Bengals defeat Buccaneers 33-27 as Chase Brown runs for 56 yards and 1 TD

Automated recap from game data · November 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM ET · Paycor Stadium

The Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 33-27 on Sunday at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati before a crowd of 66,625. The Bengals moved to 1-0, while the Buccaneers fell to 0-1.

The Bengals built a 24-10 halftime lead, then held on as the Buccaneers won the second half 17-9.

The Bengals out-gained the Buccaneers 351-282 and won the turnover battle 4-1. The Bengals converted 8 of 14 third downs and held the ball for 31:25.

Chase Brown of the Bengals earned Game MVP. Brown ran 16 times for 56 yards and a touchdown.

For the Buccaneers, Josiah Trotter finished with 11 tackles, 1 sack, 1 interception and 1 defensive touchdown.

Line score

Team	1	2	3	4	T
TB	3	7	10	7	27
CIN	14	10	3	6	33

How the game turned

Bengals win probability

Biggest swing: Bengals went from 53% to 69% on one play in the first quarter.

Q1 6:18(No Huddle) B.Mayfield sacked at TB 25 for -8 yards (sack split by M.Murphy and B.Carter). FUMBLES (M.Murphy) [B.Carter], touched at TB 26, RECOVERED by CIN-D.Knight at TB 27. D.Knight for 27 yards, TOUCHDOWN. E.McPherson extra point is GOOD, Center-W.Wagner, Holder-R.Rehkow.

Scoring plays

Time	Team	Play	TB-CIN
Q1 9:09	TB	Chase McLaughlin 34 Yd Field Goal	3-0
Q1 6:18	CIN	Demetrius Knight Jr. 27 Yd Fumble Return (Evan McPherson Kick)	3-7
Q1 1:48	CIN	Mike Gesicki 2 Yd pass from Joe Burrow (Evan McPherson Kick)	3-14
Q2 5:32	CIN	Chase Brown 5 Yd Rush (Evan McPherson Kick)	3-21
Q2 1:49	TB	Bucky Irving 10 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	10-21
Q2 0:06	CIN	Evan McPherson 20 Yd Field Goal	10-24
Q3 10:03	CIN	Evan McPherson 55 Yd Field Goal	10-27
Q3 3:41	TB	Chase McLaughlin 51 Yd Field Goal	13-27
Q3 2:16	TB	Josiah Trotter 38 Yd Interception Return (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	20-27
Q4 14:04	CIN	Evan McPherson 58 Yd Field Goal	20-30
Q4 5:19	CIN	Evan McPherson 32 Yd Field Goal	20-33
Q4 3:19	TB	Baker Mayfield 9 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	27-33

Team stats

TB		CIN
282	Total yards	351
193	Passing yards	245
89	Rushing yards	106
19	First downs	26
5-10	Third down	8-14
0-0	Fourth down	0-0
2-4	Red zone	2-5
4	Turnovers	1
4-23	Sacks allowed	1-9
8-39	Penalties	7-47
28:35	Time of possession	31:25