WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 New York Jets 10
The Buccaneers end their five game losing streak with a win at home against the Jets.
With Jameis Winston out with an injury and Mike Evans out due to a one game suspension earned in the previous game against the Saints, Ryan Fitzpatrick and rookie Chris Godwin got the starts for the Buccaneers.
The only scores came from field goals until the fourth quarter where both teams scored late touchdowns. The Bucs scored first taking a 15-3 lead, then the Jets scored with 38 seconds left, cutting the lead to five points.
A failed Jets onside kick sealed a Bucs win.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Brad Allen
- UMPIRE: Fred Bryan
- DOWN JUDGE: Jim Mello
- LINE JUDGE: Brian Bolinger
- FIELD JUDGE: Tom Hill
- SIDE JUDGE: Jabir Walker
- BACK JUDGE: Shawn Hochuli
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Jim Lapetina
- MICROSOFT SURFACE SIDELINE OFFICIAL: not documented
SCORING
- JETS: 00:54-1Q Murray FG29
- BUCCANEERS: 00:00-2Q Catanzaro FG47
- BUCCANEERS: 10:42-3Q Murray FG49
- BUCCANEERS: 00:29-3Q Murray FG37
- BUCCANEERS: 06:05-4Q Sims 6 pass from Fitzpatrick (run failed)
- BUCCANEERS: 00:28-4Q Anderson 38 pass from McCown (Catanzaro kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #11 D. Jackson
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #64 K. Pamphile
- C: #74 A. Marpet
- RG: #73 J. Sweezy
- RT: #69 D. Dotson
- TE: #80 O. Howard
- QB: #14 R. Fitzpatrick
- RB: #22 D. Martin
- WR: #12 C. Godwin
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #91 R. Ayers Jr.
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 C. Baker
- DE: #56 D. Tapp
- MLB: #58 K. Alexander
- WLB: #54 L. David
- SLB: #51 K. Beckwith
- CB: #29 R. Smith
- CB: #24 B. Grimes
- S: #23 C. Conte
- S: #21 J. Evans
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 16 Martino, 18 Reedy, 25 Barber, 26 Robinson, 28 Hargreaves, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 43 Ward, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 66 Wester, 84 Brate, 94 Clarke, 95 Russell, 98 McDonald.
DID NOT PLAY
- 4 Griffin
INACTIVE
- 3 Winston, 36 McClain, 68 Hawley, 77 Benenoch, 82 Auclair, 92 Gholston, 96 Siliga
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 20-51, Sims 3-20, Rodgers 3-12, Fitzpatrick 3-9, Barber 2-(-2).
- JETS: Powell 10-30, McGuire 8-22, Stewart 1-4.
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Fitzpatrick 34-17-187-1-1.
- JETS: McCown 39-23-262-1-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Jackson 6-82, Godwin 5-68, Sims 3-10, Humphries 2-17, Brate 1-10.
- JETS: Seferian-Jenkins 6-67, Anderson 4-85, McGuire 4-36, Kearse 4-35, Hansen 3-33, Powell 1-6, Stewart 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Grimes 1-28.
- JETS: Roberts 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- JETS: Natson 3-54.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Reedy 3-48.
- JETS: Natson 1-(-2).
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McCoy 2-14, Beckwith 1-8, Clarke 1-8, McDonald 1-7, Tapp 1-6.
- JETS: Williams 1-6.