Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 New York Giants 23 Sunday 1 October 2017 at Raymond James Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber and Tiki Barber
GAME SCORING TB 7:47-1Q Evans 6 pass from Winston (Folk kick) TB 3:00-1Q Howard 58 pass from Winston (kick failed) NYG 7:17-2Q Rosas FG30 NYG 3:17-2Q Manning 14 run (Rosas kick) TB 0:32-2Q Folk FG20 NYG 4:19-3Q Gallman 4 pass from Manning (Rosas kick) TB 7:44-4Q Brate 14 pass from Winston (pass failed) NYG 3:16-4Q Ellison 2 pass from Manning (pass failed) TB 0:00-4Q Folk FG34
This was a wild one with the lead changing hands three times in the final quarter but the Bucs came out on top when Nick Folk’s field-goal squeezed inside the left upright as time expired. Jameis Winston had three touchdown passes and led the game-winning drive inside the final three minutes. Folk had earlier missed two fieldgoals and an extra point but came through when necessary to send the Bucs to 2-1 on the season.
GAME REPORTS The Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Stroud reports on a nail-biting victory over the Giants Tom Jones is fully behind the coaching decision to put the game on Nick Folk Greg Auman’s notes column How Roy Cummings saw the game unfold for Florida Football Insiders DeSean Jackson was not happy after the game More on Nick Folk’s up-and-down day Scott Smith’s game report The play-by-play and NFL Gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 91 Ayers LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 74 Marpet DT 90 Baker RG 73 Sweezy RDE 92 Gholston RT 69 Dotson MLB 59 Bond TE 80 Howard WLB 51 Beckwith TE 88 Stocker SLB 53 Glanton TE 84 Brate LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 13 Evans RCB 24 Grimes QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 32 Rodgers FS 37 Tandy PLAYED 2 Folk, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries,11 Jackson, 12 Godwin, 18 Reedy, 21 Evans, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 29 Smith, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 36 McClain, 45 Cross, 52 Lynch, 56 J Smith, 57 Spence, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 77 Benenoch, 94 Clarke, 95 Russell, 98 McDonald DID NOT PLAY 14 Fitzpatrick INACTIVES 43 Ward, 54 David, 58 Alexander, 66 Wester, 68 Hawley, 82 Auclair, 96 Siliga
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Rodgers 16-83, Sims 1-14, Winston 4-12, Barber 2-2. GIANTS: Gallman 11-42, Manning 3-22, Vereen 5-14, Perkins 9-13. PASSING BUCS: Winston 38-22-332-0-3. GIANTS: Manning 49-30-288-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Humphries 6-70, Evans 5-67, Brate 4-80, Howard 2-63, Rodgers 2-25, Jackson 2-20, Sims 1-7. GIANTS: Beckham 7-90, Engram 6-62, Marshall 6-46, Shepard 5-54, Ellison 2-11, Gallman 2-8, Vereen 1-11, Perkins 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. GIANTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Reedy 2-37. GIANTS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reedy 2-16. GIANTS: Harris 0-0. SACKS BUCS: none. GIANTS: Pierre-Paul 0.5-4.5, Rodgers-Cromartie 0.5-4.5.