The Tampa Bay Buccaneers came into the Georgia Dome to take on the Atlanta Falcons on their home turf. The Bucs had a record of 5-2 and an undefeated record of 3-0 on the road. The Falcons shared the identical record of Tampa Bay and both teams were tied for first place in the NFC South. The Falcons got the best of the Bucs as they won by a score of 27-21.
Atlanta struck first early in the first quarter when RB Michael Turner ran in a 2 YD RD Run. Turner than ran in a 10 yard TD to give the Falcons the 14-0 lead.
The Buccaneers got on the board when Arrelious Benn caught a 14 Yard TD Pass From Josh Freeman. Matt Bryant then added a 31 yard field goal to put Atlanta up 17-7.
With 2:16 left in the first half Mike Williams caught a 58 Yard TD Pass From Josh Freeman to pull the Bucs within 3 of the Falcons.
Almost 5 minutes into the third quarter Michael Palmer was on the receiving end of a 5 yard TD pass rrom Matt Ryan to put Atlanta up 24-14. Matt Bryant kicked his second field goal of the game to give the Falcons a 27-14 lead. Tampa struck next when Micheal Spurlock took the following kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown and pulled the Bucs within a touchdown score of the Falcons.
The score would remain at 27-21 in favor of Atlanta. The Falcons were led by Michael Turner who scored 2 touchdown and carried the ball 24 times for 107 yards. Matt Ryan completed 24 of 36 passes for 235 yards and a touchdown. Tony Gonzalez caught 8 passes for 72 yards.
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