Panthers 10
(0-1, 0-1 away)
Buccaneers 16
(1-0, 1-0 home)
Coverage: FOX
4:25 PM ET, September 9, 2012
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | CAR | TB | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 05:20 | Mike Williams 6 Yd Pass From Josh Freeman (Connor Barth Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| FG | 01:20 | Connor Barth 36 Yd | 0 | 10 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | CAR | TB | |||
| FG | 02:55 | Connor Barth 20 Yd | 0 | 13 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | CAR | TB | |||
| TD | 08:55 | Brandon LaFell 22 Yd Pass From Cam Newton (Justin Medlock Kick) | 7 | 13 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | CAR | TB | |||
| FG | 07:58 | Connor Barth 40 Yd | 7 | 16 | |
| FG | 02:46 | Justin Medlock 21 Yd | 10 | 16 | |
Team Stat Comparison
CAR | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 16 | 18 |
Passing 1st downs | 14 | 8 |
Rushing 1st downs | 1 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 1 | 2 |
3rd down efficiency | 2-10 | 5-14 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Total Plays | 49 | 62 |
| Total Yards | 301 | 258 |
| Yards per play | 6.1 | 4.2 |
| Total Drives | 10 | 11 |
| Passing | 291 | 128 |
Comp - Att | 23-33 | 16-24 |
Yards per pass | 8.8 | 5.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 3-12 | 2-10 |
| Rushing | 10 | 130 |
Rushing Attempts | 13 | 36 |
Yards per rush | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 0-1 | 1-3 |
| Penalties | 6-65 | 4-35 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 2 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 22:33 | 37:27 |
| Carolina Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| C. Newton | 23/33 | 303 | 9.2 | 1 | 2 | 3-12 | 34.5 | 83.3 |
| Team | 23/33 | 291 | 8.8 | 1 | 2 | 3-12 | -- | -- |
| Tampa Bay Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | QBR | RTG | |
| J. Freeman | 16/24 | 138 | 5.8 | 1 | 0 | 2-10 | 62.9 | 95.5 |
| Team | 16/24 | 128 | 5.3 | 1 | 0 | 2-10 | -- | -- |
| Carolina Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| K. Pilares | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| C. Newton | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| M. Tolbert | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| D. Williams | 6 | -1 | -0.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Team | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tampa Bay Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| D. Martin | 24 | 95 | 4.0 | 0 | 15 | |
| D. Ware | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| J. Freeman | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 0 | 12 | |
| L. Blount | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Team | 36 | 130 | 3.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Carolina Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| S. Smith | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 0 | 32 | 11 | |
| B. LaFell | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 24 | 5 | |
| L. Murphy | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 51 | 5 | |
| G. Olsen | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | 20 | 7 | |
| M. Tolbert | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| D. Williams | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| K. Pilares | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 23 | 303 | 13.2 | 1 | 51 | 33 | |
| Tampa Bay Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| V. Jackson | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 21 | 10 | |
| D. Clark | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| D. Martin | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 11 | 4 | |
| E. Lorig | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | |
| M. Williams | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| L. Blount | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| P. Parker | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 1 | 33 | 24 | |
| Carolina Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Beason | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Hardy | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Anderson | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Godfrey | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Edwards | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Norman | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| H. Nakamura | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Kuechly | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Davis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Johnson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Onatolu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Kearse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Gross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Alexander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Munnerlyn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Applewhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Gamble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 65 | 51 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| M. Foster | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. David | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Barber | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Q. Black | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Wright | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Barron | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Talib | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G. McCoy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Bennett | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Miller | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| E. Lorig | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. McDonald | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Grimm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Tandy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Clayborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Black | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 44 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Carolina Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Adams | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| M. Smith | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Carolina Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Adams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| S. Stroughter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Medlock | 1/1 | 100.0 | 21 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 21 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Tampa Bay Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| C. Barth | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 1/1 | 10 |
| Team | 3/3 | 100.0 | 40 | 1/1 | 10 |
| Carolina Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Nortman | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Team | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 0 | 2 | 47 |
| Tampa Bay Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| M. Koenen | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 1 | 2 | 52 |
| Team | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 1 | 2 | 52 |
Attendance: 51,533

