Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Washington Commanders 23 Sunday 12 January 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NBC COMMENTARY CREW Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth
The 2024 season came to an end at the first playoff hurdle when Zane Gonzalez’ field-goal bounced through off the right upright as time expired. The Bucs could not stop the Washington offense all night and it was only two failed fourth down gambles that kept the Bucs involved. But leading 17-13 early in the fourth quarter, a fumbled jet sweep snap was the crucial turnover and turned the momentum in favour of the Commanders.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 90 Hall RG 69 Mauch OLB 98 Nelson RT 67 Goedecke ILB 54 David TE 88 Otton ILB 51 Russell TE 87 Durham OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 15 McMillan CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 26 Merrriweather RB 7 Irving S 21 Edwards PLAYED 1 White, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Browning, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Palmer, 17 Shepard, 18 Jarrett, 21 Edwards, 23 Smith, 24 Funderburk, 32 Hayes, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 52 Britt, 56 Barrett, 70 Hainsey, 77 Skule, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 86 Deckers, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask INACTIVES 19 Johnson, 33 Ramirez, 36 Neal, 64 Newman, 80 Knue, 82 Culp, 95 Brewer
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Chase McLaughlin connected once again from 50 yards or more Mike Evans beat his old nemesis Marshan Lattimore for the first Buc TD Bucky Irving recorded his first pro receiving touchdown in the fourth qusrter
GAME SCORING TB 11:35-1Q McLaughlin FG50 WAS 9:26-2Q Brown 10 pass from Daniels (Gonzalez kick) WAS 1:52-2Q Gonzalez FG52 TB 0:10-2Q Evans 1 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) WAS 10:30-3Q Gonzalez FG22 TB 4:31-3Q Irving 4 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) WAS 9:46-4Q McLaurin 5 pass from Daniels (Gonzalez kick) TB 4:41-4Q McLaughlin FG32 WAS 0:00-4Q Gonzalez FG37
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press Fourth-quarter flubs play a part in Bucs' early playoff exit When it came to saving the season, the Bucs defense lacked a hero Mike Evans torches long-time rival Marshon Lattimore in losing effort How the Washington Post reported from the victorious locker room Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 17-77, Mayfield 7-23, White 1-1. COMMANDERS: Daniels 13-36, Ekeler 8-27, Robinson 10-16, Mariota 1-2, McNichols 1-1. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 18-15-185-0-2. COMMANDERS: Daniels 35-24-268-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 7-92, McMillan 2-41, Otton 2-32, White 2-14, Irving 2-6. COMMANDERS: McLaurin 7-89, Brown 5-89, Robinson 4-22, Ekeler 3- 26, Zaccheaus 3-19, Ertz 2-23. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. COMMANDERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 3-79. COMMANDERS: McCaffery 2-60. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: none. COMMANDERS: Crowder 1-17. SACKS BUCS: David 1-0. COMMANDERS: Armstrong 0.5-1, Wagner 0.5-1.