Just as well Jeff Carlson threw a TD pass to Lawrence Dawsey late in the game or else this loss would have been really embarrassing. Andre Rison caught three TD passes and the Falcon back-ups were all in the game by the second half after the Bucs conceeded 33 points in the second quarter alone.

GAME SCORING ATL 14:50-2Q Johnson FG31 ATL 7:06-2Q Broussard 5 run (Johnson kick) ATL 6:45-2Q Safety – G.Anderson tackled in the endzone ATL 5:49-2Q Rison 39 pass from Miller (Johnson kick) ATL 0:50-2Q Rison 12 pass from Miller (Johnson kick) ATL 0:07-2Q Rison 15 pass from Miller (Johnson kick) ATL 0:00-3Q Johnson FG49 ATL 7:23-4Q Barnett 75 fumble return (Johnson kick) TB 4:47-4Q Dawsey 4 pass from Carlson (Christie kick)

GAME REPORTS Click here for Rick Stroud's comments on the game The defense completely loses the plot in Atlanta Click here for the gamebook and play-by-play

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 74 Gruber DE 92 Manley LG 73 McHale DT 79 Davis C 61 Mayberry DT 96 Newton RG 62 Beckles DE 52 McCants RT 72 Taylor LLB 59 Murphy TE 82 Hall MLB 54 Solomon WR 80 Dawsey RLB 51 Thomas WR 88 Carrier LCB 29 Reynolds TE 89 Anderson RCB 44 C Carter RB 34 Cobb SS 23 M Carter QB 14 Testaverde FS 25 Covington PLAYED 2 Christie, 3 Royals, 7 Carlson, 22 Hampton, 24 Jones, 27 Fullington, 32 Highsmith, 33 Frizzell, 36 Hardy, 40 Anderson, 56 Anno, 57 Chamblee, 58 Tiggle, 64 Ryan, 66 Hall, 70 McRae,76 Dill, 79 Davis, 85 Anthony, 87 Drewrey, 89 Anderson DID NOT PLAY 69 Bruhin INACTIVE 4 O'Hara, 86 Thomas

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Cobb 11-20, Testaverde 2-19, Carlson 1-6, Wilson 1-2, Anderson 1-(-5). FALCONS: Broussard 10-57, Pegram 12-29, Rozier 8-27, Miller 1-19. PASSING BUCS: Testaverde 16-6-71-2-0, Carlson 15-11-164-0-1. FALCONS: Miller 23-14-212-0-3, Toliver 2-1-24-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Carrier 6-104, Dawsey 6-84, Anthony 1-12, Hall 1-12, G Anderson 1-11, Wilson 1-8, Cobb 1-4. FALCONS: Rison 6-89, Haynes 3-54, Phillips 2-46, Pritchard 2-26, Thomas 2-21. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Sanders 2-37. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 6-113, G.Anderson 1-13, Wilson 1-11. FALCONS: Jordan 1-24, Pegram 1-9. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Drewrey 0-0. FALCONS: Jordan 3-30. SACKS BUCS: Thomas 1-10. FALCONS: Gardner 1-11, Jordan 1-4, Barnett 1-3, Conner 0.5-5, Green 0.5-5.