The Bucs lost the re-match of Super Bowl LV as Patrick Mahomes recaptured his MVP form and made big plays all over the field to torch the Tampa defense for more points by half-time than they had allowed in the first three games total. Rachaad White fumbled the opening kickoff and the Bucs were playing catch-up by then only attempting six rushes the entire game. Mike Evans returned from suspension and had a pair of touchdown passes but this game was never that close.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 3-6, Fournette 3-(-3). CHIEFS: Edwards-Hilaire 19-92, Pacheco 11-63, Mahomes 4-34, Gray 1-1, McKinnon 2-(-1). PASSING BUCS: Brady 52-39-385-0-3. CHIEFS: Mahomes 37-23-249-1-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-103, Godwin 7-59, Fournette 7-57, White 5-50, Brate 4-32, Otton 3-29, Gage 2-24, Kieft 1- 19, Jones 1-7, Beasley 1-5. CHIEFS: Kelce 9-92, Smith-Shuster 5-46, Valdes- Scantling 3-63, Moore 2-31, Fortson 1-10, Hartman 1-4, Edwards-Hilaire 1-2, McKinnon 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Murphy-Bunting 1-33. CHIEFS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 2-51. CHIEFS: Pacheco 3-91. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 0-0. CHIEFS: Moore 1-12. SACKS BUCS: Nassib 1-11, Edwards 1-5, Nelson 1-5. CHIEFS: Sneed 1-12.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Kansas City Chiefs 41 Sunday 2 October 2022 at Raymond James Stadium
GAME SCORING KC 0-7 14:14-1Q Kelce 16 pass from Mahomes (Wright) TB 3-7 10:12-1Q Succop FG45 KC 3-14 4:01-1Q Edwards-Helaire 3 run (Wright) KC 3-21 11:26-2Q E-Helaire 2 pass from Mahomes (Wright) TB 10-21 8:50-2Q Evans 13 pass from Brady (Succop) KC 10-28 2:11-2Q Gray 1 run (Wright) TB 17-28 0:10-2Q Evans 1 pass from Brady (Succop) KC 17-31 11:26-3Q Wright FG44 KC 17-38 5:42-3Q Fortson 10 pass from Mahomes (Wright) TB 24-38 0:44-3Q White 1 run (Succop kick) KC 24-41 10:47-4Q Wright FG32 TB 31-41 3:30-4Q Fournette 5 pass from Brady (Succop)
GAME REPORTS Bucs get blown away on defense and lose Super Bowl re-match Cameron Brate suffers an apparent concussion Game notes and another record for Mike Evans Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 56 Nunez-Roches LG 67 Goedecke DT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mason ILB 54 David RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton OLB 58 Barrett WR 6 Jones CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin S 26 Ryan QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 15 Beasley, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn, 22 Neal, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 29 White, 30 Delaney, 33 Young, 41 Kieft, 52 Britt, 53 Fatukasi, 73 Walton, 74 Johnson, 79 O’Connor, 84 Brate, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 2 Trask, 8 Rudolph, 10 Miller, 16 Perriman, 27 McCollum, 96 Hicks
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Evans had two touchdown receptions - this was the first Rachaad White notched up his first NFL touchdown late in the 3rd quarter Sean Murphy-Bunting picked up an interception in the 4th quarter
COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 4 Tampa Bay 31 Kansas City 41 Cincinnati 27 Miami 15 Minnesota 28 New Orleans 25 Atlanta 23 Cleveland 20 Buffalo 23 Baltimore 20 Dallas 25 Washington 10 Seattle 48 Detroit 45 LA Chargers 34 Houston 24 Tennessee 24 Indianapolis 17 NY Giants 20 Chicago 12 Philadelphia 29 Jacksonville 21 NY Jets 24 Pittsburgh 20 Arizona 26 Carolina 16 Green Bay 27 New England 24 Las Vegas 32 Denver 23 San Francisco 24 LA Rams 9