In their long and illustrious NFL history, the Washington Redskins had never come from a 24-point deficit to win a game. And
then they played the 2015 Buccaneer defense. The Bucs had this one under control early in the second quarter and then a
combination of flags, blown coverages and mistakes saw defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. The Buccaneers managed to
set a team record for penalties and allowed the oft-maligned Kurt Cousins to shred their pass coverage throughout the second
half. There have been some memorable collapses in games in Tampa Bay NFL history such as the 87 Cardinals and 92 Rams
games - this one ranks right up there in that dubious category.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Washington Redskins 31
Sunday 25 October 2015 at FedEx Field
SCORING
TB
11:47-1Q
Evans 40 pass from Winston (Barth kick)
TB
5:06-1Q
Barth FG22
TB
11:34-2Q
Dye 7 pass from Winston (Barth kick)
TB
8:19-2Q
Jones 43 fumble return (Barth kick)
WAS
4:26-2Q
Cousins 8 run (Hopkins kick)
WAS
11:10-3Q
Grant 3 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick)
WAS
6:56-3Q
Reed 3 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick)
TB
13:51-4Q
Barth FG45
WAS
7:29-4Q
Hopkins FG35
TB
2:24-4Q
Barth FG21
WAS
0:24-4Q
Reed 6 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 19-136, Sims 10-49, Winston 1-5.
REDSKINS: Jones 9-29, Cousins 3-15, Morris 6-5, Young 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 29-21-297-0-2.
REDSKINS: Cousins 40-33-317-0-3.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 8-164, Martin 3-35, Stocker 3-22, Sims 2-17,
Murphy 1-19, Jackson 1-13, Dye 1-7, Brate 1-6, Rainey 1-4.
REDSKINS: Reed 11-72, Garcon 5-55, Crowder 5-48, Grant 3-
54, Roberts 3-49, Jones 3-22, Carrier 2-15, Morris 1-2.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
REDSKINS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Rainey 1-15.
REDSKINS: Ross 2-48.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Rainey 3-18.
REDSKINS: Crowder 1-4.
SACKS
BUCS: Smith 1-12.
REDSKINS: Knighton 0.5-4, Paea 0.5-4.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
LDE
92 Gholston
LG
70 Mankins
DT
93 McCoy
C
68 Hawley
DT
98 McDonald
RG
74 Marpet
RDE
56 Smith
RT
78 Cherilus
MLB
58 Alexander
TE
88 Stocker
WLB
54 David
TE
82 Myers
DB
21 Verner
WR
13 Evans
LCB
27 Banks
WR
83 Jackson
RCB
24 Jenkins
QB
3 Winston
SS
23 Conte
RB
22 Martin
FS
30 McDougald
PLAYED
5 Schum, 10 Barth, 17 Dye, 18 Murphy, 26 Moore, 31 Wright,
34 Sims, 36 Swearinger, 38 Adjei-Barimah, 43 Rainey, 45
Lemon, 46 Lane, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 51 Lansanah, 52
George, 64 Pamphile, 84 Brate, 90 Melton, 94 Johnson, 95
Jones, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
8 Glennon, 62 Smith
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 28 Jennings, 37 Tandy, 77 McDaniel, 79 Fragel, 87
Seferian-Jenkins, 89 Shepard
COMMENTARY CREW
Kenny Albert and Darryl Johnston
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips
Mike Evans opens the scoring with his first touchdown of the season
Donteea Dye’s first NFL reception was also a touchdown
Howard Jones returned a fumble for a score to put the Bucs 24-0 ahead