TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers dropped to 0-3 for the first time since 2014 Sunday with a 23-16 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at Raymond James Stadium, a defeat made worse when quarterback Baker Mayfield dislocated the thumb on his throwing hand late in the game.

Mayfield, who finished 17-of-34 for 217 yards with one touchdown and one interception while absorbing six sacks and 12 quarterback hits, is scheduled for an MRI Monday to determine the full extent of the injury. Until those results are known, undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels is the Buccaneers’ quarterback.

“He got a dislocated thumb,” head coach Todd Bowles said. “He’s going to get an MRI tomorrow just to see exactly what inside is wrong with it. So we’ll know more tomorrow. The X-rays didn’t show [a fracture] but the MRI tomorrow will show more. It’s Jalon right now. We haven’t really gotten into it yet. We’ll see what the MRI says tomorrow and then we’ll kind of talk amongst ourselves and see. But right now Jalon probably would go in.”

Daniels made his NFL debut in the game’s final seconds, contributing a nine-yard run before his last pass was intercepted on a desperation Hail Mary attempt. The loss was sealed by a pair of Will Reichard field goals in the fourth quarter - one from 56 yards and a final kick that pushed the margin to seven with 33 seconds remaining.

The game turned early on an 86-yard punt return touchdown by Minnesota’s Myles Price that staked the Vikings to a 10-0 lead. The Buccaneers answered with Mayfield’s 40-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Ted Hurst and a 28-yard Chase McLaughlin field goal to tie the game, but Kyler Murray’s 41-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Addison put Minnesota ahead at halftime. Two more McLaughlin field goals - including a 54-yarder in the fourth quarter - pulled Tampa Bay within one before Reichard’s late kicks closed it out.

The Buccaneers finished with 243 net yards to Minnesota’s 230, but the offense was strangled by penalties - including an erased 85-yard touchdown by Chris Godwin - and a 2-of-17 conversion rate on third down. The game featured 17 punts and just 20 combined first downs.

“It was a little bit of everything,” Bowles said of the offensive struggles. “I’ve said it again and again. We’ve got to see what the penalty situation looks like. We’ve got to see whether it was play-calling, quarterback, offensive line…it’s everybody included in that. We’ve got to do better on third down.”

Defensive lineman A’Shawn Robinson intercepted a deflected pass at the Carolina 22 - the second interception of his career - but the Buccaneers failed to score a touchdown off the turnover, settling for a field goal. Nose tackle Vita Vea broke up two passes and registered a quarterback hit and four tackles. Alex Anzalone, David Walker and Anthony Nelson each recorded sacks, and cornerback Zyon McCollum had two passes defensed as Tampa Bay held Minnesota to two conversions on 15 third-down attempts.

Emeka Egbuka led Tampa Bay’s receivers with five catches for 62 yards. Murray, returning from a concussion that kept him out of most of the Vikings’ first two games, went 15-of-29 for 168 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Jordan Addison caught five passes for 90 yards and a score for Minnesota; Justin Jefferson left with an ankle injury in the first half after two catches for 32 yards.

Despite the 0-3 record, Tampa Bay sits just one game out of first place in the NFC South after New Orleans, Carolina and Atlanta all fell to 1-2.

“The funny thing is, we’re 0-3 and we’re a game out of first place,” Bowles said. “We have to get our stuff together. We’ve got to reach down and do more, to a coach, to a person, to a player. We’ve got to do more, figure out what we can do more, how we can be better, and come back tomorrow and be ready to go.”

Tackle Tristan Wirfs echoed the frustration. “We’re moving the ball,” Wirfs said. “We’re just going backwards too much in our drives. Got to keep going forward and get into the end zone. Got to capitalize off all the opportunities. A’Shawn’s interception in the red zone…got to score. We’re all celebrating here if we get a touchdown off that. We know the fans are frustrated, but I’m telling you right now we’re all pretty frustrated in here too. This isn’t how anybody planned to start the season. We need to turn it around.”

The Buccaneers host the 1-2 Green Bay Packers at Raymond James Stadium in Week Four, with Mayfield’s availability dependent on Monday’s MRI results.