They nearly did it again. A week after blowing a 24-point lead to the Washington Redskins, the Buccaneers at one point led 20-3
in Atlanta yet found themselves in overtime after Matt Ryan tied the scores with 17 seconds left on a touchdown pass to Julio
Jones. Fortunately a long drive to open overtime led to a Connor Barth fieldgoal and the Falcons were unable to convert on a 4th
down play to end the game. The controversial decision to go for a 4th and 1 from the Tampa 40 at the two minute warning left the
Falcons with a short field after the play was stopped. Jameis Winston had another excellent game, running for one score and
passing for another in spite of being depleted once more at the receiver position through injuries.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Atlanta Falcons 20
Sunday 1 November 2015 at the Georgia Dome
SCORING
ATL
7:54-1Q
Bryant FG21
TB
2:03-1Q
Barth FG38
TB
3:32-2Q
Barth FG23
TB
0:30-2Q
Brate 20 pass from Winston (Barth kick)
TB
6:06-3Q
Winston 4 run (Brate kick)
ATL
0:15-3Q
Tamme 7 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
ATL
4:56-4Q
Bryant FG24
ATL
0:17-4Q
Jones 8 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
TB
7:52-OT
Barth FG31
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 23-71, Winston 3-24, Sims 6-22.
FALCONS: Freeman 21-88, Coleman 3-11, Ryan 3-2.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 29-16-177-0-1.
FALCONS: Ryan 45-37-397-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 3-48, Myers 3-32, Sims 3-24, Humphries 3-14,
Brate 2-48, Martin 1-7, Dye 1-4.
FALCONS: Jones 12-162, Tamme 10-103, Freeman 6-43, White
2-24, Hardy 2-21, Weems 1-11, Coleman 1-10, DiMarco 1-8,
Ward 1-8, Toiolo 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Alexander 1-15.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: Weems 2-58.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: Weems 2-23.
SACKS
BUCS: Jones 1-2.
FALCONS: Schofield 1-4, Allen 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
92 Gholston
LG
70 Mankins
DT
93 McCoy
C
68 Hawley
DT
97 Spence
RG
74 Marpet
RDE
56 Smith
RT
78 Cherilus
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
88 Stocker
WLB
54 David
WR
17 Dye
SLB
51 Lansanah
WR
13 Evans
LCB
27 Banks
QB
3 Winston
RCB
24 Jenkins
FB
46 Lane
SS
23 Conte
RB
22 Martin
FS
30 McDougald
PLAYED
5 Schum, 10 Barth, 11 Humphries, 21 Verner, 26 Moore, 31
Wright, 34 Sims, 36 Swearinger, 37 Tandy, 38 Adjei-Barimah,
43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 52 George, 64
Pamphile, 82 Myers, 84 Brate, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton, 91
Shirley, 94 Johnson, 95 Jones.
DID NOT PLAY
8 Glennon, 62 Smith
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 28 Jennings, 31 Wright, 77 McDaniel, 83 Jackson, 87
Seferian-Jenkins, 98 McDonald
COMMENTARY CREW
Justin Kutcher and Charles Davis
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Kwon Alexander with an amazing strip and fumble return in the first quarter
Cameron Brate scores on a 20-yard pass from Jameis Winston
The final play of the game - the pass falls incomplete and the Bucs win