Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 Carolina Panthers 21
Sunday 18 November 2012 at Bank of America Stadium
SCORING
TB
8:46-1Q
Byham 3 pass from Freeman (Barth kick)
TB
5:21-1Q
Barth FG51
CAR
0:35-1Q
Munnerlyn 74 interception return (Medlock kick)
CAR
8:53-2Q
Stewart 1 run (Medlock kick)
CAR
6:00-4Q
LaFell 29 pass from Newton (Medlock kick)
TB
4:03-4Q
Barth FG40
TB
0:12-4Q
Jackson 24 pass from Freeman (Jackson pass from Freeman)
TB
10:40-OT
Clark 15 pass from Freeman
The Bucs’ fourth win in a row came as a result of an 11-point comeback in the final four minutes followed by
Dallas Clark’s winning reception in overtime. Josh Freeman hit Vincent Jackson for a 24-yard score with 12
seconds remaining and then the same combination hooked up for the two-point conversion to tie the scores.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 24-138, Freeman 5-27, Ware 1-2.
PANTHERS: Stewart 15-43, Newton 11-40, Williams 7-18,
Nakamura 1-(-4).
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 46-25-248-2-3.
PANTHERS: Newton 29-16-252-0-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: 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
BUCS: none.
PANTHERS: Munnerlyn 1-74.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Lewis 1-33.
PANTHERS: Edwards 2-50, Fua 1-9.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Parrish 2-15.
PANTHERS: Adams 2-27, Munnerlyn 1-14.
SACKS
BUCS: Bowers 1-10, Bennett 1-8.
PANTHERS: Hardy 0.5-6, Neblett 0.5-6.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
70 Penn
DE
71 Bennett
LG
76 Zuttah
DT
93 McCoy
C
62 Larsen
DT
90 Miller
RG
79 Meredith
DE
50 Te’o-Nesheim
RT
69 Dotson
WLB
54 David
TE
82 Byham
MLB
59 Foster
WR
19 Williams
SLB
57 Hayward
WR
83 Jackson
LCB
31 Biggers
FB
41 Lorig
RCB
21 Wright
RB
22 Martin
SS
24 Barron
QB
5 Freeman
FS
20 Barber
PLAYED
9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 11 Underwood, 12 Parrish, 17 Benn, 23
Lewis, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 30 Lewis, 35 Grimm, 43 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
COMMENTARY CREW
Chris Myers and Tim Ryan
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from Bank of America Stadium
Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly adds his opinion
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton weighs in with his thoughts
Game-winner flat out satisfying for Clark
Bucs' preparation pays off in clutch
O-line pushes back
Battle of two best NFL rookies
Vincent Jackson finishes strong
Scott Smith's game report
The official gamebook including the play-by-play
