Tampa Bay takes a 10 point lead against Minnesota to the locker room at half time

Another field goal by the Buccaneers and Tampa now has a nice lead against the Vikings the score is 13 to 0.

Minnesota finally gets a decent play and on a screen pass Percy Harvin gets a first down, and on the next play Adrian Peterson gets a first down with a run. Then a face mask penalty and the Vikings are in the red zone. They absolutely must convert this into points and they really honestly need a touchdown.

And they convert it into a touchdown. I think this was really needed not only for the points but also to give a bit more confidence back to the Viking offense. This puts them back into the game and shaves the lead to a single touchdown. The score is 13 Tampa to Minnesota 7.

And on this drive the Minnesota steps up and stops Tampa and forces them to kick. The last 2 possessions were a lot more of what I was expecting to see. Minnesota must keep their momentum going forward on this drive and take a lead to the locker room at the half.

An impressive drive being turned in by the Vikings and then Peterson gets the ball again on a short pass and after he gets the first down spins on a second effort for extra yards and the ball is stripped away and he fumbles it and Tampa recovers. Great play by the Tampa defense.

The Tampa offense is doing a lot better then I ever thought they would. A few friends had tried to tell me that they were actually playing much better then their stats were showing and I now believe them. I had not had the opportunity to see them play yet this year since the few times they were playing when I could have seen them the game was blacked out in my area.

Tampa does well and scores on the drive and extends their lead to 20 to 7.

Minnesota has a nother good drive and is moving the ball well when all of a sudden Tampa gets a sack for a big loss. In fact that was the first time they had been sacked since September. But no problem on the next play Ponder hits Jerome Simpson wide receiver for Minnesota with a 33 yard pass and they get a first down and keep the drive alive.

They almost lose the ball on a 3rd down from an interception but the defender was out of bounds. Minnesota takes the field goal and it is a 10 point game again with a score of 20 Tampa to Minnesoita 10.

As the half is winding down Minnesota gets the ball back with 1 time out and 25 seconds. They can’t do anything with it and let the time expire and take the break. The half time score syands at 20 Tampa and 10 Minnesota.