Baltimore 48, Tampa Bay 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, October 12, 2014
Where: Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida
Temperature:
84°
Head Official:
Jerome Boger
Attendance:
60041
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Ravens 48, Buccaneers 17: Joe Flacco needed barely more than one quarter to throw a career-high five touchdown passes as visiting Baltimore crushed Tampa Bay.
Flacco finished 21-of-29 for 306 yards and Torrey Smith caught a pair of scoring passes for the Ravens (4-2), who found the end zone on each of their first five possessions. Steve Smith added 110 yards and a TD while Michael Campanaro and Kamar Aiken each hauled in a scoring pass in the rout.
Mike Glennon went 24-of-44 for 314 yards with two touchdowns and an interception as Tampa Bay (1-5) dropped to 0-3 at home. The Buccaneers turned over the ball or punted on each of their first six possessions and gained a total of 15 yards on their first five drives.
Flacco capped the opening possession with a 15-yard TD pass to Torrey Smith on an inside move, and the duo ran a similar play on an 11-yard scoring toss just under four minutes later to make it 14-0. Flacco started spreading the TD passes around later in the first, hitting Aiken over the middle with 5:00 left and dropping a perfect pass over a defender to Campanaro from 19 yards out on Baltimore's final play of the quarter.
Steve Smith got into the act 63 seconds into the second quarter on a 56-yard, play-action connection down the left side, and a 46-yard field goal by Justin Tucker sent the Ravens into the locker room with a 38-0 cushion. Tampa Bay finally got on the board with Patrick Murray's 47-yard kick that capped the opening drive of the third quarter before Glennon hit Mike Evans and Louis Murphy Jr. with TD passes later in the second half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Baltimore’s 28 first-quarter points were the most scored on the road in the opening period in team history. … Flacco needed only 16:03 of game time to reach five TDs, breaking the previous record since the merger by over 12 minutes (Ben Roethlisberger, 28:09 in 2007). … The Buccaneers have allowed an average of 41.3 points in their last four games.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Baltimore |
|
Tampa Bay |
Justin Forsett |
Player |
Doug Martin
|
14 |
Attempts |
11 |
111 |
Yards |
45 |
7.9 |
Avg Yards |
4.1 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
52 |
Long |
19 |
Receiving
Baltimore |
|
Tampa Bay |
Steve Smith Sr. |
Player |
Louis Murphy |
5 |
Receptions |
7 |
110 |
Yards |
72 |
22.0 |
Avg Yards |
10.3 |
1 |
Touchdowns |
1 |
56 |
Long |
24 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
Baltimore
|
475 |
169 |
306 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
5.0 |
0 |
Tampa Bay
|
364 |
87 |
277 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
Upcoming Games
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Tampa Bay will play their next game at home against Minnesota. The Buccaneers have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.
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Baltimore will play their next game at home against Atlanta. The Ravens have a W/L % of .000 after a win and .000 after a loss.