2005 · Week 16
Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Dec 24, 2005 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers held off Atlanta Falcons 27–24. ScoutIndex had favored Buccaneers (58%) going in. Buccaneers improve to 10-5; Falcons fall to 8-7. Chris Simms paced the offense with 285 passing yards and 2 TDs; 2 rushing yards. Buccaneers out-gained the opponent 459–315 in total yards.
Team stats
| ATL | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 | First downs | 29 |
| 315 | Total yards | 459 |
| 161 | Passing yards | 285 |
| 154 | Rushing yards | 174 |
| 16/26 | Comp / Att | 29/42 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 2 |
| 4 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vick | 16/26 | 161 | 2 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vick | 11 | 63 | 0 |
| Warrick Dunn | 14 | 59 | 0 |
| T.J. Duckett | 11 | 32 | 1 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrick Dunn | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Simms | 29/42 | 285 | 2 | 2 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Simms | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cadillac Williams | 31 | 150 | 1 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 4 | 17 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Williams | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Michael Pittman | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |