Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 New England Patriots 28 Sunday 9 November 2025 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6-3 Carolina Panthers 5-5 Atlanta Falcons 3-6 New Orleans Saints 2-8
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Jim Nantz and Tony Romo
The bye week did not help improve the offensive performance as the Bucs fell to the Patriots on the back of three big New England scoring plays. Tampa Bay got starting RT Luke Goedecke back from injury but then lost LG Ben Brederson early in the game. A late touchdown pass to Tez Johnson, his second of the game gave some hope but the ensuing onside kick was recovered by the Patriots and the Bucs fell to 6-3 on the season.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 90 Hall LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 95 Roberts RG 65 Feeney OLB 98 Nelson RT 67 Goedecke ILB 8 Dennis TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 87 Durham OLB 0 Diaby WR 2 Egbuka CB 27 McCollum WR 15 T.Johnson CB 35 Dean QB 6 Mayfield S 23 Smith RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 9 Dixon, 17 Shepard, 18 WIlliams, 19 K Johnson, 21 Morrison, 22 Vildor, 25 Parrish, 26 Merriweather, 29 Izien, 32 Hayes, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 53 Jackson, 57 Bullock, 59 Kamara, 60 Jordan, 70 Chukwuma, 77 Heck, 81 Miller, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 92 SImmons, 96 Gaines DID NOT PLAY 10 Bridgewater INACTIVES 5 Reddick, 7 Irving, 14 Godwin, 52 Brewer, 58 Watts, 72 Haggard, 79 Klein
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Emeka Egbuka scored on the opening drive of the game Tez Johnson had two more touchdowns - this was the first Tykee Smith’s diving interception gave the Bucs some late hope
GAME SCORING TB 11:23-1Q Egbuka 21 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) NE 0:00-1Q Williams 72 pass from Maye (Borregales) TB 7:16-2Q McLaughlin FG36 NE 0:00-2Q Diggs 1 pass from Maye (Borregales) NE 14:12-3Q Henderson 55 run (Borregales) TB 4:12-3Q T.Johnson 10 pass from Mayfield (run failed) NE 1:31-4Q Henderson 69 run (Borregales) TB 0:33-4Q T.Johnson 11 pass Mayfield (McLaughlin)
GAME REPORTS Bucs defense gives up chunk plays for touchdowns in loss to Patriots With their biggest threats ailing, Bucs offense is no longer scary Bucs' 3rd-down offense stays stagnant despite bye week Patriots come up with all the big plays to shut down Bucs Maye leads New England to seventh straight win Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 10 Tampa Bay 23 New England 28 Denver 10 Las Vegas 7 Indianapolis 31 Atlanta 25 Chicago 24 NY Giants 20 New Orleans 17 Carolina 7 Houston 36 Jacksonville 29 Miami 30 Buffalo 13 Baltimore 27 Minnesota 19 NY Jets 27 Cleveland 20 Seattle 44 Arizona 22 LA Rams 42 San Francisco 26 Detroit 44 Washington 22 LA Chargers 25 Pittsburgh 10 Philadelphia 10 Green Bay 7 Bye week: Cincinnati, Tennessee, Kansas City and Dallas.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Tucker 9-53, White 10-38, Shepard 1-11, K.Johnson 1-11. PATRIOTS: Henderson 14-147, Maye 7-13, Jennings 4-5, Johnson 1- 1, Douglas 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 43-28-273-0-3. PATRIOTS: Maye 31-16-270-1-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Otton 9-82, Egbuka 6-115, White 5-16, T.Johnson 4-42, Shepard 3-20, Tucker 1-(-2). PATRIOTS: Hollins 6-106, Diggs 5-46, Douglas 2-34, Williams 1-72, Henry 1-9, Henderson 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Smith 1-0. PATRIOTS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 2-48. PATRIOTS: Chism 2-45. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: K.Johnson 2-12. PATRIOTS: Jones 3-3. SACKS BUCS: Roberts 1-1. PATRIOTS: Chaisson 1-10, Ponder 1-5.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 9 Baltimore 28 Miami 6 Chicago 47 Cincinnati 42 Minnesota 27 Detroit 24 Carolina 16 Green Bay 13 Denver 18 Houston 15 New England 24 Atlanta 23 S.Francisco 34 NY Giants 24 Pittsburgh 27 Indianapolis 20 LA Chargers 27 Tennessee 20 LA Rams 34 New Orleans 10 Jacksonville 30 Las Vegas 29 Buffalo 28 Kansas City 21 Seattle 38 Washington 14 Arizona 27 Dallas 17 Bye week: Tampa Bay, Cleveland, NY Jets and Philadelphia.