Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25 Philadelphia Eagles 31 Sunday 28 September 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3-1 Atlanta Falcons 2-2 Carolina Panthers 1-3 New Orleans Saints 0-4
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady
The three-game win streak to open the season came to an end on a sweltering day. The Bucs had their chances to come back in the second half when they held the Eagles to no completions and -1 yard of offense but an endzone interception by Baker Mayfield proved decisive. This game saw the longest TD reception by a Buc back beating Michael Pittman in 2003 and also two 70+ yard TD receptions for the second time in franchise history.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 96 Gaines RG 72 Haggard OLB 5 Reddick RT 77 Heck ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 15 T Johnson OLB 0 Diaby WR 14 Godwin 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, 17 Shepard, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 38 Wisdom, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 70 Chukwuma, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 92 SImmons, 95 Roberts, 96 Gaines, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater, 65 Feeney INACTIVES 13 Evans, 18 Williams, 22 Vildor, 29 Izien, 52 Brewer
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chase McLaughlin set a franchise record with a 65-yard fieldgoal Baker Mayfield somehow found Emeka Egbuka through double coverage Bucky Irving had the longest TD reception by a Buccaneer running back
GAME SCORING PHI 12:51-1Q Brown 35 blocked punt return (Elliott) PHI 7:08-1Q Goedert 2 pass from Hurts (Elliott) TB 0:00-1Q McLaughlin FG42 PHI 6:10-2Q Goedert 5 pass from Hurts (Elliott) PHI 0:58-2Q Elliot FG39 TB 0:00-2Q McLaughlin FG65 TB 9:51-3Q Egbuka 77 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) PH 3:51-3Q Barkley 6 run (Elliott) TB 2:10-3Q Irving 72 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 12:16-4Q McLaughlin FG58 TB 0:00-4Q Safety - Mann tackled in endzone
GAME REPORTS Bucs start slow, finish fast, ultimately fall short against Eagles Flip side of Baker Mayfield's magic is the inherent risk involved Inside Chris Godwin's emotional return to the playing field Game notes and anecdotes How The Athletic saw things unfold on a hot afternoon in Tampa Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 4 Tampa Bay 25 Philadelphia 31 Seattle 23 Arizona 20 Pittsburgh 24 Minnesota 21 Atlanta 34 Washington 27 Buffalo 31 New Orleans 19 Detroit 34 Cleveland 10 Houston 26 Tennessee 0 New England 42 Carolina 13 NY Giants 21 LA Chargers 18 LA Rams 27 Indianapolis 20 Jacksonville 26 S. Francisco 21 Kansas City 37 Baltimore 20 Chicago 25 Las Vegas 24 Dallas 40 Green Bay 40 Miami v NY Jets Cincinnati v Denver
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 15-63, White 6-17, Mayfield 2-13, Shepard 1-6, T.Johnson 1-5, Egbuka 1-0. EAGLES: Hurts 9-62, Barkley 19-43, Dillon 3-17, Mann 1-(-34). PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 40-22-289-1-2. EAGLES: Hurts 24-15-130-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Irving 5-102, Egbuka 4-101, White 4-29, Godwin 3-26, Otton 3- 9, Shepard 2-14, T.Johnson 1-8. EAGLES: Goedert 4-37, Barkley 4-31, Smith 2-29, Metchie 2-10, Brown 2-7, Galcaterra 1-16. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. EAGLES: Campbell 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 3-54, K.Johnson 2-42. EAGLES: Bigsby 3-82, Shipley 2-66. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 6-100. EAGLES: Dotson 1-3. SACKS BUCS: Vea 2-18. EAGLES: Ojomo 1-9, Baun 1-8.