Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Atlanta Falcons 27 Sunday 9 November 2014 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING TB 6:24-1Q Murray FG51 ATL 0:51-1Q Jackson 1 run (Bryant kick) ATL 7:09-2Q Bryant FG37 TB 0:46-2Q Evans 22 pass from McCown (Murray kick) ATL 0:00-2Q Bryant FG43 ATL 10:23-3Q Bryant FG44 TB 14:18-4Q Seferian-Jenkins 1 pass from McCown (Murray kick) ATL 9:18-4Q White 5 pass from Ryan (Douglas pass from Ryan) ATL 4:10-4Q Bryant FG33
Josh McCown returned to quarterback the Bucs but it made no difference to the result as despite another 300- yard passing game, the Falcons pulled away in the fourth quarter to send Tampa Bay to 1-8. A lack of team discipline was shown when rookie tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins saddled the Bucs with a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after his touchdown with an illegal celebration in the endzone.”
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: McCown 5-39, Sims 8-23, James 4-16, Rainey 6-14. FALCONS: Jackson 16-81, Freeman 3-16, Ryan 3-9, Smith 4- 3, Rodgers 1-1, Hester 1-0. PASSING BUCS: McCown 43-27-301-2-2. FALCONS: Ryan 31-20-219-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 8-75, Evans 7-125, Seferian-Jenkins 5-30, Rainey 4-42, Sims 2-17, Murphy 1-12. FALCONS: Jones 8-119, White 6-72, Jackson 2-14, Rodgers 2-11, Hester 1-5, Freeman 1-(-2). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Lowery 1-0, Ishmael 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thigpen 2-50. FALCONS: Hester 4-106. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thigpen 1-53. FALCONS: Hester 0-0. SACKS BUCS: McDonald 1-7. FALCONS: Umenyiora 1.5-8, Biermann 1.5-7, Babineaux 1-5.
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 56 Smith RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 87 Seferian-Jenkins MLB 59 Foster WR 13 Evans SLB 51 Lansanah WR 83 Jackson LCB 27 Banks FB 46 Lane RCB 26 Butler RB 43 Rainey SS 31 Wright QB 12 McCown FS 38 Goldson PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 18 Murphy, 19 Thigpen, 25 James, 29 Johnson, 30 McDougald, 32 Frey, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 39 Dixon, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 53 Magee, 57 English, 64 Pamphile, 72 Gilkey, 82 Myers, 89 Shepard, 91 Bowers, 96 Fatinikun, 97 Spence DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon INACTIVE 10 Herron, 21 Verner, 22 Martin, 71 Edwards, 73 Collins, 88 Stocker, 90 Johnson
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and David Diehl