The 2024 season was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 49th in the National Football League (NFL), their eleventh under the leadership of general manager Jason Licht, their 27th playing their home games at Raymond James Stadium and their third under head coach Todd Bowles.

After winning the division and leading the team to the Divisional Round of the playoffs one year earlier, Baker Mayfield signed a three-year contract extension to continue as starting quarterback.

[2] The Buccaneers lost in the Wild Card playoff game at home in a rematch to the Washington Commanders by a score of 23–20 following a field goal by kicker Zane Gonzalez as time expired.

In his second season as starting quarterback, Baker Mayfield threw 41 touchdown passes, second-best in team history behind only Tom Brady in 2021 (43).

A strong second-half team throughout the season, Tampa Bay outscored their opponents 247–135 in the second half of games, and 152–70 in the fourth quarter alone.

Washington rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels led all rushers on the day with 88 yards and two touchdowns, but the Buccaneers defense for the most part stymied the Commanders offense throughout the game.

Mike Evans caught a 2-yard touchdown pass on the opening drive, and became the all-time scoring leader in franchise history.

The Buccaneers defense failed to stop the Falcons on the opening drive of overtime, and Cousins found KhaDarel Hodge for a 45-yard touchdown on the fourth play, winning the game for Atlanta, 36–30.

[17] With Saints quarterback Derek Carr out with an oblique injury, rookie Spencer Rattler made his first career NFL start for New Orleans.

Tampa Bay racked up a franchise record 594 net offensive yards, and their 51 points was the second-highest total in team history.

Down by 10 points in the final minute, wide receiver Chris Godwin was lost for the season, after suffering a dislocated ankle.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield threw two interceptions, and a fumble on the opening drive by Rachaad White cost Tampa Bay dearly, as they fell to Atlanta 31–26.

With 6 seconds left in regulation, Mayfield's Hail Mary pass to the endzone was caught by Rakim Jarrett – but out of bounds – as time expired.

In a rematch of Super Bowl LV, Tampa Bay faced Kansas City on Monday Night Football.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield found Ryan Miller for a 1-yard touchdown pass with 27 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 24–24.

Quarterback Baker Mayfield was held to just 116 yards passing, however, he drove the Buccaneers to a game-tying field goal with 41 seconds remaining in regulation.

With 30 seconds left in regulation, Bryce Young found Adam Thielen for a 25-yard touchdown pass, giving Carolina a 23–20 lead.

Chase McLaughlin kicked a 51-yard field goal as time expired to tie the score and send the game to overtime.

In the overtime period, Adam Thielen made a spectacular one-handed catch from Bryce Young, advancing the Panthers to the Tampa Bay 34-yard line.

One play later, however, Chuba Hubbard was stripped of the ball by Anthony Nelson, and it was recovered by Buccaneers linebacker YaYa Diaby.

After two consecutive wins following their bye week, the Buccaneers were tied with the Falcons atop the NFC South at 6–6, entering a home matchup against the 2–10 Raiders.

Baker Mayfield threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter, one to Jalen McMillan and the next to Rachaad White, opening up a 14–0 lead.

The Raiders scored 10 unanswered points and threatened to take the lead at the start of the third period, when they put together an 18-play drive that took up over ten minutes, only to end in an Aidan O'Connell interception inside the red zone.

With Atlanta's loss at Minnesota, the Buccaneers took sole possession of first place in the NFC South at 7–6, one game ahead of the Falcons.

Tampa Bay overcame two turnovers in the second quarter, and routed the Chargers by the score of 40–17 to win their fourth straight game.

With the loss, Tampa Bay snapped their four-game winning streak and slipped to 8–7 and into a tie with Atlanta in the NFC South; the Falcons took over first place holding the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Seconds later, Johnny Hekker's punt was blocked by Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, then scooped up by J. J. Russell who returned it 23 yards for a touchdown.

Later in the day on Sunday Night Football, Atlanta lost to Washington in overtime, elevating Tampa Bay into sole possession of first place in the NFC South.

With 10:49 left in regulation, facing a 4th and 8 at the New Orleans 42-yard line, Mayfield found Jalen McMillan deep downfield for a 33-yard gain.

The Buccaneers defense forced a turnover on downs, and with 36 seconds left on the clock, the offense had one last chance for Evans to reach the milestone.