Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Houston Texans 23
Saturday 21 December 2019 at Raymond James Stadium
The turnovers came quick and early in this one, Jameis’ first pass being returned for a touchdown, the next drive
being one that set up a fieldgoal and a third before the end of the first quarter. Yet without Mike Evans and Chris
Godwin, the Bucs fought back and only went down by a fieldgoal to the Texans. One last drive resulted in another
pick whilst Cameron Brate dropped a 4th down reception on the way to a potential clinching fieldgoal attempt.
SCORING
HOU
14:12-1Q
Roby 27 interception return (Fairbairn kick)
HOU
11:29-1Q
Fairbairn FG32
TB
0:56-1Q
Gay FG50
HOU
9:22-2Q
Hyde 1 run (Fairbairn kick)
TB
1:57-2Q
Jones 4 run (Gay kick)
TB
0:13-2Q
Watson 8 pass from Winston (Gay kick)
HOU
9:30-3Q
Fairbairn FG25
TB
1:13-3Q
Gay FG41
HOU
7:11-4Q
Fairbairn FG37
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Jones 14-77, Winston 2-16, Barber 5-13.
TEXANS: Watson 7-37, Hyde 17-27, Johnson 2-4.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 48-25-335-4-1.
TEXANS: Watson 32-19-184-1-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Perriman 7-102, Watson 5-43, Howard 3-46,
Ogunbowale 3-34, Jones 3-32, Brate 2-17, Hyman 1-
31, McElroy 1-30.
TEXANS: Stills 5-57, Hopkins 5-23, Fells 3-27, Carter
2-44, Fuller 2-11, Johnson 1-12, Hyde 1-10.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Dean 1-31.
TEXANS: Roby 1-27, Reid 1-18, Addae 1-4, Joseph
1-0.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Ogunbowale 5-74.
TEXANS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Schnell 2-3.
TEXANS: Carter 1-10.
SACKS
BUCS: Pierre-Paul 3-16, Murphy-Bunting 1-7, Nassib
1-0.
TEXANS: Mercilus 2-3, Dunn 1-3.
COMMENTARY CREW
Rich Eisen, Joe Thomas and Nate Burleson
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
DL
93 Suh
LG
74 Marpet
DT
50 Vea
C
66 Jensen
OLB
90 Pierre-Paul
RG
65 Cappa
ILB
54 David
RT
69 Dotson
ILB
45 White
TE
80 Howard
OLB
58 Barrett
WR
19 Perriman
CB
35 Dean
WR
17 Watson
LCB
33 Davis
WR
18 Hyman
RCB
26 Murphy-Bunting
QB
3 Winston
SS
39 Adams
RB
27 Jones
FS
34 Edwards
PLAYED
8 Pinion, 9 Gay, 15 Grayson, 24 Stewart, 25 Barber, 29 Smith,
36 Stewart, 37 Wilkins, 44 Ogunbowale, 51 Minter, 52 Dawkins,
56 Nunez-Roches, 71 Watford, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 83
Schnell, 84 Brate, 86 McElroy, 92 Gholston, 94 Nassib, 96
Acho, 97 Triner.
DID NOT PLAY
4 Griffin, 98 Nelson
INACTIVES
12 Godwin, 41 Daniels, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hawkins, 87 Leggett, 88
Hudson, 91 Allen.
GAME REPORTS
Jameis Winston can't help himself, and clearly the Bucs can't either
The Bucs' five-step approach to ruining a month of good vibes
Fasten your seatbelts Tampa Bay, Winston is on the brink of history
Cameron Brate: 'I couldn’t come through when we needed it'
How Florida Football Insiders saw the game
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Ronald Jones had the first Buccaneer touchdown of the game
Jamel Dean’s interception was part of a wild first half
Justin Watson brought the Bucs level just before half-time