Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Atlanta Falcons: player stats (Sep 7, 2025)

Week 1Final

At Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Score by quarter
Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
TB	–	10	7	6	23
ATL	7	3	3	7	20

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Game leaders

ATL

Passing yards
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Baker Mayfield167 YDS17/32, 3 TD, 0 INT
Atlanta Falcons: Michael Penix Jr.298 YDS27/42, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing yards
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Baker Mayfield39 YDS5 CAR, 0 TD
Atlanta Falcons: Bijan Robinson24 YDS12 CAR, 0 TD
Receiving yards
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Emeka Egbuka67 YDS4 REC, 2 TD
Atlanta Falcons: Bijan Robinson100 YDS6 REC, 1 TD
Tackles
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Tykee Smith11 TCK7 SOLO, 0 SCK
Atlanta Falcons: Jessie Bates III7 TCK2 SOLO, 0 SCK

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers got past the Atlanta Falcons 23-20 in Week 1 on September 7, 2025 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Michael Penix Jr. threw for 298 yards for the Atlanta Falcons, while Baker Mayfield had 167 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Scoring plays

Q1

Atlanta Falcons, Touchdown · 13:14(Shotgun) M.Penix pass short right to B.Robinson for 50 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Y.Koo extra point is GOOD, Center-L.McCullough, Holder-B.Pinion.TB 0, ATL 7

Q2

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Field goal · 10:17C.McLaughlin 48 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-E.Deckers, Holder-R.Dixon.TB 3, ATL 7
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Touchdown · 6:53B.Mayfield pass deep left to E.Egbuka for 30 yards, TOUCHDOWN. C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-E.Deckers, Holder-R.Dixon.TB 10, ATL 7
Atlanta Falcons, Field goal · 0:53Y.Koo 41 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.McCullough, Holder-B.Pinion.TB 10, ATL 10

Q3

Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Touchdown · 7:26(Shotgun) B.Mayfield pass short right to B.Irving for 9 yards, TOUCHDOWN. C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-E.Deckers, Holder-R.Dixon.TB 17, ATL 10
Atlanta Falcons, Field goal · 0:20Y.Koo 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-L.McCullough, Holder-B.Pinion.TB 17, ATL 13

Q4

Atlanta Falcons, Touchdown · 2:17(Shotgun) M.Penix scrambles up the middle for 4 yards, TOUCHDOWN. Y.Koo extra point is GOOD, Center-L.McCullough, Holder-B.Pinion.TB 17, ATL 20
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Touchdown · 0:59(Shotgun) B.Mayfield pass deep middle to E.Egbuka for 25 yards, TOUCHDOWN. C.McLaughlin extra point is No Good, Hit Left Upright, Center-E.Deckers, Holder-R.Dixon.TB 23, ATL 20

Team stats

Team stats: Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons
TB	Stat	ATL
7-14(better)50%	3rd down efficiency	6-1540%
1-1(better)100%	4th down efficiency	3-475%
16717/32 C/ATT	Passing yards	298(better)27/42 C/ATT
101(better)23 CAR	Rushing yards	6928 CAR
1	Sacks taken	1
0	Turnovers	0

Box score

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Passing

Baker MayfieldQB	17/32	167	3	0	1	99.3

Atlanta Falcons: Passing

Michael Penix Jr.QB	27/42	298	1	0	1	93.2

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Rushing

Baker MayfieldQB	5	39	7.8	20
Bucky IrvingRB	14	37	2.6	9
Emeka EgbukaWR	1	9	9.0	9
Rachaad WhiteRB	2	14	7.0	11
Sean TuckerRB	1	2	2.0	2

Atlanta Falcons: Rushing

Michael Penix Jr.QB	6	21	3.5	1	12
Bijan RobinsonRB	12	24	2.0	0	6
Tyler AllgeierRB	10	24	2.4	0	5

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Receiving

Bucky IrvingRB	4	4	8	1	9
Mike EvansWR	5	8	51	0	14
Emeka EgbukaWR	4	6	67	2	30
Rachaad WhiteRB	1	1	2	0	2
Sterling ShepardWR	3	6	39	0	19
Ryan MillerWR	0	1	0	0	0
Tez JohnsonWR	0	1	0	0	0
Cade OttonTE	0	3	0	0	0

Atlanta Falcons: Receiving

Bijan RobinsonRB	6	7	100	1	50
Drake LondonWR	8	15	55	0	12
Kyle Pitts Sr.TE	7	8	59	0	14
Casey WashingtonWR	3	6	33	0	19
Ray-Ray McCloud IIIWR	3	5	51	0	24
KhaDarel HodgeWR	0	1	0	0	0
Charlie WoernerTE	0	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Defense

Tykee SmithS	11	7	0	0	1
SirVocea DennisLB	10	7	0	2	1
Zyon McCollumCB	10	7	0	1	0
Lavonte DavidLB	9	3	0	1	0
Jamel DeanCB	6	6	0	0	3
Jacob ParrishCB	5	3	0	1	0
Antoine Winfield Jr.S	4	1	0	0	1
Anthony NelsonLB	3	1	0	0	0
Yaya DiabyLB	3	3	0	1	0
Haason ReddickLB	3	1	1	1	0
Vita VeaDT	2	1	0	0	0
Ryan MillerWR	2	1	0	0	0
Rashad WisdomS	2	0	0	0	0
John BullockLB	2	0	0	0	0
Calijah KanceyDT	1	0	0	0	0
Greg GainesDT	1	0	0	0	0
Logan HallDE	1	1	0	0	0
Ko KieftTE	1	1	0	0	0
Chris BraswellDE	1	1	0	0	0
Deion JonesLB	1	0	0	0	0
Payne DurhamTE	1	0	0	0	0
Luke GoedekeOT	1	0	0	0	0

Atlanta Falcons: Defense

Jessie Bates IIIS	7	2	0	0	0
A.J. Terrell Jr.CB	6	6	0	0	2
Xavier WattsS	6	6	0	0	2
Divine DeabloLB	6	1	1	1	1
Billy Bowman Jr.CB	6	2	1	0	0
Kaden EllissLB	5	3	0	0	1
Arnold EbiketieLB	5	3	0	1	0
Jalon WalkerLB	3	2	0	0	0
Mike HughesCB	2	0	0	0	1
Ruke OrhorhoroDT	2	0	0	0	0
Zach HarrisonDE	2	0	0	0	0
David OnyemataDT	1	0	0	0	0
LaCale LondonDE	1	1	0	0	0
Feleipe FranksTE	1	1	0	0	0
Bradley PinionP	1	1	0	0	0
Younghoe KooPK	1	1	0	0	0
Leonard FloydDE	1	0	0	0	0
JD BertrandLB	1	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Kicking

Chase McLaughlinPK	1/2	48	2

Atlanta Falcons: Kicking

Younghoe KooPK	2/3	41	2

Lines

Consensus close, 11 books

Spread: ATL −1; opened TB −2; TB covered
Total: 47.5; opened 47; Under

BetMGM closed TB −1, total 47.5. 10 more books and every move are in Pro

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Season series

TB 1, ATL 1

Sep 7 · this gameTampa Bay Buccaneers 23, Atlanta Falcons 20
Dec 11Atlanta Falcons 29, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28

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