Buccaneers vs Bengals

Final · Week 1 · Sun Sep 13 · 1:00 PM ET · Paycor Stadium

Tampa Bay BuccaneersBuccaneers0-1

FinalSep 13, 2026

Cincinnati BengalsBengals1-0

TVFox

Closing line

US sportsbook at kickoff

Moneyline

TB+164

CIN−198

Spread

TB +3.5−108

CIN −3.5−112

Total O/U

Over 50.5−110

Under 50.5−110

Spread: Bengals −3.5 covered.
Total O/U: over 50.5 (60 points).

Recap

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33-27 at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati on Sep 13, 2026 to move to 1-0.

The Bengals won the turnover battle 4-1.

Score by quarter

Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals, score by quarter
Team	1	2	3	4	T
TB	3	7	10	7	27
CIN	14	10	3	6	33

Scoring plays

First Quarter

TBField Goal · 9:09Chase McLaughlin 34 Yd Field Goal3-0
CINTouchdown · 6:18Demetrius Knight Jr. 27 Yd Fumble Return (Evan McPherson Kick)3-7
CINTouchdown · 1:48Mike Gesicki 2 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)3-14

Second Quarter

CINTouchdown · 5:32Chase Brown 5 Yd Rush (Evan McPherson Kick)3-21
TBTouchdown · 1:49Bucky Irving 10 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)10-21
CINField Goal · 0:06Evan McPherson 20 Yd Field Goal10-24

Third Quarter

CINField Goal · 10:03Evan McPherson 55 Yd Field Goal10-27
TBField Goal · 3:41Chase McLaughlin 51 Yd Field Goal13-27
TBTouchdown · 2:16Josiah Trotter 38 Yd Interception Return (Chase McLaughlin Kick)20-27

Fourth Quarter

CINField Goal · 14:04Evan McPherson 58 Yd Field Goal20-30
CINField Goal · 5:19Evan McPherson 32 Yd Field Goal20-33
TBTouchdown · 3:19Baker Mayfield 9 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)27-33

Team stats

TBCIN

1st Downs: 19; 26
Total Yards: 282; 351
Passing: 193; 245
Rushing: 89; 106
3rd down efficiency: 5-10; 8-14
Turnovers: 4; 1
Possession: 28:35; 31:25

Top performers

Tampa Bay BuccaneersCincinnati Bengals

Passing

Baker Mayfield23/28, 216 YDS

Joe Burrow25/35, 254 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing

Bucky Irving8 CAR, 45 YDS, 1 TD

Chase Brown16 CAR, 56 YDS, 1 TD

Receiving

Emeka Egbuka5 REC, 63 YDS

Mike Gesicki5 REC, 78 YDS, 1 TD

Sacks

Josiah Trotter1

Jonathan Allen1

Tackles

Josiah Trotter11

Jordan Battle9

Player stats

Buccaneers · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Baker Mayfield	23/28	216	7.7	0	0	4-23	35.4	98.8

Buccaneers · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Bucky Irving	8	45	5.6	1	10
Baker Mayfield	5	30	6.0	1	9
Kenny Gainwell	5	15	3.0	0	7
Chris Godwin Jr.	1	3	3.0	0	3
Tez Johnson	1	-4	-4.0	0	-4

Buccaneers · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	TGTS
Emeka Egbuka	5	63	12.6	17	6
Bucky Irving	7	48	6.9	22	7
Chris Godwin Jr.	4	40	10.0	30	4
Ted Hurst III	3	36	12.0	16	3
Cade Otton	3	26	8.7	13	5
Kenny Gainwell	1	3	3.0	3	1
Tez Johnson	0	0	0.0	0	1

Buccaneers · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Baker Mayfield	3	3	0
Bucky Irving	1	1	0

Buccaneers · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Josiah Trotter	11	4	1	2	1	1	1
Zyon McCollum	9	8	0	1	2	0	0
Antoine Winfield Jr.	9	7	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Anzalone	7	2	0	0	0	0	0
A'Shawn Robinson	5	3	0	0	0	1	0
Benjamin Morrison	4	4	0	1	1	0	0
Keionte Scott	4	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tykee Smith	4	3	0	0	1	0	0

Buccaneers · Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Josiah Trotter	1	38	1

Buccaneers · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Kameron Johnson	5	137	27.4	32
Josh Williams	1	47	47.0	47
Kenny Gainwell	1	22	22.0	22

Buccaneers · Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Tez Johnson	1	13	13.0	13	0

Buccaneers · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chase McLaughlin	2/2	100.0	51	3/3	9

Bengals · Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Joe Burrow	25/35	254	7.3	1	1	1-9	75.3	89.5

Bengals · Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chase Brown	16	56	3.5	1	13
Samaje Perine	5	20	4.0	0	8
Joe Burrow	5	20	4.0	0	12
Dohnte Meyers	1	10	10.0	0	10

Bengals · Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Mike Gesicki	5	78	15.6	1	25	7
Tee Higgins	3	59	19.7	0	29	6
Samaje Perine	3	30	10.0	0	14	3
Chase Brown	5	22	4.4	0	9	6
Drew Sample	3	19	6.3	0	11	3
Dohnte Meyers	1	18	18.0	0	18	1
Ja'Marr Chase	2	12	6.0	0	16	4
Andrei Iosivas	2	12	6.0	0	12	3
Tanner Hudson	1	4	4.0	0	4	1

Bengals · Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
T.J. Slaton Jr.	0	0	1
Boye Mafe	0	0	1
Bryan Cook	0	0	1
Demetrius Knight Jr.	0	0	1

Bengals · Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Jordan Battle	9	6	0	0	0	0	0
Barrett Carter	8	5	0.5	1	0	1	0
Dax Hill	7	7	0	0	0	0	0
Demetrius Knight Jr.	7	5	0	0	0	0	1
Bryan Cook	6	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Davis	5	2	0	1	1	0	0
DJ Turner II	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Allen	3	2	1	1	0	1	0

Bengals · Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Dohnte Meyers	4	93	23.3	25	0
Tahj Brooks	2	49	24.5	26	0

Bengals · Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Evan McPherson	4/4	100.0	58	3/3	15

Bengals · Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Ryan Rehkow	1	51	51.0	0	0	51

Game info

VenuePaycor Stadium, Cincinnati, OH

Attendance66,625

OfficialsReferee: John Hussey · Line Judge: Tim Podraza · Side Judge: Allen Baynes · Back Judge: Matt Edwards

TVFox · national

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