The Bucs opened the post-Brady era with a somewhat surprising win on the road in Minnesota having gone North as six
point underdogs. Three forced turnovers kept them in the game early before Mike Evans’ 82nd career touchdown tied the
scores just before half-time. The second half saw a more ball control offense and some key third down conversions with
Baker Mayfield scrambling at times to keep drives alive. Chase McLaughlin eventually won it with a 57-yard fieldgoal.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: R.White 17-39, Tucker 5-15, Mayfield 8-11,
Edmonds 2-8, Jarrett 1-0.
VIKINGS: Mattison 11-34, Cousins 3-7, Chandler 3-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Mayfield 34-21-173-0-2.
VIKINGS: Cousins 44-33-344-1-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 6-66, Godwin 5-51, Otton 2-19,
Thompkins 2-10, R.White 2-10, Tucker 2-9, Palmer 2-8.
VIKINGS: Jefferson 9-150, Hockenson 8-35, Addison 4-
61, Oliver 3-32, Osborn 3-31, Mattison 3-10, Ham 2-7,
Chandler 1-18.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Izien 1-14.
VIKINGS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 1-23.
VIKINGS: Chandler 1-15.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Thompkins 4-29.
VIKINGS: Powell 4-18.
SACKS
BUCS: Winfield 1-10, Nelson 1-6.
VIKINGS: Hunter 1-4.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Minnesota Vikings 17
Sunday 10 September 2023 at US Bank Stadium
GAME SCORING
TB
3-0
3:23-1Q
McLaughlin FG36
MIN
3-7
11:15-2Q
Addison 39 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick)
MIN
3-10
5:41-2Q
Joseph FG25
TB
10-10
1:09-2Q
Evans 28 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
TB
17-10
6:01-3Q
Palmer 7 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
MIN
17-17
13:37-4Q
Mattison 4 pass from Cousins (Joseph kick)
TB
20-17
5:10-4Q
McLaughlin FG57
GAME REPORTS
Bucs overcome slow start in upset of Vikings
Winning field goal may finally end McLaughlin's forever journey
How 'Go Go Gadget arms' saved the day for Bucs' defense
Lavonte David overcomes accidental knockdown hit from Vita Vea
Homecoming (of sorts) for Cody Mauch
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
78 Wirfs
DL
90 Hall
LG
71 Feiler
NT
50 Vea
C
70 Hainsey
DL
94 Kancey
RG
69 Mauch
OLB
9 Tryon-Shoyinka
RT
67 Goedecke
ILB
45 White
TE
88 Otton
ILB
54 David
TE
41 Kieft
OLB
7 Barrett
WR
13 Evans
CB
24 Davis
WR
14 Godwin
CB
35 Dean
QB
6 Mayfield
S
23 Neal
RB
1 White
S
31 Winfield
PLAYED
0 Diaby, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 8 Dennis, 10 Palmer, 18
Jarrett, 22 Edmonds, 26 Merriweather, 27 McCollum, 29
Izien, 30 Delaney, 32 Hayes, 44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 77
Skule, 83 Thompkins, 89 Wells, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97
Triner, 98 Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
2 Trask, 60 Leverett, 64 Stinnie
INACTIVES
21 Vaughn, 38 Pitts, 58 Watts, 73 Walton, 87 Durham
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Mike Evans had the first touchdown of the season
Trey Palmer’s first NFL catch was a touchdown in his first NFL game
Chase McLaughlin’s 57-yard field goal proved to be the game winning score
COMMENTARY CREW Andrew Catalon, Tiki Barber & Matt Ryan
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 1
Tampa Bay 20 Minnesota 17
Detroit 21 Kansas City 20
Atlanta 24 Carolina 10
Baltimore 25 Houston 9
Cleveland 24 Cincinnati 3
Jacksonville 31 I ndianapolis 21
New Orleans 16 Tennessee 15
San Francisco 30 Pittsburgh 7
Washington 20 Arizona 16
Green Bay 38 Chicago 20
Las Vegas 17 Denver 16
Miami 36 LA Chargers 34
Philadelphia 25 New England 20
LA Rams 30 Seattle 13
Dallas 40 NY Giants 0
NY Jets 22 Buffalo 16
