Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Atlanta Falcons 34

The Buccaneers go 0-3 in the division with a loss to the Falcons. After going down 27-6 in the third quarter, the Buccaneers fought back to cut the lead to 27-20.

After the implosion of the old Falcon Dome eairler in the week #11 Julio Jones decided to blow up the turf in the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium becoming the first receiver ever to gain more than 200 yards against Tampa Bay, almost half of the 516 Falcon total offensive yardage.

Ryan Fitzpatrick led a pair of scoring drives in the second half but the defense inability to pressure Matt Ryan to the wind out of the BuccanersFans in attandance. After a turn over on downs, the Falcons scored again to end the game. With this loss, the Bucs fall to 4-7, equaling their loss total from last season.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jeff Triplette
• UMPIRE: Ruben Fowler
• DOWN JUDGE: David Oliver
• LINE JUDGE: Danny Short
• FIELD JUDGE: Greg Gautreaux
• SIDE JUDGE: Terry Brown
• BACK JUDGE: Brad Freeman
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Michael Chase
• MICROSOFT SURFACE SIDELINE OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:45-1Q Murray FG36
• FALCONS: 03:50-1Q Bryant FG49
• FALCONS: 12:36-2Q Jones 51 pass from Sanu (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 07:26-2Q Jones 25 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 01:36-2Q Murray FG27
• FALCONS: 00:00-2Q Bryant FG36
• FALCONS: 10:04-3Q Coleman 3 run (Bryant kick
• BUCCANEERS: 06:07-3Q Barber 2 run (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 13:47-4Q Barber 1 run (Murray kick)
• FALCONS: 01:53-4Q Coleman 14 run (Bryant kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #11 D. Jackson
• TE: #82 A. Auclair
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #64 K. Pamphile
• C: #74 A. Marpet
• RG: #73 J. Sweezy
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• TE: #80 O. Howard
• QB: #14 R. Fitzpatrick
• RB: #22 D. Martin

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #94 W. Clarke
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 C. Baker
• DE: #92 W. Gholston
• SLB: #51 K. Beckwith
• MLB: #58 K. Alexander
• WLB: #54 L. David
• CB: #36 R. McClain
• CB: #24 B. Grimes
• CB: #29 R. Smith
• S: #43 T. Ward

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 16 Martino, 21 Evans, 23 Conte, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 56 Tapp, 59 Bond, 65 Sanborn, 68 Hawley, 77 Benenoch, 84 Brate, 95 Russell, 98 McDonald.

DID NOT PLAY

• 4 Griffin

INACTIVE

• 3 Winston, 28 Hargreaves, 62 Smith, 66 Wester, 88 Stocker, 91 Ayers, 96 Siliga

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Martin 7-33, Rodgers 8-31, Fitzpatrick 2-20, Barber 5-7,Sims 1-3.
• FALCONS: oleman 19-97, Ward 7-35, Jones 1-15, Ryan 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Fitzpatrick 44-27-283-0-0.
• FALCONS: Ryan 35-26-317-0-1, Sanu 1-1-51-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Jackson 8-60, Evans 6-78, Humphries 4-38, Howard 3-52, Sims 3-26, Godwin 1-17, Rodgers 1-6, Brate 1-6.
• FALCONS: Jones 12-253, Sanu 8-64, Hooper 3-38, Gabriel 3-16, Ward 1-(-3).

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• FALCONS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rodgers 2-43.
• FALCONS: Roberts 5-129.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• FALCONS: Roberts 2-26.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• FALCONS: McKinley 1-4.

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