Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Cincinnati Bengals 21 Sunday 10 October 2010 at Riverfront Stadium
SCORING CIN 4:09-1Q Owens 43 pass from Palmer (Nugent kick) TB 14:32-2Q Grimm 11 interception return (Barth kick) CIN 0:33-2Q Nugent FG31 TB 5:28-3Q Graham 1 run (Barth kick) CIN 1:29-3Q Nugent FG35 CIN 12:12-4Q Gresham 1 pass from Palmer (Benson run) TB 1:26-4Q M.Williams 20 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) TB 0:01-4Q Barth FG31
One of the most dramatic comeback wins in team history as Josh Freeman threw a 20-yard scoring pass to Mike Williams to tie the scores and then Connor Barth won it with one second remaining after the defense forced a turnover and Micheal Spurlock made a key reception to set up the winning fieldgoal. "This is the NFL,'' Spurlock said. "It's all about perseverance.''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Graham 3-65, C.Williams 11-33, Freeman 3-20, Huggins 1-4, Blount 4-3. BENGALS: Benson 23-144, Scott 2-4, Palmer 1-3, Leonard 2-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Freeman 33-20-280-1-1, Johnson 2-2-4-0-0. BENGALS: Palmer 36-21-209-3-2. RECEIVING BUCS: M.Williams 7-99, Winslow 6-75, Stroughter 3-39, Spurlock 3-35, Benn 2-25, Gilmore 1-11. BENGALS: Owens 7-102, Caldwell 4-33, Gresham 4-24, Ochocinco 3-20, Benson 2-19, Leonard 1-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Piscitelli 1-31, Grimm 1-11, Talib 1-0. BENGALS: Joseph 1-11. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 4-80. BENGALS: Scott 3-48, Hall 1-30, Jones 1-24. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Spurlock 2-17. BENGALS: Jones 2-27. SACKS BUCS: none. BENGALS: Crocker 2-8, Maualuga 1-10.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 94 Moore LG 68 Vincent DT 93 McCoy C 52 Faine DT 90 Miller RG 75 Joseph DE 91 White RT 65 Trueblood WLB 54 Hayes TE 82 WInslow MLB 51 Ruud TE 88 Gilmore DB 31 Biggers WR 17 Benn LCB 25 Talib WR 19 Williams RCB 20 Barber RB 24 Williams SS 26 Jones QB 5 Freeman FS 35 Grimm PLAYED 9 Bryan, 10 Barth, 11 J Johnson, 18 Stroughter, 21 Piscitelli, 27 Blount, 32 Huggins, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Koutouvides, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 71 Bennett, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 81 Spurlock, 86 Stevens, 92 Price, 96 Crowder INACTIVE 12 Carpenter, 23 Lewis, 28 Lumpkin, 45 Pressley, 62 Larsen, 85 Stovall, 87 Parker, 98 Sims
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and Brian Billick