Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 Cincinnati Bengals 37 Sunday 28 October 2018 at Paul Brown Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Darryl Johnston
It was almost another dose of Fitzmagic as Ryan Fitzpatrick came off the bench in the fourth quarter and brought the Bucs back from 18 points down only to see the Bengals win it on a 44-yard fieldgoal as time expired. Jameis Winston was benched after throwing four interceptions bringing the veteran Fitzpatrick behind center once more. The Bucs racked up 576 yards in total offense to continue to lead the NFL in that category.
GAME SCORING CIN 3:04-1Q Mixon 1 run (Bullock kick) CIN 10:04-2Q Boyd 9 pass from Dalton (Bullock kick) CIN 5:07-2Q Mixon 8 run (Bullock kick) TB 4:36-2Q Jackson 60 pass from Winston (kick failed) CIN 2:34-2Q Green 17 pass from Dalton (kick failed) TB 0:03-2Q Catanzaro FG25 TB 9:18-3Q Barber 1 run (Catanzaro kick) CIN 2:10-3Q Bates 21 interception return (Bullock kick) TB 12:54-4Q Catanzaro FG38 TB 9:57-4Q Evans 72 pass from Fitzpatrick (Catanzaro kick) TB 1:05-4Q Howard 18 pass from Fitzpatrick (Godwin pass) CIN 0:00-4Q Bullock FG44
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on another piece of Fitzmagic that came up just short The bearded one returns - now is it time for Winston to become the backup? Game notes and anecdotes from the Buccaneer locker room Mike Evans has a big day but bemoans the one that got away Roy Cummings offers up his usual superb analysis for Florida Football Insiders Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 94 Nassib LG 74 Marpet DT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DT 91 Allen RG 77 Benenoch RDE 90 Pierre-Paul RT 69 Dotson MLB 53 Taylor TE 82 Auclair WLB 54 David TE 45 Cross DB 36 Stewart WR 11 Jackson LCB 24 Grimes WR 13 Evans RCB 33 Davis QB 3 Winston SS 31 Whitehead RB 25 Barber FS 21 Evans PLAYED 7 Catanzaro, 9 Anger, 10 Humphries, 12 Godwin, 14 Fitzpatrick, 17 Watson, 22 Harris, 26 Adams, 27 Jones, 29 Smith, 32 Rogers, 39 Johnson, 41 Minter, 49 Bullough, 52 Lynch, 56 Nunez-Roches, 57 Spence, 59 Bond, 61 Wester, 62 Smith, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 89 Sanborn, 92 Gholston INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 38 Wilson, 65 Cappa, 67 Liedtke, 71 Harris, 93 McCoy, 97 Curry
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Barber 19-85, Winston 3-18, Fitzpatrick 1-18, Rodgers 1-4, Jackson 1-4, Jones 2-(-3). BENGALS: Mixon 21-123, Dalton 3-10, Walton 2-7, Boyd 1-(-2). PASSING BUCS: Winston 35-18-276-4-1, Fitzpatrick 15-11-194-0-2. BENGALS: Dalton 34-21-280-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Humphries 7-76, Evans 6-179, Howard 4-68, Rodgers 4-25, Jackson 3- 68, Godwin 2-32, Brate 1-13, Watson 1-5, Jones 1-4. BENGALS: Boyd 9-138, Green 5-76, Mixon 3-15, Franks 1-32, Walton 1-10, Erickson 1-5, Lengel 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. BENGALS: Williams 1-29, Bates 1-21, Brown 1-18, Evans 1-7. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. BENGALS: Erickson 2-31. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Humphries 1-8. BENGALS: Erickson 2-29. SACKS BUCS: Pierre-Paul 2-16. BENGALS: Dunlap 2-6, Evans 1.5-0, Washington 1-8, Hubbard 1-6, Johnson 0.5-0.