Bills-Buccaneers Capsule

BUFFALO (4-8) at TAMPA BAY(3-9)

Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

OPENING LINE — Buccaneers by 2½

RECORD VS. SPREAD — Buffalo 6-6, Tampa Bay 5-7

SERIES RECORD — Buccaneers lead 6-3

LAST MEETING — Bills beat Buccaneers 33-20, Sept. 20, 2009

LAST WEEK — Bills lost to Falcons 34-31, OT; Buccaneers lost to Panthers 27-6

AP PRO32 RANKING — Bills No. 24, Buccaneers No. 26 (tie)

BILLS OFFENSE — OVERALL (T16), RUSH (4), PASS (29)

BILLS DEFENSE — OVERALL (17), RUSH (24), PASS (15)

BUCCANEERS OFFENSE — OVERALL (31), RUSH (22), PASS (30)

BUCCANEERS DEFENSE — OVERALL (16), RUSH (12), PASS (18)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Teams are meeting for just 10th time. Nine meetings have been in Tampa, with Bucs winning six of previous nine. Bills won only matchup in Buffalo four years ago. ... Bucs coach Greg Schiano and Bills coach Doug Marrone faced each other three times while leading Rutgers and Syracuse, respectively, in Big East, with Marrone holding a 2-1 edge. ... Rookie QBs E.J. Manuel (Bills) and Mike Glennon (Bucs) are Virginia natives who've known one another since high school and faced each other in college, going 1-1 with Manuel playing for Florida State and Glennon for North Carolina State. ... With nine touchdown passes, Manuel's two shy of setting team rookie record. Over his past two games, he has three TDs and no interceptions. ... Bills RB C.J. Spiller averaged nearly 10 yards per carry in gaining 149 on 15 attempts against Falcons last week. ... Buffalo is averaging AFC-best 139.2 yards rushing per game. ... Bills RB Fred Jackson is on verge of joining Hall of Famers Thurman Thomas and O.J. Simpson as only Buffalo players to rush for 5,000 yards. He's needs 136 to reach that number. ... Bills lead NFL with 43 sacks. DE Mario Williams leads the way with 12. ... Glennon has thrown for 10 TDs with just two interceptions in his past seven games. His 1,926 yards passing are most ever by Bucs rookie. ... Glennon has Bucs rookie-record 13 TD passes in nine starts. ... Tampa Bay leads NFL with 17 interceptions, including team-leading three by backup S Keith Tandy, who has one each of past two weeks. ... WR Tiquan Underwood, playing more with injured WR Mike Williams out for season, has six receptions for 159 yards and two TDs in Tampa Bay's past two games.

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