Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 Atlanta Falcons 24 Sunday 25 November 2012 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING ATL 7:38-1Q Bryant FG31 TB 1:12-1Q Martin 1 run (Barth kick) ATL 10:25-2Q Rodgers 5 run (Bryant kick) TB 3:37-2Q Barth FG22 TB 8:37-3Q Barth FG42 ATL 8:26-3Q Jones 80 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick) TB 14:56-4Q Martin 1 run (Barth kick) TB 10:28-4Q Barth FG48 ATL 7:55-4Q Turner 3 run (Bryant kick)
The win streak came to an end in a close-run battle with the Falcons. Matt Ryan’s 80-yard passing strike to Julio Jones was the big play Atlanta needed. Connor Barth’s 56-yard fieldgoal with 3:37 remaining never had a chance and the offense never got the ball back.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 21-50. FALCONS: Rodgers 10-49, Turner 13-17, Ryan 1-13. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 30-19-256-0-0, Williams 1-1-28-0-0. FALCONS: Ryan 32-26-353-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Jackson 5-96, Underwood 5-77, Clark 4-65, Williams 3-28, Martin 2-13, Stocker 1-5. FALCONS: Jones 6-147, Gonzalez 5-62, White 5-57, Snelling 3- 33, Turner 3-13, Rodgers 2-30, Douglas 2-11. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barber 1-28. FALCONS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Lewis 3-63. FALCONS: Rodgers 2-73. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Franks 1-10. SACKS BUCS: Biggers 1-8. FALCONS: Robinson 1-7, Biermann 1-1.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 71 Bennett LG 76 Zuttah DT 93 McCoy C 62 Larsen DT 90 Miller RG 79 Meredith DE 50 Te’o-Nesheim RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 44 Clark MLB 59 Foster WR 19 Williams SLB 57 Hayward WR 83 Jackson LCB 31 Biggers FB 88 Stocker RCB 29 Johnson RB 22 Martin SS 24 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 20 Barber PLAYED 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 30 Lewis, 36 Gorrer, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 43 Black, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 65 Trueblood, 73 Allen, 80 Owusu, 82 Byham, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 98 Morgan DID NOT PLAY 6 Orlovsky INACTIVE 21 Wright, 34 Smith, 35 Grimm, 53 Goode, 74 Wallace, 89 Douglas, 97 Masiflio
COMMENTARY CREW Thom Brennaman and Charles Davis