Regular Season Week 1: Buccaneers at Falcons
September 03, 2051 74° Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Attendance: 50,657 (71%)
Buccaneers 0 3 7 3 3 - 16
Falcons 3 3 0 7 3 - 16
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Falcons: 4-2-BUC 33 (5:52) 9-Charles Morgan 51 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 3 BUC 0
(Qtr 2) Buccaneers: 4-4-ATL 13 (3:08) 2-Rick Leonard 30 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 3 BUC 3
(Qtr 2) Falcons: 4-3-BUC 24 (1:03) 9-Charles Morgan 41 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 6 BUC 3
(Qtr 3) Buccaneers: 1-10-ATL 12 (2:26) 20-Walt Garrison ran for 12 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-Rick Leonard. ATL 6 BUC 10
(Qtr 4) Falcons: 1-2-BUC 2 (8:22) 24-Donnie Freeman ran for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 9-Charles Morgan. ATL 13 BUC 10
(Qtr 4) Buccaneers: 4-4-ATL 24 (2:54) 2-Rick Leonard 41 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 94-John Delacruz was injured on the play. ATL 13 BUC 13
(OT) Falcons: 4-7-BUC 32 (2:55) 9-Charles Morgan 49 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 16 BUC 13
(OT) Buccaneers: 4-5-ATL 29 (0:29) 2-Rick Leonard 46 yard field goal is GOOD. ATL 50-Anthony McKee was injured on the play. ATL 16 BUC 16
Team Statistics
Falcons Buccaneers
First Downs 19 16
- Rushing 8 8
- Passing 11 7
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 300 292
- Offensive Plays 77 64
- Yards Per Play 3.90 4.56
Net Rushing Yards 103 137
- Rushing Attempts 33 32
- Yards Per Rush 3.12 4.28
Net Passing Yards 197 155
- Att/Comp/Int 41 / 26 / 1 31 / 21 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 223 163
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 26 1 / 8
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.48 4.84
- Yards Per Completion 8.58 7.76
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 16 3 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.1 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 4 / 35 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 56 1 / 8
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 69 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 24
Time of Possession 37:38 37:24
Drive Charts
Falcons
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 4:39 OWN 22 8 18 Punt
1 7:19 1:31 OPP 41 3 8 Field Goal
1 4:21 2:34 OWN 27 4 13 Punt
1 0:54 2:20 OWN 45 5 15 Missed FG
2 11:22 2:51 OWN 40 5 11 Punt
2 3:05 2:06 OWN 28 8 49 Field Goal
3 15:00 4:04 OWN 25 8 28 Punt
3 9:24 0:49 OWN 24 3 0 Punt
3 2:21 2:11 OWN 25 4 11 Punt
4 13:33 5:13 OWN 48 9 52 Touchdown
4 2:50 0:59 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
4 0:58 0:47 OWN 36 4 24 Interception
OT 10:00 7:09 OWN 25 10 43 Field Goal
OT 0:25 0:25 OWN 34 3 1 Game
Buccaneers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 7 Punt
1 9:26 2:07 OWN 15 3 5 Punt
1 5:48 1:27 OWN 25 3 8 Punt
1 1:47 0:53 OWN 15 3 -1 Punt
2 13:33 2:12 OWN 48 4 11 Fumble
2 8:31 5:27 OWN 20 9 67 Field Goal
2 0:59 0:59 OWN 25 2 4 Half
3 10:56 1:32 OWN 20 3 4 Punt
3 8:35 6:14 OWN 34 10 66 Touchdown
3 0:10 1:38 OWN 4 3 8 Punt
4 8:20 5:29 OWN 25 9 51 Field Goal
4 1:52 0:53 OWN 31 3 -8 Punt
4 0:12 5:12 OWN 31 2 13 Half
OT 2:51 2:26 OWN 25 8 46 Field Goal
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Falcons
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#38 Moshe Yeager 21 61 2.90 11 3 0
#49 Ernest Couture 8 24 3.00 12 1 0
#31 Christopher Mills 3 16 5.33 11 1 0
#24 Donnie Freeman 1 2 2.00 2 0 1
Buccaneers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#33 Ted Torres 21 85 4.05 12 2 0
#20 Walt Garrison 11 52 4.73 12 4 1
Passing Stats
Falcons
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#4 Dale Oliver 41 26 223 3 / 26 0 31 1 67.43
Buccaneers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#19 Gregory Hill 31 21 163 1 / 8 0 24 0 80.44
Receiving Stats
Falcons
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#89 Aurelio Sharkey 7 50 7.14 9 0
#38 Moshe Yeager 5 47 9.40 19 0
#14 Leonard Montoya 2 45 22.50 31 0
#11 Oscar Hanks 6 40 6.67 11 0
#82 Michael Lindauer 3 26 8.67 13 0
#31 Christopher Mills 2 9 4.50 8 0
