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TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
VS.
GREEN BAY PACKERS
JANUARY 24, 2021
BUCCANEERS POSTGAME NOTES
- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Green Bay Packers, 31-26, to advance to the Super Bowl for
the second time in team history, joining the 2002 Buccaneers. Tampa Bay will also become the first team
in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium.
- The Buccaneers are the first No. 5 seed in NFL history to defeat a No. 1 seed in a conference
championship game.
- In his NFL record 14th conference championship game, QB Tom Brady went 20-of-36 for 280 yards
and three touchdowns.
MOST PASSING TOUCHDOWNS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player TD
1.Tom Brady7
2. Brad Johnson5
3.Doug Williams2
4t.Trent Dilfer1
4t.Jeff Garcia1
4t.Shaun King1
MOST PLAYOFF PASSING TOUCHDOWNS – NFL HISTORY
Rank Player TD
1. Tom Brady81
2.Joe Montana45
3.Brett Favre44
4.Aaron Rodgers45
5.Peyton Manning40
- Brady became the first player in Tampa Bay’s postseason history with three-or-more touchdown passes
in a single game. His 11 career three-touchdown performances in the playoffs are the most in NFL history.
MOST GAMES WITH 3+ PASSING TOUCHDOWNS – NFL POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player TD
1. Tom Brady11
2.Joe Montana9
3.Aaron Rodgers8
4t.Brett Favre6
4t.Peyton Manning6
- WR Chris Godwin led the team with five receptions for 110 yards – the second-most in a playoff game
in team history.
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GREEN BAY PACKERS
JANUARY 24, 2021
MOST SINGLE GAME RECEIVING YARDS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player (Opp, Date) Yards
1.Mike Evans (at WAS, 1/9/21)119
2.Chris Godwin (at GB, 1/24/21)110
3. Keyshawn Johnson (at PHI, 12/31/00)106
4.Jimmie Giles (at DAL, 1/2/92)98
5.Keyshawn Johnson (vs. SF, 1/12/03)85
- On the game’s opening drive, WR Mike Evans hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass from Brady to tally
his second-career playoff receiving touchdown, tying Keenan McCardell for the most postseason
receiving touchdowns in franchise history. He also became the first receiver in team history to record a
playoff receiving touchdown in consecutive games.
MOST RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player TD
1t. Mike Evans2
1t.Keenan McCardell2
3.Many Players Tied1
- RB Leonard Fournette accumulated 74 scrimmage yards in the game, rushing 12 times for 55 yards
and a touchdown, while making five receptions for 19 yards.
MOST TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player TD
1.Mike Alstott7
2.Leonard Fournette3
3t.Mike Evans2
3t.Ricky Bell2
3t.Keenan McCardell2
3t.Dwight Smith2
MOST CAREER POSTSEASON SCRIMMAGE YARDS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player Yards
1. Mike Alstott502
2.Warrick Dunn387
3.Keyshawn Johnson375
4.Michael Pittman342
5.Leonard Fournette313
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
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GREEN BAY PACKERS
JANUARY 24, 2021
MOST SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN A SINGLE POSTSEASON – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player Yards
1. Leonard Fournette (2020)313
2.Michael Pittman (2002)245
3.Chris Godwin (2020)229
4.Ricky Bell (1979)213
5.Joe Jurevicius (2002)197
- WR Scotty Miller hauled in a 39-yard touchdown pass from Brady with one second remaining in the
first half to secure his first-career playoff touchdown.
- Following a takeaway on the first possession of the second half by the defense, Brady found TE
Cameron Brate for an eight-yard touchdown, the first of Brate’s postseason career.
- With just 34 seconds remaining in the first half, CB Sean Murphy-Bunting picked off Packers QB Aaron
Rodgers, leading to Tampa Bay’s last-second touchdown to Miller. Murphy-Bunting joined Pro Football
Hall of Famers Aeneas Williams (four-consecutive games) and Ed Reed as well as Jason Sehorn as the
only four players in the Super Bowl era with an interception in each of their first three career postseason
games. His three postseason interceptions are tied for the most in team history.
MOST INTERCEPTIONS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player INT
1t.Sean Murphy-Bunting3
1t. Donnie Abraham3
1t.Dexter Jackson3
1t.Dwight Smith3
5t.Rondé Barber2
5t.Derrick Brooks2
5t.Brian Kelly2
- Murphy-Bunting is the first player in the NFL to record an interception in at least three-consecutive
postseason games since Kam Chancellor (1/19/14-1/10/15) and the first to do so in a single postseason
since R.W. McQuarters in 2007.
