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Tampa Bay Buccaneers

A Homegrown Roster & A Series of Close Games | By the Numbers, Week One

The Buccaneers and Falcons will open their 2025 season together on Sunday after playing four straight one-score games in 2023-24…Plus, Lavonte David closes in on franchise history

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open their 2025 season on Sunday with a game against the division-rival Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The Buccaneers are seeking their fifth straight NFC South title but the Falcons swept the head-to-head series in 2024. Atlanta leads the all-time series with Tampa Bay, 32-21, but the Buccaneers have won six of the last 10.

Here are some additional numbers to know about the state of the Buccaneers and their 2025 season opener as we head into Week One:

4.5

The average margin of victory in the last four games played between the Buccaneers and Falcons

5

The number of consecutive seasons the Buccaneers have made the playoffs entering the 2025 campaign, making them the only team in the NFC that can make that claim.

38

The number of receiving yards Mike Evans needs on Sunday in Atlanta to surpass Pro Football Hall of Famer Ark Monk (12,721) for 23rd place in NFL history.

69

The number of regular season touchdown passes Baker Mayfield has thrown since joining the Buccaneers in 2023, the most by any NFL quarterback in that two-year span. Mayfield has thrown nine touchdown passes in four games against the Falcons as a Buccaneer.

72.9

The percentage of players on the Buccaneers' first 53-man roster of 2025 who are "homegrown," (drafted or signed as undrafted rookies by Tampa Bay)

76

The number of missed tackles that Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving forced in 2024, the most among all NFL rookies. His 31.7% forced missed tackle percentage led all NFL players.

199

The number of regular season games Lavonte David will have played in and started for the Buccaneers after he takes his first snap on Sunday, leaving him just one shy of joining Ronde Barber and Derrick Brooks as the only players in franchise history to play in and start at least 200 games.

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2025 Home Games

Jets vs. Buccaneers

Week 3

September 21

1:00 PM ET

Eagles vs. Buccaneers

Week 4

September 28

1:00 PM ET

49ers vs. Buccaneers

Week 6

October 12

1:00 PM ET

Patriots vs. Buccaneers

Week 10

November 9

1:00 PM ET

Cardinals vs. Buccaneers

Week 13

November 30

1:00 PM ET

Saints vs. Buccaneers

Week 14

December 7

1:00 PM ET

Falcons vs. Buccaneers

Week 15

December 11

8:15 PM ET

Panthers vs. Buccaneers

Week 18

January 4

Time TBD

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