Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Cleveland Browns 22 Sunday 2 November 2014 at FirstEnergy Stadium
SCORING CLE 5:59-1Q Cundiff FG49 CLE 13:34-2Q Cundiff FG29 TB 8:44-2Q Evans 24 pass from Glennon (Murray kick) TB 2:25-2Q Murray FG40 CLE 0:00-2Q Cundiff FG43 CLE 9:10-3Q West 2 pass from Hoyer (Cundiff kick) TB 2:49-3Q Evans 24 pass from Glennon (Murray kick) CLE 8:59-4Q Gabriel 34 pass from Hoyer (pass failed)
The first half of the season ended at 1-7 and the coach and players began to show their frustration at the way the 2014 campaign was going. “You got to step over some pride, because right now we’re the laughing stock of the NFL” said tackle Demar Dotson. “There has to come a point where you have to take a little pride in what you’re doing. Someone has to make a play and help this team win. It’s been the same stuff every week.’’
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Rainey 19-87, Glennon 3-17, James 4-9. BROWNS: West 15-48, Tate 10-3, Hoyer 3-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Glennon 33-17-260-2-2. BROWNS: Hoyer 34-21-300-2-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 7-124, Jackson 6-86, Murphy 2-13, Rainey 1-34, Seferian-Jenkins 1-3. BROWNS: Gabriel 5-87, Tate 4-29, Austin 3-54, Hawkins 3-34, Benjamin 2-52, Barnidge 2-16, Dray 1-26, West 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Banks 1-18, McDonald 1-3. BROWNS: Whitner 1-54, Gipson 1-12. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thigpen 1-28. BROWNS: Moore 2-46, Gabriel 1-30. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thigpen 0-0. BROWNS: Williams 1-0, Leonhard 0-0. SACKS BUCS: McCoy 2-20, Smith 1-7. BROWNS: Mingo 1-4, Kruger 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 75 Cousins DE 92 Gholston LG 70 Mankins DT 93 McCoy C 62 Dietrich-Smith DT 98 McDonald RG 66 Omameh DE 90 Johnson RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 87 Seferian-Jenkins MLB 59 Foster WR 18 Murphy SLB 51 Lansanah WR 83 Jackson LCB 27 Banks WR 13 Evans RCB 21 Verner RB 43 Rainey SS 31 Wright QB 8 Glennon FS 38 Goldson PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 10 Herron, 19 Thigpen, 25 James, 26 Butler, 29 Johnson, 30 McDougald, 32 Frey, 37 Tandy, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 56 Smith, 57 English, 64 Pamphile, 65 Masifilo, 72 Gilkey, 82 Myers, 88 Stocker, 89 Shepard, 96 Fatinikun, 97 Spence DID NOT PLAY 12 McCown INACTIVE 22 Martin, 34 Sims, 39 Dixon, 53 Magee, 71 Edwards, 73 Collins
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and David Diehl