Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers 
WON - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Carolina Panthers 21
The Buccaneers Swept Their Division Rival Carolina Panthers This Season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers walked out of Bank of America Stadium with perhaps one of the most impressive comeback wins in their franchise history. Quarterback Josh Freeman threw for 248 yards and 3 touchdowns. Freeman threw 2 interceptions in this game as well.
Nate Byham caught a 3-yard pass for a touchdown for the Bucs in the first quarter. Connor Barth scored 2 field goals in this game. Late in the fourth quarter, Vincent Jackson caught a 24-yard pass for a touchdown with 12 seconds left. Jackson caught the two-point conversion to tie the game. Dallas Clark caught a 15-yard pass for a touchdown that won the game for the Buccaneers in overtime. Doug Martin rushed for 138 yards. Martin surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in 10 games as a rookie. Michael Bennett and Da'Quan Bowers each registered a sack. The Tampa Bay defense held Carolina to 97 rushing yards.
GAMEDAY BRIEF
OFFICALS
- REFEREE: Bill Leavy
- UMPIRE: Ruben Fowler
- HEAD LINESMAN: George Hayward
- LINE JUDGE: Mark Perlman
- SIDE JUDGE: Jeff Lamberth
- FIELD JUDGE: Jim Quirk
- BACK JUDGE: Keith Ferguson
- REPLAY OFFICAL: Larry Nemmers
- VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented
SCORING
- BUCCANEERS: 8:46-1Q Byham 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 5:21-1Q Barth FG51
- PANTHERS: 0:35-1Q Munnerlyn 74 interception return (Medlock kick)
- PANTHERS: 8:53-2Q Stewart 1 run (Medlock kick)
- PANTHERS: 6:00-4Q LaFell 29 pass from Newton (Medlock kick)
- BUCCANEERS: 4:03-4Q Barth FG40
- BUCCANEERS: 0:12-4Q Jackson 24 pass from Freeman (Jackson pass from Freeman)
- BUCCANEERS: 10:40-OT Clark 15 pass from Freeman
STARTERS OFFENSE
- WR: #83 V. Jackson
- TE: #88 L. Stocker
- LT: #70 D. Penn
- LG: #76 J. Zuttah
- C: #62 T. Larsen
- RG: #79 J. Meredith
- RT: #69 D. Dotson
- TE: #44 D. Clark
- WR: #19 M. Williams
- QB: #05 J. Freeman
- RB: #22 D. Martin
STARTERS DEFENSE
- LE: #71 M. Bennett
- DT: #93 G. McCoy
- DT: #90 R. Miller
- RE: #50 D. Te'o-Nesheim
- SLB: #57 A. Hayward
- MLB: #59 M. Foster
- WLB: #54 L. David
- LCB: #31 E. Biggers
- RCB: #21 E. Wright
- SS: #24 M. Barron
- FS: #20 R. Barber
SUBSTITUTIONS
- 9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 17 Benn, 23 M.Lewis, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 30 L.Lewis, 35 Grimm, 43 A Black, 44 Clark, 48 Economos, 51 Cutrera, 56 Watson, 65 Trueblood, 73 Allen, 74 Wallace, 88 Stocker, 91 Bowers, 95 Gibson, 98 Morgan
DID NOT PLAY
- 6 Orlovsky, 27 Blount
INACTIVE
- 34 Smith, 36 Gorrer, 37 Tandy, 53 Goode, 80 Owusu, 96 Irvin, 97 Masiflio
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
- BUCCANEERS: Martin 24-138, Freeman 5-27, Ware 1-2.
- PANTHERS: Stewart 15-43, Newton 11-40, Williams 7-18, Nakamura 1-(-4).
PASSING
- BUCCANEERS: Freeman 46-25-248-2-3.
- PANTHERS: Newton 29-16-252-0-1.
RECIEVING
- BUCCANEERS: Clark 7-58, Jackson 6-94, Martin 4-23, Williams 3-29, Ware 3-23, Underwood 1-18, Byham 1-3.
- PANTHERS: LaFell 5-93, Smith 5-61, Olsen 2-42, Tolbert 2-14, Stewart 1-30, Murphy 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
- BUCCANEERS: none
- PANTHERS: Munnerlyn 1-74.
KICK RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Lewis 1-33.
- PANTHERS: Edwards 2-50, Fua 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
- BUCCANEERS: Parrish 2-15.
- PANTHERS: Adams 2-27, Munnerlyn 1-14.
SACKS
- BUCCANEERS: Bowers 1-10, Bennett 1-8.
- PANTHERS: Hardy 0.5-6, Neblett 0.5-6.
