Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Minnesota Vikings 17 Sunday 10 September 2023 at US Bank Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1-0 Atlanta Falcons 1-0 New Orleans Saints 1-0 Carolina Panthers 0-1
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barker and Matt Ryan
The Bucs opened the post-Brady era with a somewhat surprising win on the road in Minnesota having gone North as six point underdogs. Three forced turnovers kept them in the game early before Mike Evans’ 82nd career touchdown tied the scores just before half-time. The second half saw a more ball control offense and some key third down conversions with Baker Mayfield scrambling at times to keep drives alive. Chase McLaughlin eventually won it with a 57-yard fieldgoal.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 71 Feiler NT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey DL 94 Kancey RG 69 Mauch OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 67 Goedecke ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 41 Kieft OLB 7 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Neal RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 0 Diaby, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 8 Dennis, 10 Palmer, 18 Jarrett, 22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 27 McCollum, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 77 Skule, 83 Thompkins, 89 Wells, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 60 Leverett, 64 Stinnie INACTIVES 21 Vaughn, 38 Pitts, 58 Watts, 73 Walton, 87 Durham
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Evans had the first touchdown of the season Trey Palmer’s first NFL catch was a touchdown in his first NFL game Chase McLaughlin’s 57-yard field goal proved to be the game winning score
GAME SCORING TB 3:23-1Q McLaughlin FG36 MIN 11:15-2Q Addison 39 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick) MIN 5:41-2Q Joseph FG25 TB 1:09-2Q Evans 28 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 6:01-3Q Palmer 7 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) MIN 13:37-4Q Mattison 4 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick) TB 5:10-4Q McLaughlin FG57
GAME REPORTS Bucs overcome slow start in upset of Vikings Winning field goal may finally end McLaughlin's forever journey How 'Go Go Gadget arms' saved the day for Bucs' defense Lavonte David overcomes accidental knockdown hit from Vita Vea Homecoming (of sorts) for Cody Mauch Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 1 Tampa Bay 20 Minnesota 17 Detroit 21 Kansas City 20 Atlanta 24 Carolina 10 Baltimore 25 Houston 9 Cleveland 24 Cincinnati 3 Jacksonville 31 I ndianapolis 21 New Orleans 16 Tennessee 15 San Francisco 30 Pittsburgh 7 Washington 20 Arizona 16 Green Bay 38 Chicago 20 Las Vegas 17 Denver 16 Miami 36 LA Chargers 34 Philadelphia 25 New England 20 LA Rams 30 Seattle 13 Dallas 40 NY Giants 0 NY Jets 22 Buffalo 16
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 17-39, Tucker 5-15, Mayfield 8-11, Edmonds 2-8, Jarrett 1-0. VIKINGS: Mattison 11-34, Cousins 3-7, Chandler 3-0. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 34-21-173-0-2. VIKINGS: Cousins 44-33-344-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 6-66, Godwin 5-51, Otton 2-19, Thompkins 2-10, R.White 2-10, Tucker 2-9, Palmer 2-8. VIKINGS: Jefferson 9-150, Hockenson 8-35, Addison 4-61, Oliver 3- 32, Osborn 3-31, Mattison 3-10, Ham 2-7, Chandler 1-18. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Izien 1-14. VIKINGS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 1-23. VIKINGS: Chandler 1-15. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 4-29. VIKINGS: Powell 4-18. SACKS BUCS: Winfield 1-10, Nelson 1-6. VIKINGS: Hunter 1-4.