Week 12, 2027

played in Houston, TX

54 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	17	0	0	-	27
Houston Texans	7	14	7	0	-	28

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 TBY - Marshall Armstrong 3 run (Preston Kaplan extra point)
1Q: 04:32 TBY - Preston Kaplan 26 field goal
1Q: 00:56 HOU - Rod Barlow 26 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 14:53 TBY - Kenny Bell 54 pass from Roger Peters (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 10:30 HOU - Shaun Rafalski 3 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 05:43 TBY - Preston Kaplan 29 field goal
2Q: 01:39 HOU - Dan Puzzuoli 3 run (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 00:16 TBY - Kenny Bell 12 pass from Roger Peters (Preston Kaplan extra point)
3Q: 13:03 HOU - Omar Austin 48 interception return (Samuel Stallings extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:12 TBY - Marshall Armstrong 3 run (Preston Kaplan extra point)
1Q: 04:32 TBY - Preston Kaplan 26 field goal
1Q: 00:56 HOU - Rod Barlow 26 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 14:53 TBY - Kenny Bell 54 pass from Roger Peters (Preston Kaplan extra point)
2Q: 10:30 HOU - Shaun Rafalski 3 pass from Dan Puzzuoli (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 05:43 TBY - Preston Kaplan 29 field goal
2Q: 01:39 HOU - Dan Puzzuoli 3 run (Samuel Stallings extra point)
2Q: 00:16 TBY - Kenny Bell 12 pass from Roger Peters (Preston Kaplan extra point)
3Q: 13:03 HOU - Omar Austin 48 interception return (Samuel Stallings extra point)

Team Statistics TBY HOU
Record 5-6 4-7
First Downs 22 17
- by Rushing 6 4
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 469 306
- Offensive Plays 78 61
- Yards per Play 6.01 5.02
Net Rushing Yards 112 70
- Rushing Attempts 28 29
- Yards per Rush 4.00 2.41
Net Passing Yards 357 236
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 47 - 22 - 1 31 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 373 238
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 1/2
- Yards per Pass Play 7.14 7.38
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/17 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.5 8.5
4th Down Conversions 1/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/28 4/35
Punt Returns/Yards 2/13 1/13
Kick Returns/Yards 3/81 3/92
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/48
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 2/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 27
Time of Possession 30:38 29:22

Team Statistics	TBY	HOU
Record	5-6	4-7
First Downs	22	17
- by Rushing	6	4
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	469	306
- Offensive Plays	78	61
- Yards per Play	6.01	5.02
Net Rushing Yards	112	70
- Rushing Attempts	28	29
- Yards per Rush	4.00	2.41
Net Passing Yards	357	236
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	47 - 22 - 1	31 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	373	238
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	1/2
- Yards per Pass Play	7.14	7.38
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/17	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.5	8.5
4th Down Conversions	1/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/28	4/35
Punt Returns/Yards	2/13	1/13
Kick Returns/Yards	3/81	3/92
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/48
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	2/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 27
Time of Possession	30:38	29:22

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:58	OWN 31	12	69	Touchdown
1	7:23	2:57	OWN 39	6	52	Field Goal
1	0:46	1:12	OWN 25	5	75	Touchdown
2	10:23	4:45	OWN 33	8	55	Field Goal
2	1:26	1:17	OWN 37	5	63	Touchdown
3	13:03	0:12	OWN 22	1	0	Interception
3	12:51	0:56	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
3	10:51	0:57	OWN 36	3	4	Punt
3	8:45	3:05	OWN 17	8	37	Punt
3	3:00	1:13	OWN 30	4	13	Punt
4	15:00	1:21	OWN 41	5	24	Missed FG
4	11:42	4:34	OWN 4	7	37	Punt
4	4:44	1:30	OWN 20	7	4	Punt
4	1:57	1:01	OWN 20	5	36	Downs

Houston Texans
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:02	1:39	OWN 25	3	2	Punt
1	4:26	3:40	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
2	14:34	4:11	OWN 36	9	64	Touchdown
2	5:38	4:12	OWN 23	10	77	Touchdown
3	15:00	1:57	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
3	11:55	1:04	OWN 23	3	2	Punt
3	9:54	1:09	OWN 13	3	3	Punt
3	5:40	2:40	OWN 1	5	21	Punt
3	1:47	1:47	OWN 24	5	35	Fumble
4	13:39	1:57	OWN 42	3	9	Punt
4	7:08	2:24	OWN 25	3	6	Punt
4	3:14	1:17	OWN 45	4	3	Punt
4	0:56	0:56	OWN 44	2	-2	Game

