Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Green Bay Packers 26 Sunday 3 December 2017 at Lambeau Field
SCORING TB 9:52-1Q Brate 28 pass from Winston (Murray kick) GB 2:30-1Q Crosby FG37 GB 7:12-2Q Williams 1 run (Crosby kick) GB 4:17-2Q Lowry 62 fumble return (Crosby kick) TB 0:13-2Q Murray FG36 TB 14:31-4Q Murray FG30 TB 6:02-4Q Brate 11 pass from Winston (Murray kick) GB 2:01-4Q Crosby FG22 GB 5:59-4Q Jones 20 run
This one should have been won. The Bucs dominated in yardage and time of possession but allowed a late drive to tie the scores and then a 70-yard drive in overtime for the Packers to win it. The key play was a fumble on a play where Jameis Winston should have taken a sack that was returned for a touchdown. Winston did throw a pair of TD passes to Cameron Brate but suffered seven sacks and numerous hits.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Barber 23-102, Rodgers 3-25, Winston 5-18, Sims 3-16, Wilson 1-4. PACKERS: Williams 21-113, Hundley 7-66, Jones 1-20. PASSING BUCS: Winston 32-21-270-0-2. PACKERS: Hundley 22-13-84-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Barber 4-41, Humphries 4-33, Brate 2-39, Sims 2-35, Evans 2-33, Jackson 2-24, Godwin 2-24, Howard 1-17, Cross 1- 13, Auclair 1-11. PACKERS: Nelson 5-17, Adams 4-42, Williams 2-10, Kendricks 1- 11, Rodgers 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Evans 1-15. PACKERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Rodgers 1-20. PACKERS: Davis 4-121. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 3-12. PACKERS: Davis 1-2, Whitehead 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Clarke 1.5-7, Baker 0.5-0. PACKERS: Matthews 2.5-10, Clark 2-11, Lowry 1-14, Ryan 1-1, Daniels 0.5-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 95 Russell LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 62 Smith DT 90 Baker RG 73 Sweezy RDE 92 Gholston RT 77 Benenoch MLB 58 Alexander TE 80 Howard WLB 54 David TE 45 Cross CB 36 McClain WR 11 Jackson LCB 24 Grimes WR 13 Evans RCB 29 Smith QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 25 Barber FS 21 Evans PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 16 Martino, 27 Olatuye, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 51 Beckwith, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 85 Wilson, 94 Clarke, 96 Siliga. DID NOT PLAY 4 Griffin, 14 Fitzpatrick, 67 Liedtke, 79 O’Connor. INACTIVES 22 Martin, 26 Robinson, 28 Hargreaves, 43 Ward, 68 Hawley, 91 Ayers, 98 McDonald.
COMMENTARY CREW Tim Brando and Greg Jennings
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud sees another loss for the Bucs in Lambeau Tom Jones now actually feels sorry for the Bucs and their fans How Roy Cummings saw the game unfold for Florida Football Insiders The lack of protection for Jameis WInston was just terrible at times Peyton Barber made a case for regular playing time in the backfield The changes on the offensive line were forced upon Dirk Koetter Scott Smith’s official game report The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Cameron Brate had two touchdowns - here is the first And his second put the Bucs ahead in the fourth quarter Jameis Winston had a fumble returned for a score on a play he should have not allowed to happen