Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Houston Texans 19 Monday 15 September 2025 at NRG Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-0 Atlanta Falcons 1-1 Carolina Panthers 0-2 New Orleans Saints 0-2
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
After multiple losses on prime time television, the Bucs pulled out of the most dramatic wins in franchise history when Rachaad White scored with six seconds left and Tampa Bay left Houston with a narrow 20-19 victory. This one was down to the guts and efforts of Baker Mayfield, playing behind a line missing both starting tackles. The defense got gashed early and then made enough big plays when it mattered to do their part.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 62 Barton DL 90 Hall LG 60 Jordan NT 50 Vea C 68 Brederson DL 94 Kancey RG 69 Mauch OLB 5 Reddick RT 67 Goedecke ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 17 Shepard OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 2 Egbuka CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 7 Irving S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 White, 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 22 Vildor, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 70 Chukwuma, 77 Heck, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 95 Roberts, 96 Gaines, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater INACTIVES 14 Godwin, 15 T Johnson, 18 Williams, 38 Wisdom, 78 Wirfs, 82 Culp
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Ryan Miller scored the first Buccaneer touchdown on a pass from Mayfield Emeka Egbuka got his third NFL score in two games on a receiver screen And with nine seconds left, Rachaad White sealed the comeback victory
GAME SCORING HOU 11:53-1Q Collins 29 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn) TB 7:12-1Q Miller 20 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) HOU 3:25-1Q Fairbairn FG35 TB 9:41-2Q Egbuka 15 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) HOU 5:22-4Q Fairbairn FG53 HOU 2:10-4Q Chubb 25 run (pass failed) TB 0:06-4Q White 2 run (pass failed)
GAME REPORTS Cardiac Bucs - late two minute heroics on the road Shorthanded and trailing late, Bucs pull off spectacular comeback How the two writers from The Athletic saw things unfold Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 2 Tampa Bay 20 Houston 19 Green Bay 27 Washington 19 Baltimore 41 Cleveland 17 Cincinnati 31 Jacksonvile 27 Dallas 40 NY Giants 37 Detroit 52 Chicago 21 New England 33 Miami 27 San Francisco 26 New Orleans 21 Buffalo 30 NY Jets 10 Seattle 31 Pittsburgh 17 LA Rams 33 Tennessee 19 Arizona 27 Carolina 22 Indianapolis 29 Denver 28 Philadelphia 20 Kansas City 17 Atlanta 22 Minnesota 6 LA Chargers 20 Las Vegas 9
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 17-71, White 10-65, Mayfield 3-33. TEXANS: Chubb 12-43, Stroud 4-27, Marks 3-14. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 38-25-215-0-2. TEXANS: Stroud 24-13-207-0-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 5-51, Egbuka 4-67, Irving 4-8, Shepard 3-39, White 1-2. TEXANS: Collins 3-52, Schultz 3-29, Hutchinson 2-29, Chubb 2-29, Marks 1-37, Higgins 1-28, Watson 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. TEXANS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Johnson 2-42. TEXANS: Noel 3-78, Smith 1-29. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Johnson 1-6. TEXANS: Noel 3-67. SACKS BUCS: Smith 1-9, David 0.5-4, Roberts 0.5-4. TEXANS: Hunter 2-11, Anderson 1-8, Rankins 1-5.