National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Tampa Bay 20, Houston 19
Monday, September 15, 2025 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, September 15, 2025
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Shawn Hochuli
Attendance: 71580
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 770620
Houston 1000919
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:53
Houston TD Houston 7 - Tampa Bay 0
Nico Collins 29 yd. pass from C.J. Stroud (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)
1st Quarter - 7:12
Tampa Bay TD Houston 7 - Tampa Bay 7
Ryan Miller 20 yd. pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin kick)
1st Quarter - 3:25
Houston FG Houston 10 - Tampa Bay 7
Ka'imi Fairbairn 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:41
Tampa Bay TD Houston 10 - Tampa Bay 14
Emeka Egbuka 15 yd. pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin kick)
4th Quarter - 5:22
Houston FG Houston 13 - Tampa Bay 14
Ka'imi Fairbairn 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:10
Houston TD Houston 19 - Tampa Bay 14
Nick Chubb 25 yd. run (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 0:06
Tampa Bay TD Houston 19 - Tampa Bay 20
Rachaad White 2 yd. run (pass failed)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Tampa Bay Houston
1st Downs 25 12
Rushing 9 3
Passing 12 7
Penalty 4 2
3rd Down Conversions 6-14 2-9
4th Down Conversions 1-1 0-1
Punts-Average 6-42.2 4-50.8
Return Yards 74 174
Punts-Returns 1-6 3-67
Kickoffs-Returns 3-68 4-107
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 7-45 6-45
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 37:09 22:51
Total Net Yards 360 266
Total Plays 72 46
Average Gain 5.0 5.8
Net Yards Rushing 169 84
Rushes 30 19
Average/Rush 5.6 4.4
Net Yards Passing 191 182
Comp-Att 25-38 13-24
Yards/Pass 4.5 6.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-24 3-25
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-3 1-2
Field Goals 0-1 2-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
B. Mayfield 25/38 215 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
B. Irving 17 71 4.2 0 10
R. White 10 65 6.5 1 16
B. Mayfield 3 33 11.0 0 16
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
M. Evans 11 5 56 11.2 0 22
B. Irving 6 6 50 8.3 0 22
S. Shepard 4 4 34 8.5 0 15
E. Egbuka 7 4 29 7.2 1 15
C. Otton 4 3 25 8.3 0 12
R. Miller 1 1 20 20.0 1 20
R. White 2 2 1 0.5 0 2
P. Durham 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Smith 1.0 9.0
G. Gaines 1.0 8.0
E. Roberts 0.5 4.0
L. David 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
S. Dennis 4 0
A. Winfield Jr. 4 0
Z. McCollum 4 1
T. Smith 4 2
J. Dean 3 0
L. Hall 2 0
V. Vea 2 1
C. Kancey 1 0
G. Gaines 1 0
J. Parrish 1 0
L. David 1 1
Y. Diaby 1 1
H. Reddick 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Mayfield 1
Houston Texans (0-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Stroud 13/24 207 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
N. Chubb 12 43 3.6 1 25
C. Stroud 4 27 6.8 0 19
W. Marks 3 14 4.7 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Collins 9 3 52 17.3 1 29
W. Marks 1 1 37 37.0 0 37
N. Chubb 2 2 29 14.5 0 27
X. Hutchinson 3 2 29 14.5 0 20
D. Schultz 4 3 29 9.7 0 16
J. Higgins 1 1 28 28.0 0 28
J. Watson 2 1 3 3.0 0 3
H. Bryant 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Hunter 2.0 11.0
W. Anderson Jr. 1.0 8.0
S. Rankins 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
A. Al-Shaair 8 2
H. To'oto'o 7 4
C. Gardner-Johnson 6 0
J. Pitre 5 1
K. Lassiter 4 1
C. Bullock 3 0
F. Fatukasi 3 0
D. Stingley Jr. 3 0
W. Anderson Jr. 3 1
D. Hunter 3 2
S. Rankins 2 0
C. Harris 1 0
J. Smith 1 1
T. Settle Jr. 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles