 C. Butler
- CB: #27 J. Banks
- S: #38 D. Goldson
- S: #31 M. Wright
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 18 Murphy, 19 Thigpen, 25 James, 29 Johnson, 30 McDougald, 32 Frey, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 39 Dixon, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 53 Magee, 57 English, 64 Pamphile, 72 Gilkey, 82 Myers, 89 Shepard, 91 Bowers, 96 Fatinikun, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon
INACTIVE
- 10 Herron, 21 Verner, 22 Martin, 71 Edwards, 73 Collins, 88 Stocker, 90 Johnson
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: McCown 5-39, Sims 8-23, James 4-16, Rainey 6-14.
- FALCONS: Jackson 16-81, Freeman 3-16, Ryan 3-9, Smith 4-3, Rodgers 1-1, Hester 1-
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: McCown 43-27-301-2-2.
- FALCONS: Ryan 31-20-219-0-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Jackson 8-75, Evans 7-125, Seferian-Jenkins 5-30, Rainey 4-42, Sims 2-17, Murphy 1-12.
- FALCONS: Jones 8-119, White 6-72, Jackson 2-14, Rodgers 2-11, Hester 1-5, Freeman 1-(-2).
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- FALCONS: Lowery 1-0, Ishmael 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Thigpen 2-50.
- FALCONS: Hester 4-106.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Thigpen 1-53.
- FALCONS: Hester 0-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McDonald 1-7
- FALCONS: Umenyiora 1.5-8, Biermann 1.5-7, Babineaux 1-5.
