Week 1, 2028

played in Tampa Bay, FL

84 degrees, fair, 8 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	3	13	7	6	-	29
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	3	3	0	-	13

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:31 TBY - Jackie Andersen 19 run (Moe Curtis extra point)
1Q: 05:02 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 36 field goal
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 42 field goal
2Q: 09:18 ATL - Andy Alston 1 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 03:43 TBY - Moe Curtis 43 field goal
2Q: 01:33 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 53 field goal
3Q: 10:58 TBY - Moe Curtis 30 field goal
3Q: 07:04 ATL - Bryan Dennis 2 pass from Shane Huffman (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
4Q: 15:00 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 33 field goal
4Q: 03:26 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 25 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:31 TBY - Jackie Andersen 19 run (Moe Curtis extra point)
1Q: 05:02 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 36 field goal
2Q: 15:00 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 42 field goal
2Q: 09:18 ATL - Andy Alston 1 run (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
2Q: 03:43 TBY - Moe Curtis 43 field goal
2Q: 01:33 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 53 field goal
3Q: 10:58 TBY - Moe Curtis 30 field goal
3Q: 07:04 ATL - Bryan Dennis 2 pass from Shane Huffman (Charlie Mattingly extra point)
4Q: 15:00 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 33 field goal
4Q: 03:26 ATL - Charlie Mattingly 25 field goal

Team Statistics ATL TBY
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 16 19
- by Rushing 4 6
- by Passing 11 12
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 253 306
- Offensive Plays 60 61
- Yards per Play 4.22 5.02
Net Rushing Yards 110 78
- Rushing Attempts 31 17
- Yards per Rush 3.55 4.59
Net Passing Yards 143 228
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 27 - 18 - 0 40 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 157 248
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 4/20
- Yards per Pass Play 4.93 5.18
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 3/3
3rd Down Conversions 5/13 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/2
Penalties/Yards 1/15 7/53
Punt Returns/Yards 3/27 2/7
Kick Returns/Yards 3/59 6/120
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 24
Time of Possession 30:59 29:01

Team Statistics	ATL	TBY
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	16	19
- by Rushing	4	6
- by Passing	11	12
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	253	306
- Offensive Plays	60	61
- Yards per Play	4.22	5.02
Net Rushing Yards	110	78
- Rushing Attempts	31	17
- Yards per Rush	3.55	4.59
Net Passing Yards	143	228
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	27 - 18 - 0	40 - 27 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	157	248
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	4/20
- Yards per Pass Play	4.93	5.18
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	3/3
3rd Down Conversions	5/13	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/2
Penalties/Yards	1/15	7/53
Punt Returns/Yards	3/27	2/7
Kick Returns/Yards	3/59	6/120
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 39	OWN 24
Time of Possession	30:59	29:01

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:18	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
1	10:19	5:23	OWN 25	10	56	Field Goal
1	3:35	3:42	OWN 27	7	48	Field Goal
2	12:54	3:44	OWN 45	9	55	Touchdown
2	3:38	2:11	OWN 36	8	28	Field Goal
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 19	1	9	Half
3	10:51	1:44	OWN 35	3	3	Punt
3	7:34	0:37	OPP 10	2	10	Touchdown
3	3:57	2:38	OWN 24	4	20	Punt
3	1:09	1:15	OPP 21	3	5	Field Goal
4	9:14	5:56	OPP 43	9	35	Field Goal
4	0:13	0:13	OWN 22	2	2	Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:42	3:23	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
1	4:56	1:21	OWN 35	3	5	Punt
2	14:53	1:59	OWN 31	3	-4	Punt
2	9:10	5:32	OWN 22	8	52	Field Goal
2	1:27	1:05	OWN 28	4	22	Punt
3	15:00	4:09	OWN 40	7	47	Field Goal
3	9:07	1:33	OWN 1	3	9	Fumble
3	6:57	3:00	OWN 22	3	-5	Punt
3	1:19	0:10	OWN 28	1	0	Fumble
4	14:54	5:40	OWN 21	9	29	Fumble
4	3:18	3:05	OWN 3	14	75	Downs

