Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Dallas Cowboys 26
Sunday 18 December 2016 at AT&T Stadium
SCORING
TB
5:54-1Q
Aguayo FG 25
DAL
14:56-2Q
Bailey FG27
DAL
12:34-2Q
Elliott 2 run (Bailey kick)
DAL
6:24-2Q
Prescott 2 run (Bailey kick)
TB
1:52-2Q
Aguayo FG34
TB
11:44-3Q
Humphries 42 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
TB
4:12-3Q
Brate 10 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
DAL
13:31-4Q
Bailey FG40
DAL
9:35-4Q
Bailey FG38
DAL
2:58-4Q
Bailey FG33
And then the good guys finally lost. The five-game winning streak ended in a nationally-televised game in Dallas but
the Bucs gave the 12-2 Cowboys all they could handle and led going into the fourth quarter thanks to a pair of second
half touchdown passes from Jameis Winston. Unfortunately he also threw three picks albeit all understandable due to
game situations and the Tampa defense was unable to stop the rookie offensive duo of Prescott and Elliott all night
long. One final Buc drive inside the final minute ended with Winston’s third pick on 4th down.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 16-42, Winston 1-6, Sims 3-4.
COWBOYS: Elliott 23-159, Prescott 4-20, McFadden 3-10, Whitehead
2-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 35-17-243-3-2.
COWBOYS: Prescott 36-32-279-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Brate 5-73, Evans 4-59, Sims 3-15, Humphries 2-49, Martino
1-25, Shepard 1-19, Cross 1-7.
COWBOYS: Witten 10-51, Bryant 8-82, Beasley 4-48, Williams 3-30,
Elliott 3-29, Dunbar 2-20, Butler 1-21, McFadden 1-(-2).
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
COWBOYS: Heath 1-19, Jones 1-7, Scandrick 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Huff 3-55.
COWBOYS: Whitehead 3-72.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 0-0.
COWBOYS: Whitehead 1-0.
SACKS
BUCS: David 1-6, Gholston 1-6, Siliga 1-3.
COWBOYS: Irving 2-14, McClain 1-7, Collins 1-2.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
91 Ayers
LG
64 Pamphile
DT
93 McCoy
C
68 Hawley
DT
98 McDonald
RG
74 Marpet
RDE
92 Gholston
RT
78 Cherilus
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
88 Stocker
WLB
54 David
TE
84 Brate
SLB
51 Smith
WR
89 Shepard
LCB
28 Hargeaves
WR
13 Evans
RCB
24 Grimes
QB
3 Winston
SS
37 Tandy
RB
22 Martin
FS
30 McDougald
PLAYED
9 Anger, 11 Humphries, 15 Huff, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21
Verner, 23 Conte, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 34 Sims, 35
Elliott, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53
Glanton, 57 Spence, 62 Smith, 66 Wester, 70 Siliga, 82 Myers,
96 Russell, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
8 Glennon
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 17 Dye, 32 Rodgers, 67 Hughes, 69 Dotson, 75
Lambert, 77 Benenoch
COMMENTARY CREW
Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Adam Humphries makes a great touchdown reception on a deflected pass
Cameron Brate’s seventh touchdown of the year put the Bucs ahead 20-17
Kwon Alexander forced a fourth quarter fumble but the Buccaneers could not take advantage