Week 15, 2024

played in Tampa Bay, FL

65 degrees, fair, 9 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	7	3	0	13	-	23
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	6	10	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:18 ATL - Jonathan Snyder 3 pass from Julio McElroy (Ellis Godfrey extra point)
2Q: 12:58 TBY - Calvin Gifford 22 field goal
2Q: 09:47 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 26 field goal
2Q: 03:23 TBY - Calvin Gifford 18 field goal
3Q: 05:04 TBY - Calvin Gifford 24 field goal
3Q: 02:21 TBY - Brandon LaFell 17 pass from Colt McCoy (Calvin Gifford extra point)
4Q: 13:03 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 26 field goal
4Q: 09:51 ATL - Rashard Mendenhall 3 run (Ellis Godfrey extra point)
4Q: 00:24 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 31 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:18 ATL - Jonathan Snyder 3 pass from Julio McElroy (Ellis Godfrey extra point)
2Q: 12:58 TBY - Calvin Gifford 22 field goal
2Q: 09:47 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 26 field goal
2Q: 03:23 TBY - Calvin Gifford 18 field goal
3Q: 05:04 TBY - Calvin Gifford 24 field goal
3Q: 02:21 TBY - Brandon LaFell 17 pass from Colt McCoy (Calvin Gifford extra point)
4Q: 13:03 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 26 field goal
4Q: 09:51 ATL - Rashard Mendenhall 3 run (Ellis Godfrey extra point)
4Q: 00:24 ATL - Ellis Godfrey 31 field goal

Team Statistics ATL TBY
Record 11-3 7-7
First Downs 17 15
- by Rushing 8 4
- by Passing 9 11
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 329 396
- Offensive Plays 59 56
- Yards per Play 5.58 7.07
Net Rushing Yards 153 124
- Rushing Attempts 37 23
- Yards per Rush 4.14 5.39
Net Passing Yards 176 272
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 21 - 13 - 0 33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 184 272
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/8 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 8.00 8.24
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.7 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 7/63 9/53
Punt Returns/Yards 1/20 6/27
Kick Returns/Yards 3/109 4/54
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 1/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 30 OWN 23
Time of Possession 31:15 28:45

Team Statistics	ATL	TBY
Record	11-3	7-7
First Downs	17	15
- by Rushing	8	4
- by Passing	9	11
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	329	396
- Offensive Plays	59	56
- Yards per Play	5.58	7.07
Net Rushing Yards	153	124
- Rushing Attempts	37	23
- Yards per Rush	4.14	5.39
Net Passing Yards	176	272
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	21 - 13 - 0	33 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	184	272
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/8	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	8.00	8.24
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	3/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.7	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	7/63	9/53
Punt Returns/Yards	1/20	6/27
Kick Returns/Yards	3/109	4/54
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	1/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 30	OWN 23
Time of Possession	31:15	28:45

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:48	OWN 20	4	18	Punt
1	10:37	7:26	OWN 3	14	97	Touchdown
1	1:07	1:16	OWN 22	3	-9	Punt
2	12:53	3:14	OPP 46	6	37	Field Goal
2	3:15	2:19	OWN 33	3	8	Punt
3	11:36	2:26	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	4:59	1:53	OWN 18	3	5	Punt
3	2:11	4:15	OWN 32	9	59	Field Goal
4	10:41	0:59	OPP 34	3	34	Touchdown
4	7:16	2:35	OWN 15	6	11	Punt
4	2:27	2:10	OPP 49	6	35	Field Goal

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:12	2:35	OWN 10	5	22	Punt
1	3:11	2:04	OWN 18	3	-1	Punt
2	14:51	1:58	OWN 45	6	50	Field Goal
2	9:39	6:24	OWN 22	10	77	Field Goal
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 24	3	11	Half
3	15:00	3:24	OWN 19	4	45	Punt
3	9:10	4:11	OWN 37	9	56	Field Goal
3	3:06	0:55	OWN 41	2	59	Touchdown
4	12:56	2:15	OWN 11	3	-3	Punt
4	9:10	1:54	OWN 8	3	7	Punt
4	4:41	2:14	OWN 22	7	27	Downs
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 20	1	6	Game

