Mike Evans breaks team record with 72nd touchdown…
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Mike Evans gave away the football to a fan earlier this season after catching Tom Brady‘s 600th career touchdown pass. The Bucs receiver knew to keep the ball from his own record-setting score.
Evans caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Brady with 7:31 remaining in the third quarter. It completed a 10-play, 74-yard drive.
It was the 72nd career touchdown for Evans, breaking the all-time team record for touchdowns. Mike Alstott had 71 in his career.
Evans is one of only two active players in the league who owns a team’s career touchdowns mark. His current teammate, Rob Gronkowski, scored a franchise-record 80 touchdowns for the Patriots from 2010-18.
Evans’ touchdown has helped the Bucs pull away from the Giants, with Tampa Bay leading 24-10.
Evans has five catches for 52 yards. Gronkowski leads the Bucs with six catches for 71 yards, and Chris Godwin has six receptions for 65 yards and a score.
Brady is 26-of-37 for 270 yards with two touchdowns and an interception.
The Giants took the second-half kickoff and went 50 yards before Daniel Jones threw an incompletion on fourth-and-one from the Bucs 25.
Mike Evans breaks team record with 72nd touchdown of his career
