The St Louis Rams secured their seventh win of the season with a comfortable victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in their NFL clash.
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After a slow start, the Buccaneers put together a good drive as quarterback Mike Glennon moved them downfield hitting Vincent Jackson for a big gain down the middle and they managed to punch the ball into the endzone, thanks to a one-yard run from Bobby Rainey.
However, the Rams hit back immediately as Kellen Clemens put together a drive of his own that culminated in a handoff on the goalline to Zac Stacy, who jumped over a pile of players to get into the endzone.
St Louis took the lead when Rainey fumbled the ball at the 30 and in the next play from the Rams' offense they performed a double reverse run as Clemens handed off to Chris Givens, who tossed to Steadman Bailey, who then ran around the left side and in for the touchdown.
The Buccaneers were fortunate after killing a goal-line drive from the Rams after Glennon was sacked, but the officials ruled that he was not in the endzone so did not give up a safety.
This allowed the visitors to drive downfield to kick a 36-yard field goal from Rian Lindell to close the gap to four points.
After the break, Lindell brought his team within one point with a 32-yarder early in the third quarter, but the Rams came back with a field goal of their own from Greg Zuerlein, who drilled one from 52 yards to restore their four-point advantage.
The teams were quite on offense in the fourth quarter as both defenses began to make stops, but Zuerlein was able to hand Jeff Fisher's team the win with two kicks from 25 and 48 yards respectively.
