Tampa Bay Buccaneers 40 Los Angeles Chargers 17 Sunday 15 December 2024 at SoFi Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-6 Atlanta Falcons 7-7 New Orleans Saints 5-9 Carolina Panthers 3-11
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Adam Amin and Mark Sanchez
And then it was four wins in a row this one over a team with a winning record in their own stadium. The Bucs dominated the second half scoring 23 unanswered points, racking up huge yardage numbers both on the ground and through the air with big plays everywhere. Mike Evans had his biggest game of the season and Chargers QB Justin Herbert was beaten into submission whilst Baker Mayfield added another four passing TDs.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 90 Hall RG 69 Mauch OLB 98 Nelson RT 67 Goedecke ILB 54 David TE 88 Otton OLB 0 Diaby WR 17 Shepard CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 15 McMillan S 29 Izien QB 6 Mayfield S 26 Merrriweather RB 1 White S 23 Smith PLAYED 2 Trask, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Browning, 7 Irving, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Palmer, 18 Jarrett, 24 Funderburk, 32 Hayes, 36 Neal, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 48 Grier, 51 Russell, 53 Jones, 70 Hainsey, 77 Skule, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 92 Gholston, 95 Brewer, 96 Gaines INACTIVES 21 Edwards, 31 Winfield, 33 Ramirez, 52 Britt, 64 Newman, 82 Culp, 97 Brown
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Jalen McMillan’s opening touchdown was his third in the last two games Mike Evans had two receiving touchdowns - this was the first Rachaad White had the fourth touchdown of the game, an offensive gem
GAME SCORING TB 11:14-1Q McMillan 26 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) LAC 6:18-1Q McConkey 7 pass from Herbert (Dicker kick) TB 13:41-2Q McLaughlin FG22 LAC 8:47-2Q Dicker FG41 LAC 7:12-2Q Johnston 13 pass from Herbert (Dicker kick) TB 0:33-2Q McLaughlin FG37 TB 10:23-3Q Evans 57 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 5:06-3Q McLaughlin FG42 TB 1:36-3Q Evans 35 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 7:37-4Q White 11 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 2:51-4Q McLaughlin FG43
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press Mike Evans closes in on history, leads Bucs to win over Chargers Offense explodes as Bucs move to brink of playoffs with upset win Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 15 Tampa Bay 40 Las Vegas 17 LA Rams 12 San Francisco 6 Dallas 30 Carolins 14 Kansas City 21 Cleveland 7 Houston 20 Miami 12 NY Jets 32 Jacksonville 25 Washington 20 New Orleans 19 Baltimore 35 NY Giants 14 Cincinnati 37 Tennessee 27 Arizona 30 New England 17 Denver 31 Indianapolis 13 Buffalo 48 Detroit 42 Philadelphia 27 Pittsburgh 13 Green Bay 30 Seattle 13 Minnesota 30 Chicago 12 Atlanta 15 Las Vegas 9
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 15-117, White 15-64, Mayfield 2-25, Tucker 7-17. CHARGERS: Edwards 8-23, Vidal 3-9. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 27-22-288-1-4. CHARGERS: Herbert 33-21-195-1-2, Heinecke 1-1-4-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 9-159, McMillan 5-75, Otton 2-24, White 2-17, Irving 2-(- 4), Shepard 1-16, Miller 1-1. CHARGERS: McConkey 5-58, Smartt 5-50, Johnston 5-45, Chark 2- 16, Vidal 2-13, Palmer 2-10, Fisk 1-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Dean 1-0. CHARGERS: Still 1-18. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 1-37. CHARGERS: Davis 7-182. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Palmer 1-10. CHARGERS: none. SACKS BUCS: David 1.5-15.5, Hall 1.5-9,5. CHARGERS: Dye 1-5.