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Cleveland Browns at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Final / OT · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 7 · Raymond James Stadium

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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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CLECleveland Browns23Away
TBTampa Bay Buccaneers26Home
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Buccaneers beat Browns 26–23 in 2018 Week 7

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Cleveland Browns 26–23 at home at Raymond James Stadium in overtime in Week 7 of the 2018 regular season on October 21, 2018. It was decided by 3 points, a field goal or less.

It was the only game of Week 7 to need overtime.

The result moved the Buccaneers to 3–3 and dropped the Browns to 2–4–1. The Browns finished 2018 at 7–8–1 and missed the playoffs. The Buccaneers finished 2018 at 5–11 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Cleveland Browns won 22–17 on November 2, 2014. When they met again, the Cleveland Browns won 23–17 on November 27, 2022.

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 Buccaneers lead the series 4–1 after meeting No. 5 since 2002 Full series history

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