The disappointments of the previous week were forgotten in Carolina as the Bucs scored on nine consective possessions, never once punted and ran up one of their biggest road scores in team history. Ronald Jones set a record with a 98-yard scoring run in the third quarter and Tom Brady added three TD passes. The defense totally shut down the Panthers from the second quarter onwards and the Bucs moved to 7-3 on the season.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Jones 23-192, Fournette 8-19, Brady 2-2, Gabbert 3-0, Brown 1-(-3). PANTHERS: Davis 7-32, Bridgewater 3-16, Smith 3-13, Samuel 3-4. PASSING BUCS: Brady 39-28-341-0-3. PANTHERS: Bridgewater 24-18-136-1-2, Walker 4-2-12- 0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Brown 7-69, Godwin 6-92, Evans 6-77, Brate 3- 31, Gronkowski 2-51, Fournette 2-11, Jones 1-6, Miller 1- 4. PANTHERS: Moore 4-96, Anderson 4-21, Davis 4-12, Samuel 3-8, Armah 2-(-5), Thompson 1-7, Thomas 1-7, Smith 1-2. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Pierre-Paul 1-0. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: Cannon 3-151. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Brown 0-0. PANTHERS: none. SACKS BUCS: Barrett 1-16, Pierre-Paul 1-5, Watson 1-. PANTHERS: Obada 1-7.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 46 Carolina Panthers 23 Sunday 15 November 2020 at Bank of America Stadium
SCORING CAR 8:19-1Q Thompson 7 pass from Bridgewater (Slye kick) TB 3:37-1Q Brate 5 pass from Brady (Succop kick) CAR 1:45-1Q Moore 24 pass from Bridgewater (Slye kick) TB 9:59-2Q Succop FG23 CAR 3:56-2Q Slye FG46 TB 0:27-2Q Evans 3 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 10:58-3Q Succop FG24 TB 7:39-3Q Jones 98 run (kick blocked) TB 3:10-3Q Succop FG21 TB 12:40-4Q Succop FG40 CAR 11:23-4Q Bridgewater 3 run (pass failed) TB 6:18-4Q Brady 1 run (Succop kick) TB 4:24-4Q Gronkowski 7 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Daryl Johnston
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Evans had his eighth touchdown of the season just before half-time Ronald Jones’ 98-yard run was the longest offensive play in franchise history Justin Watson snuffed out a fake punt and thereby recorded a sack by an offensive player
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DE 93 Suh LG 66 Jensen DT 56 Nunez-Roches C 62 Shipley LOLB 90 Pierre-Paul RG 65 Cappa LILB 45 White RT 78 Wirfs RILB 54 David TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett TE 84 Brate DB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans LCB 24 Davis WR 14 Godwin RCB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady SS 31 Winfield RB 27 Jones FS 33 Whitehead PLAYED 3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 10 Miller, 11 Gabbert, 17 Watson, 18 Johnson, 25 McCoy, 26 Adams, 28 Fournette, 29 Smith, 32 Edwards, 43 Cockrell, 49 Gill, 51 Minter, 53 Russell, 64 Stinnie, 72 Wells, 73 Haeg, 79 O’Connor, 81 Brown, 82 Auclair, 88 Hudson, 92 Gholston, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY none INACTIVES 4 Griffin, 30 Vaughn, 74 Marpet, 94 Davis