Sunday December 6, 2009 - Carolina Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers Gameday Report

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 06 Carolina Panthers 16

A difficult day for the Buccaneers with eight trips into the Carolina 30-yard zone to only come away with two fieldgoals. Josh Freeman threw five interceptions to offset his first 300-yard game, three of the turnovers coming in the critical area of the field as the Buccaneers were poised to score. "It was a tough day for the young man," Raheem Morris said of Freeman, "He just made some bad decisions. Maybe he tried squeezing some balls into Antonio Bryant or Kellen Winslow. He's just got to make better decisions there and generate more points." The Tampa offense executed a season-high 469 yards with Cadillac Williams joining in the fun on the ground but it all came to naught in the end.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

WEATHER: Mostly Sunny - 43°F. - Humidity 50% - Wind N.E. 7 mph Wind Chill 39°F.

OFFICALS

REFEREE: Don Carey
UMPIRE: Garth DeFelice
HEAD LINESMAN: Dana McKenzie
LINE JUDGE: Carl Johnson
SIDE JUDGE: Greg Meyer
FIELD JUDGE: Mike Weir
BACK JUDGE: Terrence Miles
REPLAY OFFICAL: Lloyd McPeters
VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

PANTHERS: 9:49-1Q Stewart 3 run (Kasay kick)
PANTHERS: 4:14-1Q Kasay FG23
BUCCANEERS: 13:30-2Q Barth FG21
BUCCANEERS: 10:01-2Q Barth FG46
PANTHERS: 6:14-3Q Kasay FG40
PANTHERS: 7:12-4Q Kasay FG23

STARTERS OFFENSE

WR: #85 M. Stovall
LT: #70 D. Penn
LG: #76 J. Zuttah
C: #52 J. Faine
RG: #75 D. Joseph
RT: #65 J. Trueblood
TE: #82 K. Winslow
WR: #89 A. Bryant
QB: #05 J. Freeman
TE: #86 J. Stevens
RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

LE: #97 J. Wilkerson
DT: #98 R. Sims
DT: #95 C. Hovan
RE: #91 S. White
SLB: #58 Q. Black
MLB: #51 B. Ruud
WLB: #54 G. Hayes
LCB: #33 E. Mack
RCB: #20 R. Barber
SS: #21 S. Piscitelli
FS: #28 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

2 Paulescu, 10 Barth, 16 Figurs, 18 Stroughter, 22 Smith, 28 Ward, 29 Roberson, 34 Graham, 37 Anderson, 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 50 McCoy, 53 Koutouvides, 57 Hayward, 61 Compas, 69 Dotson, 87 Clark, 88 Gilmore, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore, 96 Crowder

DID NOT PLAY

11 J Johnson

INACTIVE

12 Carpenter, 16 Figurs, 74 Murphy, 77 Lee, 83 Nunn, 87 Clark, 92 D.Moore, 94 K.Moore

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

BUCCANEERS: Williams 17-92, Ward 5-32, Freeman 3-30, Pressley 1-0.
PANTHERS: Stewart 26-120, Sutton 6-38, Moore 1-(-1).

PASSING

BUCCANEERS: Freeman 44-23-321-5-0.
PANTHERS: Moore 20-14-161-1-0.

RECIEVING

BUCCANEERS: Bryant 5-116, Winslow 4-69, Stovall 4-68, Stroughter 3-23, Ward 3-17, Williams 2-14, Stevens 1-9, Graham 1-5.
PANTHERS: Smith 3-78, Muhammad 4-43, King 3-17, Rosario 2-11, Martin 1-6, Stewart 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS

BUCCANEERS: Hayes 1-20.
PANTHERS: Beason 2-36, Godfrey 1-12, Gamble 1-12, Harris 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Stroughter 5-129.
PANTHERS: Rosario 1-19, Sutton 1-18, Schwartz 1-16.

PUNT RETURNS

BUCCANEERS: Stroughter 5-16.
PANTHERS: Gamble 1-0.

SACKS

BUCCANEERS: Crowder 1-9.
PANTHERS: Peppers 1-4, Hayden 1-2.