The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Houston Texans 20-19 on Sep 15, 2025 at Reliant Stadium.
Final · Reliant Stadium
Top performers
- Baker Mayfield threw for 215 yards, 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Buccaneers.
- Bucky Irving ran for 71 yards on 17 carries.
- C.J. Stroud threw for 207 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions for the Texans.
- Nick Chubb ran for 43 yards on 12 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 17 | 71 | 0 | 10 |
| Rachaad White | 10 | 65 | 1 | 16 |
| Baker Mayfield | 3 | 33 | 0 | 16 |
| Team | 30 | 169 | 1 | 16 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Evans | 5 | 11 | 56 | 0 | 22 |
| Bucky Irving | 6 | 6 | 50 | 0 | 22 |
| Sterling Shepard | 4 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 15 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 4 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 15 |
| Cade Otton | 3 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 12 |
| Ryan Miller | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 20 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Payne Durham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 25 | 36 | 215 | 2 | 22 |
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 | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zyon McCollum | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaevon Merriweather | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lavonte David | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elijah Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calijah Kancey | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hayes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 34 | 3.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Houston Texans 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Chubb | 12 | 43 | 1 | 25 |
| C.J. Stroud | 4 | 27 | 0 | 19 |
| Woody Marks | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| Team | 19 | 84 | 1 | 25 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Collins | 3 | 9 | 52 | 1 | 29 |
| Woody Marks | 1 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
| Dalton Schultz | 3 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 16 |
| Nick Chubb | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 27 |
| Xavier Hutchinson | 2 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 20 |
| Jayden Higgins | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 |
| Team | 12 | 20 | 204 | 1 | 37 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henry To'oTo'o | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Azeez Al-Shaair | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C.J. Gardner-Johnson | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Pitre | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hunter | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kamari Lassiter | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Anderson Jr. | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calen Bullock | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Folorunso Fatukasi | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Stingley Jr. | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jaylin Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheldon Rankins | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Settle | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.J. Stewart | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E.J. Speed | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Hansen | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Harris | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 66 | 52 | 4.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Buccaneers · 2025 season · Previous Sep 7, 2025: TB 23, ATL 20 · Next Sep 21, 2025: NYJ 27, TB 29
- Texans · 2025 season · Previous Sep 7, 2025: HOU 9, LAR 14 · Next Sep 21, 2025: HOU 10, JAX 17