Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 Atlanta Falcons 29 Thursday 11 December 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Carolina Panthers 7-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-7 Atlanta Falcons 5-9 New Orleans Saints 3-10
PRIME COMMENTARY CREW Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit
There are games that potentially change the course of a franchise and a coach and this could be one of those. Leading 28-14 in the fourth quarter, the Bucs looked like ending their orange jersey curse. They then gave up two touchdowns, had an interception, missed other chances to put the game away and then saw the Falcons kick a fieldgoal to win on the final play of the game. And the crowd turned very ugly towards Todd Bowles and his team.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 60 Jordan NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 95 Roberts RG 65 Feeney DL 97 Gotsis RT 67 Goedecke ILB 53 Jackson TE 87 Durham ILB 54 David WR 14 Godwin OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 11 McMillan CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 29 Izien RB 7 Irving S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 White, 2 Egbuka, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Reddick, 9 Dixon, 15 T Johnson, 19 K Johnson, 22 Vildor, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 48 Gray, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 70 Chukwuma, 72 Haggard, 77 Heck, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 96 Gaines, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater, 17 Shepard INACTIVES 8 Dennis, 16 Bazelak, 21 Morrison, 23 Smith, 79 Klein, 88 Otton, 92 Simmons
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays A
GAME SCORING TB 1:38-1Q Tucker 1 run (McLaughlin kick) ATL 12:11-2Q Pitts 8 pass from Cousins (Gonzalez kick) TB 2:04-2Q McLaughlin FG49 ATL 0:38-2Q Pitts 17 pass from Cousins (Gonzalez kick) TB 0:00-2Q McLaughlin FG41 TB 6:22-3Q Culp 6 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) TB 13:34-4Q Godwin 3 pass from Mayfield (Godwin pass) ATL 9:37-4Q Robinson 6 run (pass failed) ATL 3:34-4Q Pitts 7 pass from Cousins (pass failed) ATL 0:00-4Q Gonzalez FG43
GAME REPORTS Bucs blow lead and game to Falcons, fall out of 1st place in NFC South Is it fair to blame Bowles? Is it justified? Either way, it's reality This could be the collapse that sums up an inexcusable Bucs season Last week was bad, this was worse. Bucs blow late lead How The Athletic saw the game unfold Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 15 Tampa Bay 28 Atlanta 29 `
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 16-60, White 1-20, Tucker 4-7, Mayfield 1-1. FALCONS: Robinson 18-93, Allgeier 2-18. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 34-19-277-1-2. FALCONS: Cousins 44-30-373-0-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 6-132, Egbuka 4-64, Godwin 4-20, McMillan 2-38, Irving 1-11, Culp 1-6, White 1-6. FALCONS: Pitts 11-166, Robinson 8-82, Sills 6-78, Mooney 3-35, Woerner 2-12. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. FALCONS: Alford 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Tucker 2-42, K.Johnson 1-30. FALCONS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 1-0. FALCONS: Thompkins 2-20. SACKS BUCS: Reddick 1-8. FALCONS: Pearce 2-13, Dorius 1-7, London 1-7, Deablo 0.5-0, Walker 0.5-0.