Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: game summary
Final · August 16, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.
Acrisure Stadium
Summary
| Team |
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Team stats
TBPIT 
- 240Total yards316
- 199Passing yards186
- 23/39Completions/attempts17/29
- 5.0Yards per pass5.6
- 41Rushing yards130
- 24Rushing attempts26
- 1.7Yards per rush5.0
- 13First downs16
- 6-183rd down efficiency2-12
- 1-24th down efficiency1-2
- 2-3Red zone (made-att)2-4
- 64Total plays59
- 3.8Yards per play5.4
- 2Turnovers3
- 2Fumbles lost0
- 0Interceptions thrown3
- 1-11Sacks (yards lost)4-18
- 7-54Penalties (yards)7-53
- 30:29Time of possession29:31
Game leaders
Passing
Connor BazelakTB · QB · 14/18, 106 YDS
Skylar ThompsonPIT · QB · 10/15, 113 YDS, 1 INT
Rushing
Josh WilliamsTB · RB · 5 CAR, 21 YDS
Kaleb JohnsonPIT · RB · 11 CAR, 50 YDS
Receiving
Sterling ShepardTB · WR · 3 REC, 47 YDS
Roman WilsonPIT · WR · 2 REC, 72 YDS
Scoring summary
1st quarter
- Touchdown9:15Bucky Irving 15 Yd pass from Teddy Bridgewater (Chase McLaughlin Kick)7-0
- Touchdown3:20Emeka Egbuka 5 Yd pass from Teddy Bridgewater (Chase McLaughlin Kick)14-0
- Touchdown2:14Brandon Johnson 2 Yd pass from Mason Rudolph (Ben Sauls Kick)14-7
3rd quarter
- Touchdown3:30Trey Sermon 1 Yd Rush (Ben Sauls Kick)14-14
4th quarter
- Field goal0:00Chase McLaughlin 42 Yd Field Goal17-14
Player stats
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connor Bazelak | 14/18 | 106 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Teddy Bridgewater | 6/11 | 85 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | — |
| Kyle Trask | 3/10 | 19 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1-11 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Williams | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Bucky Irving | 8 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sean Tucker | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Kyle Trask | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Owen Wright | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Connor Bazelak | 2 | -5 | -2.5 | 0 | -2 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling Shepard | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
| Garrett Greene | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Tez Johnson | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
| Jalen McMillan | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Bucky Irving | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Tanner Taula | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| Josh Williams | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
| Ryan Miller | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Sean Tucker | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Jaden Smith | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Rakim Jarrett | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Jacob Harris | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Owen Wright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Cade Otton | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Bullock | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kindle Vildor | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaevon Merriweather | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren Peeples | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Jackson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JayVian Farr | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Braswell | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elijah Roberts | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Gotsis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deion Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shilo Sanders | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashad Wisdom | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Greene | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Miller | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antonio Grier Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamel Dean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Payne Durham | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dvon J-Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Brewer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Deckers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markees Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zyon McCollum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Steelers
| Passing | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skylar Thompson | 10/15 | 113 | 7.5 | 0 | 1 | 3-18 | — |
| Mason Rudolph | 3/5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | — |
| Logan Woodside | 4/9 | 45 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | — |
| Rushing | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaleb Johnson | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Lew Nichols | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Evan Hull | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Skylar Thompson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Mason Rudolph | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Trey Sermon | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Kenny Gainwell | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Receiving | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | TGTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Wilson | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| Roc Taylor | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
| Scotty Miller | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| JJ Galbreath | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Brandon Johnson | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Kaleb Johnson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Lew Nichols | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Trey Sermon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Kenny Gainwell | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Connor Heyward | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lance McCutcheon | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Hurleman | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Defense | TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Castro | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Holcomb | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Thornhill | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eku Leota | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Malik Harrison | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quindell Johnson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Pierre | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Harmon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Miles Killebrew | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| D'Shawn Jamison | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarvin Leal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daryl Porter | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keeanu Benton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandin Echols | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Breiden Fehoko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Kuntz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Woodside | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Ekuale | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Sermon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beanie Bishop Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Gainwell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Bruener | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiahh Loudermilk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyler McMichael | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Game info
- Stadium
- Acrisure Stadium · Pittsburgh, PA
- Surface
- Natural grass
- Attendance
- 64,224
- TV
- KDKA-TV, WFLA-TV
- Officials
- Terry Brown (Field judge) · Paul King (Umpire) · Scott Novak (Referee) · Tony Josselyn (Back judge) · Mark Stewart (Line judge) · Don Willard (Side judge) · Brian Sakowski (Down judge)
About this game
Who won Buccaneers vs Steelers?
Buccaneers won 17-14 over Steelers on Saturday, August 16, 2025.
When was Buccaneers vs Steelers played?
On Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at Acrisure Stadium.
Where was Buccaneers vs Steelers played?
At Acrisure Stadium.