Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers

LOSS - Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 Carolina Panthers 38

Carolina swept the season series, and finished with a record of 15-1. Tampa Bay finished the season losing their final four games, and slipped to 6-10.

Jameis Winston went over 300 yards for the second time in three weeks and in the process became only the third rookie QB in NFL history to pass for more than 4,000 yards in a season, Winston's two interceptions led to 14 Carolina points.

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GAMEDAY BRIEF

OFFICALS

• REFEREE: Jerome Boger
• UMPIRE: Shawn Smith
• HEAD LINESMAN: Tony Veteri
• LINE JUDGE: Jeff Bergman
• SIDE JUDGE: Alex Kemp
• FIELD JUDGE: Dyrol Prioleau
• BACK JUDGE: Keith Ferguson
• REPLAY OFFICAL: Paul Weidner
• VIDEO OPERATOR: Not Documented

SCORING

• BUCCANEERS: 28-1Q Barth FG39
• PANTHERS: 12:35-2Q Newton 1 run (Gano kick)
• PANTHERS: 9:29-2Q Gano FG49
• PANTHERS: 4:17-2Q Artis-Payne 11 run (Gano kick)
• PANTHERS: 1:52-2Q Cotchery 31 pass from Newton (Gano kick)
• PANTHERS: 9:18-3Q Newton 1 run (Gano kick)
• BUCCANEERS: 4:45-3Q Winston 4 run (Barth kick)
• PANTHERS: 7:22-4Q Funchess 16 pass from Newton (Gano kick)

STARTERS OFFENSE

• WR: #17 D. Dye
• LT: #76 D. Smith
• LG: #70 L. Mankins
• C: #68 J. Hawley
• RG: #74 A. Marpet
• RT: #69 D. Dotson
• TE: #88 L. Stocker
• WR: #13 M. Evans
• QB: #03 J. Winston
• RB: #22 D. Martin
• FB: #46 J. Lane

STARTERS DEFENSE

• DE: #94 G. Johnson
• DT: #93 G. McCoy
• DT: #77 T. McDaniel
• DE: #95 H. Jones
• CB: #21 A. Verner
• MLB: #50 B. Carter
• WLB: #54 L. David
• CB: #27 J. Banks
• CB: #24 M. Jenkins
• SS: #37 K. Tandy
• FS: #30 B. McDougald

SUBSTITUTIONS

• 5 Schum, 10 Barth, 11 Humphries, 26 Moore, 33 McFadden, 34 Sims, 38 Adjei-Barimah, 43 Rainey, 48 DePaola, 51 Lansanah, 52 George, 53 Glanton, 56 Smith, 57 Keyes, 62 Smith, 64 Pamphile, 84 Brate, 85 Spencer, 87 Seferian- Jenkins, 89 Shepard, 90 Melton, 91 Bowers, 92 Gholston

DID NOT PLAY

• 8 Glennon

INACTIVE

• 4 Griffin, 25 James, 49 Eubanks, 59 Brown, 78 Cherilus, 81 Westbrook, 82 Myers

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

• BUCCANEERS: Martin 15-48, Sims 4-15, Winston 3-14.
• PANTHERS: Tolbert 10-59, Artis-Payne 14-44, Newton 6-10, Anderson 2-(-2).

PASSING

• BUCCANEERS: Winston 47-29-325-2-0.
• PANTHERS: Newton 26-21-293-0-2.

RECIEVING

• BUCCANEERS: Sims 9-74, Martin 7-60, Evans 4-99, Dye 4-31, Seferian-Jenkins 3-48, Brate 1-10, Stocker 1-3.
• PANTHERS: Funchess 7-120, Brown 3-58, Cotchery 2-52, Bersin 2-25, Artis-Payne 2-17, Olsen 2-16, Dickson 2-0, Tolbert 1-5.

INTERCEPTIONS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• PANTHERS: Norman 2-80, Davis 1-0, Coleman 1-0.

KICK RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: none
• PANTHERS: Webb 2-51.

PUNT RETURNS

• BUCCANEERS: Rainey 1-0.
• PANTHERS: McClain 2-5.

SACKS

• BUCCANEERS: Carter 1-12, David 1-10, Tandy 1-10, McDaniel 1-6.
• PANTHERS: Addison 1-8, Love 1-8.

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