Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 Carolina Panthers 20
Sunday 7 September 2014 at Raymond James Stadium
SCORING
CAR
7:59-2Q
Olsen 5 pass from Anderson (Gano kick)
CAR
0:00-2Q
Gano FG28
CAR
14:53-4Q
Benjamin 26 pass from Anderson (Gano kick)
TB
7:23-4Q
Owusu 19 pass from McCown (Murray kick)
TB
2:06-4Q
Rainey 6 pass from McCown (Murray kick)
CAR
0:23-4Q
Gano FG33
GAME REPORTS
Roy Cummings reports from the season opener
Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly adds his opinion
How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold
Gary Shelton weighs in with his own thoughts on proceedings
The lack of a pass rush was particularly worrying
Logan Mankins was just one of the many injuries
Scott Smith's detailed game report
The official gamebook including the play-by-play
Lovie Smith’s first game as head coach was in a losing effort in spite of the Bucs fighting back from a 17-point
4th quarter deficit only to commit key turnovers to make it all go to waste. “That's not exactly how we wanted
to start the season,'' said Smith. “We were minus-three in the turnover ratio, and you just can't win like that.''
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Lane 1-54, McCown 3-27, Rainey 4-12, Martin 9-9.
PANTHERS: Williams 14-72, Stewart 9-20, Tolbert 7-11, Anderson
3-10.
PASSING
BUCS: McCown 35-22-183-2-2.
PANTHERS: Anderson 34-24-230-0-2.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Myers 6-41, Evans 5-37, Jackson 4-36, Owusu 2-20,
Rainey 2-8, Seferian-Jenkins 1-26, Stocker 1-8, Martin 1-7.
PANTHERS: Olsen 8-83, Benjamin 6-92, Cotchery 4-32, Stewart
3-17, Tolber 2-6, Avant 1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PANTHERS: Harper 1-3, Cason 1-1.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Patton 2-52.
PANTHERS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Patton 4-56.
PANTHERS: Brown 3-36.
SACKS
BUCS: McCoy 1-9.
PANTHERS: Edwards 1-9, Kuechly 1-7, Hardy 1-5.
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
73 Collins
DE
94 Clayborn
LG
70 Mankins
DT
93 McCoy
C
62 Dietrich-Smith
DT
98 McDonald
RG
66 Omameh
DE
90 Johnson
RT
69 Dotson
WLB
54 David
TE
82 Myers
MLB
59 Foster
WR
13 Evans
SLB
52 Casillas
WR
83 Jackson
LCB
27 Banks
FB
46 Lane
RCB
21 Verner
RB
22 Martin
SS
23 Barron
QB
12 McCown
FS
38 Goldson
PLAYED
7 Murray, 9 Koenen, 10 Herron, 24 Jenkins, 25 James, 29
Johnson, 31 Wright, 37 Tandy, 39 Dixon, 43 Rainey, 48
DePaola, 50 Fletcher, 51 Lansanah, 56 Solomon, 72 Gilkey, 75
Cousins, 80 Owusu, 86 Patton, 87 Seferian-Jenkins, 88
Stocker, 89 Shepard, 96 Means, 97 Spence
DID NOT PLAY
8 Glennon
INACTIVE
28 Melvin, 30 McDougald, 64 Pamphile, 65 Johnson, 71
Edwards, 91 Bowers, 92 Gholston
COMMENTARY CREW
Chris Myers and Ronde Barber