Game MVP: Dan Puzzuoli, Houston Texans

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Marshall Armstrong	19	67	3.53	27	3	1
QB Roger Peters	5	32	6.40	9	0	0
RB Herman Webster	2	-3	-1.50	1	0	0
RB Denzel Shaw	2	16	8.00	11	1	0

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Shaun Rafalski	12	43	3.58	11	2	0
RB Pedro Bronson	10	8	0.80	5	0	0
QB Dan Puzzuoli	7	19	2.71	6	0	1

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roger Peters	47	22	373	3/16	2	54	1	79.5

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dan Puzzuoli	31	22	238	1/2	2	26	0	114.7

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kenny Bell	6	13	106	17.67	57	54	2
WR Byron Cornwell	6	17	106	17.67	44	30	0
WR Alan Mathers	4	5	60	15.00	0	24	0
TE Lucas Spearman	3	5	28	9.33	7	17	0
TE Kenny Prentice	2	4	41	20.50	20	28	0
WR Teddy Lake	1	2	32	32.00	0	32	0
RB Marshall Armstrong	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Houston	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rod Barlow	9	10	123	13.67	67	26	1
TE Cary Williams	5	9	44	8.80	1	15	0
WR Bert Keen	3	4	49	16.33	22	20	0
RB Shaun Rafalski	2	2	-1	-0.50	0	3	1
TE Aaron Tubbs	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Gary Burgess	1	4	13	13.00	4	13	0
TE Troy Floyd	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Houston	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Omar Austin	1	48	48.00	1

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
DE Neil Flannery	0	1	1	0

Houston	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Shaun Rafalski	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Everett Robertson	6	252	42.0	39.8	49	3

Houston	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Roderick Bownes	8	388	48.5	44.4	61	1

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Preston Kaplan	2/3	0/1	0/1	29	3/3

Houston	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Samuel Stallings	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edwin Whitted	2	13	6.5	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Barlow	1	13	13.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dusty Jarrell	3	81	27.0	0

Houston	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rod Barlow	3	92	30.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Bucky Stone	6	0	0.0	28	32
DT Brandon Coleman	5	2	0.0	20	20
OLB Paul Spetz	5	0	0.0	27	23
CB Edwin Whitted	4	1	0.0	25	30
OLB Caleb Porter	3	4	0.0	19	19
DE Neil Flannery	3	0	0.0	27	23
S Alex Morton	3	0	0.0	28	24
CB Gary Fox	3	0	0.0	20	18
CB Shaun Swift	3	0	0.0	5	11
S Dusty Jarrell	3	0	0.0	11	22
OLB Howard Farr	2	1	0.0	11	22
DT Brian Mahoney	2	0	0.0	10	13
ILB Randall Jolly	1	4	1.0	27	23
OLB Rex Noonan	1	4	0.0	11	13
DT Devon Burnett	1	0	0.0	10	12
ILB Brady Harwood	1	0	0.0	1	0
OLB Freddie Carlisle	1	0	0.0	17	15

Houston	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Dwayne Shipley	7	3	0.0	26	48
CB Jimmy Burnett	6	0	0.0	20	37
ILB Lenny Matson	5	2	0.0	13	10
OLB Deron Collette	5	0	0.0	23	37
CB Lincoln Greer	4	1	0.0	15	28
DE Alexander Boyer	3	0	1.5	8	19
OLB Renaldo Alexander	3	0	1.0	8	21
S Omar Austin	3	0	0.0	8	27
DE Ike Baumgardner	3	0	0.0	21	33
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	2	4	0.0	28	50
CB Nolan Madison	2	1	0.0	26	41
OLB Chase Jeffries	2	1	0.0	26	49
DT Angel Ferguson	2	0	0.0	10	31
DE Ben Lund	1	2	0.5	22	35
CB Brody Fisher	1	3	0.0	24	40
S Mickey Berry	1	1	0.0	7	12
DT Devan Forsythe	0	1	0.0	18	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Randall Jolly	1.0	2	0	23
DE Neil Flannery	0.0	1	2	23
OLB Paul Spetz	0.0	1	1	23
DT Brandon Coleman	0.0	1	0	20

Houston	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Alexander Boyer	1.5	0	0	0	19
OLB Renaldo Alexander	1.0	0	0	1	21
DE Ben Lund	0.5	0	3	0	35
DE Ike Baumgardner	0.0	1	1	0	33
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	0.0	0	3	1	50
DT Angel Ferguson	0.0	0	2	0	31
DT Devan Forsythe	0.0	0	1	1	19
DE Marshall Akiyama	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Caleb Porter	3	1	19
CB Gary Fox	3	0	18
CB Shaun Swift	3	0	11
S Dusty Jarrell	2	1	22
OLB Howard Farr	2	0	22
OLB Paul Spetz	2	0	23
OLB Rex Noonan	2	0	13
CB Bucky Stone	2	0	32
S Alex Morton	1	1	24
DT Brandon Coleman	1	0	20
CB Edwin Whitted	1	0	30
ILB Randall Jolly	0	1	23

