– The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Dallas Cowboys, 24-16, on Thursday Night Football. With the win Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht earned the 100th win of his career in Tampa Bay, including playoffs, becoming the first general manager in franchise history to reach the 100-win milestone.
– Head Coach Todd Bowles picked up his 37th career win as Buccaneers head coach, including playoffs, surpassing Bruce Arians for the fourth-most total wins by a head coach in team history.
– Rookie quarterback
Jalon Daniels, in just his second career start, completed 19-of-25 passes for 189 yards and one touchdown, earning a 110.2 passer rating and picking up his first career win. He became just the third undrafted rookie quarterback since 1950 to win in primetime in either their first or second career start joining Devlin Hodges (110/13/19) and Tom Greene (9/17/60), and just the fifth undrafted rookie quarterback in the common draft era to do so in any start. He became just the ninth undrafted rookie quarterback to lead his team to 400+ total yards of offense in a game and the first since Tommy DeVito (12/11/23). He is also the first undrafted rookie quarterback to ever defeat the Dallas Cowboys.
– On the offense’s opening possession, Daniels led the Buccaneers on a 15-play, 73-yard drive that took 10:58 off the clock. It marks the Buccaneers’ longest drive by elapsed time since 11/4/07 vs. Arizona (11:59) and marks the team’s longest scoring drive since Pro Football Reference data is available dating back to 2001. Per team records, the touchdown drive was the second-longest scoring drive in team history, trailing only a 10:59 drive vs. New Orleans on 9/18/94. The team’s eight first downs on the opening drive matched its most on a single drive since at least 2001.
– Daniels went a perfect 8-for-8 passing on the drive. Daniels is 1-of-2 undrafted rookie quarterbacks since 1991 – and the first since 2013 – to earn a 100.0% completion percentage in a single quarter, while completing seven-or-more passes (also Matt McGloin, third quarter, 12/15/13 vs. Kansas City). He is the only undrafted rookie quarterback since 1967 to complete his first eight passes of a game.
– Bucky Irving took 21 carries for a career-best 165 yards and one rushing touchdown, adding two receptions for 10 yards and one receiving touchdown. It marked the first time in Irving’s career that he has had a rushing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in a single game. His 175 yards from scrimmage marked the third-most of his career. Irving’s 72-yard run on the day is the longest of his NFL career.
– Thursday’s game marked Irving’s fourth career 100-yard rushing performance and also helped him surpass the 2,000-yard rushing milestone for his career. He is the 13th player in franchise history to reach 2,000 career rushing yards for Tampa Bay. Irving reached 2,000 career rushing yards in his 32nd career NFL game, tying Warrick Dunn for the fourth-fewest games to reach that milestone in franchise history, trailing only Doug Martin (25), Cadillac Williams (29) and Errict Rhett (29).
– Irving’s 165 rushing yards were the most by a player vs. Dallas in a Cowboys home game since 2012 (Bryce Brown, 169, with Philadelphia).
– Emeka Egbuka contributed six receptions for 38 yards, in addition to tallying the first rushing touchdown of his NFL career on a 14-yard run.
– Tez Johnson hauled in a career-long 64-yard reception, which also marked a career-long completion for Daniels.
– As a team Tampa Bay finished with 419 total net yards of offense, including 241 yards on the ground. The 419 total yards of offense marked the most for Tampa Bay since 10/5/25 at Seattle (426), while the team’s 241 rushing yards were the most in a game since 10/13/24 at New Orleans. Tampa Bay’s 6.2 yards per rush attempt on Thursday set a new season high and secured the team’s highest average in a single game since its 7.9 yards per rush on 10/13/24 at New Orleans. It’s also the fourth-highest average in team history among games in which Tampa Bay rushed 35+ times.
– The Buccaneers recorded 24 first downs – the team’s most in any game this season and its most since 12/11/25 vs. Atlanta.
– Tampa Bay’s defense won the turnover battle, 3-0. It marked the Buccaneers’ first three-takeaway game since Week 18 of the 2025 season.
– Alex Anzalone sealed the game with his first interception for Tampa Bay, and the fifth interception of his NFL career. Since he entered the league in 2017, Anzalone is 1-of-6 linebackers with 600+ tackles, 35+ passes defensed, 12.0+ sacks and five-or-more interceptions, alongside Jordan Hicks, Deion Jones, Eric Kendricks, Roquan Smith and Bobby Wagner.
– Yaya Diaby recorded his first career interception on a Dak Prescott pass that was deflected by both OLB David Walker and S Tykee Smith.
– Jacob Parrish recorded a career-best four passes defensed, marking his third career game with multiple passes defensed. Parrish’s seven passes defensed on the season are tied for the most in the NFL this season and he is 1-of-5 players in 2026 to post a game with four-or-more passes defensed. Parrish also led the team in tackles, with nine, matching his career high (10/5/25 at Seattle).
– Zyon McCollum recorded two passes defensed, marking his 10th career game with multiple passes defensed. McCollum’s six passes defensed on the season are tied for the fifth-most in the NFL this season.
– Tampa Bay’s secondary held Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb to just two receptions for nine yards. It marked the fourth-lowest receiving yards total and tied for his fourth-fewest receptions of any game of his NFL career.
– Tampa Bay held the Cowboys to just 16 points on Thursday – the lowest scoring output by Dallas since 9/21/25 at Chicago. Additionally, the Cowboys totaled just 50 rush yards in the game – the team’s lowest rushing total since 10/12/25 at Carolina. The Buccaneers are the first team to hold Dallas to 16-or-fewer points and 50-or-fewer rushing yards in a single game since the New Orleans Saints on 9/29/19.
– With seven tackles in Thursday’s contest, Josiah Trotter surpassed Lavonte David (33 in 2012) for the second-most and Kendell Beckwith Jr. (36 in 2017) for the most tackles by a Buccaneers player through their first four career games since at least 2000.
– DB Keionte Scott amassed a career high seven tackles, including one for loss, adding one pass defensed.
– On special teams, Miles Killebrew forced a fumble on a kickoff return that was recovered by Kevin Knowles. It marked the second career forced fumble for Killebrew and the second career fumble recovery for Knowles.
(Courtesy of the Buccaneers Communications Department.)
