Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 Detroit Lions 24 Monday 20 October 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-2 Carolina Panthers 4-3 Atlanta Falcons 3-3 New Orleans Saints 1-6
ABC COMMENTARY CREW Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
The Bucs saw their two-game win streak ended by their first road loss of the 2025 season on Monday Night Football. Baker Mayfield was under duress all game, Jahmyr Gibbs had 218 all-purpose yards including a 78-yard scoring run and the Bucs lost Mike Evans to a broken collarbone. The defense kept them in the game at times but the worst offensive showing of the year meant defeat in the Motor City once more.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 95 Roberts RG 72 Haggard OLB 5 Reddick RT 77 Heck ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 87 Durham OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 81 Miller CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 2 Egbuka, 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 10 Bridgewater, 15 T.Johnson, 17 Shepard, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 57 Bullock, 58 Watts, 65 Feeney, 70 Chukwuma, 79 Klein, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 92 SImmons, 96 Gaines, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 49 Wright INACTIVES 7 Irving, 14 Godwin, 18 Williams, 22 Vildor, 24 Castro, 52 Brewer, 72 Haggard
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Jamel Dean had his second interception in as many weeks Yaya Diaby’s sack forced a fumble which rookie Elijah Roberts recovered Tez Johnson’s touchdown was worthy of a Madden clip for his moves
GAME SCORING DET 11:59-1Q St.Brown 27 pass from Goff (Bates) DET 5:51-1Q Gibbs 78 run (Bates) TB 0:00-2Q McLaughlin FG53 TB 8:49-3Q T.Johnson 22 pass from Mayfield (pass fail) DET 4:39-3Q Gibbs 5 run (Bates) DET 10:18-4Q Bates FG58
GAME REPORTS Bucs lose to Lions as Mike Evans fractures clavicle In a showdown of elite NFC teams, Bucs fall woefully short of Lions Jahmyr Gibbs, short-handed defense stand out in Detroit's win Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 7 Tampa Bay 9 Detroit 24 Cincinnati 33 Pittsburgh 31 LA Rams 35 Jacksonville 7 Chicago 26 New Orleans 14 Cleveland 31 Miami 6 New England 31 Tennessee 13 Kansas City 31 Las Vegas 0 Carolina 13 NY Jets 6 Denver 33 NY Giants 32 Indianapolis 38 LA Chargers 24 Dallas 44 Washington 22 Green Bay 27 Arizona 23 San Francisco 20 Atlanta 10 Seattle 27 Houston 19 Philadelphia 28 Minnesota 22 Bye week: Baltimore, Buffalo
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 10-38, Tucker 1-4, Bridgewater 1-(-1). LIONS: Gibbs 17-136, Montgomery 13-21, Goff 2-7. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 50-28-228-1-1. LIONS: Goff 29-20-241-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Otton 7-65, Shepard 7-25, Egbuka 4-58, T.Johnson 4-58, White 4-6, Miller 1-14, Tucker 1-2. LIONS: St.Brown 6-86, Gibbs 3-82, Wright 3-23, Raymond 3-17, LaPorta 3-15, Montgomery 2-8. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Dean 1-13. LIONS: Maulet 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 4-95. LIONS: Saylors 2-54. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 3-34. LIONS: Raymond 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Dennis 1-12, Smith 1-9, Diaby 1-5, Nelson 1-0. LIONS: Wheat 1.5-11, Barnes 1-6, Campbell 1-1, Muhammad 0-5-0.