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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Atlanta Falcons

Tampa Bay Buccaneers23✓

Atlanta Falcons20

Final · Sunday, September 7, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Head coaches: Todd Bowles (Buccaneers) · Raheem Morris (Falcons)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Buccaneers	0	10	7	6	23
Falcons	7	3	3	7	20

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	TB–ATL
Q1
13:14	TD	Falcons	Bijan Robinson 50 Yd pass from Michael Penix Jr. (Younghoe Koo Kick)	0–7
Q2
10:17	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 48 Yd Field Goal	3–7
6:53	TD	Buccaneers	Emeka Egbuka 30 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	10–7
0:53	FG	Falcons	Younghoe Koo 41 Yd Field Goal	10–10
Q3
7:26	TD	Buccaneers	Bucky Irving 9 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	17–10
0:20	FG	Falcons	Younghoe Koo 36 Yd Field Goal	17–13
Q4
2:17	TD	Falcons	Michael Penix Jr. 4 Yd Rush (Younghoe Koo Kick)	17–20
0:59	TD	Buccaneers	Emeka Egbuka 25 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin PAT Failed)	23–20

Team stats

Stat	Buccaneers	Falcons
First downs	16	23
Total yards	260	358
Yards per play	4.6	5.0
Passing yards	159	289
Comp / att	17/32	27/42
Rushing yards	101	69
Third down	7-14	6-15
Fourth down	1-1	3-4
Red zone	1-1	1-2
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties – yards	5-60	8-55
Sacks – yards lost	1-8	1-9
Possession	24:48	35:12
Plays	56	71

Also	Buccaneers	Falcons
Passing first downs	10	16
Rushing first downs	5	4
First downs by penalty	1	3
Drives	10	10
Yards per pass	4.8	6.7
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Rushing attempts	23	28
Yards per rush	4.4	2.5
Fumbles lost	0	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
6Baker Mayfield	17/32	167	5.2	3	0	1-8	88.3	99.3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
6Baker Mayfield	5	39	7.8	20
7Bucky Irving	14	37	2.6	9
1Rachaad White	2	14	7.0	11
2Emeka Egbuka	1	9	9.0	9
44Sean Tucker	1	2	2.0	2
Team	23	101	4.4	20

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
2Emeka Egbuka	4	67	16.8	2	30	6
13Mike Evans	5	51	10.2	0	14	8
17Sterling Shepard	3	39	13.0	0	19	6
7Bucky Irving	4	8	2.0	1	9	4
1Rachaad White	1	2	2.0	0	2	1
88Cade Otton	0	0	0.0	0	0	3
81Ryan Miller	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
15Tez Johnson	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	17	167	9.8	3	30	30

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
23Tykee Smith	11	7	0	0	1	0
27Zyon McCollum	10	7	0	1	0	0
8SirVocea Dennis	10	7	0	2	1	0
54Lavonte David	9	3	0	1	0	0
35Jamel Dean	6	6	0	0	3	0
25Jacob Parrish	5	3	0	1	0	0
31Antoine Winfield Jr.	4	1	0	0	1	0
0Yaya Diaby	3	3	0	1	0	2
5Haason Reddick	3	1	1	1	0	1
98Anthony Nelson	3	1	0	0	0	1
50Vita Vea	2	1	0	0	0	0
81Ryan Miller	2	1	0	0	0	0
38Rashad Wisdom	2	0	0	0	0	0
57John Bullock	2	0	0	0	0	0
41Ko Kieft	1	1	0	0	0	0
90Logan Hall	1	1	0	0	0	0
45Deion Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0
96Greg Gaines	1	0	0	0	0	0
87Payne Durham	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	77	43	1	7	6	4

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
44Sean Tucker	3	81	27.0	35	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
19Kameron Johnson	1	54	54.0	54	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
4Chase McLaughlin	1/2	50.0	48	2/3	5	48

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9Riley Dixon	4	205	51.3	0	2	62

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
9Michael Penix Jr.	27/42	298	7.1	1	0	1-9	83.1	93.2

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
25Tyler Allgeier	10	24	2.4	0	5
7Bijan Robinson	12	24	2.0	0	6
9Michael Penix Jr.	6	21	3.5	1	12
Team	28	69	2.5	1	12

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
7Bijan Robinson	6	100	16.7	1	50	7
8Kyle Pitts Sr.	7	59	8.4	0	14	8
5Drake London	8	55	6.9	0	12	15
34Ray-Ray McCloud III	3	51	17.0	0	24	5
82Casey Washington	3	33	11.0	0	19	6
4KhaDarel Hodge	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	27	298	11.0	1	50	42

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
9Michael Penix Jr.	1	0
7Bijan Robinson	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
3Jessie Bates III	7	2	0	0	0	0
24A.J. Terrell Jr.	6	6	0	0	2	0
31Xavier Watts	6	6	0	0	2	0
33Billy Bowman Jr.	6	2	0.5	0	0	1
0Divine Deablo	6	1	0.5	1	1	1
55Kaden Elliss	5	3	0	0	1	0
17Arnold Ebiketie	5	3	0	1	0	0
11Jalon Walker	3	2	0	0	0	0
21Mike Hughes	2	0	0	0	1	0
96Zach Harrison	2	0	0	0	0	0
98Ruke Orhorhoro	2	0	0	0	0	0
13Bradley Pinion	1	1	0	0	0	0
6Younghoe Koo	1	1	0	0	0	0
84Feleipe Franks	1	1	0	0	0	0
27James Pearce Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team	53	28	1	2	7	3

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
35Natrone Brooks	3	68	22.7	25
14Jamal Agnew	2	57	28.5	29
Team	5	125	25.0	29

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
14Jamal Agnew	2	29	14.5	17	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
6Younghoe Koo	2/3	66.7	41	2/2	8	41, 36

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
13Bradley Pinion	3	140	46.7	0	2	59

Entering the game

Week 1 — both teams 0–0, every record still to be written.

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 71,610

Officials: Down Judge Tom Stephan · Back Judge Brad Freeman · Umpire Mark Pellis · Field Judge Jabir Walker · Referee Land Clark · Side Judge Dominique Pender · Line Judge Jeff Hutcheon

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