Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Carolina Panthers 17
Sunday 29 October 2017 at Raymond James Stadium
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.
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.
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.
COMMENTARY CREW
Chris Myers and Darryl Johnston
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
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Chris Conte had an interception early in the second half
Patrick Murray’s 41-yard fieldgoal was the only scoring of the day for the Bucs
When it came to big offensive plays, this 17-yard run by Doug Martin was one of the better ones