Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 San Francisco 49ers 17 Sunday 23 October 2016 at Levi’s Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Ronde Barber
GAME SCORING SF 13:02-1Q Davis 4 run (Dawson kick) SF 0:08-1Q Draughn 17 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick) TB 10:14-2Q Evans 4 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) TB 4:59-2Q Aguayo FG38 TB 0:48-2Q Shepard 19 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) TB 10:57-3Q Aguayo FG37 TB 6:24-3Q Evans 5 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick) SF 8:08-4Q Dawson FG28 TB 4:42-4Q rber 44 run (Aguayo kick)
Despite falling behind 14-0 in the first quarter, the Buccaneers used a strong run game and opportunistic turnovers to roll to a comfortable victory in San Francisco against a bad 49ers team that fell to 1-6 on the season. Jacquizz Rodgers had another massive game meaning the absence of Doug Martin and Charles Sims was not noticed and Mike Evans led from the front for the receiving corps missing Vincent Jackson. The 49ers only offense came on Colin Kaepernick scrambles and an interception and fumble recovery led to Buccaneer points when he did start moving their offense downfield.
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud’s lead story on the game from The Tampa Bay Times Tom Jones wonders if the Bucs are becoming a good team Greg Auman’s notes column leads with Jacquizz Rodgers Scott Smith’s detailed game report Click here for the gamebook and the play-by-play
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 75 Lambert LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 68 Hawley DT 97 Spence RG 74 Marpet RDE 92 Gholston RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 88 Stocker WLB 54 David TE 84 Brate SLB 51 Da Smith WR 13 Evans LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 10 Shorts RCB 24 Grimes QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 32 Rodgers FS 30 McDougald PLAYED 9 Anger, 11 Humphries, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21 Vermer, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 36 A Smith, 37 Tandy, 38 Adjei-Barimeh, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 62 E Smith, 67 Hughes, 78 Cherilus, 82 Myers, 89 Shepard, 95 Jones DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon, 71 Ward INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 22 Martin, 27 Banks, 66 Wester, 77 Benenoch, 91 Ayers, 98 McDonald
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Rodgers 26-154, Barber 12-84, A Smith 1-6, Humphries 1-6, Winston 1-(-1). 49ERS: Kaepernick 9-84, Harris 11-39, Davis 7-21, Draughn 1-16. PASSING BUCS: Winston 30-21-269-1-3. 49ERS: Kaepernick 34-16-143-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-96, Shepard 5-77, Brate 3-29, A Smith 2-41, Humphries 2-17, Rodgers 1-9. 49ERS: Draughn 5-37, Patton 3-13, Harris 2-18, Kerley 2-15, McDonald 1-24, T Smith 1-17, Burbridge 1-15, Celek 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: McDougald 1-0. 49ERS: Hodges 1-21. KICK RETURNS BUCS: R Smith 2-20, Humphries 1-17. 49ERS: Harris 1-18. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 2-15. 49ERS: Burbridge 1-0, Kerley 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Adjei-Barimeh 1-12, Gholston 1-8, N Spence 1-6, McCoy 1-4. 49ERS: Lynch 1-4, Brooks 0.5-0.5, Armstead 0.5-0.5.