Week 17, 2033

played in Tampa Bay, FL

63 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	6	3	0	-	9
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	14	3	8	-	25

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:08 CAR - Ethan Hutton 21 field goal
2Q: 06:35 CAR - Ethan Hutton 37 field goal
2Q: 02:52 TBY - Rob Gronkowski 1 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
2Q: 01:10 TBY - J.R. Coccione 84 interception return (Edward Sprincz extra point)
3Q: 05:32 CAR - Ethan Hutton 40 field goal
3Q: 02:26 TBY - Edward Sprincz 36 field goal
4Q: 09:24 TBY - Edward Sprincz 48 field goal
4Q: 02:27 TBY - Edward Sprincz 50 field goal
4Q: 00:14 TBY - Safety, holding called in the end zone

Scoring Summary
2Q: 14:08 CAR - Ethan Hutton 21 field goal
2Q: 06:35 CAR - Ethan Hutton 37 field goal
2Q: 02:52 TBY - Rob Gronkowski 1 pass from Vernon Wilcox (Edward Sprincz extra point)
2Q: 01:10 TBY - J.R. Coccione 84 interception return (Edward Sprincz extra point)
3Q: 05:32 CAR - Ethan Hutton 40 field goal
3Q: 02:26 TBY - Edward Sprincz 36 field goal
4Q: 09:24 TBY - Edward Sprincz 48 field goal
4Q: 02:27 TBY - Edward Sprincz 50 field goal
4Q: 00:14 TBY - Safety, holding called in the end zone

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 4-12 3-13
First Downs 15 10
- by Rushing 8 2
- by Passing 5 6
- by Penalty 2 2
Total Net Yards 239 206
- Offensive Plays 64 49
- Yards per Play 3.73 4.20
Net Rushing Yards 110 69
- Rushing Attempts 31 27
- Yards per Rush 3.55 2.56
Net Passing Yards 129 137
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 17 - 3 19 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 141 155
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 3/18
- Yards per Pass Play 3.91 6.23
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 9.2
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 5/41 5/35
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 1/18
Kick Returns/Yards 6/130 5/120
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 3/92
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 36
Time of Possession 31:05 28:55

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	4-12	3-13
First Downs	15	10
- by Rushing	8	2
- by Passing	5	6
- by Penalty	2	2
Total Net Yards	239	206
- Offensive Plays	64	49
- Yards per Play	3.73	4.20
Net Rushing Yards	110	69
- Rushing Attempts	31	27
- Yards per Rush	3.55	2.56
Net Passing Yards	129	137
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 17 - 3	19 - 14 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	141	155
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	3/18
- Yards per Pass Play	3.91	6.23
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	2/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	9.2
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	5/41	5/35
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	1/18
Kick Returns/Yards	6/130	5/120
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	3/92
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 36
Time of Possession	31:05	28:55

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:56	OWN 30	6	30	Punt
1	9:27	1:30	OWN 32	3	-3	Punt
1	5:42	5:19	OWN 5	9	39	Punt
2	14:54	0:51	OPP 14	4	10	Field Goal
2	11:57	0:54	OWN 22	3	2	Punt
2	9:58	3:29	OPP 46	7	26	Field Goal
2	2:41	1:41	OWN 32	6	37	Interception
2	1:00	1:00	OWN 18	2	18	Half
3	11:03	5:36	OWN 18	10	59	Field Goal
3	2:19	3:54	OPP 49	7	19	Downs
4	9:16	1:34	OWN 40	3	0	Punt
4	4:23	0:47	OWN 20	3	2	Interception
4	2:21	0:21	OWN 34	1	5	Interception
4	0:14	0:09	OWN 3	1	-11	Safety

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:04	1:37	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
1	7:57	2:15	OWN 37	5	10	Punt
1	0:23	0:29	OWN 20	2	4	Fumble
2	14:03	2:06	OWN 31	3	8	Punt
2	11:03	1:05	OWN 16	3	2	Punt
2	6:29	3:48	OWN 36	6	64	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:57	OWN 34	6	9	Punt
3	5:27	3:08	OWN 40	4	41	Field Goal
4	13:25	4:09	OWN 30	7	39	Field Goal
4	7:42	3:19	OWN 45	5	19	Punt
4	3:36	1:15	OPP 30	3	-3	Field Goal
4	2:00	1:46	OPP 44	3	5	Punt

Game MVP: J.R. Coccione, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Pete Bates	20	64	3.20	13	2
Bernard Pierce	8	32	4.00	8	0
Howie Barrett	1	7	7.00	7	0
Junior Marsh	1	7	7.00	7	0
Jeffrey Joyner	1	0	0.00	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cris Stevens	22	60	2.73	9	0	0
Rod Carter	5	9	1.80	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howie Barrett	31	17	141	2/12	0	30	3	27.1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Vernon Wilcox	19	14	155	3/18	1	47	0	115.0

