Bucs Make NFL History Monday Night
September 15th, 2025
History.
You don’t often see teams with back-to-back game-winning drives in the final two minutes of games. That’s why Joe is typing this here story.
The Bucs took the lead against the Dixie Chicks with 1:18 left when Emeka Egbuka and Baker Mayfield hooked up on a 25-yard touchdown pass. The Bucs then hung on to win 23-20 to open the season in Atlanta.
Then tonight the Bucs scored a touchdown on a two-yard plunge by Rachaad White with 0:06 left to escape Houston with a 20-19 win.
So why is this important? Well, the Bucs, by winning tonight, became the very first team this century to win back-to-back games on the road on the backs of two very late touchdowns.
Per the Bucs media relations department by way of something called @StatsPerform, the last team to do that was the 1999 Jimmy Johnson/Dan Marino-led Miami Dolphins.
And if you must ask, the Dolphins were a wild card team that season. It turned out to be the final season for both Johnson and Marino and their Hall of Fame careers.
Joe doesn’t think Todd Bowles and Mayfield are going anywhere after this season.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:04 pm
Baker is one tough dude! That was awesome! Back to back last minute game winners. Outstanding!
September 15th, 2025 at 11:06 pm
So could we get a lead and keep said lead to keep us fans out of the ER?
September 15th, 2025 at 11:08 pm
Joe, it was simply amazing to watch!!! This is a new Bucs Team, different from many in the past and yeah think you have to give Baker a lot if credit. I think he gas the whole offense taking on his personality!!!
September 15th, 2025 at 11:10 pm
Just win Baby!!!!
2-0
September 15th, 2025 at 11:16 pm
Just hoping the injuries aren’t too severe.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:22 pm
Baker was amazing !! EE2 was amazing !! ME 13 was amazing!! White,Irving, and Miller were all amazing!!The defense was absolutely incredible!! It seemed as if our o line is still trying to find its identity. And Grizzard is still getting warmed up to calling plays. But when the chips were down (after Chub helps us out by scoring quick) , what a beautiful, arm chair clutching, game winning drive it was!!
Bucs Win !! Bucs Win !!
September 15th, 2025 at 11:23 pm
Where is Kyle Trask when we need him, Rod Munch?
September 15th, 2025 at 11:25 pm
Interesting tid bit. I’ll have to mention this one to my dad, huge Dolphins fan.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:27 pm
I got at least 10 gray hairs watching the Bucs tonight… hell of a comeback drive by the offense!
SVD is gonna be a liability all year it seems. Time will tell about Heck and our kicker…
September 15th, 2025 at 11:28 pm
What is the Bucs kickers name ?? I’ve forgotten already!! What is it with our kickers ? Once they catch the miss disease, the missing just continues.
September 15th, 2025 at 11:29 pm
Awespme,Joe!
September 15th, 2025 at 11:41 pm
Another gritty win for the boys, love to see the fight, as long as there’s improvements week to week the sky is the limit for these guys
September 15th, 2025 at 11:52 pm
Wonder if any kicking issues could be his new holder in Dixon?
I am not worried about him….. Yet.
September 16th, 2025 at 12:08 am
This was history, but not for that reason – this was the first time EVER the Bucs have won in Houston – be it the Oilers or Texans.
September 16th, 2025 at 4:17 am
I read its first time since 1980 The Bucs QB led team to 2-0 start on last min drives. for most who weren’t alive back then, this then 15 year old fan remembers! Week 1 at Cincinnati in crazy weather game where Sun was out, then it Poured torrential rain, then sun again Doug Williams hit Jimmie Giles over the top of the end zone leaving just over a minute for future Bucs QB Jack Thompson and the stripeless Bengals to fall 17-12. Then just 4 days later, in the Bucs first ever appearance on Monday Night Football (even though it was a special Thursday edition) the Bucs trailed 9-3 when a bomb to rookie Kevin House drew a pass interference 1st down around the 12 of LA. Williams ran to right after protection broke down through sheer gut and determination pushed his way to the 1 yard line as Dandy Don and Howard went nuts, Williams took it over the top for a 10-9 win paying back Rams for their 9-0 NFC Championship game win year before. Hopefully parallels end there, as 2-0 Bucs finished 5-10-1 and Bucs D lineman was lost for the year (randy crowder) paving way for a decade of play from #76 David Logan!
September 16th, 2025 at 4:48 am
And what was it we were all told over and over again? Oh yeah, it was that Baker couldn’t win late in the game. He couldn’t orchestrate late drives, especially against top teams. Then as usual Baker goes out with not one but 2 last minute game winning drives. The first to do it in the 21st century. And don’t forget, boys, this was a top 10 defense Bakie dismantled at the end under all that pressure with 1 OL in the right place, that he was supposed to choke under. Ate it like candy, like CANDY.
You can’t make this stuff up…
September 16th, 2025 at 8:52 am
Baker reminds me of John Elway. We are a Colorado family, and watched John win in the last two minutes so many times. Not just “The Drive”.
Baker Mayfield is our Elway.
September 16th, 2025 at 9:05 am
Nick
Great memory! Unfortunately for me I was still a Bengals fan. I got here just in time for the new Millenium. And it’s been great to be a Bucs fan since then.
I feel sorry for my cousins and their season tickets but I’m not losing sleep over Burrows.
September 16th, 2025 at 10:30 am
In my opinion, Baker Mayfield is rapidly approaching the Tom Brady category when it comes to arm chair grabbing last minute winning drives !! Baker Mayfield is definitely in command of the Bucs offense!!
Go Bucs !! Beat the Jets !!
September 16th, 2025 at 11:13 am
When the Bucs started their last drive, I was thinking to myself, “What are the odds of a team doing a 2-min drive to win the game TWO weeks in a row? Very unlikely.”
But, the Bucs did it!!! AMAZING.
Now, I’m wondering, did we use up all our “magic” drives already?? Let’s hope not.
Good stuff, Bucs, I’m impressed.
September 16th, 2025 at 11:59 am
I’m beginning to think Baker is using some of that Sooner Magic left over from his college days. Either that or he is just that clutch. There are those that are saying the Texans DL and secondary are top 3. If that’s the case when we are fully loaded and healthy, no one will be able to stop us!!
September 17th, 2025 at 2:31 am
Nick – I was too young to remember that, but what a great recap!