Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Atlanta Falcons 20
Atlanta turned the ball over four times, twice inside the red zone. The Buccaneers jumped out to a 17-point lead, with 20 points scored off of turnovers. However, Matt Ryan threw a game-tying touchdown pass to Julio Jones with 17 seconds left in regulation to force overtime.
The Buccaneers won the coin toss in overtime, and scored a field goal on their first possession. The Tampa Bay defense held Atlanta to a turnover on downs, securing a 23-20 victory.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Ronald Torbert
- UMPIRE: Carl Paganelli
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
- SIDE JUDGE: Scott Edwards
- FIELD JUDGE: Aaron Santi
- BACK JUDGE: Greg Yette
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Bill Spyksma
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- FALCONS: 7:54-1Q Bryant FG21
- BUCCANEERS: 2:03-1Q Barth FG38
- BUCCANEERS: 3:32-2Q Barth FG23
- BUCCANEERS: 0:30-2Q Brate 20 pass from Winston (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 6:06-3Q Winston 4 run (Brate kick)
- FALCONS: 0:15-3Q Tamme 7 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
- FALCONS: 4:56-4Q Bryant FG24
- FALCONS: 0:17-4Q Jones 8 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 7:52-OT Barth FG31
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #17 D. Dye
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #70 L. Mankins
- C: #68 J. Hawley
- RG: #74 A. Marpet
- RT: #78 G. Cherilus
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- WR: #13 M. Evans
- QB: #03 J. Winston
- RB: #22 D. Martin
- FB: #46 J. LAne
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #92 W. Gholston
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #97 A. Spence
- DE: #56 J. Smith
- SLB: #51 D. Lansanah
- MLB: #58 K. Alexander
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #24 M. Jenkins
- CB: #27 J. Banks
- SS: #23 C. Conte
- FS: #30 B. McDougald
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 5 Schum, 10 Barth, 11 Humphries, 21 Verner, 26 Moore, 31 Wright, 34 Sims, 36 Swearinger, 37 Tandy, 38 Adjei-Barimah, 43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 52 George, 64 Pamphile, 82 Myers, 84 Brate, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton, 91 Shirley, 94 Johnson, 95 Jones.
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon, 62 Smith
INACTIVE
- 4 Griffin, 28 Jennings, 31 Wright, 77 McDaniel, 83 Jackson, 87 Seferian-Jenkins, 98 McDonald
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 23-71, Winston 3-24, Sims 6-22.
- FALCONS: Freeman 21-88, Coleman 3-11, Ryan 3-2.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Winston 29-16-177-0-1.
- FALCONS: Ryan 45-37-397-1-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Evans 3-48, Myers 3-32, Sims 3-24, Humphries 3-14, Brate 2-48, Martin 1-7, Dye 1-4.
- FALCONS: Jones 12-162, Tamme 10-103, Freeman 6-43, White 2-24, Hardy 2-21, Weems 1-11, Coleman 1-10, DiMarco 1-8, Ward 1-8, Toiolo 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Alexander 1-15.
- FALCONS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- FALCONS: Weems 2-58.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- FALCONS: Weems 2-23.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Jones 1-2.
- FALCONS: Schofield 1-4, Allen 1-0
