Week 16 · 2024 NFL Season

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys

Sun, Dec 22, 2024, 8:20 PM EST

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Away · 8-7

Dallas Cowboys

Home · 7-8

Final — Dallas Cowboys win

	1	2	3	4	T
TB	0	14	3	7	24
DAL	10	13	3	0	26

Tampa Bay Buccaneers visit the Dallas Cowboys in Week 16 of the 2024 NFL season. Final: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24, Dallas Cowboys 26.

Recap: Cowboys beat Tampa Bay 26-24 as Baker Mayfield and the Bucs lose control of their playoff fate →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

68% implied ·Solid

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 100%

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Betting lines

Moneyline

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1.46

Dallas Cowboys: 2.80

Spread

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: —

Dallas Cowboys: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

TB DAL

25 1st Downs 15

410 Total Yards 317

276 Passing 286

134 Rushing 31

6-12 3rd down efficiency 5-15

6-47 Penalties 5-30

2 Turnovers 0

32:48 Possession 27:12

Leaders

TB

Passing Yards

Baker Mayfield (QB) — 31/43, 303 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Yards

Bucky Irving (RB) — 16 CAR, 68 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving Yards

Mike Evans (WR) — 5 REC, 69 YDS

DAL

Passing Yards

Cooper Rush (QB) — 26/35, 292 YDS, 1 TD
Rushing Yards

Rico Dowdle (RB) — 13 CAR, 23 YDS
Receiving Yards

CeeDee Lamb (WR) — 7 REC, 105 YDS

Scoring summary

Q1 9:06 DAL Brandon Aubrey 58 Yd Field Goal 0–3
Q1 2:49 DAL Jalen Tolbert 10 Yd pass from Cooper Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick) 0–10
Q2 11:30 TB Bucky Irving 2 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 7–10
Q2 9:15 DAL Brandon Aubrey 49 Yd Field Goal 7–13
Q2 1:45 DAL Ezekiel Elliott 1 Yd Rush (Brandon Aubrey Kick) 7–20
Q2 0:48 TB Jalen McMillan 11 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 14–20
Q2 0:00 DAL Brandon Aubrey 58 Yd Field Goal 14–23
Q3 6:33 DAL Brandon Aubrey 53 Yd Field Goal 14–26
Q3 0:31 TB Chase McLaughlin 45 Yd Field Goal 17–26
Q4 2:36 TB Ryan Miller 13 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick) 24–26

Standings

2025 NFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Carolina	8-9	311	380
Tampa Bay	8-9	380	411
Atlanta	8-9	353	401
New Orleans	6-11	306	383

2025 NFC East Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Philadelphia	11-6	379	325
Dallas	7-9-1	471	511
Washington	5-12	356	451
New York	4-13	381	439

Referee Land Clark

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