Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 New England Patriots 23 Sunday 22 September 2013 at Gillette Stadium

SCORING TB 1:47-1Q Lindell FG30 NE 7:31-2Q Thompkins 16 pass from Brady (Gostowski kick) NE 0:47-2Q Thompkins 5 pass from Brady (Gostowski kick) NE 0:00-2Q Gostowski FG54 NE 3:38-3Q Gostowski FG46 NE 8:19-4Q Gostowski FG33

What turned out to be Josh Freeman’s final game with the Buccaneers proved to be another damp squib offensively and after an early fieldgoal, the Patriots were always in control of the game. We certainly had our opportunities,’’ Greg Schiano said. “I think we had something like 14 plays in their territory at the beginning of the game and came away with three points.”

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 20-88, James 1-5, Freeman 1-4. PATRIOTS:Blount 14-65, Bolden 3-51, Ridley 11-35, Brady 5-5. PASSING BUCS: Freeman 41-19-236-1-0. PATRIOTS: Brady 36-25-225-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Williams 5-65, Page 3-55, Jackson 3-34, Ogletree 2-35, Martin 2-20, Leonard 1-17, Wright 1-6, Byham 1-3, Lorig 1-1. PATRIOTS: Dobson 7-52, Edelman 7-44, Bolden 5-49, Thompkins 3-41, Hoomanawanui 2-31, Ridley 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Barron 1-0. PATRIOTS: Talib 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. PATRIOTS: Blount 1-24. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Page 1-12. PATRIOTS: Edelman 2-29. SACKS BUCS: Clayborn 1-8, Spence 1-6, Barron 0.5-4.5, David 0.5-4.5. PATRIOTS: Jones 1-4.5, Mayo 1-1, Kelly 0.5-3.5, Ninkovich 0.5-1.

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 70 Penn DE 91 Bowers LG 77 Nicks DT 93 McCoy C 76 Zuttah DT 95 Gibson RG 75 Joseph DE 94 Clayborn RT 69 Dotson WLB 54 David TE 82 Byham DB 43 Black WR 19 Williams DB 27 Banks WR 83 Jackson LCB 24 Revis FB 41 Lorig RCB 29 Johnson RB 22 Martin SS 23 Barron QB 5 Freeman FS 38 Goldson PLAYED 4 Lindell, 9 Koenen, 17 Page, 25 James, 30 Leonard, 33 Carr, 37 Tandy, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 52 Casillas, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 59 Foster, 62 Larsen, 71 Scott, 79 Meredith, 81 Wright, 85 Ogletree, 89 Shepard, 92 Gholston, 97 Spence DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon, 28 Melvin, 86 Noble INACTIVE 6 Orlovsky, 21 Adams, 72 Carimi, 84 Crabtree, 88 Stocker, 90 Landri, 96 Means

GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports from Gilette Stadium Ira Kaufman watches Tom Brady in familiar form Missed chances derail Bucs offense Play-making woes hinder Bucs’ production Sticking together key for winless Bucs Notes and anecdotes from the locker room How the Boston Globe reported on the game Scott Smith's game report The official gamebook including the play-by-play

COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and John Lynch