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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys

Final · Kickoff

2016 Regular season · Week 15 · AT&T Stadium · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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Cowboys beat Buccaneers 26–20 in 2016 Week 15

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26–20 at home at AT&T Stadium in Week 15 of the 2016 regular season on December 18, 2016. It was a one-score game at the finish, decided by 6 points.

The result moved the Cowboys to 12–2 and dropped the Buccaneers to 8–6. The Buccaneers finished 2016 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs. The Cowboys finished 2016 at 13–3 and lost in the Divisional round.

In their previous meeting, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won 10–6 on November 15, 2015. When they met again, the Dallas Cowboys won 27–20 on December 23, 2018.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Cowboys lead the series 6–4 after meeting No. 10 since 2000 Full series history

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