Tampa Bay Buccaneers Host Cleveland Browns in NFL Week 2
On Sunday, September 20, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium in a Week 2 game of the 2026 NFL season, while Tampa also saw NHL preseason hockey action the same weekend.
Buccaneers Host Browns
According to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' official website, the team hosted the Cleveland Browns at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, September 20, 2026. The game was part of Week 2 of the 2026 NFL regular season, with kickoff scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET. The source is the team's live game-update page, which does not report a final score or detailed play-by-play — only basic game and venue information was published.
Remaining Season Schedule
The same source also lists part of the Buccaneers' remaining regular-season schedule. Following the Browns game, Tampa Bay is set to play on September 27 (Week 3, 4:05 p.m.), October 4 (Week 4, 1:00 p.m.), October 18 (Week 6, 1:00 p.m.), November 1 (Week 8, 1:00 p.m.), November 30 (Week 12, 8:15 p.m.), December 6 (Week 13, 1:00 p.m.), December 20 (Week 15, 1:00 p.m.), and finally January 3 (Week 17), for which the kickoff time has not yet been announced.
Hockey in Tampa the Same Weekend
Separately, Tampa also hosted a different sporting event on September 20 — involving a different team and a different sport. According to NHL.com, the Nashville Predators opened their preseason schedule that afternoon against the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena, with puck drop at 4 p.m. CT. It was the first of four preseason games for Nashville over the following week; the two teams were scheduled to meet again on Tuesday, this time in Nashville. Predators head coach Andrew Brunette said this year's training camp is unusually compressed because of a shortened preseason and an earlier regular-season start, with the roster needing to shrink from 55 players to 23 by September 28.
According to Yahoo Sports, in an earlier prospect tournament game on September 14, Nashville's prospect squad defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning's prospect team 3-1. It should be noted that both the preseason game and the prospect tournament game involved the NHL's Tampa Bay Lightning, not the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers — two separate franchises that share a city name but compete in different sports.
