Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 Seattle Seahawks 35 Sunday 5 October 2025 at Lumen Field
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-1 Atlanta Falcons 2-2 Carolina Panthers 2-3 New Orleans Saints 1-4
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Harlan and Trent Green
Ho hum, five weeks into the season, five dramatic finishes. This one was even crazier as the Bucs tied the score at 35-35 on an 11-yard scoring pass from Baker Mayfield to Sterling Shepard with just over a minute remaining. The defense then got their first stop of the second half when Lavonte David caught a deflected pass setting up Chase McLaughln’s winning fieldgoal as time expired. 4-1 on the season with “Baker for MVP” chants beginning.
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 81 Miller OLB 0 Diaby WR 14 Godwin CB 27 McCollum WR 2 Egbuka CB 25 Parrish QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 15 T Johnson, 17 Shepard, 18 Williams, 19 K Johnson, 22 Vildor, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 52 Brewer, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 70 Chukwuma, 79 Klein, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 87 Durham, 92 Simmonds, 95 Roberts, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater, 24 Castro, 65 Feeney INACTIVES 7 Irving, 13 Evans, 21 Morrison, 29 Izien, 35 Dean
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Emeka Egbuka’s first touchdown was followed by a successful two pointer Rachaad White filled in for an injured Bucky Irving and scored a TD Lavonte David’s interception was the game deciding play
GAME SCORING TB 7:57-1Q McLaughlin FG30 TB 14:08-2Q McLaughlin FG36 TB 2:09-2Q White 7 run (McLaughlin) SEA 0:06-2Q Smith-Njibga 6 pass from Darnold (Myers) SEA 13:01-3Q Charbonnet 5 run (Myers) TB 7:52-3Q Egbuka 20 pass from Mayfield (Egbuka pass) SEA 4:12-3Q Barner 2 pass from Darnold (Myers) TB 0:19-3Q White 1 run (McLaughlin) SEA 9:48-4Q Barner 6 pass from Darnold (Myers) SEA 3:180-4Q Horton 21 pass from Darnold (Myers) TB 1:08-4Q Shepard 11 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 0:00-4Q McLaughlin FG39
GAME REPORTS Bucs outlast Seahawks with another wild walkoff win Emeka Egbuka sets more rookie receiving records for Bucs Another week, another comeback, another odds-defying win 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 5 Tampa Bay 38 Seattle 35 San Francisco 26 LA Rams 23 Minnesota 21 Cleveland 17 Houston 44 Baltimore 10 Carolina 27 Miami 24 Indianapolis 40 Las Vegas 6 New Orleans 26 NY Giants 14 Dallas 37 NY Jets 22 Denver 21 Philadelphia 17 Tennessee 22 Arizona 21 Detroit 37 Cincinnati 24 Washington 27 LA Chargers 10 New England 23 Buffalo 20 Jacksonville 31 Kansas City 28 Bye week: Atlanta, Chicago, Green Bay and Pittsburgh
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 14-41, Mayfield 5-15, Tucker 3-3, T.Johnson 1-2, Shepard 1-(-5). SEAHAWKS: Walker 10-86, Charbonnet 9-36, Milroe 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 33-29-379-0-2. SEAHAWKS: Darnold 34-28-341-1-4. RECEIVING BUCS: Egbuka 7-163, Otton 4-81, T.Johnson 4-59, White 4-30, Shepard 4-24, Godwin 3-26, Tucker 3-(-4). SEAHAWKS: Smith-Njigba 8-132, Barner 7-53, Kupp 6-59, Horton 3- 39, Young 1-36, Charbonnet 1-12, Arroyo 1-10, Walker 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: David 1-3. SEAHAWKS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Williams 5-129. SEAHAWKS: Young 5-154, Holani 2-42. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 0-0. SEAHAWKS: none. SACKS BUCS: none. SEAHAWKS: Nwosu 0.5-4.5,Bell 0.5-4.5.