LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Tennessee Titans 42
Opening day was a matchup between the No. 1 overall and the No. 2 overall selections in the 2015 NFL draft.
The pre-game expectations were high, the fan excitement was in the stadium sell-out for Jameis Winston’s debut for Tampa Bay at quarterback, and Marcus Mariota started at quarterback for Titans.
Mariota snagged the headlines for the day, passing for 209 yards and four touchdowns as the Titans defeated the Buccaneers 42-14. Winston's Buccaneer debut was mostly forgetful, as his first pass attempt in the NFL was a "pick 6" interception.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: John Hussey
- UMPIRE: Tony Michalek
- HEAD LINESMAN: Wayne Mackie
- LINE JUDGE: Ron Marinucci
- SIDE JUDGE: Allen Baynes
- FIELD JUDGE: Jimmy Buchanan
- BACK JUDGE: Keith Ferguson
- VIDEO REPLAY OFFICAL: Mike Wimmer
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- TITANS: 13:10-1Q Wright 52 pass from Mariota (Succop kick)
- TITANS: 11:48-1Q Sensabaugh 26 interception return (Succop kick)
- TITANS: 06:49-1Q Sankey 12 pass from Mariota (Succop kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 14:54-2Q Seferian-Jenkins 5 pass from Winston (Brindza kick)
- TITANS: 03:47-2Q Douglas 4 pass from Mariota (Succop kick)
- TITANS: 00:48-2Q Walker 1 pass from Mariota (Succop kick)
- TITANS: 08:02-3Q Sankey 1 run (Succop kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 09:18-4Q Seferian-Jenkins 41 pass from Winston (Brindza kick)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 V. Jackson
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #70 L. Mankins
- C: #62 E. Smith
- RG: #74 A. Marpet
- RT: #78 G. Cherilus
- TE: #87 A. Seferian-Jenkins
- WR: #18 L. Murphy
- QB: #03 J. Winston
- RB: #22 D. Martin
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #94 G. Johnson
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #93 C. McDonald
- RE: #56 J. Smith
- SLB: #51 D. Lansanah
- MLB: #58 K. Alexander
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #21 A. Verner
- CB: #27 J. Banks
- SS: #31 M. Wright
- FS: #30 B. McDougald
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 2 Brindza, 5 Schum, 11 Humphries, 23 Conte, 26 Moore, 28 Jennings, 34 Sims, 36 Swearinger, 37 Tandy, 43 Rainey, 46 Lane, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 52.George, 53 Johnson, 64 Pamphile, 65 Masifilo, 77 McDaniel, 82 Myers, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton, 92 Gholston
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon, 60 Warren
INACTIVE
- 4 Griffin, 13 Evans, 24 Jenkins, 25 James, 66 Kush, 91 Brown, 96 Fatinikun
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 11-52, Winston 6-18, SIms 5-12, Rainey 3-10, Lane 1-0.
- TITANS: TITANS: Sankey 12-74, West 13-41, McCluster 2-8, Mariota 2-6, Mettenberger 3-(-5).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Winston 33-16-210-2-2.
- TITANS: Mariota 16-13-209-0-4.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Seferian-Jenkins 5-110, Jackson 4-51, SIms 2-23, Humphries 2-14, Shepard 1-6, Rainey 1-4, Martin 1-2.
- TITANS: Wright 4-101, Walker 3-43, Douglas 2-24, Fasano 1-18, Hunter 1-11.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- TITANS: Sensabaugh 1-26, Mount 1-8.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Rainey 3-83.
- TITANS: Sankey 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Rainey 2-17.
- TITANS: McCluster 2-14.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Smith 1-13, McCoy 1-11.
- TITANS: Morgan 2-16, Casey 1-8, Blackson 1-5.