With nothing on the line, this became a repeat of a pre-season game in the second half with every starter on the
bench with their pads off and the roster being emptied as no less than four Bucs made their first playing appearance
for the franchise. The Bucs led 17-10 at the half before the dogs were called off and the rest of the game became a
farce in terms of competitive element. Now it gets serious with the Cowboys waiting in the Wild Card round.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Bernard 7-28, Vaughn 8-26, Thompkins 1-17, White 4-
15.
FALCONS: Allgeier 24-135, Patterson 5-18, Williams 4-12,
Ridder 2-9.
PASSING
BUCS: Brady 17-13-84-0-1, Gabbert 8-6-29-0-1, Trask 9-3-23-
0-0.
FALCONS: Ridder 30-19-224-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 6-55, Thompkins 4-25, Gage 3-15, Vaughn 2-
8, Bernard 2-(-1), Perriman 1-9, Miller 1-8, Rudolph 1-8, Otton
1-5, Fournette 1-4.
FALCONS: London 6-120, Zaccheaus 4-37, Pruitt 3-34,
Patterson 2-1, Darby 1-15, Firkser 1-11, Hesse 1-6, Byd 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
FALCONS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 1-24.
FALCONS: Williams 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 1-12.
FALCONS: Williams 0-0.
SACKS
BUCS: Hicks 1-8.
FALCONS: none.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 Atlanta Falcons 30
Sunday 8 January 2023 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium
GAME SCORING
TB
7-0
9:47-1Q
Rudolph 8 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
ATL
7-7
3:22-1Q
Pruitt 2 pass from Ridder (Yoo kick)
ATL
7-10
0:54-1Q
Yoo FG49
TB
10-10
8:15-2Q
Succop FG41
TB
17-10
1:46-2Q
Gage 3 pass from Gabbert (Succop kick)
ATL
17-13
10:27-3Q
Yoo FG24
ATL
17-20
0:51-3Q
Zaccheaus 3 pass from Ridder (Yoo kick)
ATL
17-27
8:07-4Q
Patterson 2 run (Yoo kick)
ATL
17-30
4:00-4Q
Yoo FG51
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
73 Walton
DL
96 Hicks
LG
60 Leverett
DT
56 Nunez-Roches
C
70 Hainsey
DL
92 Gholston
RG
69 Mason
OLB
98 Nelson
RT
67 Goedecke
ILB
45 White
TE
88 Otton
ILB
54 David
TE
41 Kieft
OLB
9 Tryon-Shoyinka
WR
83 Thompkins
CB
23 Murphy-Bunting
WR
14 Godwin
CB
35 Dean
QB
12 Brady
S
22 Neal
RB
29 White
S
31 Winfield
PLAYED
2 Trask, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 7 Fournette, 8 Rudolph,
10 Miller, 11 Gabbert, 16 Perriman, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn,
25 Bernard, 27 McCollum, 30 Delaney, 37 Chesley, 44
Odenigbo, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 75 Molchon, 77 Skule, 79
O’Connor, 84 Brate, 90 Hall, 95 Senat, 97 Triner.
DID NOT PLAY
13 Evans, 78 Wirfs.
INACTIVES
6 Jones, 24 Davis, 26 Ryan, 32 Edwards, 50 Vea, 76
Smith, 94 Nassib.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 18
Tampa Bay 17 Atlanta 30
Jacksonville 20 Tennessee 16
Kansas City 31 Oakland 13
Buffalo 35 New England 23
Minnesota 29 Chicago 13
Cincinnati 27 Baltimore 16
Houston 32 Indianapolis 31
Miami 11 NY Jets 6
Carolina 10 New Orleans 7
Pittsburgh 28 Cleveland 14
Philadelphia 22 NY Giants 16
Washington 26 Dallas 6
Denver 31 LA Chargers 28
Seattle 19 LA Rams 16
San Francisco 38 Arizona 13
Detroit 20 Green Bay 16
COMMENTARY CREW Alex Amin and Mark Schlereth
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Kyle Rudolph caught his first Buccaneer touchdown to open the scoring
Devin White was on hand to recover a Desmond Ridder fumble in the first half
Blaine Gabbert came into the game in the second quarter and threw a score to Russell Gage