LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 St. Louis Rams 28
Josh Freeman threw for 372 yards, one touchdown, and four interceptions. Doug Martin rushed for 62 yards. Connor Barth scored two field goals throughout the game. Barth scored from 29 and 49 yards.
Mike Williams scored the only touchdown in the third quarter in which he caught a pass for 61 yards. Mike Williams and Vicent Jackson both had 100 receiving yards throughout the game.
On defense, Lavonte David led the team in tackles with 9 total tackles. Leonard Johnson forced a fumble. Danny Grorer had an interception. The Tampa Bay defense held the Rams offense to only 89 total rushing yards.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Scott Green
- UMPIRE: Bruce Stritesky
- HEAD LINESMAN: Tom Stabile
- LINE JUDGE: Darryll Lewis
- BACK JUDGE: Scott Helverson
- FIELD JUDGE: Boris Cheek
- SIDE JUDGE: Larry Rose
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Carl Madsen
- VIDEO OPERATOR: NOT DOCUMENTED
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 5:22-1Q Barth FG29
- RAMS: 11:46-2Q Jenkins 41 interception return (Zuerlein kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 5:56-2Q Barth FG49
- RAMS: 0:32-2Q Jackson 5 run (Zuerlein kick)
- RAMS: 14:46-3Q Kendricks 80 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick)
- RAMS: 10:47-3Q Pettis 5 pass from Bradford (Zuerlein kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 8:50-3Q Williams 61 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 V. Jackson
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #76 J. Zuttah
- C: #62 T. Larsen
- RG: #79 J. Meredith
- RT: #69 D. Dotson
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #22 D. Martin
- TE: #82 N. Byham
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- RE: #54 L. David
- SLB: #57 A. Hayward
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- CB: #43 A. Black
- LCB: #31 E. Biggers
- RCB: #29 L. Johnson
- SS: #24 M. Barron
- FS: #20 R. Barber
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 26 Gaitor, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 33 McDonald, 36 Gorrer, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 44 Clark, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 51 Cutrera, 53 Goode, 56 Watson, 74 Wallace, 78 Levingston, 91 Bowers, 92 White, 95 Gibson
DID NOT PLAY
- 6 Orlovsky
INACTIVE
- 30 L.Lewis, 34 Smith, 73 Allen, 80 Owusu, 89 Douglas, 96 Irvin, 97 Masiflio
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 18-62, Freeman 4-18.
- RAMS: Jackson 19-81, Richardson 5-9, Pead 1-0, Bradford 2-(-1).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 54-30-372-4-1.
- RAMS: Bradford 27-13-196-1-2.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Williams 7-132, Jackson 7-108, Martin 7-57, Clark 4-33, Stocker 2-16, Lorig 2-8, Underwood 1-18.
- RAMS: Kendricks 4-119, Givens 3-38, Gibson 2-33, Amendola 2-5, Pettis 1-5, Jackson 1-(-4).
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Gorrer 1-0.
- RAMS: Jenkins 1-41, Sims 1-5, Laurinitis 1-0, Johnson 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- RAMS: Givens 2-39.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parrish 3-7.
- RAMS: Givens 0-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- RAMS: Hayes 2-4, Mikell 1-8, Long 1-6, Langford 1-5.