Somehow just somehow. The Bucs ended their five-game losing streak to the Cowboys with a dramatic late victory thanks to Jameis Winston’s bootleg run inside the final minute. And you can throw in the defensive holding penalty on the Cowboys that negated a Winston fumble at the goal-line and Bradley McDougald’s clinching interception on a desperate late Dallas throw into the endzone. The Bucs’ defense held the Cowboys to just 217 yards of total offense taking advantage of facing back-up QB Matt Cassel. The Tampa offense was still without Vincent Jackson and Austin-Seferian-Jenkins but another huge game from Mike Evans proved to be just enough for the Bucs to improve their record to 4-5 on the season.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Dallas Cowboys 6 Sunday 15 November 2015 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING DAL 3:55-1Q Bailey FG42 TB 14:51-2Q Barth FG52 DAL 10:34-2Q Bailey FG53 TB 0:54-4Q Winston 1 run (Barth kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 18-63, Sims 5-18, Winston 2-0. COWBOYS: McFadden 17-32, Michael 3-8, Cassel 1-2. PASSING BUCS: Winston 39-22-264-2-0. COWBOYS: Cassel 30-19-186-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-126, Martin 4-40, Myers 3-35, Humphries 2-25, Sims 2-13, Dye 1-11, Lane 1-8, Brate 1-6. COWBOYS: Bryant 5-45, Witten 5-42, McFadden 3-26, Williams 2-33, Escobar 1-22, Street 1-10, Beasley 1-8, Whitehead 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: McDougald 1-0. COWBOYS: Heath 2-19. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. COWBOYS: Smith 1-26, Williams 1-9. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Rainey 1-3. COWBOYS: Beasley 2-23, Whitehead 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Alexander 1-8, David 1-3, Gholston 1-1. COWBOYS: Lawrence 1-14, Crawford 1-4.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 92 Gholston LG 70 Mankins DT 93 McCoy C 68 Hawley DT 97 Spence RG 62 Smith RDE 95 Jones RT 78 Cherilus MLB 58 Alexander TE 88 Stocker WLB 54 David WR 17 Dye DB 21 Verner WR 13 Evans LCB 26 Moore QB 3 Winston RCB 38 Adjei-Barimah FB 46 Lane SS 23 Conte RB 22 Martin FS 30 McDougald PLAYED 5 Schum, 10 Barth, 11 Humphries, 24 Jenkins, 27 Banks, 28 Jennings, 33 McFadden, 34 Sims, 37 Tandy, 43 Rainey, 45 Lemon, 48 DePaola, 50 Carter, 51 Lansanah, 52 George, 64 Pamphile, 69 Dotson, 77 McDaniel, 82 Myers, 84 Brate, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton, 91 Shirley, 94 Johnson. DID NOT PLAY 8 Glennon INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 31 Wright, 36 Swearinger, 56 Smith, 74 Marpet, 83 Jackson, 87 Seferian-Jenkins
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and John Lynch
GAME REPORTS Roy Cummings reports on a win reminiscent of the old days in Tampa Ira Kaufman sees Mike Evans redeem himself with another huge game Bradley McDougald’s interception was the crowning moment on the win Donovan Smith had a mixed day at left tackle Notes and anecdotes from the Tampa Bay locker room Joey Knight of the Tampa Bay Times adds an interesting view How the Dallas Morning News reported the game The official NFL gamebook Scott Smith’s detailed game report
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the clips Kwon Alexander records a first quarter sack Jameis Winston scores the winning touchdown on a bootleg Bradley McDougald seals to deal with an interception in the endzone