Game MVP: Julio McElroy, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rashard Mendenhall	22	88	4.00	15	1	1
Darrin Strickland	6	19	3.17	16	1	0
Don Owens	5	38	7.60	27	1	0
Jerry Saxon	3	3	1.00	4	0	0
Julio McElroy	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Clifton Millner	12	80	6.67	42	2
Howie Barlow	6	21	3.50	12	1
Colt McCoy	3	10	3.33	6	0
Rufus Nunn	2	13	6.50	11	1

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Julio McElroy	21	13	184	1/8	1	29	0	106.0

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Colt McCoy	33	20	272	0/0	1	45	0	97.0

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Nolan Brooks	5	7	95	19.00	17	26	0
WR Jamie Marx	4	5	51	12.75	28	29	0
TE Billy Duffy	2	2	13	6.50	0	8	0
WR Frank Schneider	1	4	22	22.00	8	22	0
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	1
WR Dez Bryant	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon LaFell	7	10	114	16.29	16	31	1
TE Rob Gronkowski	4	4	31	7.75	8	27	0
RB Clifton Millner	3	5	21	7.00	6	13	0
FB Rufus Nunn	2	2	30	15.00	23	16	0
WR Jeremy Maclin	2	5	67	33.50	7	45	0
WR Greg Ellison	1	4	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Joey Medlock	1	3	1	1.00	0	1	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Jamie Marx	1	0	0	0
Dez Bryant	0	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Daryl Mincy	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Corey Seder	6	281	46.8	42.3	58	1

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kerry Bergman	5	263	52.6	44.6	70	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ellis Godfrey	3/3	0/0	0/0	31	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Calvin Gifford	3/3	0/0	0/0	24	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jamie Marx	1	20	20.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Greg Ellison	6	27	4.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Don Owens	3	109	36.3	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Shergalis	3	35	11.7	0
Joey Medlock	1	19	19.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
CB Jerraud Powers	7	0	15	23
S Butch Dawson	6	0	16	26
CB Kendall Fulkerson	5	1	13	21
OLB Gerald McRath	5	0	9	6
S Tom Zhao	3	3	19	23
S Broderick Stephenson	3	2	15	29
DT Marcus Withers	2	1	15	22
OLB Lamar Penarroya	2	0	14	27
CB Kendrick Rison	2	0	15	21
ILB Scott McKillop	1	2	7	5
ILB Shaun Zeier	1	1	16	27
CB Rondell Shelton	1	1	19	25
DT Marty Reilly	1	0	5	3
DT Corey Peters	1	0	13	17
DE Wayne Maher	1	0	19	20
OLB Dale Harmon	1	0	7	6
DE Jason Lynch	0	1	16	21
DT Randal Tanner	0	1	9	16

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Daryl Mincy	9	3	0.0	32	19
DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	7	2	0.5	26	17
S Reshad Jones	4	3	0.0	28	16
CB Van Alston	4	0	0.0	24	12
OLB Trevor Petry	3	1	0.0	26	11
CB Scotty McGee	3	1	0.0	17	11
DE Winston England	3	0	0.0	30	16
OLB Ross Oxby	3	0	0.0	8	9
DT Kent Vaughn	2	0	0.5	27	18
DT Fili Moala	2	1	0.0	23	14
OLB Kennedy Welshans	2	1	0.0	17	11
DT Rico Turnbull	2	1	0.0	22	10
CB Brent Crawford	2	0	0.0	32	18
S Gus Horn	1	3	0.0	29	18
DE Darnell Cooley	1	1	0.0	19	11
ILB Norman Barone	1	0	0.0	5	3
OLB Bart Krcik	0	1	0.0	6	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jason Lynch	0.0	0	3	0	21
DT Randal Tanner	0.0	0	1	0	16

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kent Vaughn	0.5	1	0	18
DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	0.5	0	0	17
DT Fili Moala	0.0	2	1	14
DE Darnell Cooley	0.0	1	0	11

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Butch Dawson	5	1	26
CB Jerraud Powers	5	0	23
CB Kendall Fulkerson	4	0	21
OLB Dale Harmon	2	0	6
S Broderick Stephenson	1	1	29
OLB Gerald McRath	1	0	6
CB Rondell Shelton	1	0	25
CB Kendrick Rison	1	0	21
OLB Lamar Penarroya	0	1	27
ILB Shaun Zeier	0	1	27

