{"id":87420,"date":"2024-12-15T10:53:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T17:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87420"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:24:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T22:24:00","slug":"chargers-vs-tampa-bay-buccaneers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=87420","title":{"rendered":"Chargers Shut Out in Second Half; Fall to Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It was tough sledding for Gus Edwards and the Charger ground attack. (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Inglewood) – The Chargers were outscored 27-0 in the second half and fell to Tampa Bay 40-17 Sunday before 69,496 fans at SoFi Stadium. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The Chargers were up 17-13 at halftime but the Buccaneers scored early in the third quarter to take the lead and took control from there. The Chargers last score came mid-way through the second quarter and they were shut out the rest of the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay got on the board first taking the opening kickoff and driving 70 yards on 7 plays to take a 7-0 lead. Baker Mayfield hit Jalen McMillan for a 26-yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the Chargers immediately responded with a 10-play, 70-yard drive. Justin Herbert connected with Ladd McConkey on 7-yard touchdown strike to even it up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chase Mclaughlin booted a 22-yard field goal for the Buccaneers early in the second quarter after their drive stalled at the Charger 3-yard line. Tampa Bay took a 10-7 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cameron Dicker “The Kicker” booted a 42-yard field goal on the Chargers next series to tie it at 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Charger defense got pressure on Baker Mayfield but Mayfield still managed four touchdown passes. (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Tampa Bay’s next possession Tarheeb Still intercepted Mayfield and returned it to the Buccaneer 27 yard line. Three plays later Herbert found Quentin Johnston on a 13-yard touchdown pass to give the Chargers a 17-10 lead. that was the last scoring highlight for LA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Bay turned it over again on the next series as Elijah Molden recovered a fumble for the Chargers at the Bucs 49 yard line. But they were unable to take advantage and were forced to punt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

McLaughlin kicked a 37-yard field goal with 33 seconds left in the second quarter to cut the Chargers lead to 17-13. LA took the four-point lead into halftime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the Buccaneers took over. Early in the third quarter Mayfield hit Mike Evans and after a missed tackle Evans raced down the sideline 57 yards for a touchdown and a 20-17 Tampa Bay lead with 10:23 left in the third. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Chargers punted it away McLaughlin kicked a 42-yard field goal to increase the Bucs lead to 23-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Herbert was picked off by Jamel Dean on the Chargers next possession and Tampa Bay was back in business at the LA 42. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The turnover led to a 35-yard touchdown strike from Mayfield to Evans to put the Buccaneers up 30-17 with 1:36 left in the third quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quentin Johnston’s touchdown grab was one of the few highlights for the Chargers (Photo by Duane Barker)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the fourth quarter the Bucs marched 66 yards on 9 plays. Mayfield threw a swing pass to Rachaad White who went 11 yards for the score. The Bucs were up 37-17 with 7:37 left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McLaughlin added a 43-yard field with 2:51 left to increase the Tampa Bay lead to 40-17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After another Chargers turnover the Buccaneers ran out the clock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the Chargers Hebert completed 21 of 33 for 195 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. McConkey caught 5 passes for 58 yards and a score and Johnston had 5 receptions for 49 yards and a touchdown. The Chargers had only 32 total yards on the ground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Tampa Bay Mayfield was 22 of 27 for 288 yards and 4 touchdowns with an interception. Evans was his favorite target with 9 catches for 159 yards and 2 scores. Bucky Irving led the rushing attack with 117 yards in 15 carries and White ran for 64 yards on 15 carries. White also had a touchdown receiving. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Buccaneers improved to 8-6 with the victory while the Chargers dropped to 8-6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next up for the Chargers is a home game against the Denver Broncos on Thursday Night Football. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Tim Peterson (Inglewood) – The Chargers were outscored 27-0 in the second half and fell to Tampa Bay 40-17 Sunday before 69,496 fans at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stories-news-notes-around-professional-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87420"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87466,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87420\/revisions\/87466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}