The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-29 on Sep 9, 2021 at Raymond James Stadium.
Final · Raymond James Stadium
Top performers
- Dak Prescott threw for 403 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Cowboys.
- Ezekiel Elliott ran for 33 yards on 11 carries.
- Tom Brady threw for 379 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Buccaneers.
- Leonard Fournette ran for 32 yards on 9 carries.
Dallas Cowboys box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel Elliott | 11 | 33 | 0 | 13 |
| Tony Pollard | 3 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Dak Prescott | 4 | 13 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 18 | 60 | 0 | 13 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amari Cooper | 13 | 17 | 139 | 2 | 28 |
| CeeDee Lamb | 7 | 15 | 104 | 1 | 31 |
| Dalton Schultz | 6 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 16 |
| Michael Gallup | 4 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 12 |
| Tony Pollard | 4 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 36 | 51 | 359 | 3 | 31 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Brown | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Parsons | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Keanu Neal | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Lawrence | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jaylon Smith | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Urban | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jourdan Lewis | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Damontae Kazee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dorance Armstrong | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leighton Vander Esch | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Osa Odighizuwa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevon Diggs | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 45 | 23 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Tampa Bay Buccaneers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Fournette | 9 | 32 | 0 | 7 |
| Ronald Jones | 4 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| Antonio Brown | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 14 | 52 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Brown | 5 | 7 | 121 | 1 | 47 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 9 | 13 | 105 | 1 | 24 |
| Leonard Fournette | 5 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Mike Evans | 3 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 10 |
| Team | 22 | 33 | 277 | 2 | 47 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavonte David | 11 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Devin White | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Pierre-Paul | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Cockrell | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shaquil Barrett | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Adams | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlton Davis III | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Sean Murphy-Bunting | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve McLendon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ndamukong Suh | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rakeem Nunez-Roches | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Gholston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Minter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grant Stuard | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 67 | 40 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Cowboys · 2021 season · Previous Aug 29, 2021: JAX 34, DAL 14 · Next Sep 19, 2021: DAL 20, LAC 17
- Buccaneers · 2021 season · Previous Aug 28, 2021: TB 23, HOU 16 · Next Sep 19, 2021: ATL 25, TB 48