Buccaneers beat Cowboys 24-16 behind Bucky Irving's 165 rushing yards

Third quarter flips it

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored 17 straight points in the third quarter and held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-16 on Thursday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

Dallas led 10-7 at halftime. Tampa Bay took the lead on Emeka Egbuka's 14-yard touchdown run one minute into the second half, then went up 21-10 on Bucky Irving's 1-yard run. Chase McLaughlin's 41-yard field goal made it 24-10 with 2:58 left in the quarter.

Irving does both

Irving ran for 165 yards on 21 carries and scored twice, once on the ground and once on a 5-yard catch from Jalon Daniels that tied the game 7-7 early in the second quarter. Daniels completed 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown without an interception. Tez Johnson's only catch went for 64 yards.

Dallas comes up short

The Cowboys scored first on Javonte Williams' 1-yard run in the first quarter, and Brandon Aubrey's 41-yard field goal with 21 seconds left in the half put them back in front 10-7.

Dak Prescott threw for 316 yards, completing 24 of 42 passes with a touchdown and two interceptions. George Pickens caught nine passes for 130 yards, including an 18-yard touchdown with 5:26 to play, but the two-point try failed. Williams ran for 45 yards on 12 carries.

The Buccaneers earned their first win and are 1-4. Dallas fell to 2-3. Attendance was 92,351.

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