Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Dallas Cowboys 27
Sunday 23 December 2018 at AT&T Stadium
A bad football team will always find a way to lose. And with multiple key penalties and two turnovers that led to 14
points, the Buccaneers lost their 12th game in 13 attempts in Dallas. A fumble return touchdown and a botched
reverse handoff that gave the Cowboys the ball inside the five were the difference makers as the Tampa defense
posted his best performance of the year based on yardage. But in the end it was a third straight loss for the Bucs.
SCORING
TB
12:08-1Q
Santos FG37
DAL
7:07-1Q
Prescott 7 run (Maher kick)
DAL
1:41-1Q
Smith 69 fumble return (Maher kick)
TB
9:13-2Q
Santos FG45
DAL
1:43-2Q
Maher FG59
TB
0:20-2Q
Rodgers 2 run (Santos kick)
DAL
3:41-3Q
Maher FG20
DAL
2:23-3Q
Gallup 4 pass from Prescott (Maher kick)
TB
2:05-4Q
Evans 7 pass from Winston (Santos kick)
GAME REPORTS
Rick Stroud sees time running out in the game and on the season
The turnovers were what ultimately doomed the Bucs in this one
DeSean Jackson returned but may be out once more
Cairo Santos had a long distance miss which summed up the kicking woes again
How Roy Cummings saw the game for Florida Football Insiders
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Barber 17-43, WInston 4-14, Jackson 1-4,
Rodgers 2-2.
COWBOYS: Elliott 18-85, Prescott 4-2, Smith 2-(-7).
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 48-34-336-0-1.
COWBOYS: Prescott 25-20-161-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Humphries 10-79, Rodgers 7-55, Evans 6-90,
Godwin 3-39, Barber 3-13, Wilson 2-28, Brate 2-8,
Jackson 1-24.
COWBOYS: Beasley 5-50, Elliott 5-24, Cooper 4-20,
Gallup 3-53, Jarwin 2-8, Brown 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
COWBOYS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Wilson 2-69.
COWBOYS: Jackson 1-20.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Humphries 0-0.
COWBOYS: Beasley 1-13.
SACKS
BUCS: Vea 1-9.
COWBOYS: Collins 1-8, Lawrence 1-8, Gregory 1-0.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
94 Nassib
LG
74 Marpet
DT
93 McCoy
C
66 Jensen
DT
50 Vea
RG
77 Benenoch
RDE
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
69 Dotson
SLB
59 Bond
TE
82 Auclair
MLB
53 Taylor
WR
10 Humphries
WLB
54 David
WR
12 Godwin
LCB
24 Grimes
WR
13 Evans
RCB
33 Davis
QB
3 Winston
SS
31 Whitehead
RB
25 Barber
FS
26 Adams
PLAYED
5 Santos, 9 Anger, 11 Jackson, 22 Harris, 27 Jones, 29 Smith,
32 Rogers, 36 Stewart, 39 Johnson, 49 Bullough, 52 Lynch, 57
Spence, 61 Wester, 65 Cappa, 67 Liedtke, 84 Brate, 85 Wilson,
86 Ernsberger, 89 Sanborn, 91 Allen, 92 Gholston, 97 Curry
DID NOT PLAY
4 Griffin
INACTIVES
14 Fitzpatrick, 17 Watson, 30 Shaw, 37 Rivers, 56 Nunez-
Roches, 78 Ledbetter, 88 Hudson
COMMENTARY CREW
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
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A sack on Jameis Winston led to a fumble return touchdown for the Cowboys
Jacquizz Rodgers’ first touchdown of the season brought the Bucs to within four at the half
A late score to Mike Evans left the Buccaneers needing an onside kick to have any chance of success