There are defeats that can be regarded as moral victories. This felt more like a victory that was a moral defeat. Twice leading by two touchdowns, the Bucs allowed Cleveland back into the game and after a missed 40-yard FG attempt by Chandler Catanzaro, the game went into overtime. There the latter won it with a 59-yarder, the second- longest in team history after the Buccaneers recovered a fumbled punt. They also won in spite of four turnovers.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Winston 10-55, Barber 11-30, Jones 6-13, Rodgers 3-8, Jackson 2-8. BROWNS: Chubb 18-80, Mayfield 4-43, Johnson 1-(-4). PASSING BUCS: Winston 52-32-365-2-0. BROWNS: Mayfield 34-23-315-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 7-107, Howard 5-67, Godwin 5-59, Humphries 4-37, Brate 3-23, Auclair 3-15, Jackson 2-15, Jones 1-15, Rodgers 1-11, Cross 1-6. BROWNS: Landry 10-97, Njoku 4-52, Johnson 4-23, Ratley 3-23, Callaway 1-14, Perriman 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BROWNS: Kirksey 1-13, Collins 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. BROWNS: Hilliard 1-30, Peppers 1-12. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 4-20. BROWNS: Peppers 2-46. SACKS BUCS: Nassib 2-16, Pierre-Paul 1-7, Gholston 1-5, Taylor 1-1. BROWNS: Garrett 2-12, Ogbah 1.5-7.5, Ogunjobi 0.5-3.5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 Cleveland Browns 23 Sunday 21 October 2018 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING CLE 9:18-1Q Safety - Barber tackled in the endzone TB 3:02-1Q Catanzaro FG38 TB 14:54-2Q Jackson 14 run (kick failed) TB 7:58-2Q Winston 14 run (Catanzaro kick) CLE 13:01-3Q Njoku 15 pass from Mayfield (Joseph kick) TB 0:28-3Q Jones 2 run (Catanzaro kick) CLE 12:17-4Q Chubb 1 run (Joseph kick) CLE 2:28-4Q Landry 16 pass from Mayfield (Joseph kick) TB 1:50-OT Catanzaro FG59
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on one of the wildest games in franchise history Chandler Catanzaro redeems himself in dramatic style Love him or hate him, Jameis Winston can win or lose a game on his own Bucs fear Kwon Alexander is out for the rest of the season Tom Jones knows the Bucs needed this win in the worst way possible Roy Cummings offers up his usual superb analysis for Florida Football Insiders Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
COMMENTARY CREW Sam Rosen and Ronde Barber
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 94 Nassib LG 74 Marpet DT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DT 91 Allen RG 77 Benenoch RDE 90 Pierre-Paul RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 82 Auclair WLB 54 David TE 80 Howard DB 36 Stewart TE 84 Brate LCB 24 Grimes WR 13 Evans RCB 33 Davis QB 3 Winston SS 39 Johnson RB 25 Barber FS 21 Evans PLAYED 7 Catanzaro, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 11 Jackson, 12 Godwin, 17 Watson, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 29 Smith, 31 Whitehead, 32 Rogers, 35 Elliott, 45 Cross, 48 Cichy, 52 Lynch, 53 Taylor, 56 Nunez-Roches, 57 Spence, 59 Bond, 61 Wester, 62 Smith, 89 Sanborn, 92 Gholston DID NOT PLAY 14 Fitzpatrick INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 38 Wilson, 65 Cappa, 67 Liedtke, 71 Harris, 93 McCoy, 97 Curry
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Desean Jackson’s reverse touchdown was the first of the game Ronald Jones found the endzone for the first time in his NFL career Chandler Catanzaro’s 59-yard fieldgoal was the longest overtime kick in NFL history