Houston	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jimmy Burnett	4	0	0	37
CB Dwayne Shipley	4	0	0	48
CB Nolan Madison	3	2	0	41
S Omar Austin	3	1	1	27
CB Lincoln Greer	2	2	0	28
S Mickey Berry	1	1	0	12
OLB Deron Collette	1	0	0	37
DE Ike Baumgardner	1	0	0	33
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	1	0	0	50
OLB Renaldo Alexander	1	0	0	21
OLB Chase Jeffries	1	0	0	49

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C K.C. Polk	4	10	1	28	0	50
G Tito Sweeney	2	6	0	28	0	50
C Emmett Sloan	1	4	0	28	0	50
G Gus Andrews	1	2	0	28	3	50
G Allen Madison	1	2	0	28	0	50

Houston	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Alexis Pettway	2	5	29	0	32
T C.J. Riemersma	2	4	29	0	32
G Connor Garber	1	8	29	0	32
T Chance Osterhaus	0	3	29	0	32
C Steven Kirk	0	1	29	0	32
FB Phil Forney	0	1	4	0	5
RB Shaun Rafalski	0	0	15	1	15

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Denzel Shaw	1	28
Alex Morton	1	25
Edwin Whitted	1	14
Norbert Meechan	1	9

Houston	Tackles	STPlays
Rod Barlow	4	25
Carson Biletnikoff	1	28

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Gus Andrews	28	50	---	---	9	87
WR Byron Cornwell	26	47	---	---	11	84
C Emmett Sloan	28	50	---	---	---	78
C K.C. Polk	28	50	---	---	---	78
QB Roger Peters	28	50	---	---	---	78
G Tito Sweeney	28	50	---	---	---	78
G Allen Madison	28	50	---	---	---	78
S Alex Morton	---	---	28	24	25	77
CB Edwin Whitted	---	---	25	30	14	69
CB Gary Fox	---	---	20	18	25	63
WR Kenny Bell	21	41	---	---	---	62
TE Lucas Spearman	21	38	---	---	1	60
CB Bucky Stone	---	---	28	32	---	60
RB Marshall Armstrong	22	33	---	---	5	60
OLB Howard Farr	---	---	11	22	25	58
WR Alan Mathers	18	36	---	---	---	54
OLB Caleb Porter	---	---	19	19	13	51
DE Neil Flannery	---	---	27	23	---	50
OLB Paul Spetz	---	---	27	23	---	50
ILB Randall Jolly	---	---	27	23	---	50
DT Brandon Coleman	---	---	20	20	8	48
WR Teddy Lake	8	16	---	---	22	46
S Dusty Jarrell	---	---	11	22	5	38
RB Denzel Shaw	3	6	---	---	28	37
OLB Freddie Carlisle	---	---	17	15	---	32
CB Shaun Swift	---	---	5	11	14	30
TE Kenny Prentice	12	17	---	---	---	29
FB Marcus Baltuskonis	0	0	---	---	28	28
S Chase Korte	---	---	17	10	---	27
OLB Rex Noonan	---	---	11	13	---	24
DT Brian Mahoney	---	---	10	13	---	23
DT Devon Burnett	---	---	10	12	---	22
DE Ray Wean	---	---	3	11	8	22
WR Al Thompson	2	12	---	---	---	14
RB Herman Webster	3	1	---	---	9	13
DT Kevin Skinner	---	---	2	11	---	13
TE Max Anwar	4	3	---	---	4	11
K Preston Kaplan	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Norbert Meechan	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Everett Robertson	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Van Brock	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Mackenzie Broyles	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Mitch Barlow	0	0	---	---	9	9
ILB Brady Harwood	---	---	1	0	---	1
T Ray Shea	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Brian Woods	0	0	---	---	---	0

