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Week 5 · Thursday, 8 October 2026 · 8:15 PM ET

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys

Final. TB 24–16 DAL. The official gamebook is pending separately. Follow NFL scores

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Historical season profiles and statistical comparison

Where the profiles collide

Searched — none · no spectrum edge on file — neither club is top-8 against the other's bottom-8 on any paired axis; every axis was compared

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 2025 record 8-9

Mixed: top-8 on 1, bottom-8 on 0 of 5 key categories.

  • #18Points scored380
  • #20Points allowed411
  • #16Sacksproxy · pressure rate37
  • #21QB hitsproxy · pressure rate90
  • #6Turnover margin+7

Dallas Cowboys · 2025 record 7-9-1

Mixed: top-8 on 2, bottom-8 on 2 of 5 key categories.

  • #7Points scored471
  • #32Points allowed511
  • #22Sacksproxy · pressure rate35
  • #7QB hitsproxy · pressure rate111
  • #27Turnover margin-8

Profiles 2025 · Slate from nflverse games.csv. An edge is printed ONLY where one club sits top-8 and the other bottom-8 on a paired axis from last season's profile — a measured spectrum gap, not a prediction. No edge = no line. Scores fill from the same file as games are played.

Game week, injuries and availability

Availability · depth behind

This week · one displacement plan

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Availability · depth behind

This week · one displacement plan

Reading current report and chart evidence…

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Gameday reporting · TB at DAL

2026-10-08 · 20:15 ET. Practice DNP does not establish gameday OUT.

TB inactives: Awaiting official list; source checked. No scratches inferred. not_yet_available · Owner: TB gameday reporting Observed 2026-10-16T01:23:44.599Z

Next report: Publication date and time not sourced. not_yet_available · Owner: TB injury reporting

TB reporting evidence

official_list_not_observed · next_publication_time_not_sourced. Checked: 2026-10-16T01:23:44.599Z.

https://www.buccaneers.com/news/

https://www.buccaneers.com/team/injury-report/

DAL inactives: Awaiting official list; source checked. No scratches inferred. not_yet_available · Owner: DAL gameday reporting Observed 2026-10-16T01:23:29.629Z

Next report: Publication date and time not sourced. not_yet_available · Owner: DAL injury reporting

DAL reporting evidence

official_list_not_observed · next_publication_time_not_sourced. Checked: 2026-10-16T01:23:29.629Z.

https://www.dallascowboys.com/news/

https://www.dallascowboys.com/team/injury-report/

Game week · TB at DAL

Final confirmed by ESPN scoreboard. The official gamebook is pending separately.

TB desk · DAL desk · All week 5 games

  1. Injury report — observed 2026-10-07TB 9 row(s) · DAL 11 row(s). Rueben Bain Jr. · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; SirVocea Dennis · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Ko Kieft · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Baker Mayfield · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Benjamin Morrison · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Josiah Trotter · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Antoine Winfield Jr. · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Chase McLaughlin · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Anthony Nelson · 2026-10-07 · Practice: LP · Game designation: unreported; Cobie Durant · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; DeMarvion Overshown · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Drew Shelton · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: OUT; Tyler Smith · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLE; Alijah Clark · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Tyler Goodson · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Malik Hooker · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; James Houston · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; CeeDee Lamb · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Joey Porter Jr. · 2026-10-07 · Practice: FP · Game designation: unreported; Jonathan Mingo · 2026-10-07 · Practice: DNP · Game designation: QUESTIONABLEsourced · 2026-10-07 · Club injury reports
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  2. Inactives — 90 minutes before kickAwaiting official inactive lists. Both club sources have been checked; no scratches are inferred.not_yet_available · 2026-10-08T18:45:00-04:00 · Gameday reporting
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  3. Kick — TB at DAL, 2026-10-08 20:15 ETFinal — TB 24 · DAL 16 (ESPN scoreboard). The official gamebook is pending separately.sourced · 2026-10-08T20:15:00-04:00 · League schedule
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  4. Official gamebook — the NFL Game Summary after the gamethe score is on the slate; the book itself has not landednot_yet_available · 2026-10-08 · Official game summaries
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  5. Review — confirmed resultFinal — TB 24 · DAL 16, confirmed by ESPN scoreboard. Official gamebook and further postgame analysis remain pending.sourced · 2026-11-05T08:14:59.290Z · Club review
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Review

TB 24 · DAL 16 — Final (ESPN scoreboard); official gamebook pending

ESPN scoreboard · 2026-11-05T08:14:59.290Z