Friday, 4 a.m.
Just when you thought you had these Tampa Bay Bucs, they go and pull off something like this.
They went on the road and beat Dallas.
A desperate Bucs took their winless team on the road and beat the Cowboys, 24-16. The Bucs overcame their rookie quarterback, 92 yards worth of penalties and a questionable coaching decision to pull off the upset.
Running back Bucky Irving rushed for a career-high 165 yards, 72 on one carry. The Bucs ran for 241 yards in all. He scored two touchdowns.
Rookie Jalon Daniels was much calmer in his secod star, hitting 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards.
The Bucs' defense held Dallas to 50 yards. Dak Prescott threw for 316 yards, but star CeeDee Lamb caught only two passes for nine yards.
Jacob Parrish led hte team qith nine tackles.
Of course, it's never as easy as it could be for the Bucs. The Bucs led 24-10 with 8:36 to play and had a fourth-and-goal on the Dallas one. A field goal would have given the Bucs a three-score lead.
Instead, Todd Bowles got greedy. He went for the putaway touchdown. Sean Tucker was stopped for no gain, and the Cowboys drove 99 yads in 3:06.
Dallas got the ball back with a chance to tie the agme, but Alex Anzolone stopped the threat with an interception off a deflected pass.
The Bucs are home at Raymond Jones on Oct. 18 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.