Game MVP: Charlie Mattingly, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Andy Alston	20	78	3.90	11	1	1
Shane Huffman	8	31	3.88	13	1	0
Toby Livesay	3	1	0.33	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jackie Andersen	9	42	4.67	19	2	1
Omar Michaelson	4	29	7.25	13	2	0
Ike Perez	2	5	2.50	4	0	0
Henry Garcia	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
Marshall Andersen	1	2	2.00	2	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Shane Huffman	27	18	157	2/14	1	18	0	94.2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Henry Garcia	40	27	248	4/20	0	33	0	84.2

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Bryan Dennis	7	9	50	7.14	4	15	1
WR Gerald Buchanan	3	3	42	14.00	2	17	0
WR Martin Lofton	2	6	25	12.50	9	18	0
WR Bobby Clark	2	3	8	4.00	0	5	0
FB Myron Sutter	2	3	20	10.00	13	12	0
TE Kirk Gardner	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
RB Andy Alston	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR D.J. Carpenter	5	8	37	7.40	20	15
WR Jermaine Burton	4	6	23	5.75	1	9
WR Rod McCullough	4	8	60	15.00	36	33
TE Bennie Walton	3	4	45	15.00	0	31
RB Jackie Andersen	3	4	24	8.00	9	11
WR Mark Mueller	3	4	32	10.67	24	20
RB Omar Michaelson	2	2	14	7.00	7	9
TE O.J. DeVries	2	3	13	6.50	4	10
FB Ike Perez	1	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Shane Huffman	1	0	0
Toby Livesay	1	0	0
Grant Morton	0	1	0
Kris Mathis	0	1	0
Scott Levine	0	1	0
Preston Peters	0	1	0
Tony Reeves	0	1	0
Oliver Hanson	0	0	1
Zach Strickland	0	0	1
Charlie Sims	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Force
Henry Garcia	2	0
Ike Perez	1	0
Alfred Thompson	0	1
Brock Robinson	0	1

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marc Joyner	3	145	48.3	46.0	61	1

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jack Bashford	4	178	44.5	37.8	65	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Charlie Mattingly	5/5	2/2	1/1	53	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Moe Curtis	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Grant Morton	2	13	6.5	0
Martin Lofton	1	14	14.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jessie Kelley	2	7	3.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Martin Lofton	3	59	19.7	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Grady Devine	6	120	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Charlie Sims	8	1	0.0	13	31
OLB Oliver Hanson	5	1	1.0	11	29
S Tito Justice	5	1	0.0	11	32
DE Kris Mathis	3	1	1.5	17	37
S Grant Morton	3	3	0.0	14	40
DT Mickey Parker	3	1	0.0	5	16
CB Gus Barrett	3	0	0.0	13	31
DE Zach Strickland	2	1	1.5	8	28
CB Arnie Cooley	2	2	0.0	16	37
CB Scott Levine	2	1	0.0	10	31
ILB Chris Torrez	2	1	0.0	4	11
DT Norm Fulcher	1	1	0.0	9	17
S Spencer Way	1	1	0.0	12	34
OLB Mo Gardner	1	0	0.0	6	16
OLB Wendell Holmes	1	0	0.0	7	8
DT Dusty Kim	1	0	0.0	12	28
DE Mercury Herndon	1	0	0.0	9	23
DT Gene Tong	1	0	0.0	5	11
S Freddie Lipscomb	0	2	0.0	5	24

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jerald Tallent	7	1	1.0	29	27
CB Jessie Kelley	5	0	0.0	31	27
OLB Jeremy Enman	5	0	0.0	15	17
OLB Buddy Fogle	4	1	0.0	22	14
S Norm Leat	4	1	0.0	27	28
DT Clarence Rice	4	0	0.0	13	17
CB Herb Mulcahy	4	0	0.0	22	25
DE Alfred Thompson	2	2	0.5	22	20
ILB Rex Quartucci	2	2	0.0	19	24
ILB Brian Krumrei	2	1	0.0	12	5
DT Brock Robinson	2	0	0.0	21	16
CB Tito Garrison	2	0	0.0	23	24
DT Randal Minnick	2	0	0.0	10	13
OLB Dominic Galloway	1	1	0.0	14	5
OLB Leroy Terrell	1	1	0.0	5	4
TE O.J. DeVries	1	0	---	---	---
WR Grady Devine	1	0	---	---	---
DE Andrew Shorter	1	0	0.0	14	14
S Thurman Clancy	0	1	0.5	4	4
DE Nathan McIntyre	0	1	0.0	17	15

