On Tampa Bay's next possession, Cam Brate came through with two huge third-down catches early in the drive, then a big 25-yard interference call on Jordan Fuller, who was covering Scotty Miller on the play. Leonard Fournette ended the possession with a two-yard touchdown run that gave the Bucs a 14-7 lead.

Los Angeles tied the game on their next possession, a seven-yard touchdown reception by former Florida Gator Van Jefferson, his first-ever NFL touchdown.

The Rams added three at the end of the half after a 35-yard receiver screen to Robert Woods. The Rams hustled down the field to spike the ball with one second remaining in the half, and former Buc Gay drilled a 38-yard field goal to give the Rams a 17-14 halftime lead.

The Bucs got those three back quickly to start the second half, after a Jason Pierre-Paul interception of a Goff screen pass deep in Rams territory. Ryan Succop kicked a 38-yard field goal after the Bucs went three-and-out.

Gay missed a 44-yarder after the Rams subsequent drive stalled on their next possession.

Brady and the Bucs then had their first turnover of the night, as Fuller picked off a badly thrown ball down the middle of the field as Brady might have had his vision impeded by a Rams defender. The Rams took advantage of the miscue, quickly driving down the field, and scoring on a four-yard pass from Goff to Cam Akers, his first NFL touchdown.

Tampa Bay didn't fare well offensively in the third quarter, running 11 plays for a total of eight yards. Three of their four possessions went three-and-out, the other ending after only two plays on the Fuller intercerption.

The Bucs tried to spark the offense, going for it on 4th and 1 from the Rams' 43 with 8:16 left and could not convert, but the Rams turned the ball over three plays later on a Jordan Whitehead interception of Goff in Rams territory.

Then the Bucs finally started picking up first downs, driving deeper into Rams territory, and finally tied the game at 24 on a 14-yard touchdown pass to Chris Godwin, who dove the final three years while his body was going out of bounds.

Up next for the Bucs is another tough game, this one against the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs at 4:25 Sunday at RayJay.

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