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Tommie Woodard	3	8	27	9.00	0	15
TE Terry Browning	3	4	41	13.67	16	30
WR Albert Meadows	2	3	14	7.00	5	12
RB Pete Bates	2	5	12	6.00	0	7
FB Junior Marsh	2	2	7	3.50	1	6
WR Leonard Uerling	2	4	22	11.00	0	15
WR Casey Sanderson	1	2	3	3.00	0	3
RB Bernard Pierce	1	1	16	16.00	18	16
TE Jeffrey Joyner	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Randy Stuvaints	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Cris Stevens	4	4	22	5.50	5	13	0
WR Dustin Bishop	3	6	85	28.33	53	47	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	2	34	17.00	28	33	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	2	4	2.00	3	3	0
TE Harry Krupp	2	2	5	2.50	3	4	0
WR Clarence Welch	1	1	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Isaac Seaman	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB J.R. Coccione	2	92	46.00	1
CB Brent Crawford	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Pete Bates	1	1	0
Brenden Richard	0	1	1
Mel Richardson	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Vernon Wilcox	1	1	0
Rod Carter	1	0	0
Don Wolf	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rod Francis	5	223	44.6	33.0	60	1

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Lynn	7	266	38.0	35.1	48	3

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ethan Hutton	3/3	1/1	0/0	40	0/0

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Edward Sprincz	3/3	2/2	1/1	50	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Bishop	1	18	18.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Sanderson	4	79	19.8	0
Albert Meadows	2	51	25.5	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dustin Bishop	4	99	24.8	0
Isaac Seaman	1	21	21.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Brenden Richard	9	0	0.0	26	21
S Junior Barker	7	0	0.0	20	17
CB Mel Richardson	4	0	1.0	18	20
S Major Wright	4	0	0.0	8	6
CB Shaun Perkins	3	0	0.0	15	11
OLB Ronald Kournikova	2	2	0.0	12	3
CB Archie Thies	2	2	0.0	15	13
S Jerald Boggs	2	2	0.0	24	20
DE Melvin Dennis	2	0	0.0	14	15
ILB Johnny Sanderson	1	1	1.0	7	6
DE Isaac Eatherton	1	1	0.5	11	11
OLB Chris Whitfield	1	0	0.5	7	5
OLB Seth Gozinsky	1	3	0.0	19	13
OLB Zach Brown	1	1	0.0	19	17
S Sam Moss	1	0	0.0	8	12
RB Pete Bates	1	0	---	---	---
DE George Carter	1	0	0.0	16	9
CB Bryce Glasthal	1	0	0.0	13	10
TE Randy Stuvaints	1	0	---	---	---

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kendall Watkins	9	1	0.0	24	29
S Ron Brooks	7	0	0.0	20	22
DE A.J. Thomason	5	2	1.5	25	28
DT Matt Knight	3	3	0.0	19	12
DE Toby Wallerstedt	3	2	0.0	30	30
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	3	1	0.0	23	19
OLB Stephen Hicks	3	0	0.0	13	9
S Neal Rodgers	3	0	0.0	19	26
CB J.R. Coccione	2	1	0.0	24	28
ILB Antoine Zimmerman	2	0	0.0	4	6
DE John Harding	2	0	0.0	15	19
S Christian Thompson	2	0	0.0	13	11
DT Robert Grossreider	1	1	0.5	19	18
S Casey Hayward	1	1	0.0	12	14
CB Preston Rasmussen	1	1	0.0	16	23
ILB Ron Lazer	1	0	0.0	5	10
ILB Don Wolf	1	0	0.0	7	4
CB Colin Morris	1	0	0.0	10	12
T Martin Schwartz	1	0	---	---	---
DT Wally Ferguson	0	1	0.0	13	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Johnny Sanderson	1.0	0	0	0	6
CB Mel Richardson	1.0	0	0	0	20
OLB Chris Whitfield	0.5	1	0	1	5
DE Isaac Eatherton	0.5	0	0	0	11
DT Dontari Poe	0.0	0	1	0	17
OLB Zach Brown	0.0	0	1	0	17

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE A.J. Thomason	1.5	1	28
DT Robert Grossreider	0.5	0	18
DE Toby Wallerstedt	0.0	2	30
ILB Ron Lazer	0.0	1	10
DE John Harding	0.0	1	19

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	PPlay
CB Shaun Perkins	3	11
CB Mel Richardson	3	20
CB Archie Thies	2	13
ILB Brenden Richard	2	21
S Major Wright	1	6
OLB Zach Brown	1	17
CB Bryce Glasthal	1	10
S Junior Barker	1	17