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kris Mathis	1.5	0	1	3	37
DE Zach Strickland	1.5	0	0	0	28
OLB Oliver Hanson	1.0	0	1	0	29
DE Mercury Herndon	0.0	1	0	0	23
ILB Charlie Sims	0.0	1	0	0	31

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
S Jerald Tallent	1.0	0	0	27
DE Alfred Thompson	0.5	2	1	20
S Thurman Clancy	0.5	0	0	4
DE Andrew Shorter	0.0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Charlie Sims	5	0	31
S Tito Justice	4	0	32
S Grant Morton	3	0	40
CB Scott Levine	2	1	31
CB Gus Barrett	2	0	31
OLB Oliver Hanson	2	0	29
ILB Chris Torrez	2	0	11
CB Arnie Cooley	2	0	37
OLB Mo Gardner	1	2	16
S Spencer Way	1	1	34
OLB Wendell Holmes	1	0	8
DE Mercury Herndon	1	0	23
DT Gene Tong	1	0	11
S Freddie Lipscomb	0	1	24

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Jerald Tallent	5	0	27
CB Tito Garrison	2	1	24
OLB Buddy Fogle	2	0	14
CB Herb Mulcahy	2	0	25
S Norm Leat	2	0	28
OLB Jeremy Enman	1	0	17
ILB Brian Krumrei	1	0	5
ILB Rex Quartucci	1	0	24
DT Randal Minnick	1	0	13
OLB Leroy Terrell	1	0	4

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Mario Sanford	2	8	24	1	22
Justin Wolfe	1	6	28	0	20
Myron Sutter	1	2	21	0	21
Jonathan George	1	1	3	0	9
Tyrus Tate	0	4	29	0	27
Preston Peters	0	2	27	0	23
Tony Reeves	0	1	26	1	27
Danny McClendon	0	1	4	0	6
Joseph Wooden	0	1	7	0	7

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Craig Caldwell	2	4	15	0	27
Terrance Krumrei	2	2	6	0	24
Joey Griese	1	2	9	2	25
Perry Dubose	1	1	9	1	31
Ike Perez	1	1	6	0	13
Johnnie Hogrefe	0	4	11	0	22
Allen Esposito	0	1	10	0	23
Roger Wellins	0	1	8	0	25
Lester Sawyer	0	0	8	1	21

Special Teams Statistics

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Myron Sutter	3	19
Martin Lofton	3	14
Warren Finch	1	20
Johnnie Haus	1	15
Levon Frederick	0	19
Toby Livesay	0	19
Gerald Buchanan	0	16
Freddie Lipscomb	0	15
Charlie Mattingly	0	13
Mo Gardner	0	13
Spencer Way	0	13
Kirk Gardner	0	10
Grant Morton	0	10
Oliver Hanson	0	10
Scott Levine	0	10
Roger Thornton	0	8
Joseph Wooden	0	8
Kris Mathis	0	6
Danny McClendon	0	5
Justin Wolfe	0	5
Frank Hopper	0	5
Wendell Holmes	0	4
Tito Barnes	0	4
Marc Joyner	0	3
Dusty Kim	0	3
Jonathan George	0	3
Gus Barrett	0	2
Norm Fulcher	0	2
Tito Justice	0	2
Arnie Cooley	0	2
Mercury Herndon	0	2
Charlie Sims	0	2
Andy Alston	0	1
Mickey Parker	0	1
Zach Strickland	0	1
Gene Tong	0	1

