Buccaneers vs. Buffalo Bills

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Buffalo Bills 30

The Buccaneers played a more consistent game, but still came up short in Buffalo.

After scoring early in the third quarter, Buffalo took a 17-6 lead. After another Bills field goal, and two touchdown passes from Jameis Winston to rookie tight-end O. J. Howard, the game was tied, 20-20.

With just over 3 minutes remaining in regulation, another touchdown pass by Winston, this time a diving catch just inbounds by Mike Evans gave the Buccaneers a 27-20 lead. On the next drive, the Bills drove down the field in three plays to tie the game, aided by an ill-timed 15-yard Unnecessary Roughness penalty by Robert McClain. With 2:20 left in the fourth, a pass from Winston to Adam Humphries was fumbled and recovered by the Bills at Tampa Bay 32-yard line.

After running down the clock, the Bills kicked a field goal to win the game. With this loss, the Buccaneers now have lost three straight games, all by less than one score, and sit at 2-4 at the bottom of the NFC South.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
• UMPIRE: Dan Ferrell
• DOWN JUDGE: Hugo Cruz
• LINE JUDGE: Dana McKenzie
• FIELD JUDGE: Joe Larrew
• SIDE JUDGE: Dyrol Prioleau
• BACK JUDGE: Steve Patrick
• REPLAY OFFICIAL: Carl Madsen
• MICROSOFT SURFACE SIDELINE OFFICIAL: not documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 09:44-1Q Murray FG50
• BILLS: 05:45-1Q Hauschka FG25
• BUCCANEERS: 00:22-1Q Murray FG25
• BILLS: 09:26-2Q McCoy 1 run (Hauschka kick)
• BILLS: 11:36-3Q Thomas 22 pass from Taylor (Haushcka kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 07:11-3Q Howard 7 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
• BILLS: 13:31-4Q Hauschka FG52
• BUCCANEERS: 10:08-4Q Howard 33 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 03:14-4Q Evans 12 pass from Winston (Murray kick)
• BILLS: 02:28-4Q McCoy 7 run (Hauschka kick)
• BILLS: 00:14-4Q Hauschka FG30

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #11 D. Jackson
• TE: #80 O. Howard
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #64 K. Pamphile
• C: #74 A. Marpet
• RG: #73 J. Sweezy
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• WR: #10 A. Humphries
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• QB: #03 J. Winston
• RB: #22 D. Martin

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #91 R. Ayers Jr.
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #90 C. Baker
• DE: #57 N. Spence
• SLB: #58 K. Alexander
• WLB: #54 L. David
• DB: #21 J. Evans
• CB: #28 V. Hargeaves III
• CB: #24 B. Grimes
• S: #23 C. Conte
• S: #36 R. McClain

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 12 Godwin, 18 Reedy, 25 Barber, 29 Smith, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 43 Ward, 51 Beckwith, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 84 Brate, 88 Stocker, 94 Clarke, 98 McDonald.

DID NOT PLAY

• 14 Fitzpatrick

INACTIVE

• 26 Robinson, 39 Johnson, 68 Hawley, 77 Benenoch, 82 Auclair, 95 Russell, 96 Siliga.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Maritn 20-49, Reedy 1-10, Sims 2-8, Rodgers 1-2, Winston 1-0.
• BILLS: McCoy 23-91, Taylor 6-53, Tolbert 3-29, Thompson 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Winston 44-32-384-1-3.
• BILLS: Taylor 33-20-268-0-1.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Evans 7-88, Howard 6-98, Brate 6-60, Jackson 5-73, Martin 2-31, Humphries 2-13, Sims 2-7, Rodgers 1-9, Godwin 1-5.
• BILLS: McCoy 5-31, Thompson 4-107, O’Leary 2-58, Z,Jones 2-17, Holmes 2-11, Matthews 2-10, Thomas 2-22, T.Jones 1-11, Tolbert 1-1.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BILLS: Milano 1-15.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none.
• BILLS: Tate 2-49.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Reedy 1-0.
• BILLS: none.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Ayers 1-7.
• BILLS: Davis 1-6.

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