The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell just short in their 2022 home opener against Green Bay, losing 14-12 after a failed two-point conversion attempt in the game’s closing seconds. Given the injury issues both teams were dealing with on the young season, it was little surprise that two usually-explosive offensive teams wound up in a low-scoring defensive struggle.
For a good part of the first half, though, it seemed like at least one of the two teams was going to keep the scoreboard rolling. Aaron Rodgers led the Packers on methodical touchdown drives on their first two possessions and then got them within reaching distance of the end zone on their third drive before Vita Vea forced a fumble by Aaron Jones.
However, Tampa Bay’s defense made the necessary adjustments and Green Bay’s final eight drives (not counting a game-ending kneel-down) ended in seven punts and an interception. As such, the Buccaneers held a third straight opponent to 14 points or fewer, marking just the second time the franchise has ever opened a season that way. The 2003 team, which was defending a Super Bowl XXXVII championship, won 17-0 and 31-10 in the first three weeks, sandwiched around a 12-9 overtime loss to Carolina.
Buccaneers’ Fewest Points Allowed, First Three Games of a Season
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