Cowboys 16 @ Bucs 21

1st half, Bucs seemed in control of most of the
half, & started pressuring Dak on Cowboys last
drive.

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Cowboys Defense

Bucs drive 1 - 3 and out

Bucs drive 2 - 94 yards for 1st TD, lots of receptions

Bucs drive 3 - 3 and out

Bucs drive 4 - 50 yards for TD with 2 long receptions, 1 short run,
topped off with short pass to Gronkowski for 2nd TD

Bucs drive 5 - runner fumbles, caused by Demarcus Lawrence,
recovered by Randy Gregory at Bucs 27 yard line

Bucs drive 6 - ball bounces off Founette's hands & intercepted by
Trevon Diggs at Bucs 21 yard line

Bucs drive 7 - after long runback to Bucs 43 yard line, Brady completes
about a 10 yard pass, then tosses a 47 yard TD pass to wide open
Antonio Brown (poorly covered by Anthony Brown), Cowboys pressure
unable to get to Brady. Cowboys 16 @ Bucs 21 with 2:38 left in 1st half

Bucs drive 8 - Brady incompletion with 9 seconds left, Brady incomplete
with 6 seconds left, Jourdan Lewis intercepts in end zone and runs it
out & only has 2 or 3 guys to beat for a TD, but tackled around Bucs
42 yard line.

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Cowboys Offense

Drive 1 - good gains but stopped by CeeDee drop on 3rd down

Drive 2 - 75 yard drive for a TD, topped off with CeeDee TD pass catch

Drive 3 - 3 and out from their 5 yard line after penalty on a Bucs punt

Drive 4 - from Cowboys 25, 23 yards for 1st down to CeeDee Lamb,
Bucs pass interference gave Cowboys 1st down at Bucs 39 yard line,
6 yard pass to Jarwin, pass for 1st down to Bucs 25 yard line, Bucs hold
call gives Cowboys 1st down at Bucs 20, 2 yard pass to Zeke, 5 yard
pass to Cooper, incomplete pass on 3rd down - Dak threw to inside
of CeeDee but CeeDee was looking for pass to outside, Zuerlein misses
31 yard field goal wide left

Drive 5 - after fumble recovery at Bucs 27 yard line, Dak misses CeeDee
again on an end zone pass, Cowboys pick up blitz & Dak completes pass
down to 12 for 1st down, Dak rolls out & runs down to 5 yard line, 5 yard
pass to Cooper for Cowboys 2nd TD. Zuerlein hits left field goal post so
misses extra point, Cowboys 13 @ Bucs 14 with 4:20 left in 1st half

Drive 6 - after interception at Bucs 21 yard line, short pass followed by
end zone pass just out of bounds & bad pass (could've been intercepted)
nowhere near a Cowboys receiver, but finally Zuerlein nails a field goal
from 35 yards to put Cowboys ahead 16-14 with 3:16 left in 1st half

Drive 7 - from Cowboys 25, 11 yard pass to Cooper for 1st down, pass
to Gallup for about 8 yards but Bucs Defender called for pass interference
+ 15 yard personal foul placing the ball on Bucs 38 yard line, 7 yard pass
to Cooper, 11 yard pass to CeeDee for 1st down at Bucs 20 yard line,
Dak sacked for 1st time tonight, Cowboys penalized 10 yards for hold
call on Connor Williams, 4th down at Bucs 42 yard line, Cowboys field
goal misses with 16 seconds left.

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