Tampa Bay Buccaneers 29 New York Jets 27 Sunday 21 September 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3-0 Atlanta Falcons 1-2 Carolina Panthers 1-2 New Orleans Saints 0-3
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
On a day when the 50th anniversary of the franchise was celebrated with throwback uniforms and over 100 former players, the 2025 Bucs went to 3-0 with a game that was won, lost and then won again. After losing a 23-6 lead in the fourth quarter culminating in a blocked fieldgoal return, Baker Mayfield drove the Bucs downfield in the final two minutes and Chase McLaughlin kicked his fifth fieldgoal of the game as time expired.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 62 Barton DL 90 Hall LG 79 Klein NT 50 Vea C 68 Brederson DL 96 Gaines RG 72 Haggard OLB 5 Reddick RT 77 Heck ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 81 Miller 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, 15 T Johnson, 17 Shepard, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 70 Chukwuma, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 92 Simmonds, 95 Roberts, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater INACTIVES 14 Godwin, 18 Williams, 22 Vildor, 38 Wisdom, 78 Wirfs, 82 Culp
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Emeka Egbuka had a stunning one-handed catch down the right sideline Mike Evans scored the first Buc touchdown on a simple slant route Jamel Dean had a rare Tampa pick six just before half-time
GAME SCORING NYJ 8:51-1Q Folk FG38 TB 2:20-1Q McLaughlin FG54 NYJ 14:01-2Q Folk FG42 TB 11:15-2Q Evans 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 1:43-2Q McLaughlin FG33 TB 0:17-2Q Dean 55 interception return (McLaughlin) TB 5:51-3Q McLaughlin FG28 NYJ 10:12-4Q Wilson 11 pass from Taylor (Folk kick) TB 6:13-4Q McLaughlin FG55 NYJ 3:40-4Q Lazard 4 pass from Taylor (Folk kick) NYJ 1:49-4Q McDonald 50 blocked FG return (Folk kick) TB 0:00-4Q McLaughlin FG36
GAME REPORTS A block, then redemption for Bucs kicker Chase McLaughlin Former Tampa Tribune sports edior Nick Pugliese was there too It's a jump to the left and a slide to the right in Bucs O-line dance Throw any hurdle at these Bucs. Bottom line? They're 3-0 For Baker Mayfield, this was about revenge too Jamel Dean's pick-6 vs. Jets helps Bucs shake turnover drought How The Athletic saw the game unfold Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 3 Tampa Bay 29 NY Jets 27 Buffalo 31 NY Jets 21 Carolina 30 Atlanta 0 Cleveland 13 Green Bay 10 Jacksonville 17 Houston 10 Minnesota 48 Cincinnati 10 Pittsburgh 21 New England 14 Philadelphia 33 LA Rams 26 Indianapolis 41 Tennessee 20 Washington 41 Las Vegas 24 LA Chargers 23 Denver 20 Seattle 44 New Orleans 13 Chicago 31 Dallas 14 San Francisco 16 Arizona 15 Kansas CIty 22 NY Giants 9 Detroit 38 Baltimore 30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 25-66, Mayfield 4-44, White 5-12. JETS: T.Taylor 8-48, Allen 6-30, Hall 9-21. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 29-19-233-0-1. JETS: T.Taylor 36-26-197-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Egbuka 6-85, Shepard 4-80, Evans 4-33, Irving 4-33, White 1-2. JETS: Wilson 10-84, Hall 4-31, M.Taylor 4-18, T.Johnson 2-32, Allen 2- 17, Lazard 2-13, Smith 2-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Dean 1-55. JETS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 5-124. JETS: Davis 3-81, Allen 3-76. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 2-(-1). JETS: Williams 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Parrish 1-10, Winfield 1-8, Diaby 1-7, David 1-4. JETS: Phillips 0.5-4, Qu.Williams 0.5-4.