Vikings Fall to Bucs 26-14

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Scoring Summary


Q2, 14:17 remaining


Vikings 6, Buccaneers 0



Dalvin Cook rushes for 1 yard (Dan Bailey PAT misses wide left) [14 plays, 84 yards, 8:15 time of possession]


Ground game: The Vikings involved running backs on 11 plays of the drive. Cook rushed eight times for 32 yards, and Mike Boone rushed once for a gain of 5. Ameer


Q2, 7:41 remaining


Buccaneers 7, Vikings 6



Scotty Miller catches a 48-yard pass from Tom Brady [4 plays, 74 yards, 1:49 time of possession]


Momentum swing: The Buccaneers capitalized quickly after a missed 36-yard field goal. Tampa Bay struck with a completion to Mike Evans for a gain of 20 to start the drive three plays before the post pattern worked against 1-on-1 coverage by Chris Jones.


Q2, 0:44 remaining


Buccaneers 14, Vikings 6



Ronald Jones II rushes for 1 yard (Ryan Succop kicks PAT) [10 plays, 56 yards, 3:53 time of possession]


Costly penalties: The Vikings appeared to get off the field after a third-and-6 gained 3, but Harrison Smith was flagged for a lowering the helmet penalty that gave the Bucs a new set of downs. Jeff Gladney was called for pass interference on a pass he intercepted two plays later.


Q2, 0:00 remaining


Buccaneers 17, Vikings 6



Succop kicks 18-yard field goal [4 plays, 71 yards, 0:21 time of possession]


Iffy at best: Tampa Bay barely spiked the ball at the Minnesota 47-yard line to kill the clock with 0:01 second left and threw a Hail Mary pass toward tight end Rob Gronkowski. Officials awarded a pass interference against Todd Davis to Tampa Bay to move the ball to the 1 and giving Tampa Bay an untimed play.


Q3, 10:09 remaining


Buccaneers 23, Vikings 6



Gronkowski catches a 2-yard pass from Brady (Succop misses PAT wide right) [9 plays, 75 yards, 4:51 time of possession]


Running 'Shade': LeSean "Shady" McCoy, who entered the game with six carries for minus-1 yard on the season carried the ball four consecutive times for gains of 10, 5, 4 and 14 to move the ball from the Tampa Bay 33 to the Minnesota 35 and set up a 29-yard pass to Evans.


Q3, 1:36 remaining


Buccaneers 23, Vikings 14



Irv Smith, Jr., catches a 14-yard pass from Cousins (Jefferson catches 2-point conversion pass from Cousins) [15 plays, 75 yards, 8:33 time of possession]


Pair of fourths: The Vikings kept the drive alive by twice converting on fourth down. Cook picked up a yard on a fourth-and-1, and Tyler Conklin caught a 7-yard pass from Cousins on fourth-and-6 two plays before the score.


Q4, 5:16 remaining


Buccaneers 26, Vikings 14



Succop kicks a 48-yard field goal [8 plays, 34 yards, 3:44 time of possession]


Stopping the tide: D.J. Wonnum tackled Ke'Shawn Vaughn for a loss of 3 after gains of 10 and 16 earlier in the possession.
 
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