2026 Week 2 · Regular season

Cleveland Browns vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2026 Week 2

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Uploaded: 2026-09-20
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Cleveland Browns defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 23–19. Review the final score, quarter-by-quarter scoring, team and player stats, key drives and highlights.

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Browns vs. Buccaneers Game Details

Date, kickoff time, TV and streaming listing, venue and current game status.

Away team

Cleveland Browns

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Home team

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Date: Sunday, September 20, 2026
Kickoff: 1:00 PM ET1:00 PM ET
TV / Stream: CBS
Venue: Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL

Postgame video

Browns vs. Buccaneers 2026 Game Highlights

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Completed game

Browns vs. Buccaneers Final Score and Game Result

Cleveland Browns defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 23–19.

Winner

Cleveland Browns

23–19

CLE record

Cleveland Browns

1-1

TB record

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

0-2

Quarter-by-quarter result

Browns vs. Buccaneers Box Score by Quarter: 2026 Week 2

See how the scoring developed in every quarter before the 23–19 final.

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
CLE Cleveland Browns	3	3	10	7	23
TB Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	3	7	3	19

Top performers

Browns vs. Buccaneers Player Stat Leaders

Compare the leading passers, rushers, receivers and defenders from the completed game.

Passing Yards

CLE

Deshaun Watson

24/30, 238 YDS, 2 TD

Baker Mayfield

21/34, 182 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT

Rushing Yards

CLE

Deshaun Watson

7 CAR, 22 YDS

Bucky Irving

17 CAR, 89 YDS

Receiving Yards

CLE

Denzel Boston

5 REC, 95 YDS, 1 TD

Tez Johnson

1 REC, 49 YDS

Sacks

CLE

Grant Delpit

A'Shawn Robinson

Tackles

CLE

Carson Schwesinger

Josiah Trotter

Game statistics

Browns vs. Buccaneers Team Stats Comparison

Compare total offense, third downs, turnovers, red-zone performance, penalties and possession.

CLEStatisticTB

151st Downs17

5-133rd down efficiency7-16

0-14th down efficiency0-1

267Total Yards313

223Passing176

44Rushing137

0Turnovers1

6-50Penalties6-62

1-3Red Zone (Made-Att)1-4

29:22Possession30:38

Every scoring play

Browns vs. Buccaneers Scoring Summary and Touchdown Timeline

Follow each touchdown and field goal in chronological order, with the score after every play.

Q111:10

TB
Chase McLaughlin 59 Yd Field Goal
0–3
Q17:12

CLE
Andre Szmyt 50 Yd Field Goal
3–3
Q14:02

TB
Chase McLaughlin 45 Yd Field Goal
3–6
Q213:59

CLE
Andre Szmyt 34 Yd Field Goal
6–6
Q20:12

TB
Chase McLaughlin 31 Yd Field Goal
6–9
Q39:33

TB
Emeka Egbuka 5 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)
6–16
Q33:45

CLE
Andre Szmyt 34 Yd Field Goal
9–16
Q31:23

CLE
Denzel Boston 55 Yd pass from Deshaun Watson (Andre Szmyt Kick)
16–16
Q49:58

TB
Chase McLaughlin 31 Yd Field Goal
16–19
Q43:51

CLE
Blake Whiteheart 17 Yd pass from Deshaun Watson (Andre Szmyt Kick)
23–19

Individual statistics

Browns vs. Buccaneers Player Box Score and Individual Stats

Open each category for passing, rushing, receiving, defensive and kicking statistics.

Passing Stats

Cleveland Browns Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Deshaun Watson	24/30	238	7.9	2	0	2-15	68.4	121.9

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Baker Mayfield	21/34	182	5.4	1	1	3-6	52.8	73.4

Rushing Stats

Cleveland Browns Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Deshaun Watson	7	22	3.1	8
Quinshon Judkins	12	21	1.8	9
Raheim Sanders	2	4	2.0	3
Jaleel McLaughlin	1	3	3.0	3
KC Concepcion	1	-6	-6.0	-6

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
Bucky Irving	17	89	5.2	38
Baker Mayfield	4	29	7.3	14
Chris Godwin Jr.	1	12	12.0	12
Kenny Gainwell	2	10	5.0	6
Emeka Egbuka	1	-3	-3.0	-3

Receiving Stats

Cleveland Browns Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Denzel Boston	5	95	19.0	1	55	7
Harold Fannin Jr.	5	54	10.8	0	21	6
KC Concepcion	6	28	4.7	0	9	6
Quinshon Judkins	5	27	5.4	0	13	5
Blake Whiteheart	1	17	17.0	1	17	2
Isaiah Bond	1	10	10.0	0	10	1
Raheim Sanders	1	7	7.0	0	7	1
Jerry Jeudy	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Jaleel McLaughlin	0	0	0.0	0	0	1

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Tez Johnson	1	49	49.0	0	49	4
Chris Godwin Jr.	3	46	15.3	0	24	3
Cade Otton	5	38	7.6	0	13	6
Ted Hurst III	2	27	13.5	0	21	7
Emeka Egbuka	3	16	5.3	1	7	5
Kenny Gainwell	3	5	1.7	0	5	4
Bucky Irving	4	1	0.3	0	4	4

