The Bucs earned their fourth win of the 2019 season on the back on a great defensive effort that recorded six sacks and its own scoring play whilst the young secondary had its best game of the year Jameis Winston was both good and bad with two early picks but also three touchdown passes including one to DT Vita Vea who lined up as a full back in a short yardage formation. Chris Godwin had his best career performance to date.
COMMENTARY CREW Dick Stockton and Mark Schlereth
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 Atlanta Falcons 22 Sunday 24 November 2019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
SCORING ATL 12:47-1Q Koo FG25 TB 6:45-1Q Godwin 71 pass from Winston (Gay kick) ATL 0:46-1Q Ollison 1 run (Koo kick) TB 7:55-2Q Godwin 1 pass from Winston (kick failed) TB 0:40-2Q Vea 1 pass from Winston (kick failed) TB 10:58-3Q Jones 4 run (kick blocked) ATL 1:40-3Q Koo FG40 TB 12:48-4Q Gay FG32 ATL 8:12-4Q Koo FG38 TB 3:06-4Q Suh 6 fumble return (Gay kick) ATL 1:50-4Q Ridley 21 pass from Schaub (pass failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 12-51, Winston 8-38, Barber 11-32, Ogunbowale 1-12, Logan 1-2, Miller 1-(-2). FALCONS: Ollison 8-20, Ridley 1-15, Hill 9-14, Ryan 1- 8. PASSING BUCS: Winston 28-18-313-2-3. FALCONS: Ryan 46-23-271-1-0, Schaub 9-5-55-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 7-184, Evans 4-50, Jones 3-16, Perriman 1-44, Howard 1-10, Miller 1-8, Vea 1-1. FALCONS: Gage 8-76, Ridley 6-85, Jones 5-68, Hill 3- 13, Blake 2-16, Barner 2-8, Graham 1-53, Ollison 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Davis 1-0. FALCONS: Trufant 1-0, Campbell 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. FALCONS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Logan 2-13. FALCONS: Barner 3-8. SACKS BUCS: White 2-19, Pierre-Paul 1-9, Barrett 1-8, Vea 1- 6, Nassib 1-4. FALCONS: none.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DE 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet DT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen OLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 65 Cappa ILB 54 David RT 69 Dotson ILB 45 White TE 80 Howard OLB 58 Barrett WR 10 Miller DB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans LCB 33 Davis WR 12 Godwin RCB 26 Murphy-Bunting QB 3 Winston SS 39 Adams RB 27 Jones FS 31 Whitehead PLAYED 8 Pinion, 9 Gay, 17 Watson, 19 Perriman, 22 Logan, 24 Stewart, 25 Barber, 29 Smith, 34 Edwards, 44 Ogunbowale, 51 Minter, 52 Dawkins, 56 Nunez-Roches, 71 Watford, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 88 Hudson, 91 Allen, 92 Gholston, 94 Nassib, 96 Acho, 97 Triner. DID NOT PLAY 4 Griffin. INACTIVES 36 Stewart, 37 Wilkins, 41 Daniels, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hawkins, 87 Leggett, 98 Nelson.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chris Godwin’s massive day was highlighted by this 71-yard touchdown reception Vita Vea officially became the heaviest player in NFL history to catch a touchdown pass Ndamukong Suh had his second fumble return touchdown of the season