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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Houston Texans

Tampa Bay Buccaneers20✓

Houston Texans19

Final · Monday, September 15, 2025 · 7:00 p.m. ET · NRG Stadium

Head coaches: Todd Bowles (Buccaneers) · DeMeco Ryans (Texans)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Buccaneers	7	7	0	6	20
Texans	10	0	0	9	19

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	TB–HOU
Q1
11:53	TD	Texans	Nico Collins 29 Yd pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn Kick)	0–7
7:12	TD	Buccaneers	Ryan Miller 20 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	7–7
3:25	FG	Texans	Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 Yd Field Goal	7–10
Q2
9:41	TD	Buccaneers	Emeka Egbuka 15 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	14–10
Q4
5:22	FG	Texans	Ka'imi Fairbairn 53 Yd Field Goal	14–13
2:10	TD	Texans	Nick Chubb 25 Yd Rush (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	14–19
0:06	TD	Buccaneers	Rachaad White 2 Yd Rush (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)	20–19

Team stats

Stat	Buccaneers	Texans
First downs	25	12
Total yards	360	266
Yards per play	5.0	5.8
Passing yards	191	182
Comp / att	25/38	13/24
Rushing yards	169	84
Third down	6-14	2-9
Fourth down	1-1	0-1
Red zone	2-3	0-2
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties – yards	7-45	6-45
Sacks – yards lost	4-24	3-25
Possession	37:09	22:51
Plays	72	46

Also	Buccaneers	Texans
Passing first downs	12	7
Rushing first downs	9	3
First downs by penalty	4	2
Drives	10	11
Yards per pass	4.5	6.7
Interceptions thrown	0	0
Rushing attempts	30	19
Yards per rush	5.6	4.4
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	25/38	215	5.7	2	0	4-24	72.5	98.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7Bucky Irving	17	71	4.2	0	10
1Rachaad White	10	65	6.5	1	16
6Baker Mayfield	3	33	11.0	0	16
Team	30	169	5.6	1	16

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
13Mike Evans	5	56	11.2	0	22	11
7Bucky Irving	6	50	8.3	0	22	6
17Sterling Shepard	4	34	8.5	0	15	4
2Emeka Egbuka	4	29	7.3	1	15	7
88Cade Otton	3	25	8.3	0	12	4
81Ryan Miller	1	20	20.0	1	20	1
1Rachaad White	2	1	0.5	0	2	2
87Payne Durham	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	25	215	8.6	2	22	36

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
6Baker Mayfield	1	0
1Rachaad White	0	1
Team	1	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
23Tykee Smith	6	4	1	2	0	1
27Zyon McCollum	5	4	0	0	0	0
31Antoine Winfield Jr.	4	4	0	0	0	0
8SirVocea Dennis	4	4	0	1	0	1
35Jamel Dean	3	3	0	0	0	0
50Vita Vea	3	2	0	0	0	0
26Kaevon Merriweather	3	2	0	0	0	0
45Deion Jones	2	2	0	0	0	0
90Logan Hall	2	2	0	0	0	0
54Lavonte David	2	1	0.5	0	1	1
5Haason Reddick	2	1	0	0	0	1
0Yaya Diaby	2	1	0	0	0	0
96Greg Gaines	1	1	1	1	0	1
81Ryan Miller	1	1	0	0	0	0
29Christian Izien	1	1	0	0	0	0
94Calijah Kancey	1	1	0	1	0	0
57John Bullock	1	1	0	0	0	0
25Jacob Parrish	1	1	0	0	1	0
32Josh Hayes	1	0	0	0	0	0
95Elijah Roberts	1	0	0.5	0	0	1
Team	46	36	3	5	2	6

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
19Kameron Johnson	2	42	21.0	25
44Sean Tucker	1	26	26.0	26
Team	3	68	22.7	26

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
19Kameron Johnson	1	6	6.0	6	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
4Chase McLaughlin	0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2	—

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9Riley Dixon	5	253	50.6	1	0	60

Houston Texans

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
7C.J. Stroud	13/24	207	8.6	1	0	3-25	20.2	97.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
21Nick Chubb	12	43	3.6	1	25
7C.J. Stroud	4	27	6.8	0	19
27Woody Marks	3	14	4.7	0	7
Team	19	84	4.4	1	25

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
12Nico Collins	3	52	17.3	1	29	9
27Woody Marks	1	37	37.0	0	37	1
21Nick Chubb	2	29	14.5	0	27	2
19Xavier Hutchinson	2	29	14.5	0	20	3
86Dalton Schultz	3	29	9.7	0	16	4
81Jayden Higgins	1	28	28.0	0	28	1
84Justin Watson	1	3	3.0	0	3	2
88Harrison Bryant	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	13	207	15.9	1	37	23

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
39Henry To'oTo'o	11	7	0	1	0	0
0Azeez Al-Shaair	10	8	0	0	1	0
8C.J. Gardner-Johnson	6	6	0	0	0	1
5Jalen Pitre	6	5	0	0	0	0
4Kamari Lassiter	5	4	0	0	0	0
55Danielle Hunter	5	3	2	2	0	1
51Will Anderson Jr.	4	3	1	1	0	1
91Folorunso Fatukasi	3	3	0	0	0	0
24Derek Stingley Jr.	3	3	0	0	2	0
2Calen Bullock	3	3	0	0	0	0
90Sheldon Rankins	2	2	1	2	0	1
33Dare Ogunbowale	2	1	0	0	0	0
98Tim Settle	2	1	0	0	0	0
22Jaylin Smith	2	1	0	0	0	0
45E.J. Speed	1	1	0	0	0	0
35Jake Hansen	1	1	0	0	0	0
48Christian Harris	1	1	0	0	0	0
29M.J. Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0
95Derek Barnett	0	0	0	0	0	2
Team	68	53	4	6	3	6

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
14Jaylin Noel	3	78	26.0	34
11Tremon Smith	1	29	29.0	29
Team	4	107	26.8	34

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
14Jaylin Noel	3	67	22.3	53	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
15Ka'imi Fairbairn	2/2	100.0	53	1/1	7	35, 53

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6Tommy Townsend	4	203	50.8	1	2	57

Entering Week 2

The table after Week 1, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 1-0 · 1st in the NFC South

Houston Texans · 0-1 · 3rd in the AFC South

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 71,580

Officials: Line Judge Tim Podraza · Side Judge Jim Quirk · Referee Shawn Hochuli · Back Judge Jimmy Russell · Down Judge Patrick Holt · Field Judge Jason Ledet · Umpire Larry Smith

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