The Bucs set a franchise record scoring 55 points in pulling off a stunning upset of the undefeated defending NFC champion Rams in their own stadium. Four Jameis Winston passing touchdowns and a clinching fumble return score negated the 517 yards passing day from Jared Goff. Matt Gay bounced back with a perfect kicking day including a 58-yard fieldgoal, the longest ever kicked by a Buccaneer on the road.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 19-70, Barber 9-19, Ogunbowale 1-0, Winston 1-(-1). RAMS: Gurley 5-16, Brown 5-14, Kupp 1-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Winston 31-28-385-1-4. RAMS: Goff 68-45-517-3-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 12-172, Evans 4-89, Brate 3-36, Howard 3-33, Ogunbowale 3-16, Wilson 1-14, Watson 1-13, Jones 1-12. RAMS: Woods 13-164, Kupp 9-121, Gurley 7-54, Cooks 6-71, Everett 5-44, Higbee 4-41, Reynolds 1-22. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: David 1-26, Whitehead 1-11, Barrett 1-4. RAMS: Peters 1-32. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Logan 2-34. RAMS: Natson 1-22. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. RAMS: Natson 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 1-17, Gholston 1-10. RAMS: Matthews 1-6, Joseph 1-3.
COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Darryl Johnston
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 55 Los Angeles Rams 40 Sunday 29 September 2019 at the Los Angeles Coliseum
SCORING TB 10:53-1Q Barber 3 run (Gay kick) TB 9:57-2Q Godwin 3 pass from Winston (Gay kick) TB 8:28-2Q Godwin 9 pass from Winston (Gay kick) LA 5:34-2Q Gurley 13 run (Zuerlein kick) TB 2:50-2Q Everett 5 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick) TB 0:47-2Q Jones 5 run (Gay kick) LA 0:00-3Q Zuerlein FG58 LA 9:03-3Q Zuerlein FG44 TB 9:03-3Q Gay FG58 TB 14:55-4Q Brate 13 pass from Winston (Gay kick) LA 12:31-4Q Gurley 5 run (Zuerlein kick) TB 11:35-4Q Evans 67 pass from Winston (Gay kick) LA 9:12-4Q Kupp 29 pass from Goff (Zuerlein kick) LA 8:11-4Q Peters 32 interception return (pass failed) TB 2:35-2Q Gay FG21 TB 1:06-4Q Suh 37 fumble return (Gay kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DE 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet DT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DE 92 Gholston RG 65 Cappa LOLB 58 Barrett RT 69 Dotson LILB 98 Nelson TE 82 Auclair RILB 54 David TE 80 Howard ROLB 94 Nassib WR 13 Evans LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 12 Godwin RCB 33 Davis QB 3 Winston SS 34 Edwards RB 25 Barber FS 31 Whitehead PLAYED 8 Pinion, 9 Gay, 10 Miller, 17 Watson, 19 Perriman, 22 Logan, 23 Bucannon, 24 Stewart, 26 Murphy-Bunting, 27 Jones, 36 Stewart, 39 Adams, 44 Ogunbowale, 48 Cichy, 51 Minter, 56 Nunez-Roches, 59 Bond, 71 Watford, 84 Brate, 85 Wilson, 91 Allen, 97 Triner. DID NOT PLAY 4 Griffin, 72 Wells. INACTIVES 35 Dean, 45 White, 53 Harris, 61 Bailey, 70 Hawkins, 79 O’Connor, 88 Hudson.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chris Godwin’s second touchdown of the second quarter put the Bucs ahead 21-0. Mike Evans went deep in the fourth quarter and waltzed into the endzone alone Ndamukong Suh’s fumble return score against his old team sealed the victory