Buccaneers 20, Panthers  14

Tampa Bay 3    7    7    3—20

Carolina     3    6    3    2—14

First Quarter

TB— FG Gay 40, 5:36. Drive: 6 plays, 32 yards, 2:55. Key Play: Winston 22 pass to Godwin. Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 0.

Car— FG Slye 32, 2:52. Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 2:44. Key Plays: Newton 44 pass to Samuel; Newton 9 pass to Wright on 3rd-and-4. Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 3.

             Second Quarter

Car— FG Slye 37, 8:26. Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:29. Key Play: Newton 16 pass to Olsen. Carolina 6, Tampa Bay 3.

TB — Godwin 20 pass from Winston (Gay kick), 1:20. Drive: 5 plays, 72 yards, 2:27. Key Plays: Winston 41 pass to Evans; Winston 5 pass to Brate on 3rd-and-4. Tampa Bay 10, Carolina 6.

Car— FG Slye 54, :00. Drive: 9 plays, 39 yards, 1:20. Key Plays: Newton 13 pass to Moore; Newton 12 pass to Hogan. Tampa Bay 10, Carolina 9.

               Third Quarter

Car — FG Slye 51, 7:51. Drive: 6 plays, 29 yards, 3:30. Key Play: Newton 41 pass to Olsen. Carolina 12, Tampa Bay 10.

TB— Barber 16 run (Gay kick), 4:20. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:31. Key Plays: Winston 24 pass to Godwin; G.McCoy 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty; R.Jones 12 run. Tampa Bay 17, Carolina 12.

            Fourth Quarter

Car— safety, 13:21. Tampa Bay 17, Carolina 14.

TB — FG Gay 32, 2:26. Drive: 11 plays, 53 yards, 6:32. Key Plays: Barber 12 run; Winston 14 pass to Godwin on 3rd-and-8; Winston 10 pass to Evans. Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 14.

A — 71,101.

TB Car

FIRST DOWNS 16 20

Rushing 6 2

Passing 9 16

Penalty 1 2

THIRD DOWN EFF 2-12 3-14

FOURTH DOWN EFF 0-0 0-3

TOTAL NET YARDS 289 352

Total Plays 59 73

Avg Gain 4.9 4.8

NET YARDS RUSHING 100 39

Rushes 31 19

Avg per rush 3.2 2.1

NET YARDS PASSING 189 313

Sacked-Yds lost 3-19 3-20

Gross-Yds passing 208 333

Completed-Att. 16-25 25-51

Had Intercepted 0 0

Yards-Pass Play 6.8 5.8

KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 6-5-5 4-4-4

PUNTS-Avg. 6-49.2 5-50.6

Punts blocked. 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 21 60

Punt Returns 3-21 4-39

Kickoff Returns 0-0 1-21

Interceptions 0-0 0-0

PENALTIES-Yds 12-66 5-50

FUMBLES-Lost 1-0 3-1

TIME OF POSSESSION 33:53 26:07

              INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Tampa Bay, Barber 23-82, Winston 4-9, Jones 4-9. Carolina, McCaffrey 16-37, Samuel 1-2, Newton 2-0.

PASSING— Tampa Bay, Winston 16-25-0-208. Carolina, Newton 25-51-0-333.

RECEIVING — Tampa Bay, Godwin 8-121, Evans 4-61, Brate 2-10, Ogunbowale 1-9, Barber 1-7. Carolina, Moore 9-89, Olsen 6-110, Samuel 5-91, McCaffrey 2-16, Wright 2-15, Hogan 1-12.

PUNT RETURNS— Tampa Bay, Wilson 3-21. Carolina, McCloud 4-39.

KICKOFF RETURNS— Tampa Bay, None. Carolina, Hogan 1-21.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS— Tampa Bay, Hargreaves 11-1-0, Davis 7-0-0, Minter 4-4-0, Whitehead 3-3-0, Barrett 3-0-3, David 2-5-0, Edwards 2-1-0, Gholston 1-2-0, Nassib 1-1-0, Bond 1-0-0, Vea 0-4-0, White 0-2-0, Allen 0-1-0, Nelson 0-1-0. Carolina, Kuechly 8-9-0, Jackson 4-2-0, Thompson 3-5-0, Bradberry 3-0-0, Reid 2-2-0, Burns 2-1-1, Poe 2-1-1, Haynes 1-3-0, McCoy 1-3-0, Boston 1-3-0, Short 1-0-0, Elliott 1-0-0, Carter 0-2-.5, Addison 0-2-.5, Obada 0-1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS — Tampa Bay, None. Carolina, None.

MISSED FIELD GOALS— Tampa Bay, Gay 42.

OFFICIALS — Referee Jerome Boger, Ump Carl Paganelli, HL Patrick Holt, LJ Rusty Baynes, FJ David Meslow, SJ Jonah Monroe, BJ Tony Steratore, Replay Roddy Ames.