Despite a valiant comeback effort, the Buccaneers fell to the Cardinals, 38-33, in Arizona on Sunday afternoon. Tampa Bay falls to 2-3 on the season following the loss.
The Buccaneers found themselves trailing, 24-0, at halftime. Arizona scored back-to-back touchdowns on their first two drives to end the first quarter leading, 14-0. Ten more points in the second gave the Cardinals a 24-point lead at the break. The Bucs trailed by as many as 31 points.
Tampa Bay scored their first touchdown in the third quarter before rattling off 27 points in the fourth quarter, but it proved to be too little too late.