LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Dallas Cowboys 26
The Buccaneers five-game winning streak came to an end with this loss. After being down 17–6 at the half, the Bucs came out hot in the second half scoring two touchdowns on throws to receiver Adam Humphries and tight end Cameron Brate, taking a 20–17 lead going into the fourth quarter. After three Dallas field goals in the fourth, the Bucs had a chance to drive down the field for a last second touchdown.
On 4th down with around 30 seconds remaining, Winston threw an interception to seal the game. With the loss, the Buccaneers move to 8–6 on the season.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Terry McAulay
- UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
- HEAD LINESMAN: Jerry Bergman
- LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
- SIDE JUDGE: Jonah Monroe
- BACK JUDGE: Rich Martinez
- FIELD JUDGE: Rick Patterson
- REPLAY OFFICIAL: Earnie Frantz
- VIDEO OPERATOR: not documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 05:54-1Q Aguayo FG 25
- COWBOYS: 14:56-2Q Bailey FG27
- COWBOYS: 12:34-2Q Elliott 2 run (Bailey kick)
- COWBOYS: 06:24-2Q Prescott 2 run (Bailey kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 01:52-2Q Aguayo FG34
- BUCCANEERS: 11:44-3Q Humphries 42 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 04:12-3Q Brate 10 pass from Winston (Aguayo kick)
- COWBOYS: 13:31-4Q Bailey FG40
- COWBOYS: 09:35-4Q Bailey FG38
- COWBOYS: 02:58-4Q Bailey FG33
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #89 R. Shepard
- TE: #84 C. Brate
- LT: #76 D. Smith
- LG: #64 K. Pamphile
- C: #68 J. Hawley
- RG: #74 A. Marpet
- RT: #78 G. Cherilus
- WR: #13 M. Evans
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- QB: #03 J. Winston
- RB: #22 D. Martin
STARTERS DEFENSE
- DE: #91 R. Ayers
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #98 C. McDonald
- DE: #92 W. Gholston
- SLB: #51 Da Smith
- MLB: #58 K. Alexander
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #28 V. Hargreaves
- CB: #24 B. Grimes
- S: #37 K. Tandy
- S: #30 B. McDougald
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Anger, 11 Humphries, 15 Huff, 16 Martino, 19 Aguayo, 21 Verner, 23 Conte, 26 Robinson, 29 R Smith, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 43 Barber, 45 Cross, 48 DePaola, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 57 Spence, 62 Smith, 66 Wester, 70 Siliga, 82 Myers, 96 Russell, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
- 8 Glennon
INACTIVE
- 4 Griffin, 17 Dye, 32 Rodgers, 67 Hughes, 69 Dotson, 75 Lambert, 77 Benenoch
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 16-42, Winston 1-6, Sims 3-4.
- COWBOYS: Elliott 23-159, Prescott 4-20, McFadden 3-10, Whitehead 2-(-4).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Winston 35-17-243-3-2.
- COWBOYS: Prescott 36-32-279-0-0.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Brate 5-73, Evans 4-59, Sims 3-15, Humphries 2-49, Martino 1-25, Shepard 1-19, Cross 1-7.
- COWBOYS: Witten 10-51, Bryant 8-82, Beasley 4-48, Williams 3-30, Elliott 3-29, Dunbar 2-20, Butler 1-21, McFadden 1-(-2).
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none.
- COWBOYS: Heath 1-19, Jones 1-7, Scandrick 1-0.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Huff 3-55.
- COWBOYS: Whitehead 3-72.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Humphries 0-0.
- COWBOYS: Whitehead 1-0.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: David 1-6, Gholston 1-6, Siliga 1-3.
- COWBOYS: Irving 2-14, McClain 1-7, Collins 1-2.