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Buccaneers Win NFL Game Without Completing a Pass

Tampa Bay won a game without a completed pass and rushed for a club-record 324 yards, according to Fox News.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers won an NFL game without completing a pass, according to a Fox News report. The outlet said the feat was the first of its kind in half a century.

According to the Fox News report, Baker Mayfield attempted three passes in the game and completed none. The Buccaneers instead relied on the ground game, which the report's summary said produced a club-record 324 rushing yards. The summary characterized the contest as a "rain-soaked shutout."

The summary did not give the final score, so the margin of victory cannot be confirmed from that report. It also did not say how many carries produced the rushing total or which players recorded them.

The summary does not name the opposing team, the venue, or the date of the game. Fox News reported the result in an article whose source record lists no named author.

The full play-by-play and official statistics were not part of the material used for this account. The details above are drawn solely from the Fox News headline and summary, and The Continental Gazette has not independently confirmed them.

Sources: Fox News: Tampa Bay Buccaneers win NFL game without completing a pass, first time that's happened in half a century.

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