- S Jordan Whitehead recorded a pair of forced fumbles in the game, recording the first two of his
postseason career.
- The Buccaneers defense leads all playoff teams with its seven takeaways and 41 points off takeaways.
- OLB Shaquil Barrett brought down Rodgers three times in the game, joining Warren Sapp (1/4/98 at
GB) as the only players in team history with 3.0-or-more sacks in a playoff game.
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MOST SINGLE GAME SACKS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player (Opp, Date) Sacks
1t.Shaquil Barrett (at GB, 1/24/21)3.0
1t.Warren Sapp (at GB, 1/4/98)3.0
3t.Jason Pierre-Paul (at GB, 1/24/21)2.0
3t.Simeon Rice (vs. OAK, 1/26/03)2.0
3t.Simeon Rice (at PHI, 1/12/02)2.0
3t.Steve White (vs. WAS, 1/15/00)2.0
- On the other side of the defensive front, OLB Jason Pierre-Paul collected 2.0 sacks of his own,
marking the first multi-sack performance of his postseason career. He joined Barrett, Simeon Rice (twice),
Warren Sapp, Lee Roy Selmon and Steve White as the only players in team history with multiple sacks in
a postseason game.
- Today’s game marked the first playoff game in which multiple Buccaneers players recorded at least 2.0
sacks in the same game.
- The duo of Barrett and Pierre-Paul combined for all of the team’s 5.0 sacks in the game. The 5.0 sacks
on Sunday matched the Buccaneers’ postseason record for a single game.
MOST SINGLE GAME NET YARDS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Opponent, Date Sacks
1t.at GB, 1/24/215.0
1t.vs. OAK, 1/26/035.0
1t.at DAL, 1/9/835.0
4t.vs. SF, 1/12/034.0
4t.at GB, 1/4/984.0
- LB Devin White led the team with 15 tackles – the most tackles in a playoff game in team history. He
also added a fumble recovery for the second-consecutive game, picking up one of the fumbles forced by
Whitehead.
MOST SINGLE GAME TACKLES – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player (Opp, Date) Tackles
1.Devin White (at GB, 1/24/21)15
2t.Devin White (at NO, 1/17/21)11
2t.Derrick Brooks (vs. NYG, 1/6/08)11
2t.Jermaine Phillips (vs. NYG, 1/6/08)11
2t.Shelton Quarles (vs. WAS, 1/7/06)11
2t.Jamie Duncan (at PHI, 12/31/00)11
- K Ryan Succop made a 46-yard field goal on his only field goal attempt of the game, while converting
all four extra point attempts. Succop is now 12-of-12 in his postseason career. His eight field goals made
for Tampa Bay in the postseason are the second-most in franchise playoff history.
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JANUARY 24, 2021
MOST FIELD GOALS MADE – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player FGM
1. Martin Gramatica11
2.Ryan Succop8
3.Michael Husted2
4t.Matt Bryant1
4t.Bill Capece1
4t.Neil O’Donoghue1
MOST SINGLE GAME KICKOFF RETURN YARDS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Player (Opp, Date) KR Yards
1.Jaydon Mickens (at GB, 1/24/21)121
2.James Owens (at DAL, 1/9/83)110
3t.Michael Spurlock (vs. NYG, 1/6/08)106
3t.Isaac Hagins (vs. LAR, 1/6/80)106
5.Michael Pittman (vs. WAS, 1/7/06)96
MOST SINGLE GAME POINTS SCORED – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Opponent, Date Points
1. vs. OAK, 1/26/0348
2t.at GB, 1/24/2131
2t.at WAS, 1/9/2131
2t.vs. SF, 1/12/0331
5.at NO, 1/17/2130
MOST SINGLE GAME NET YARDS – BUCCANEERS POSTSEASON HISTORY
Rank Opponent, Date Yards
1.at WAS, 1/9/21507
2. vs. OAK, 1/26/03365
3.at GB, 1/24/21351
4.vs. SF, 1/12/03329
5.vs. PHI, 12/29/79318
- Inactive List:
#4QBRyan Griffin
#30 RBKe’Shawn Vaughn
#31SAntoine Winfield Jr.
#81WRAntonio Brown
#82TEAntony Auclair
#94DLKhalil Davis
#95DL Jeremiah Ledbetter
Corey Spearman
Justin Shealy
