NFL Week 5 TNF: Buccaneers (0-4) at Cowboys (2-2), no score yet
Prime Video, AT&T Stadium. Mayfield is listed after missing the 17-14 loss to Green Bay. Lamb had 17 catches in the 34-30 win at Houston.
UPCOMING: Buccaneers at Cowboys, 8:15 p.m. ET. No score.
ESPN and the NFL list Tampa Bay at Dallas for Thursday 8 October, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video, AT&T Stadium. The Buccaneers are 0-4 and the Cowboys are 2-2. No final is posted. On 4 October the Packers beat Tampa Bay 17-14, a game Baker Mayfield missed with a dislocated thumb. The same day Dallas beat Houston 34-30. CeeDee Lamb caught 17 passes for 189 yards and the 12-yard touchdown with 40 seconds left. Javonte Williams ran for three touchdowns. Three teams are 4-0: Kansas City, Minnesota and San Francisco. The Chiefs are on a bye after a 30-27 win at Las Vegas.
The stakes
A fifth loss would leave Tampa Bay alone at the bottom of the NFC South. Dallas can move off 2-2 before Sunday's London game.
The rivalry angle
This is not the Falcons-Buccaneers game. That meeting is listed for 1 November.
Players who could decide it
105 of 150 for 1,065 yards, 8 touchdowns and 1 interception.
Listed on the Thursday matchup after missing the Packers loss with a dislocated thumb. 61 of 96, 615 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT in three games.
Did you know?
- !Thursday Night Football is Buccaneers at Cowboys, not Falcons at Buccaneers.
- !Tampa Bay are 0-4. Dallas are 2-2. No final score is posted.
- !Chiefs, Vikings and 49ers are the three 4-0 teams. Kansas City is on a bye.
Head to head
Last meeting on this card is not a 2026 result. Thursday 8 October has no final.
Sources
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