Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 Carolina Panthers 31

Cam Newton threw for 221 yards and two touchdown passes, and rushed for another touchdown, as Carolina defeated Tampa Bay 31–13. The Buccaneers failed to enter the red zone until the final three minutes of the game. Doug Martin sat out with an injured shoulder, and with the loss, Tampa Bay fell to 0–7.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerome Boger
• UMPIRE: Tony Michalek
• HEAD LINESMAN: Ed Camp
• LINE JUDGE: Tom Stephan
• SIDE JUDGE: Allen Baynes
• FIELD JUDGE: Dyrol Prioleau
• BACK JUDGE: Tony Steratore
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Carl Madsen
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

• PANTHERS: 4:44-1Q Olsen 1 pass from Newton (Gano kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 1:24-1Q Lindell FG47
• PANTHERS: 12;42-2Q Williams 12 run (Gano kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 4:03-2Q Lindell FG48
• PANTHERS: 6:27-3Q Newton 6 run (Gano kick)
• PANTHERS: 14:55-4Q Tolbert 3 pass from Newton (Gano kick)
• PANTHERS: 6:14-4Q Gano FG29
• BUCCANEERS: 2:53-4Q Wright 10 pass from Glennon (Lindell kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #83 V. Jackson
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #76 J. Zuttah
• C: #62 T. Larsen
• RG: #69 D. Joseph
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• TE: #84 T. Crabtree
• WR: #19 M. Williams
• QB: #08 M. Glennon
• RB: #25 M. James
• FB: #41 E. Lorig

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LE: #50 D. Te'o-Nesheim
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: 97 A. Spence
• RE: #94 A. Clayborn
• SLB: #52 J. Casillas
• MLB: #59 M. Foster
• WLB: #54 L. David
• LCB: #24 D. Revis
• RCB: #27 J. Banks
• SS: #24 M. Barron
• FS: #37 K. Tandy

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 4 Lindell, 9 Koenen, 11 Underwood, 17 Page, 18 Dawson, 21 Adams, 29 Johnson, 30 Leonard, 33 Carr, 35 McCray, 43 Rainey, 46 Larsen, 48 Economos, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 72 Carimi, 79 Meredith, 81 Wright, 89 Shepard, 91 Bowers, 92 Gholston, 95 Gibson, 96 Means

DID NOT PLAY

• 6 Orlovsky

INACTIVE

• 22 Martin, 32 Demps, 38 Goldson, 66 Omameh, 77 Nicks, 80 Owusu, 90 Landri

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: James 10-39, Leonard 1-7, Glennon 3-2.
• PANTHERS: Newton 11-50, Williams 8-43, Tolbert 7-35, Barner 1-1.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Glennon 51-30-275-0-1
• PANTHERS: Newton 32-23-221-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Leonard 6-32, Jackson 5-79, Wright 5-48, James 4-25, Underwood 3-47, Williams 3-20, Page 1-13, Dawson 1-9, Lorig 1-2, Crabtree 1-0.
• PANTHERS: Ginn 5-80, Smith 4-42, Tolbert 4-29, LaFell 3-23, Olsen 3-21, Brockel 1-12, Williams 1-8, Hixon 1-4, Barner 1-2.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• PANTHERS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Page 2-40, Dawson 1-25.
• PANTHERS: Ginn 2-44.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Page 3-6.
• PANTHERS: Ginn 2-7.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: David 1-12, Clayborn 1-7, Adams 1-7.
• PANTHERS: Johnson 2-16, Hardy 1-10.

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