Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Atlanta Falcons 45

Atlanta jumped out to a 42–0 lead by the second quarter. Ronde Barber played in his franchise record 225th game, despite suffering an injured hand, for which he sat out the second half. With the loss, Tampa Bay ended the season with ten consecutive losses, finished with a record of 4–12, last in the NFC South, and head coach Raheem Morris was fired the next day.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Scott Green
• UMPIRE: Bruce Stritesky
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Stabile
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Barnes
• SIDE JUDGE: Larry Rose
• FIELD JUDGE: Dyrol Prioleau
• BACK JUDGE: Scott Helverson
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Carl Madsen
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

• FALCONS: 8:12-1Q Rodgers 1 run (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 3:30-1Q Jones 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 4:37-2Q 3:04-1Q Jones 48 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 11:40-2Q Turner 1 run (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 10:43-2Q Lofton 26 interception return (Bryant kick)
• FALCONS: 6:49-2Q Turner 81 run (Bryant kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 2:04-2Q Briscoe 2 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 4:19-3Q Barth FG41
• BUCCANEERS: 3:32-3Q Mack 40 interception return (Winslow pass from Freeman)
• BUCCANEERS: 11:13-4Q Briscoe 5 pass from Freeman (run failed)
• FALCONS: 3:59-4Q Bryant FG20

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #52 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #77 J. Lee
• TE: #82 K. Winslow
• WR: #89 D. Briscoe
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• RB: #27 L. Blount
• TE: #69 D. Dotson

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #91 D. Bowers
• DT: #90 R. Miller
• DT: #98 F. Okam
• RE: #94 A. Clayborn
• MLB: #59 G. M. Foster
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• LCB: #31 E. Biggers
• LB: #58 Q. Black
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #36 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Johnson, 22 Asante, 23 Lewis, 28 Lumpkin, 32 Madu, 33 Mack, 41 Lynch, 43 Black, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Reed , 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 71 Bennett, 72 Haye, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 88 Stocker, 92 Price, 95 Haynesworth

DID NOT PLAY

• none

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 17 Benn, 18 Stroughter, 24 Gaitor, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 65 Trueblood, 73 Hardman

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 3-14, Blount 6-12, Johnson 1-5, Madu 2-4, Lumpkin 2-0.
• FALCONS: Turner 17-172, Snelling 9-50, Rodgers 8-24, Jones 1-9, Redman 3-(-4).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 45-31-274-3-2.
• FALCONS: Ryan 9-6-106-0-2, Redman 12-7-71-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Briscoe 8-53, Winslow 7-56, Lumpkin 5-27, Parker 4-74, Madu 3-19, Blount 3-14, Williams 1-31.
• FALCONS: Jones 4-76, White 4-69, Gonzalez 1-8, Weems 1-8, Palmer 1-7, Rodgers 1-5, Snelling 1-4.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Mack 1-40.
• FALCONS: Lofton 1-26, Walls 1-23, Franks 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Parker 2-41, Spurlock 1-12.
• FALCONS: none

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 2-15.
• FALCONS: Weems 1-9.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• FALCONS: Abraham 1-6, Moore 0.5-4.5, Biermann 0.5-4.5.

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