The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 30-17 on Dec 5, 2021 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Final · Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Top performers
- Tom Brady threw for 368 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Buccaneers.
- Leonard Fournette ran for 44 yards on 13 carries.
- Matt Ryan threw for 297 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Falcons.
- Cordarrelle Patterson ran for 78 yards on 13 carries.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Fournette | 13 | 44 | 0 | 9 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Ronald Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tom Brady | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 16 | 54 | 0 | 9 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 15 | 17 | 143 | 0 | 36 |
| Mike Evans | 7 | 10 | 99 | 0 | 36 |
| Leonard Fournette | 7 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 15 |
| Cameron Brate | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Ronald Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 37 | 293 | 2 | 36 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin White | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| William Gholston | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lavonte David | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Adams | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy-Bunting | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre Desir | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaquil Barrett | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton Davis III | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ross Cockrell | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rakeem Nunez-Roches | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Gill | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Grant Stuard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 71 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Atlanta Falcons box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 13 | 78 | 0 | 39 |
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 17 | 82 | 0 | 39 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Pitts Sr. | 4 | 7 | 48 | 0 | 29 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 3 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 30 |
| Cordarrelle Patterson | 3 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Keith Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 11 | 18 | 110 | 0 | 30 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foyesade Oluokun | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fabian Moreau | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Means | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grady Jarrett | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Copeland | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duron Harmon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr. | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dante Fowler Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 50 | 30 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Buccaneers · 2021 season · Previous Nov 28, 2021: TB 38, IND 31 · Next Dec 12, 2021: BUF 27, TB 33
- Falcons · 2021 season · Previous Nov 28, 2021: ATL 21, JAX 14 · Next Dec 12, 2021: ATL 29, CAR 21