Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers

WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Carolina Panthers 07

The Buccaneers took a 7–0 lead after a 14-yard touchdown pass from Josh Freeman to Earnest Graham. Carolina tied answered with Matt Moore completing a 37-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith. Tampa Bay scored a 35-yard touchdown pass to Mike Williams to take a 14–7 lead into half time. Connor Barth scored two field goals in the second half, and Tampa Bay won 20–7.

The Buccaneers defense dominated Carolina, holding Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams to 43 and 54 yards rushing, respectively. Matt Moore completed only 6 of 16 passes with one interception, while being sacked four times. Moore was benched in favor of rookie Jimmy Clausen, who was unable to rally the Panthers. Josh Freeman passed for 178 yards and two touchdowns. With the win, Tampa Bay improved to 2–0.

Click here to view official GAMEBOOK & play-by-play highlights

GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Walt Coleman
• UMPIRE: Roy Ellison
• HEAD LINESMAN: Ed Camp
• LINE JUDGE: Michael Spanier
• SIDE JUDGE: Rick Patterson
• FIELD JUDGE: Greg Gautreaux
• BACK JUDGE: Greg Yette
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Bill Spyskma
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 7:11-1Q Graham 14 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• PANTHERS: 11:43-2Q Smith 37 pass from Moore (Kasay kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 7:43-2Q M.Williams 35 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 7:40-3Q Barth FG24
• BUCCANEERS: 14:46-4Q Barth FG33

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #19 M. Williams
• LT: #70 D. Penn
• LG: #68 K. Vincent
• C: #52 J. Faine
• RG: #75 D. Joseph
• RT: #65 J. Trueblood
• TE: #86 J. Stevens
• WR: #18 S. Stroughter
• WR: #81 M. Spurlock
• QB: #05 J. Freeman
• RB: #24 C. Williams

STARTERS DEFENSE

• LED: #93 G. McCoy
• LDT: #94 K. Moore
• RDT: #90 R. Miller
• RDE: #91 S. White
• SLB: #58 Q. Black
• MLB: #51 B. Ruud
• WLB: #54 G. Hayes
• LCB: #25 A. Talib
• RCB: #20 R. Barber
• SS: #26 S. Jones
• FS: #28 T. Jackson

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 9 Bryan, 10 Barth, 17 Benn, 21 Piscitelli, 28 Lumpkin, 31 Biggers, 33 Mack, 34 Graham, 35 Grimm , 41 Lynch, 45 Pressley, 48 Economos, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 76 Zuttah, 77 Lee, 85 Stovall, 86 Stevens, 88 Gilmore, 92 Price, 96 Crowder, 98 Sims

DID NOT PLAY

• 11 J Johnson

INACTIVE

• 12 Carpenter, 23 Lewis, 27 Blount, 32 Huggins, 53 Koutouvides, 62 Larsen, 71 Bennett, 87 Parker

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: C.Williams 27-51, Freeman 4-43, Graham 3-1.
• PANTHERS: Williams 17-54, Stewart 8-43, Goodson 5-20, Moore 1-2, Fiammeta 1-0, Clausen 1-0.

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Freeman 24-12-178-0-2, Spurlock 1-0-0-0-0.
• PANTHERS: Moore 16-6-125-1-1, Clausen 13-7-59-1-0.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Graham 5-33, Winslow 4-83, M.Williams 2-54, C.Williams 1-8.
• PANTHERS: Smith 3-66, Rosario 3-47, Williams 3-20, Goodson 2-33, Gettis 2-18.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: Talib 1-21, Barber 1-5.
• PANTHERS: none

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 1-18.
• PANTHERS: Goodson 4-75, Pugh 1-17.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 2-21.
• PANTHERS: Munnerlyn 3-8, J.Williams 1-0.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Crowder 2-9, Black 1-11, White 1-5.
• PANTHERS: none

Click here to view official GAMEBOOK & play-by-play highlights