Defensive Stats

Cleveland Browns Defensive

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Carson Schwesinger	10	5	0	1	0	0
Quincy Williams	6	4	0	1	0	0
Grant Delpit	5	5	1	0	0	1
Denzel Ward	5	4	0	0	0	0
Tyson Campbell	5	4	0	1	0	0
Myles Harden	5	2	0	0	2	0
Isaiah McGuire	4	3	0	1	0	0
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren	3	3	0	0	0	0
Sam Williams	3	2	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Hickman	3	1	1	0	0	1
Mason Graham	3	1	1	1	0	2
Derek Barnett	2	2	0	1	0	0
Noah Igbinoghene	2	2	0	0	0	0
Mekhi Blackmon	2	2	0	0	1	0
Maliek Collins	2	1	0	0	0	0
Winston Reid	1	1	0	0	0	0
Nathaniel Watson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Jared Verse	1	1	0	1	0	1
Donovan McMillon	1	1	0	0	0	0
Adin Huntington	1	0	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Josiah Trotter	13	6	0	0	0	0
Alex Anzalone	8	2	0	0	0	0
Benjamin Morrison	7	5	0	0	1	0
Keionte Scott	5	5	0	0	0	0
Tykee Smith	5	4	0	3	0	0
A'Shawn Robinson	5	2	1	1	0	1
Antoine Winfield Jr.	4	2	0	0	0	1
Zyon McCollum	3	3	0	0	0	0
Yaya Diaby	3	1	0	1	1	1
Kameron Johnson	2	2	0	0	0	0
Vita Vea	2	0	0	0	0	0
David Walker	1	1	1	1	0	1
Anthony Nelson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Calijah Kancey	1	1	0	0	0	0
Elijah Roberts	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ted Hurst III	1	1	0	0	0	0
Rakeem Nunez-Roches	1	0	0	0	0	0
SirVocea Dennis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Knowles	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kicking Stats

Cleveland Browns Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Andre Szmyt	3/3	100.0	50	2/2	11

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Chase McLaughlin	4/4	100.0	59	1/1	13

Game flow

Browns vs. Buccaneers Win Probability and Momentum

The chart tracks the home team's estimated win probability from kickoff through the final play.

CLE 100%Home win probabilityTB 0%

KickoffFinal

Possession by possession

Browns vs. Buccaneers Drive Summary

Review each possession's result, plays, yards, elapsed time and field position.

Show all 23 drives

Team	Result	Plays	Yards	Time	Start	End
CLE	Punt3 plays, 5 yards, 1:44	3	5	1:44	CLE 33	CLE 38
TB	Field Goal5 plays, 23 yards, 2:06	5	23	2:06	TB 36	CLE 41
CLE	Field Goal7 plays, 40 yards, 3:58	7	40	3:58	CLE 28	TB 32
TB	Field Goal6 plays, 48 yards, 3:10	6	48	3:10	TB 25	CLE 27
CLE	Punt3 plays, -2 yards, 1:34	3	-2	1:34	CLE 33	CLE 31
TB	Interception4 plays, 19 yards, 1:19	4	19	1:19	TB 17	TB 36
CLE	Field Goal6 plays, 12 yards, 2:10	6	12	2:10	TB 28	TB 16
TB	Punt6 plays, 16 yards, 4:19	6	16	4:19	TB 29	TB 45
CLE	Punt3 plays, -12 yards, 2:32	3	-12	2:32	CLE 20	CLE 8
TB	Punt3 plays, -11 yards, 2:27	3	-11	2:27	TB 44	TB 33
CLE	Downs4 plays, 9 yards, 1:56	4	9	1:56	CLE 25	CLE 34
TB	Field Goal9 plays, 21 yards, 2:33	9	21	2:33	CLE 34	CLE 13
CLE	End of Half1 play, -1 yard, 0:12	1	-1	0:12	CLE 25	CLE 25
TB	Touchdown9 plays, 65 yards, 5:27	9	65	5:27	TB 35	CLE 0
CLE	Field Goal11 plays, 58 yards, 5:48	11	58	5:48	CLE 26	TB 16
TB	Punt4 plays, 8 yards, 1:16	4	8	1:16	TB 29	TB 37
CLE	Touchdown3 plays, 83 yards, 1:06	3	83	1:06	CLE 17	TB 0
TB	Punt3 plays, 2 yards, 1:35	3	2	1:35	TB 29	TB 31
CLE	Punt4 plays, 15 yards, 1:57	4	15	1:57	CLE 26	CLE 41
TB	Field Goal7 plays, 71 yards, 2:53	7	71	2:53	TB 16	CLE 13
CLE	Touchdown12 plays, 68 yards, 6:07	12	68	6:07	CLE 32	TB 0
TB	Downs10 plays, 31 yards, 3:33	10	31	3:33	TB 49	CLE 20
CLE	End of Game1 play, -1 yard, 0:18	1	-1	0:18	CLE 20	CLE 20

Official game information

Browns vs. Buccaneers Attendance, Playing Surface and Officials

Additional game-day information reported with the completed box score.

Attendance61,391

Reported crowd at Raymond James Stadium.

Playing surfaceGrass

Surface listed for Raymond James Stadium.

Game officials

Greg Yette — Back Judge
David Meslow — Side Judge
Patrick Turner — Down Judge
Bryan Neale — Umpire
Kevin Codey — Line Judge
Brad Rogers — Referee
Joe Blubaugh — Field Judge

Time and broadcast

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Kickoff time

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The scheduled kickoff is 1:00 PM ET on Sunday, September 20, 2026.

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TV and streaming

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Stadium

Where Is Browns vs. Buccaneers Being Played?

Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL.

Why this game matters

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Browns vs. Buccaneers FAQ

When is Cleveland Browns vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers?

The game is scheduled for Sunday, September 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET.

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Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL.

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