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Daryl Mincy	4	0	19
CB Brent Crawford	3	0	18
DE Winston England	1	0	16
OLB Trevor Petry	1	0	11
OLB Kennedy Welshans	1	0	11
OLB Ross Oxby	1	0	9
CB Scotty McGee	1	0	11
S Reshad Jones	1	0	16
S Jumbo Houston	0	1	5

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Harvey Ancheta	4	6	29	1	19
Keith DiMillo	3	6	37	0	22
Sam Kovarik	3	6	32	0	18
Darrin Strickland	1	5	28	0	12
Mike Pollak	1	3	34	0	18
John Greco	1	1	8	0	3
Tommie McKenna	1	1	3	0	4
Ronald Forbes	0	4	37	0	22
Nolan Brooks	0	3	25	0	12
Teddy Reeve	0	1	5	0	4

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Rex Strickland	2	6	20	26
Chad Rinehart	1	4	18	33
Gene Forbes	1	4	21	33
Norm Battle	1	3	20	30
Jack Sughroue	0	1	21	32
Rufus Nunn	0	1	11	19
Bo Lehmann	0	1	5	7

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Billy Duffy	3	19
Butch Dawson	2	21
Frank Schneider	1	16
Dale Harmon	1	13
Don Owens	1	11
Teddy Reeve	1	9
Tom Zhao	1	5

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Jumbo Houston	3	10
Norman Barone	1	15

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ronald Forbes	37	22	---	---	9	68
Keith DiMillo	37	22	---	---	7	66
Butch Dawson	---	---	16	26	21	63
Julio McElroy	37	22	---	---	3	62
Darrin Strickland	28	12	---	---	20	60
Billy Duffy	21	16	---	---	19	56
Rondell Shelton	---	---	19	25	12	56
Shaun Zeier	---	---	16	27	12	55
Mike Pollak	34	18	---	---	---	52
Harvey Ancheta	29	19	---	---	2	50
Sam Kovarik	32	18	---	---	---	50
Jamie Marx	23	16	---	---	10	49
Tom Zhao	---	---	19	23	5	47
Broderick Stephenson	---	---	15	29	3	47
Kendall Fulkerson	---	---	13	21	11	45
Lamar Penarroya	---	---	14	27	4	45
Rashard Mendenhall	27	17	---	---	---	44
Nolan Brooks	25	12	---	---	7	44
Wayne Maher	---	---	19	20	1	40
Marcus Withers	---	---	15	22	3	40
Jerraud Powers	---	---	15	23	1	39
Kendrick Rison	---	---	15	21	3	39
Jason Lynch	---	---	16	21	1	38
Jonathan Snyder	21	13	---	---	---	34
Corey Peters	---	---	13	17	3	33
Frank Schneider	8	7	---	---	16	31
Jerry Saxon	4	0	---	---	25	29
Dez Bryant	17	11	---	---	---	28
Randal Tanner	---	---	9	16	1	26
Dale Harmon	---	---	7	6	13	26
Dwayne Compton	---	---	7	12	6	25
Gerald McRath	---	---	9	6	9	24
Don Owens	6	4	---	---	11	21
Marco Brock	5	2	---	---	14	21
John Greco	8	3	---	---	9	20
Kelvin Kinney	---	---	4	13	3	20
Scott McKillop	---	---	7	5	6	18
Teddy Reeve	5	4	---	---	9	18
Tommie McKenna	3	4	---	---	9	16
Marty Reilly	---	---	5	3	5	13
Corey Seder	0	0	---	---	6	6
T.J. Greenberg	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ellis Godfrey	0	0	---	---	3	3
Will Stock	0	0	---	---	---	0
Paul Gordon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Myron Herrlich	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Chad Rinehart	18	33	---	---	8	59
Norm Battle	20	30	---	---	6	56
Daryl Mincy	---	---	32	19	5	56
Colt McCoy	23	33	---	---	---	56
Jack Sughroue	21	32	---	---	1	54
Gene Forbes	21	33	---	---	---	54
Brent Crawford	---	---	32	18	3	53
Rob Gronkowski	19	22	---	---	11	52
Gus Horn	---	---	29	18	4	51
Trevor Petry	---	---	26	11	13	50
Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	---	---	26	17	7	50
Kent Vaughn	---	---	27	18	4	49
Van Alston	---	---	24	12	13	49
Winston England	---	---	30	16	2	48
Rufus Nunn	11	19	---	---	17	47
Reshad Jones	---	---	28	16	3	47
Rex Strickland	20	26	---	---	---	46
Brandon LaFell	14	23	---	---	7	44
Joey Medlock	14	19	---	---	11	44
Clifton Millner	14	27	---	---	---	41
Greg Ellison	11	12	---	---	17	40
Fili Moala	---	---	23	14	2	39
Howie Barlow	9	6	---	---	24	39
Jeremy Maclin	14	23	---	---	1	38
Vinny Forbes	---	---	17	12	7	36
Rico Turnbull	---	---	22	10	2	34
Darnell Cooley	---	---	19	11	3	33
Kennedy Welshans	---	---	17	11	5	33
Winfred Gilmore	4	11	---	---	16	31
Scotty McGee	---	---	17	11	2	30
Calvin Vila	---	---	10	8	10	28
Jumbo Houston	---	---	9	5	10	24
Ross Oxby	---	---	8	9	6	23
Norman Barone	---	---	5	3	15	23
Tracy Shergalis	5	3	---	---	14	22
Bo Lehmann	5	7	---	---	8	20
Bart Krcik	---	---	6	3	6	15
Zach Foley	3	3	---	---	8	14
Tommy Christen	2	1	---	---	8	11
Calvin Gifford	0	0	---	---	8	8
Scottie Brodbelt	5	0	---	---	1	6
Burt Austin	---	---	0	0	6	6
C.J. Lowe	---	---	0	0	6	6
Kerry Bergman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Raymond Burgess	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dennis Jessie	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	73	7.3
Middle	19	51	2.7
Right	8	29	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	20	3.3
Middle	11	25	2.3
Right	6	79	13.2
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Julio McElroy	21	13	5	2	1	1	4	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Colt McCoy	33	20	6	2	3	4	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	5	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	81	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	4	1	22	5.5
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	76	15.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	28	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	5	38	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	2	12	1.5
Long (19+ Yds)	9	7	194	21.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Nolan Brooks	7	5	0	95	3	12
WR Jamie Marx	5	4	1	51	1	16
WR Frank Schneider	4	1	0	22	1	7
TE Billy Duffy	2	2	0	13	0	16
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	1	0	3	0	13
WR Dez Bryant	1	0	0	0	0	11

