The Bucs’ first possession of Thursday night’s game was a 15-play, 73-yard touchdown drive that ate 10:58 off the clock. That was their only score of the first half.
They opened the second with a two-play, 86-yard drive, needing only one minute to take a 14-10 lead over the Cowboys.
Bucky Irving went 72 yards to the Dallas 14 before rookie safety Caleb Downs pushed the Bucs running back out of bounds. Wide receiver Emeka Egbuka scored on a 14-yard run on the next play.
Irving has 10 carries for 107 yards.
Of the Bucs’ 241 yards, 150 have come on the ground.