Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 San Diego Chargers 24 Sunday 11 November 2012 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING SD 13:57-1Q Alexander 80 pass from Rivers (Novak kick) TB 8:57-1Q Clark 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) SD 4:19-1Q Gates 13 pass from Rivers (Novak kick) TB 12:52 -2Q Barth FG40 TB 8:55-2Q Hayward 29 blocked punt return (Barth kick) SD 0:27 -2Q Floyd 3 pass from Rivers (Novak kick) TB 4:07-3Q Underwood 15 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 13:22-4Q Johnson 83 interception return (Barth kick) SD 7:02 -4Q Novak FG34 TB 1:07-4Q Barth FG45
Defense and special teams scores were keys to a third consecutive victory. Adam Hayward had a blocked punt return score and Leonard Johnson added a 83-yard interception return to put the Bucs out of range early in the fourth quarter. "We didn't quite have our fastball today," said Greg Schiano, whose team became only the fifth in franchise history to score touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams in the same game.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 19-68, Freeman 1-4, Blount 1-3, Ware 1-(-1). CHARGERS: Mathews 17-54, Battle 1-21, Brown 4-18, McClain 2-5, Rivers 2-5. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 20-14-210-0-2. CHARGERS: Rivers 37-29-337-2-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 5-59, Martin 3-51, Williams 2-64, Underwood 2-22, Stocker 1-11, Clark 1-3. CHARGERS: Floyd 6-63, Alexander 5-134, Mathews 5-22, Gates 4-57, Royal 3-36, Brown 3-6, Rosario 1-11, Meachem 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Johnson 1-83, L.Lewis 1-0. CHARGERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Lewis 1-10. CHARGERS: Brinkley 2-51. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Parrish 1-5. CHARGERS: Royal 1-11. SACKS BUCS: Te'0-Nesheim 1-10, Foster 1-4. CHARGERS: Butler 1-5.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 93 McCoy C 62 Larsen DT 90 Miller RG 79 Meredith DE 50 Te’o-Nesheim RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 82 Byham MLB 59 Foster WR 19 Williams SLB 58 Black WR 83 Jackson LCB 31 Biggers FB 41 Lorig RCB 21 Wright RB 22 Martin SS 24 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 20 Barber PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 30 Lewis, 37 Tandy, 43 Black, 44 Clark, 48 Economos, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 65 Trueblood, 74 Wallace, 80 Owusu, 88 Stocker, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 98 Morgan DID NOT PLAY 6 Orlovsky INACTIVE 17 Benn, 34 Smith, 35 Grimm, 36 Gorrer, 51 Cutrera, 53 Goode, 73 Allen
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Harlan and Solomon Wilcots