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Jermaine Burton	2	19
Herb Mulcahy	1	27
Jackie Andersen	1	19
Ike Perez	1	8
Terrance Krumrei	1	4
Jessie Kelley	0	20
Norm Leat	0	18
Bennie Walton	0	17
Brian Krumrei	0	14
Grady Devine	0	14
O.J. DeVries	0	11
Mark Mueller	0	11
Leroy Terrell	0	9
Johnnie Hogrefe	0	6
Roger Wellins	0	6
Joey Griese	0	6
Jack Bashford	0	6
Moe Curtis	0	6
Jeremy Enman	0	5
Alfred Thompson	0	5
Clarence Rice	0	5
Lenny Sinclair	0	5
Andrew Shorter	0	5
Buddy Fogle	0	4
Tito Garrison	0	4
Jerald Tallent	0	4
Randal Minnick	0	4
C.J. Mayes	0	3
Brock Robinson	0	3
Marshall Andersen	0	3
Allen Esposito	0	2
Nathan McIntyre	0	2
Dominic Galloway	0	2
Rex Quartucci	0	2
Joel Cowher	0	2
Perry Dubose	0	1
Thurman Clancy	0	1
Rod McCullough	0	1
D.J. Carpenter	0	1
Omar Michaelson	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	17	2.1
Middle	17	78	4.6
Right	5	17	3.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	52	7.4
Middle	9	24	2.7
Right	1	2	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Shane Huffman	27	18	0	3	2	1	3	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Henry Garcia	40	27	3	2	2	5	2	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	3	21	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	8	6	29	3.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	92	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	15	5.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	76	12.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	17	114	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	3	27	2.5
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	31	15.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Bryan Dennis	9	7	0	50	29
WR Martin Lofton	6	2	2	25	16
WR Gerald Buchanan	3	3	0	42	13
WR Bobby Clark	3	2	0	8	7
FB Myron Sutter	3	2	0	20	21
TE Kirk Gardner	2	1	0	4	18
RB Andy Alston	1	1	0	8	18

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rod McCullough	8	4	0	60	1	24
WR D.J. Carpenter	8	5	0	37	0	31
WR Jermaine Burton	6	4	1	23	0	26
TE Bennie Walton	4	3	0	45	1	14
RB Jackie Andersen	4	3	1	24	0	18
WR Mark Mueller	4	3	0	32	1	25
TE O.J. DeVries	3	2	0	13	0	24
RB Omar Michaelson	2	2	0	14	0	17
FB Ike Perez	1	1	0	0	0	13

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Andy Alston	4	10	2.50	3.90
Shane Huffman	1	0	0.00	3.88

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ike Perez	1	1	1.00	2.50
Jackie Andersen	1	19	19.00	4.67

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Shane Huffman	3	3	27	9.00	5.81

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Henry Garcia	3	2	4	1.33	6.20

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Gerald Buchanan	1	1	17	17.00	14.00
WR Bryan Dennis	1	1	2	2.00	5.56
RB Andy Alston	1	1	8	8.00	8.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jermaine Burton	1	1	5	5.00	3.83
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	1	-1	-1.00	4.63
TE Bennie Walton	1	0	0	0.00	11.25

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Shane Huffman	3	1
Andy Alston	2	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Ike Perez	1	1
Henry Garcia	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Shane Huffman	8	5	3

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Henry Garcia	11	8	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Martin Lofton	2	1	1
WR Bryan Dennis	2	2	1
WR Bobby Clark	2	1	0
TE Kirk Gardner	1	0	0
FB Myron Sutter	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rod McCullough	5	3	2
TE Bennie Walton	3	3	2
WR Jermaine Burton	1	1	0
WR D.J. Carpenter	1	1	0
WR Mark Mueller	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 36,700 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 8,100 (17,700)
End Zone 8,200 (12,700)
Mezzanine 4,500 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 6,600 (11,200)
Club Seats 6,800 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	36,700 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	8,100 (17,700)
End Zone	8,200 (12,700)
Mezzanine	4,500 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	6,600 (11,200)
Club Seats	6,800 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (4,800)