The Bucs fell to their second straight loss and third in four games as they were ambushed by a Kansas City passing offense that mustered over 300 yards early in the second quarter and the highest individual receiving total ever posted against Tampa Bay. Tom Brady led a second half comeback but the Chiefs were able to run out the final four minutes of the clock with relative ease befitting the position of defending Super Bowl champions.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 9-66, Fournette 3-10, Brady 1-(-1). CHIEFS: Edwards-Hilaire 11-37, Mahomes 4-28, Bell 5- 22. PASSING BUCS: Brady 41-27-345-2-3. CHIEFS: Mahomes 49-37-462-0-3, Kelce 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Godwin 8-97, Gronkowski 6-106, Brate 4-34, Evans 3-50, Fournette 3-10, Brown 2-11, Jones 1-37,. CHIEFS: Hill 13-269, Kelce 8-82, Robinson 5-36, Watkins 4-38, Hardman 3-23, Bell 2-10, Yelder 1-2, Edwards-Hilaire 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. CHIEFS: Mathieu 1-22, Breeland 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Watson 1-6. CHIEFS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Brown 1-2. CHIEFS: Hardman 4-20. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 1-5, Pierre-Paul 1-1. CHIEFS: Okafor 0.5-1.5, Danna 0.5-1.5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 Kansas City Chiefs 27 Sunday 29 November 2020 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING KC 12:14-1Q Butker FG19 KC 6:49-1Q Hill 75 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick) KC 1:32-1Q Hill 44 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick) TB 4:29-2Q Jones 37 pass from Brady (Succop kick) KC 0:14-2Q Butker FG29 TB 11:04-3Q Succop FG26 KC 7:00-3Q Hill 20 pass from Mahomes (Butker kick) TB 12:44-4Q Evans 31 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 4:10-4Q Evans 7 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a second straight home loss A 7-5 record is not what Bucs fans were expecting from Brady and Co. Tom Brady delivers with the deep ball for a change Joey Knight’s game-notes column Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Tony Romo
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Ronald Jones’ touchdown was a tightrope act down the left sideline Mike Evans scored on fourth down to give the Bucs hope in the fourth quarter And his 11th receiving touchdown of the year later in the game brought them to within three
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DE 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet DT 56 Nunez-Roches C 66 Jensen LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 65 Cappa LILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 14 Godwin CB 43 Cockrell WR 13 Evans LCB 24 Davis WR 18 Johnson RCB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady SS 31 Winfield RB 27 Jones FS 33 Whitehead PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 10 Miller, 17 Watson, 18 Johnson, 25 McCoy, 26 Adams, 28 Fournette, 29 Smith, 32 Edwards, 36 Miller, 43 Cockrell, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 53 Russell, 72 Wells, 73 Haeg, 79 O’Connor, 81 Brown, 82 Auclair, 84 Brate, 92 Gholston, 94 Davis, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 64 Stinnie INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 30 Vaughn, 35 Dean, 48 Cichy, 75 Molchon, 88 Hudson