Houston	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Carson Biletnikoff	---	---	28	50	28	106
CB Nolan Madison	---	---	26	41	20	87
WR Rod Barlow	29	32	---	---	25	86
CB Dwayne Shipley	---	---	26	48	9	83
TE Cary Williams	27	30	---	---	25	82
OLB Chase Jeffries	---	---	26	49	3	78
G Connor Garber	29	32	---	---	8	69
CB Brody Fisher	---	---	24	40	2	66
OLB Deron Collette	---	---	23	37	3	63
WR Bert Keen	28	23	---	---	11	62
T Alexis Pettway	29	32	---	---	---	61
QB Dan Puzzuoli	29	32	---	---	---	61
C Steven Kirk	29	32	---	---	---	61
T C.J. Riemersma	29	32	---	---	---	61
T Chance Osterhaus	29	32	---	---	---	61
CB Jimmy Burnett	---	---	20	37	2	59
DE Ben Lund	---	---	22	35	2	59
WR Gary Burgess	20	20	---	---	17	57
DE Ike Baumgardner	---	---	21	33	2	56
S Omar Austin	---	---	8	27	18	53
CB Lincoln Greer	---	---	15	28	1	44
DT Angel Ferguson	---	---	10	31	2	43
RB Pedro Bronson	14	15	---	---	11	40
DT Devan Forsythe	---	---	18	19	1	38
FB Phil Forney	4	5	---	---	25	34
OLB Renaldo Alexander	---	---	8	21	3	32
RB Shaun Rafalski	15	15	---	---	---	30
DE Alexander Boyer	---	---	8	19	1	28
TE Aaron Tubbs	6	12	---	---	6	24
DE Marshall Akiyama	---	---	4	13	7	24
ILB Elijah Lincoln	---	---	0	0	24	24
ILB Lenny Matson	---	---	13	10	---	23
S Mickey Berry	---	---	7	12	1	20
P Roderick Bownes	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Miles Andrews	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Darrin Hasting	0	0	---	---	8	8
G Luke Mayes	0	0	---	---	8	8
T Jamie Lord	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Andrew Cowles	---	---	1	0	6	7
WR Mercury Maxwell	2	4	---	---	---	6
K Samuel Stallings	0	0	---	---	5	5
TE Troy Floyd	0	4	---	---	---	4
QB Kim Rico	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Timothy McIntyre	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Riley Lynn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	14	2.0
Middle	19	70	3.7
Right	2	28	14.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	7	1.4
Middle	21	54	2.6
Right	1	11	11.0
None	2	-2	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roger Peters	47	22	7	3	3	6	11	3	1

Houston	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dan Puzzuoli	31	22	6	0	0	4	5	3	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	8	133	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	10	143	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	12	4	97	8.1

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	69	11.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	11	89	7.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	2	20	2.9
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	60	10.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Byron Cornwell	17	6	2	106	3	47
WR Kenny Bell	13	6	1	106	1	41
WR Alan Mathers	5	4	0	60	1	36
TE Lucas Spearman	5	3	0	28	0	38
TE Kenny Prentice	4	2	0	41	1	17
WR Teddy Lake	2	1	0	32	1	16
RB Marshall Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	33

Houston	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rod Barlow	10	9	123	5	32
TE Cary Williams	9	5	44	0	30
WR Gary Burgess	4	1	13	0	20
WR Bert Keen	4	3	49	1	23
RB Shaun Rafalski	2	2	-1	0	15
TE Aaron Tubbs	1	1	11	0	12
TE Troy Floyd	1	1	-1	0	4

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Marshall Armstrong	6	17	2.83	3.53
QB Roger Peters	2	9	4.50	6.40
RB Herman Webster	1	1	1.00	-1.50

Houston	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
QB Dan Puzzuoli	1	3	3.00	2.71

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roger Peters	4	2	14	3.50	7.94

Houston	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dan Puzzuoli	3	3	6	2.00	7.68

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kenny Bell	1	1	12	12.00	8.15
TE Lucas Spearman	1	1	2	2.00	5.60
TE Kenny Prentice	1	0	0	0.00	10.25
WR Byron Cornwell	1	0	0	0.00	6.24

Houston	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Shaun Rafalski	2	2	-1	-0.50	-0.50
TE Cary Williams	1	1	7	7.00	4.89

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
RB Marshall Armstrong	3	1

Houston	Rushes	Conversions
RB Pedro Bronson	2	1
QB Dan Puzzuoli	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roger Peters	13	5	4

Houston	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dan Puzzuoli	11	10	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Byron Cornwell	5	1	0
WR Kenny Bell	3	2	2
WR Alan Mathers	2	1	1
TE Kenny Prentice	2	1	1
TE Lucas Spearman	1	0	0

Houston	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rod Barlow	5	5	2
TE Cary Williams	4	3	1
WR Bert Keen	2	2	2

Section Attendance
Stadium 61,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,100 (21,400)
End Zone 13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	61,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,100 (21,400)
End Zone	13,200 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,800 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)