KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles defended his decision to kick an extra point and not attempt a two-point conversion after his team scored a touchdown with 30 seconds left in regulation on Monday night Lost 30:24 in overtime to the Kansas City Chiefs.

“Given the wet conditions on the pitch we wanted to go to extra time, we thought we had to go to extra time instead of going for two. We had our chance. We lost the game,” Bowles said.

The Bucs gave up a 5-yard touchdown to DeAndre Hopkins with 4:20 left in regulation, who then scored to give the Chiefs a 24-17 lead. After the teams traded quick three-and-outs, Bucs quarterback Baker Mayfield led an 11-play drive that culminated in a 1-yard touchdown pass to receiver Ryan Miller.

But instead of going for two points, which could have given Tampa Bay a point lead with 27 seconds left, Bucs kicker Chase McLaughlin came out.

“We decided on one,” Bowles said. “We made our shots. We had our chances throughout the game. We simply lost the game. That wasn’t the point.”

In Week 9, four teams that scored touchdowns in the final two minutes of regulation chose extra points to tie their games. ESPN Analytics modeling agreed with the decision to take the extra point on all four occasions, but all four of those teams lost.

The Miami Dolphins tied the game with 1:38 left and then lost to the Buffalo Bills on a 61-yard field goal in regulation time. The New England Patriots tied their game shortly before the end and then lost in overtime to the Tennessee Titans on a 25-yard field goal. The Seattle Seahawks tied the game with 0:51 left and then lost to the Los Angeles Rams on a 39-yard touchdown pass in overtime. And then the Bucs lost on a 2-yard touchdown by Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt.

Asked about putting the ball in the hands of the defense, Bowles said: “We wanted to take our hits. We played well defensively. We thought we were moving the ball offensively. We thought we had a good shot in overtime. We didn’t do that.” I won’t do the plays.

The Chiefs improved to 8-2 in overtime games, including the playoffs, since 2018 when Patrick Mahomes became the full-time starter, the best record of any team in that span.

This was the Bucs’ second primetime road loss of the season, with the defense conceding a touchdown on its first possession. The Bucs also lost 36-30 in overtime to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night in Week 5. Since 2012, when the NFL adopted the current regular-season extension rules, there have only been four teams that have lost multiple prime-time games in overtime in the same season, according to ESPN Research: the 2015 Cowboys, the 2021 Chargers, the Broncos 2022 and Buccaneers 2024 (all 0-2).

“It’s hard. There’s nothing you take away from it except a loss,” Bowles said. “And we can’t get used to losing and that’s the biggest thing. We won’t get used to losing. It wasn’t good enough so we have to prepare for another one next week.

The Bucs have won the NFC South title the last three seasons and previously beat the Chiefs in Super Bowl LV as a wild card, but now they have lost three straight games and slipped to 4-5 and under .500 for the first time this season.

It started with the 41:31 loss to the Baltimore Ravens two weeks ago, in which receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin were injured. Miller was called up from the practice squad shortly afterward and Monday night’s touchdown was the first of his NFL career. However, against the Chiefs, Mayfield was missing a third receiver in rookie Jalen McMillan, who was not considered healthy enough to play due to a hamstring injury.

Mayfield expressed some frustration when the Bucs lost the coin toss in overtime.

“Against a team with an offense like that, you can only give them so many chances,” Mayfield said. “You win the coin toss and this happens. I’m proud of our guys on offense who have improved. The coach had a good message… ‘We’re so close. Don’t get used to losing, just turn around.’ “We have a home game next week against an NFC opponent and we have to find a way to win.”

Mayfield said nearly eliminating the NFL’s only undefeated team on the road was no consolation prize.

“Right now it’s about us,” Mayfield said. “It doesn’t matter who we play. We have to focus on doing our job and finding ways to win. Watch the tape and go from there.