2005 Week 16 · Sat, Dec 24, 2005 · Raymond James Stadium
Final
Atlanta Falcons 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27. Final.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27–24 — decided on the final possessions.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Snap counts begin in 2013. For this season the feed gives the game-day list and who was inactive, but not how many snaps each man took.
Atlanta Falcons
50 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
52 dressed
Snap counts do not go back to this season — the game-day list below is what the feed carries.
Who moved the needle
Top performers
No opportunity read for this era
Snap, route and expected-points data starts in 2021. This game is older than the usage record, so there is no opportunity read for it — the box score above is the complete picture we hold.
Full stat lines
Box score
Atlanta Falcons
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vick | 16/26 | 161 | 2 | 0 | 4 | +2.3 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Vick | 11 | 63 | 5.7 | 0 | −0.7 |
| Warrick Dunn | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 0 | −1.0 |
| T.J. Duckett | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 1 | −2.7 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Brooking | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ike Reese | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Boley | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bryan Scott | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Kerney | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chauncey Davis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Hall | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ronnie Heard | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Webster | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antuan Edwards | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Passing
| Player | C/Att | Yds | TD | INT | Sacked | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Simms | 29/42 | 285 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −0.8 |
Rushing
| Player | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | EPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadillac Williams | 31 | 150 | 4.8 | 1 | +5.5 |
| Michael Pittman | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | −1.0 |
| Mike Alstott | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | +0.2 |
| Chris Simms | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | −0.5 |
Defense (top contributors)
| Player | Solo | Ast | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronde Barber | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrick Brooks | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan Nece | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shelton Quarles | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Simeon Rice | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Spires | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Phillips | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hovan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewayne White | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Take it with you
Every number on them comes from the same read as this page, and each one says in words where it came from.
The market number, who both clubs have been, and the one question this matchup asks.
/football/games/2005_16_ATL_TB
The cards are drawn from the charted play-by-play, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
- Closing spread
- Buccaneers -3
- Closing total
- 37.5
- Falcons moneyline
- —
- Buccaneers moneyline
- —
Buccaneers closed -3 and it landed exactly on the number — a push.
Total closed 37.5; the game landed 51 — over by 13.5.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
- Venue
- Raymond James Stadium
- Roof / surface
- outdoors · grass
- Kickoff weather
- Mild, 68°F at kickoff; a light breeze at 5 mph out of the south-west; partly cloudy.
- Referee
- Bill Leavy
- Rest
- Falcons 6 days · Buccaneers 7 days
- Coaches
- Jim Mora vs Jon Gruden
Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.