Tampa Bay Buccaneers 37 Houston Texans 39 Sunday 5 November 2023 at NRG Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Ian Eagle and Charles Davis
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Atlanta Falcons 4-4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4-4 New Orleans Saints 4-5 Carolina Panthers 1-8
There will not be more disappointing or devastating losses for the Bucs than this one. Giving up an NFL rookie passing yardage record to CJ Stroud and blowing defensive coverages to allow Houston scores. Even after the Bucs somehow took the lead inside the final minute after Mike Evans recovered an offensive fumble inside the red zone, the defense gave it straight up with a 75- yard drive in 40 seconds. Former Buc RB Dare Ogunbowale kicked a FG for the Texans due to injury.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 64 Stinnie NT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey DL 92 Gholston RG 69 Mauch OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 67 Goedecke ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David WR 10 Palmer OLB 7 Barrett WR 13 Evans CB 35 Dean WR 14 Godwin CB 24 Davis QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Neal RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 0 Diaby, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 8 Dennis, 18 Jarrett, 21 Vaughn, 22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 27 McCollum, 29 Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 41 Kieft, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 73 Walton, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 87 Durham, 91 Greene, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 60 Leverett INACTIVES 11 Wolford, 44 Tucker, 58 Watts, 71 Feiler, 89 Wells, 90 Hall
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Cade Otton forced his way into the endzone for the first Buccaneer score Rachaad White had a pair of rushing touchdowns - this is the second one Otton put the Bucs ahead inside the final minute but to no avail
GAME SCORING TB 12:56-1Q McLaughlin FG35 HOU 9:10-1Q Collins 14 pass from Stroud (Fairbairn) TB 2:13-1Q Otton 3 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 9:05-2Q R.White 1 run (McLaughlin) HOU 5:17-2Q Fairbairn FG50 TB 12:38-3Q McLaughlin FG49 HOU 12:20-3Q Brown 75 pass from Stroud (pass failed) TB 9:23-3Q McLaughlin FG55 HOU 5:59-3Q Dell 29 pass from Stroud (pass failed) HOU 14:11-4Q Schultz 9 pass from Stroud (Stroud run) TB 11:43-4Q R.White 1 run (McLaughlin) HOU 8:45-4Q Ogunbowale FG29 TB 0:46-4Q Otton 14 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) HOU 0:06-4Q Dell 15 pass from Stroud (run failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 20-73, Vaughn 4-9, Mayfield 4-4, Edmonds 3-(-5). TEXANS: Singletary 13-26, Hutchinson 1-12, Stroud 0-10, Boone 1- 3, Dell 2-2. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 30-21-265-0-2. TEXANS: Stroud 42-30-470-0-5. RECEIVING BUCS: Otton 6-70, Evans 4-87, R.White 4-46, Palmer 3-51, Godwin 2-16, Vaughn 1-(-1), Edmonds 1-(-1), Hainsey 0-(-3). TEXANS: Schultz 10-130, Brown 6-153, Dell 6-114, Collins 3-54, Beck 2-5, Singletary 2-0, Metchie 1-14. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. TEXANS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-54. TEXANS: Dell 2-44, Boone 1-8. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-22. TEXANS: Dell 1-7. SACKS BUCS: Kancey 1-13, D.White 1-7, Barrett 1-7. TEXANS: Davis 1-9, Anderson1-5.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 9 Tampa Bay 37 Houston 39 Pittsburgh 20 Tennessee 16 Kansas City 21 Miami 14 Minnesota 31 Atlanta 28 Cleveland 27 Arizona 0 Green Bay 20 LA Rams 3 Washington 20 New England 17 New Orleans 24 Chicago 17 Baltimore 37 Seattle 3 Indianapolis 27 Carolina 13 Las Vegas 30 NY Giants 6 Philadelphia 28 Dallas 23 Cincinnati 24 Buffalo 18 LA Chargers 27 NY Jets 6 bye week: Denver, Detroit, Jacksonville and San Francisco