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon LaFell	10	7	2	114	3	23
WR Jeremy Maclin	5	2	1	67	2	23
RB Clifton Millner	5	3	0	21	0	27
WR Greg Ellison	4	1	0	8	0	12
TE Rob Gronkowski	4	4	0	31	1	22
WR Joey Medlock	3	1	0	1	0	19
FB Rufus Nunn	2	2	0	30	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rashard Mendenhall	7	9	1.29	4.00
Darrin Strickland	2	0	0.00	3.17
Don Owens	1	9	9.00	7.60

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Clifton Millner	2	2	1.00	6.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Julio McElroy	3	1	3	1.00	8.76

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Colt McCoy	9	5	32	3.56	8.24

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	1	3	1.50	1.50
TE Nolan Brooks	1	0	0	0.00	13.57

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brandon LaFell	3	2	19	6.33	11.40
RB Clifton Millner	2	0	0	0.00	4.20
WR Jeremy Maclin	1	0	0	0.00	13.40
WR Greg Ellison	1	1	8	8.00	2.00
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	4	4.00	7.75
WR Joey Medlock	1	1	1	1.00	0.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Rashard Mendenhall	3	1
Don Owens	2	1
Julio McElroy	1	0
Jerry Saxon	1	0
Darrin Strickland	1	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Colt McCoy	2	0
Howie Barlow	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Julio McElroy	4	2	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Colt McCoy	8	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jamie Marx	1	1	0
WR Dez Bryant	1	0	0
TE Nolan Brooks	1	1	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Greg Ellison	3	1	1
WR Brandon LaFell	2	2	1
FB Rufus Nunn	1	1	1
WR Jeremy Maclin	1	0	0
WR Joey Medlock	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 46,200 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (17,700)
End Zone 9,500 (12,700)
Mezzanine 4,900 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 7,200 (11,200)
Club Seats 7,900 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,100 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	46,200 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (17,700)
End Zone	9,500 (12,700)
Mezzanine	4,900 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	7,200 (11,200)
Club Seats	7,900 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,100 (4,800)