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The 2022 Buccaneer season came to an end in disappointing style with a wild card loss that was not even as close as the final score would indicate. The Tampa offense did nothing all game until fourth quarter garbage time and their only real scoring chance early on ended in an endzone interception. The Cowboys had five long scoring drives and only an amazing four consecutive PAT misses by their kicker put an dampener on their night.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 7-41, Fournette 5-11. COWBOYS: Pollard 15-77, Elliott 13-27, Prescott 7-24. PASSING BUCS: Brady 66-35-351-1-2. COWBOYS: Prescott 33-25-205-0-4. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 10-85, Jones 7-74, Evans 6-74, Otton 4-58, White 4-36, Gage 2-10, Brate 1-8, Fournette 1-6. COWBOYS: Schultz 7-95, Gallup 5-46, Lamb 4-68, Pollard 3- 12, Hilton 2-23, Brown 2-18, Ferguson 1-34, Elliott 1-9. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COWBOYS: Kearse 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-58. COWBOYS: Turpin 1-35. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-34. COWBOYS: Turpin 2-7. SACKS BUCS: Vea 1-8. COWBOYS: Hankins 1-9, Parsons 1-8.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Dallas Cowboys 31 Monday 16 January 2023 at Raymond James Stadium

GAME SCORING DAL 0-6 6:28-1Q Schultz 22 pass from Prescott (kick failed) DAL 0-12 6:13-2Q Prescott 1 run (kick failed) DAL 0-18 0:27-2Q Schultz 11 pass from Prescott (kick failed) DAL 0-24 10:04-3Q Gallup 2 pass from Prescott (kick failed) TB 6-24 0:00-3Q Jones 30 pass from Brady (pass failed) TB 6-31 10:13-4Q Lamb 18 pass from Prescott (Maher kick) TB 14-31 2:04-4Q Brate 8 pass from Brady (Evans pass)

GAME REPORTS Cowboys send Bucs to early playoff exit An ugly season is put to rest and may drag Brady's career down with it Defense fails in wild-card loss to Dallas Cowboys 6 months and 3 ligament tears later, Ryan Jensen returns to Bucs lineup Head injury to Russell Gage puts frightening end to forgettable loss Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook

STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 96 Hicks LG 67 Goedecke DT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DL 92 Gholston RG 69 Mason OLB 98 Nelson RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 41 Kieft OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka WR 13 Evans CB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 14 Godwin CB 24 Davis QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 29 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 5 Camarda, 6 Jones, 7 Fournette, 10 Miller, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn, 25 Bernard, 26 Ryan, 27 McCollum, 30 Delaney, 35 Dean, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 57 Gilbert, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 84 Brate, 90 Hall, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner. DID NOT PLAY 3 Succop, 11 Gabbert, 70 Hainsey, 73 Walton, 75 Molchon. INACTIVES 2 Trask, 8 Rudolph, 16 Perriman, 22 Neal, 60 Leverett.

COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman

GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Vita Vea had an early sack before the defense became less effective Tom Brady found Julio Jones for a score as the third quarter expired Could Brady’s pass to Cameron Brate have been his final one as a Buc?