Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Carolina Panthers 10
The Buccaneers defense held the Panthers to only 10 yards rushing, snapping a ten-game losing streak dating back to week 6 of the 2011 NFL season. The Buccaneers last win was at home on October 16, 2011 against the Saints (26–20). Ronde Barber started his 200th consecutive game, finishing the game with a sack and an interception.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Jerry Hughes
- UMPIRE: John Petrone
- HEAD LINESMAN: Thurman Hardison
- LINE JUDGE: Derrick Smith
- SIDE JUDGE: Martin Peters
- FIELD JUDGE: Jeff Hopf
- BACK JUDGE: Michael Malito
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Al Hynes
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 5:20-1Q Williams 6 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 1:20-1Q Barth FG36
- BUCCANEERS: 2:55-2Q Barth FG20
- PANTHERS: 8:55-3Q LaFell 22 pass from Newton (Medlock kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 7:58-4Q Barth FG40
- PANTHERS: 2:46-4Q Medlock FG21
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 V. Jackson
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #77 C. Nicks
- C: #76 J. Zuttah
- RG: #62 T. Larsen
- RT: #65 J. Trueblood
- TE: #44 D. Clark
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #22 D. Martin
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- RE: #94 A. Clayborn
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- WLB: #54 L. David
- CB: #25 A. Talib
- CB: #21 E. Wright
- CB: #20 R. Barber
- SS: #24 M. Barron
- FS: #43 A. Black
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 33 McDonald, 34 Smith, 35 Grimm, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 69 Dotson, 86 Noble, 87 Parker, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 97 Johnson
DID NOT PLAY
- 6 Orlovsky, 74 Wallace
INACTIVE
- 17 Benn, 23 Lewis, 26 Gaitor, 31 Biggers, 53 Goode, 79 Meredith, 92 Gilberry
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 24-95, Ware 2-14, Freeman 7-13, Blount 3-8.
- PANTHERS: Pilares 1-10, Newton 5-4, Tolbert 1-2, Williams 6-(-1).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 24-16-138-0-1.
- PANTHERS: Newton 33-23-303-2-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Jackson 4-47, Martin 4-23, Lorig 4-21, Williams 2-12, Clark 1-33, Blount 1-2.
- PANTHERS: Smith 7-106, Olsen 6-56, LaFell 3-65, Murphy 3-63, Tolbert 3-8, Williams 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: Barber 1-24, A.Black 1-0.
- PANTHERS: none
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Smith 3-55.
- PANTHERS: Adams 1-31.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parker 1-0. Stroughter 0-0.
- PANTHERS: Adams 3-28.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: McCoy 1-8, Bennett 1-2, Barber 1-2.
- PANTHERS: Edwards 1-7, Hardy 1-3.