#14 James Clark 1 6 6.00 6 0
Buccaneers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#11 Scott Gustafson 5 39 7.80 17 0
#33 Ted Torres 3 36 12.00 24 0
#32 Johnny Kaufman 4 31 7.75 13 0
#80 Mitch Miller 3 23 7.67 10 0
#88 Bubbelin Brookins 3 13 4.33 6 0
#10 Eric Beck 2 12 6.00 7 0
#80 Jeremy Ralston 1 9 9.00 9 0
Blocking Stats
Falcons
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#72 Robin Hurley 56 46 1 3
#64 Robert Flynn 44 34 1 2
#49 Ernest Couture 7 7 1 1
#76 Daniel Pendergrass 52 53 0 3
#62 Billy Freeman 55 36 0 1
#58 Leonard Spaulding 56 46 0 0
#89 Aurelio Sharkey 3 25 0 0
#31 Christopher Mills 17 28 0 6
#14 Leonard Montoya 0 12 0 0
#11 Oscar Hanks 0 10 0 0
#38 Moshe Yeager 14 5 0 0
#82 Michael Lindauer 0 13 0 1
#94 John Delacruz 11 4 0 0
#65 Mark Robinson 12 0 0 0
#67 Walter Barclay 12 0 0 0
#90 Pedro Winters 0 3 0 0
#40 Donald Arreguin 0 4 0 0
#63 Jonathan Coleman 0 2 0 0
#52 Daniel Blake 8 4 0 0
#95 Joesph Conrad 6 6 0 0
#84 Stephen Jenks 0 12 0 1
#53 Stephen McClellan 0 4 0 3
#36 Randy Hernandez 0 4 0 1
#95 Brian Gray 0 4 0 0
#24 Donnie Freeman 0 4 0 0
#50 Anthony McKee 0 1 0 1
#99 Andrew Johnson 0 2 0 0
#14 James Clark 0 2 0 0
#86 Brian Linsey 0 1 0 0
Buccaneers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#55 Rench Turner 43 41 1 3
#61 Anthony Hale 43 44 0 3
#78 Daniel Austin 43 36 0 2
#65 Richard Abner 43 39 0 0
#70 Robert Jones 36 38 0 2
#33 Ted Torres 14 4 0 1
#32 Johnny Kaufman 17 26 0 2
#20 Walt Garrison 3 7 0 0
#72 Andrew Thomas 11 0 0 0
#98 Michael Garcia 6 3 0 0
#63 Lenny Barker 11 0 0 0
#80 Mitch Miller 10 29 0 2
#80 Jeremy Ralston 0 13 0 0
#11 Scott Gustafson 0 18 0 0
#88 Bubbelin Brookins 0 17 0 1
#10 Eric Beck 0 13 0 2
#36 Donnell Watts 0 6 0 0
#85 James Hathaway 0 2 0 0
#13 Chris Jones 0 2 0 0
#92 Jesse Woodbury 0 2 0 0
#53 Randal Thomas 0 1 0 0
#77 Jonathan Williams 0 1 0 0
#59 Alva Smith 0 1 0 0
#51 Jose Martin 0 2 0 0
#25 William Cabral 0 1 0 1
#37 Monte Jackson 0 1 0 0
#57 Ed "Too Tall" Jones 0 1 0 0
#81 Timothy Vanburen 0 1 0 0
Interception Stats
Falcons
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Buccaneers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#59 Alva Smith 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Falcons
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#53 Stephen McClellan 0 0 1 0
#63 Jonathan Coleman 0 1 0 0
Buccaneers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#33 Ted Torres 1 0 0 0
#19 Gregory Hill 1 0 0 0
#20 Walt Garrison 0 1 0 0
Punting
Falcons
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Robert Pipkin 7 332 47.43 40.86 60 3
Buccaneers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#4 James Lesure 7 335 47.86 40.29 52 0
Kicking
Falcons
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#9 Charles Morgan 3 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 2 51 1 / 1
Buccaneers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#2 Rick Leonard 3 / 3 2 / 2 0 / 0 46 1 / 1
Punt Return
Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Michael Lindauer 5 56 11.2 26 0
Buccaneers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#36 Donnell Watts 1 8 8.0 8 0
Kick Return
Falcons
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#82 Michael Lindauer 2 69 34.5 0
Buccaneers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Falcons
Name Tackles Sacks
#32 William Lopez 7 0
#36 Randy Hernandez 6 0
#99 Andrew Johnson 6 0
#52 Daniel Blake 6 0
#53 Stephen McClellan 5 0
#50 Anthony McKee 4 0
#94 John Delacruz 4 0
#41 George Bell 3 0
#43 James Claflin 3 0
#40 Donald Arreguin 3 0
#20 Erik Brown 2 0
#45 Robert Nieves 2 0
#90 Pedro Winters 2 0
#95 Brian Gray 1 1
#89 Aurelio Sharkey 1 0
Buccaneers
Name Tackles Sacks
#25 William Cabral 12 0
#98 Michael Garcia 8 0
#59 Alva Smith 8 0
#37 Monte Jackson 8 0
#46 Arthur Dearing 6 0
#53 Randal Thomas 6 0
#57 Ed "Too Tall" Jones 4 1
#64 Wayne Grady 3 1
#99 Fritz Peterson 2 0
#51 Jose Martin 2 0
#96 Randy Gradishar 1 0
#55 Rench Turner 1 0
#90 William Moreno 1 0
#65 Richard Abner 1 0
#77 Jonathan Williams 1 0
#32 Scott Holton 1 0
#92 Jesse Woodbury 1 1
#42 Richard Bradley 1 0
#95 Brian Totten 1 0
#2 Rick Leonard 1 0