Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Carolina Panthers 17 Sunday 29 October 2017 at Raymond James Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Chris Myers and Darryl Johnston
GAME SCORING CAR 1:34-1Q Stewart 1 run (Gano kick) CAR 0:17-2Q Gano FG28 TB 4:49-3Q Murray FG41 CAR 8:48-4Q Benjamin 25 pass from Newton (Gano kick)
A week after the offense looked so good in Buffalo, they struggled all game at home against the Panthers and hence the Buccaneers fell to their fourth straight defeat. On only one play did they move into the redzone and three turnovers proved too much to overcome. The defense kept Carolina in check most of the day but one long first half scoring drive and a short field following a turnover saw the two Panther touchdowns recorded.
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud knows there is a lot more riding on Winston’s shoulder now Tom Jones looks at all the offensive talent and just three points Game grades for the Bucs and some of them are not pretty Greg Auman reflects on a better day for the secondary Roy Cummings offers his opnions for Florida Football Insiders Mike Evans knows there are real problems with the lack of performance Scott Smith’s official game report The NFL Gamebook and play-by-play
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith LDE 91 Ayers LG 64 Pamphile DT 93 McCoy C 74 Marpet DT 90 Baker RG 73 Sweezy RDE 92 Gholston RT 69 Dotson MLB 58 Alexander TE 80 Howard WLB 54 David WR 10 Humphries SLB 51 Beckwith WR 11 Jackson LCB 28 Hargeaves WR 13 Evans RCB 29 Smith QB 3 Winston SS 23 Conte RB 22 Martin FS 21 Evans PLAYED 7 Murray, 9 Anger, 12 Godwin, 18 Reedy, 25 Barber, 27 Olatuye, 32 Rodgers, 34 Sims, 35 Elliott, 37 Tandy, 43 Ward, 52 Lynch, 53 Glanton, 59 Bond, 62 E Smith, 65 Sanborn, 77 Benenoch, 84 Brate, 88 Stocker, 94 Clarke, 95 Russell, 98 McDonald DID NOT PLAY 14 Fitzpatrick, 56 Tapp INACTIVES 24 Grimes, 26 Robinson, 36 McClain, 66 Wester, 68 Hawley, 82 Auclair, 96 Siliga
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Martin 18-71, Winston 3-13, Rodgers 1-1. PANTHERS: Newton 11-44, Stewart 11-34, Samuel 1-11, Artis-Payne 4-8, McCaffery 4-3. PASSING BUCS: Winston 38-21-210-2-0. PANTHERS: Newton 32-18-154-1-1. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 5-60, Brate 4-64, Humphries 4-26, Jackson 3-37, Howard 2-16, Godwin 1-8, Martin 1-4, Rodgers 1-(-5). PANTHERS: McCaffery 5-49, Dickson 4-24, Benjamin 3-39, Samuel 2-15, Funchess 2-11, Shepard 1-14, Artis-Payne 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Conte 1-0. PANTHERS: Adams 1-2, Kuechly 1-0. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Reedy 1-13. PANTHERS: Shepard 1-33, Samuel 1-23. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Reedy 3-23. PANTHERS: Clay 3-22. SACKS BUCS: none PANTHERS: Addison 1.5-12.5, Peppers 1-0, Love 0.5-3.5.