Bucky Irving On Pace For 1,551 Yards On 311 Carries
November 1st, 2026
What a day — again! — for third-year Bucs running back Bucky Irving.
Dominant!
Irving rumbled 27 times for a whopping 170 yards and a touchdown against the overmatched Falcons.
That left Irving with 147 carries on the season for 728 yards rushing and 5 TDs on the ground. That’s good for a tick over 5 yards per carry average on the season.
Irving is now on pace for 311 carries this season, a stunning total that would have ranked second-most in the NFL last season. He’s also on pace for 1,551 yards rushing, a Pro Bowl total, for sure.
Where would the Bucs be without Irving? It’s so great to see him back to his 2024 form.
Joe doesn’t know if the Bucs have a passing attack. That answer will probably come at Chicago next Sunday night. But that’s no certainty. The Bucs have completed seven passes in the past two games.
Irving was a question mark coming off shoulder surgery last winter and a long rehab. He’s answered the bell in a big way.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:00 pm
BUCKY!!!!! BUCKY!!!! BUCKY!!!!! BUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:00 pm
I knew what i saw when i pushed for us to draft him 🙂
November 1st, 2026 at 4:01 pm
Buckey…..buckey…. BUCK EE
November 1st, 2026 at 4:03 pm
Another amazing win. Love the team effort and so many guys flying around making big plays.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:03 pm
I use this photo everywhere I possibly can. Its my favorite of all the great photos this site has provided over the years.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:04 pm
How about Gainwell with 140 yards rushing. Reminds me of the old days with Alston and Dunn.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Hey Joe, maybe you know
Is this the first ever win for a Bucs, or maybe any NFL team, without a completed pass?
November 1st, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Shutout the Falcons and ran them over for 310 yards!! Can not ask for anything better!!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:04 pm
Alstott
November 1st, 2026 at 4:05 pm
I just don’t get why they didn’t put Baker on the bench after about halfway through the third. Could have done some RPO.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:05 pm
RB, O-line and entire defense are cliking. Hope they can keep it up and keep injuries at arems length.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:06 pm
Red zone said the last team to win without completing a pass was the 1974 Buffalo Bills in a driving rainstorm against the Jets.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:06 pm
My Wife My 2 Sons and I went to our first game today… Just saying lol GO BUCS!!!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:09 pm
Chat GPT says first f time for the Bucs, first time since 1974 buffalo v jets, and 8th time ever.
Ever other game was pre 1950 so you can’t really any of those in the modern NFl, hard to argue the Buffalo games was one too
November 1st, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Simmons will test whether or not Baker is worth his cost, but atm run baby RUN
November 1st, 2026 at 4:11 pm
Joe we don’t wanna see anymore trade posts and we need you to post about Todd Bowles Defense with the Shutout Im going to see how long its going to take! #gobucs
November 1st, 2026 at 4:11 pm
We all were worried about Bucky’s mental state early in the season.
I think that we can now pack that up and put it back in storage (or the trash)!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:13 pm
Don’t forget Atlanta was the team that ended Evans 49ers winless run. Atlanta has to be totally disgusted.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:14 pm
“My Wife My 2 Sons and I went to our first game today… Just saying lol GO BUCS!!!“
We’ll need you in Chicago, all of yous
November 1st, 2026 at 4:18 pm
We’re not going to be able to hide Baker next week. He’s gonna have to play the QB position and throw the ball some.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Crazy thing is we have 3 damn good backs!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:19 pm
Now this is Bucs football I can get behind. I keep saying the playoffs have come early this year. Win or go home. One game at a time. Let’s go Bucs
November 1st, 2026 at 4:25 pm
Been time to get a Bucky Irving jersey.
So proud of #7
November 1st, 2026 at 4:27 pm
Well son-of-a-b!tch…just when I was checking out for the season the Bucs have resuscitated my football season give a damn…and I am very thankful! It’s still a statistical long shot, but they’ve got a chance. If nothing else it’s at least been a fun couple weeks to be a Bucs fan.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:31 pm
In looking at our remaining games I think he has a real shot at exceeding 1551 yards. Just maybe 2000.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:31 pm
Bucky is the sh!t!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:37 pm
go (bucky X kenny) go…!
run (bucky X kenny) go…!
score (bucky X kenny) score…!
🙂
November 1st, 2026 at 4:37 pm
go (bucky X kenny) go…!
run (bucky X kenny) run…!
score (bucky X kenny) score…!
November 1st, 2026 at 4:38 pm
B U C K Y
November 1st, 2026 at 4:41 pm
Last two weeks… 582 yards running. Only 64 passing.
The defense has 6 sacks and 8 turnovers.
They outscored Carolina & Atlanta 59 to 13
To beat your two division rivals in that fashion… An absolute demoralizing, manhandling, dominant in the trenches performance… Is amazing.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:44 pm
I love bucky, but where would we be without him? Gainwell had a great game as well, and honestly, I’ve been saying this forever, our most talented running back doesn’t ever seem to take the field. I guarantee you, Sean Tucker doesn’t get caught from behind by anybody. He is our Ace in the Hole when we run Bucky into the ground.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:46 pm
Bucky and Gainwell Have become an awesome tandem.
Having the insurance of Tucker behind them is pretty great as well.
November 1st, 2026 at 4:51 pm
a dominant performance against a decent (before today) run defense of the falcons, and not just one or two big runs, just over and over and over.
having gainwell come in and keep hammering them for more yards was great, falcons couldnt do anything to stop them same as the panthers.
November 1st, 2026 at 5:13 pm
The last 2 games–Bucs have 582 yards on the ground. I hereby announce Zak gets to STAY, and we re-sign Mauch. Can’t mess with this formula