Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers 
LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Carolina Panthers 48
On Christmas Eve, Cam Newton broke the NFL record for most rookie passing yards in a season. Carolina routed Tampa Bay for the second time this season, by a score of 48–16.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Carl Cheffers
- UMPIRE: Undrey Wash
- HEAD LINESMAN: Kent Payne
- LINE JUDGE: Thomas Symonette
- SIDE JUDGE: Laird Hayes
- FIELD JUDGE: Jimmy Buchanan
- BACK JUDGE: Todd Prukop
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Larry Nemmers
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- PANTHERS: 10:12-1Q Williams 8 run (Mare kick)
- PANTHERS: 8:27-1Q Mare FG21
- BUCCANEERS: 14:07-2Q Benn 4 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- PANTHERS: 13:06-2Q LaFell 91 pass from Newton (Mare kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 5:33-2Q Barth FG42
- PANTHERS: 0:25-2Q Mare FG19
- PANTHERS: 11:55-3Q Williams 22 run (Mare kick)
- PANTHERS: 3:24-3Q Stewart 11 pass from Newton (Mare kick)
- PANTHERS: 0:24-3Q Newton 49 run (Mare kick)
- PANTHERS: 14:53-4Q Shockey 8 pass from Newton (Mare kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 11:08-4Q Freeman 1 run (pass failed)
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- 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: #17 A. Benn
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #27 L. Blount
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #91 D. Bowers
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- DT: #98 F. Okam
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- WLB: #54 G. Hayes
- RCB: #20 R. Barber
- LCB: #31 E. Biggers
- CB: #33 E. Mack
- SS: #26 S. Jones
- FS: #36 T. Jackson
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 23 Lewis, 24 Gaitor, 28 Lumpkin, 32 Madu, 41 Lynch, 43 Black, 44 Lorig, 48 Economos, 53 Reed , 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 62 Larsen, 69 Dotson, 71 Bennett, 72 Haye, 80 Pianalto, 81 Spurlock, 87 Parker, 89 Briscoe
DID NOT PLAY
- 11 Johnson
INACTIVE
- 12 Carpenter, 22 Asante, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 73 Hardman, 77 Lee, 92 Price, 95 Haynesworth
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Lumpkin 7-24, Madu 4-20, Blount 2-11, Freeman 6-4.
- PANTHERS: Stewart 7-88, Williams 7-66, Newton 6-55, Vaughan 7-24, Smith 1-23, Brockel 2-5, Anderson 1-(-1).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 38-28-274-1-1.
- PANTHERS: Newton 17-12-171-0-3.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Winslow 6-63, Stroughter 4-52, Madu 4-42, Williams 4-39, Lumpkin 4-38, Stocker 3-14, Parker 1-16, Briscoe 1-6, Benn 1-4.
- PANTHERS: LaFell 3-103, Williams 2-18, Shockey 2-14, Naanee 2-12, Stewart 1-11, Smith 1-9, Brockel 1-4.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- PANTHERS: Nelson 1-20.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Stroughter 4-80, Parker 1-21.
- PANTHERS: Pilares 1-17.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Spurlock 1-9.
- PANTHERS: Edwards 1-1.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Bennett 1-8.
- PANTHERS: Neblett 1-7, Keiser 1-4, Kearse 0.5-2.5, Shirley 0.5-2.5.
