Tampa Bay Buccaneers 11 Philadelphia Eagles 25 Monday 25 September 2023 at Raymond James Stadium
ESPN COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-1 Atlanta Falcons 2-1 New Orleans Saints 2-1 Carolina Panthers 0-3
The two-game winning streak to open the season came to a crashing end on Monday Night Football as the Bucs were man-handled from start to finish by the defending NFC champion Eagles. They were out-gained by nearly 300 yards and it was only due to a pair of interceptions that the scoreline was not more one-sided. The Bucs got their only touchdown with a Baker Mayfield to Mike Evans connection for the third straight game but Philadelphia ran out the final nine minutes.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 71 Feiler NT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey DL 91 Greene 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 27 McCollum 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, 10 Palmer, 18 Jarrett, 21 Vaughn, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 38 Pitts, 44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 64 Stinnie, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 89 Wells, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 8 Dennis, 24 Davis, 56 Senat, 58 Watts, 73 Walton, 87 Durham, 94 Kancey
GAME SCORING PHI 3:05-1Q Elliott FG36 TB 8:33-2Q McLaughlin FG33 PHI 3:32-2Q Zaccheaus 34 pass from Hurts (Elliott kick) PHI 0:00-2Q Elliott FG38 PHI 9:12-3Q Hurts 1 run (Elliott kick) PHI 3:40-3Q Safety - White tackled in endzone PHI 13:28-4Q Elliott FG26 TB 9:22-4Q Evans 1 pass from Mayfield (Godwin pass)
GAME REPORTS Buccaneers no match for Eagles in losing first game of season This loss was not a surprise for Bucs, but it should be an eye opener Bucs continue to struggle to find their running game this season One-handed highlight reel catch isn't enough for Mike Evans Ronde Barber gets Hall ring, thanks Philly fans Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 14-38, Mayfield 1-2, Tucker 2-1. EAGLES: Swift 16-130, Gainwell 14-43, Hurts 10-28. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 25-15-146-1-1. EAGLES: Hurts 37-23-277-2-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 5-60, Godwin 3-32, R.White 3-24, Thompkins 2-6, Otton 1-16, Palmer 1-8. EAGLES: Brown 9-131, Goedert 5-41, Smith 4-28, Zaccheaus 2-58, Swift 1-8, Stoll 1-6, Gainwell 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: D.White 1-26, Delaney 1-0. EAGLES: Blankenship 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. EAGLES: Covey 1-30, Allen 1-17. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 0-0. EAGLES: Covey 3-81. SACKS BUCS: David 1-6. EAGLES: Tuipulotu 1-2, Carter 0.5-5.5, Cox 0.5-5.5
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 3 Tampa Bay 11 Philadelphia 25 San Francisco 30 NY Giants 12 Indianapolis 22 Baltimore 19 Cleveland 27 Tennessee 3 Detroit 20 Atlanta 6 Green Bay 18 New Orleans 17 Houston 37 Jacksonville 17 Miami 70 Denver 20 LA Chargers 28 Minnesota 24 New England 15 NY Jets 10 Buffalo 37 Washington 3 Seattle 37 Carolina 27 Arizona 28 Dallas 16 Kansas City 41 Chicago 10 Pittsburgh 23 Las Vegas 18 Cincinnati 19 LA Rams 16
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Dee Delaney had an amazing diving interception to stop a scoring threat Mike Evans caught his third touchdown pass in as many weeks Chris Godwin added the two point conversion