The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 23-20 on Sep 7, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Final · Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Top performers
- Baker Mayfield threw for 167 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Buccaneers.
- Bucky Irving ran for 37 yards on 14 carries.
- Michael Penix Jr. threw for 298 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions for the Falcons.
- Tyler Allgeier ran for 24 yards on 10 carries.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 5 | 39 | 0 | 20 |
| Bucky Irving | 14 | 37 | 0 | 9 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sean Tucker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Team | 23 | 101 | 0 | 20 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emeka Egbuka | 4 | 6 | 67 | 2 | 30 |
| Mike Evans | 5 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 14 |
| Sterling Shepard | 3 | 6 | 39 | 0 | 19 |
| Bucky Irving | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Rachaad White | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tez Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cade Otton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 17 | 30 | 167 | 3 | 30 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tykee Smith | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zyon McCollum | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lavonte David | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Nelson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 69 | 41 | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Atlanta Falcons 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyler Allgeier | 10 | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| Bijan Robinson | 12 | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| Michael Penix Jr. | 6 | 21 | 1 | 12 |
| Team | 28 | 69 | 1 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson | 6 | 7 | 100 | 1 | 50 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr. | 7 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 14 |
| Drake London | 8 | 15 | 55 | 0 | 12 |
| Casey Washington | 3 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 19 |
| KhaDarel Hodge | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 37 | 247 | 1 | 50 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessie Bates III | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Xavier Watts | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Bowman Jr. | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr. | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Divine Deablo | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kaden Elliss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Arnold Ebiketie | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hughes | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruke Orhorhoro | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 47 | 23 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Buccaneers · 2025 season · Previous Aug 23, 2025: BUF 23, TB 19 · Next Sep 15, 2025: TB 20, HOU 19
- Falcons · 2025 season · Previous Aug 22, 2025: ATL 13, DAL 31 · Next Sep 14, 2025: ATL 22, MIN 6