Buccaneers vs. Atlanta Falcons 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Atlanta Falcons 13
Tampa Bay led Atlanta 16–13 with 1:49 remaining. The Buccaneers faced 4th down & 1 at the Atlanta 44-yard line. The Falcons had no timeouts remaining, and were looking to get the ball back for one last drive. Josh Freeman and the Buccaneers lined up for the fourth down play, and the Falcons flinched on the hard count. The Falcons were penalized 5 yards for Offsides, the Buccaneers received a first down, and were able to run the clock out the secure the victory.
Tampa Bay snapped a 5-game losing streak to their division rivals, and coach Raheem Morris won his first game against the Falcons.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Clete Blakeman
- UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
- LINE JUDGE: Jeff Seeman
- SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
- BACK JUDGE: Terrence Miles
- FIELD JUDGE: Buddy Horton
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Jeff Hefferman
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- FALCONS: 6:23-1Q Turner 5 run (Bryant kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 0:25-1Q Blount 6 run (Barth kick)
- FALCONS: 4:37-2Q Mughelli 17 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 0:15-2Q M.Williams 1 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 11:34-3Q Barth FG33
- BUCCANEERS: 10:24-4Q Gilmore 2 pass from Graham (Barth kick)
- FALCONS: 10:03-4Q Weems 102 return (Bryant kick)
- FALCONS: 4:31-4Q Jenkins 9 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #76 J. Zuttah
- C: #52 J. Faine
- RG: #75 D. Joseph
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #82 K. Winslow
- WR: #17 A. Benn
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #27 L. Blount
- TE: #88 L Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #92 B. Price
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- SLB: #56 D. Watson
- MLB: #59 G. M. Foster
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- LCB: #25 A. Talib
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #35 C. Grimm
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 23 Lewis, 28 Lumpkin, 30 Holland, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 34 Graham , 41 Lynch, 44 Lorig, 46 Yount, 53 Diles, 57 Hayward, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe, 90 Miller, 91 Bowers, 96 Crowder, 98 Okam
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Johnson
INACTIVE
- 18 Stroughter, 21 Bradford, 22 Asante, 24 Gaitor, 58 Black, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Blount 24-81, Freeman 10-35, Graham 2-(-1).
- FALCONS: Turner 11-20, Ryan 1-12, Rodgers 2-7, Jones 1-(-9).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 32-22-180-2-0.
- FALCONS: Ryan 47-26-330-1-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Graham 7-37, Williams 5-43, Benn 3-19, Stocker 2-33, Winslow 2-20, Blount 1-13, Parker 1-11, Lumpkin 1-4.
- FALCONS: White 9-140, Jones 6-115, Douglas 5-35, Rodgers 2-19, Gonzalez 2-18, Snelling 2-3.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-0.
- FALCONS: Moore 1-27, DeCoud 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 1-24.
- FALCONS: Weems 3-58.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 2-29.
- FALCONS: Weems 2-16.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Clayborn 1-11, Price 1-10, Foster 1-7, Watson 1-7.
- FALCONS: none