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Ron Brooks	3	0	0	22
OLB Stephen Hicks	3	0	0	9
S Neal Rodgers	2	0	0	26
CB Colin Morris	1	1	0	12
CB J.R. Coccione	1	0	2	28
ILB Ron Lazer	1	0	0	10
ILB Kendall Watkins	1	0	0	29
DE Toby Wallerstedt	1	0	0	30
ILB Antoine Zimmerman	1	0	0	6
DE John Harding	1	0	0	19
S Christian Thompson	1	0	0	11
OLB Bruce Brandenfeis	1	0	0	19
CB Preston Rasmussen	0	1	0	23
CB Brent Crawford	0	0	1	25

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Danny Stephens	4	10	2	29	0	29
Billy Joe Sellers	3	3	0	29	0	29
Toby Simonson	2	2	1	8	0	7
Maurice Hammond	1	8	0	26	1	27
Wes Grimes	1	3	0	24	1	24
Junior Marsh	0	2	0	16	0	21
Trent Evans	0	1	0	9	0	13
Lamar Holmes	0	1	0	23	0	26

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Lance Urbanus	3	6	27	0	21
Martin Schwartz	2	4	26	0	18
Danny Watkins	1	5	26	1	21
Lonnie Terry	1	2	15	0	6
Rodney Bjorke	1	1	17	0	13
Kelechi Osemele	0	2	11	2	10
Harry Krupp	0	2	18	0	13
Julio Pennington	0	2	20	0	18
Roger McGregor	0	2	7	0	4
Rob Gronkowski	0	1	23	0	15

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Bernard Anglin	2	18
Jerald Boggs	2	7
Bernard Pierce	1	26
Randy Stuvaints	1	13

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Neal Rodgers	3	15
Antoine Zimmerman	1	16
Rob Gronkowski	1	15
Lonnie Terry	1	15

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Billy Joe Sellers	29	29	---	---	7	65
Howie Barrett	31	33	---	---	---	64
Danny Stephens	29	29	---	---	---	58
Tommie Woodard	18	26	---	---	13	57
Mel Richardson	---	---	18	20	19	57
Maurice Hammond	26	27	---	---	---	53
Jerald Boggs	---	---	24	20	7	51
Brenden Richard	---	---	26	21	3	50
Lamar Holmes	23	26	---	---	1	50
Junior Marsh	16	21	---	---	13	50
Wes Grimes	24	24	---	---	---	48
Bernard Pierce	10	10	---	---	26	46
Pete Bates	21	23	---	---	---	44
Zach Brown	---	---	19	17	6	42
Casey Sanderson	13	16	---	---	12	41
Terry Browning	21	19	---	---	---	40
Jeffrey Joyner	12	9	---	---	19	40
Junior Barker	---	---	20	17	3	40
Randy Stuvaints	18	8	---	---	13	39
Dontari Poe	---	---	20	17	1	38
Seth Gozinsky	---	---	19	13	5	37
Leonard Uerling	17	20	---	---	---	37
Courtney Upshaw	---	---	20	14	2	36
Sam Moss	---	---	8	12	14	34
George Carter	---	---	16	9	8	33
Bryce Glasthal	---	---	13	10	9	32
Albert Meadows	5	8	---	---	18	31
Melvin Dennis	---	---	14	15	2	31
Chris Whitfield	---	---	7	5	18	30
Trent Evans	9	13	---	---	8	30
Archie Thies	---	---	15	13	1	29
Bernard Anglin	4	5	---	---	18	27
Shaun Perkins	---	---	15	11	1	27
Isaac Eatherton	---	---	11	11	3	25
Toby Simonson	8	7	---	---	8	23
Ronald Kournikova	---	---	12	3	7	22
Rickey Stoole	5	6	---	---	8	19
Johnny Sanderson	---	---	7	6	6	19
Glenn Rivera	---	---	4	1	11	16
Major Wright	---	---	8	6	1	15
Tracy Unverzagt	2	4	---	---	8	14
Rod Francis	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ethan Hutton	0	0	---	---	8	8
Drew Gailey	---	---	1	1	4	6
Dana Anania	0	0	---	---	---	0
Paul Osborne	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Toby Wallerstedt	---	---	30	30	2	62
Neal Rodgers	---	---	19	26	15	60
Brent Crawford	---	---	30	25	3	58
Kendall Watkins	---	---	24	29	4	57
Dustin Bishop	24	22	---	---	10	56
J.R. Coccione	---	---	24	28	4	56
A.J. Thomason	---	---	25	28	1	54
Rob Gronkowski	23	15	---	---	15	53
Vernon Wilcox	27	22	---	---	---	49
Harry Krupp	18	13	---	---	18	49
Danny Watkins	26	21	---	---	2	49
Lance Urbanus	27	21	---	---	---	48
Ron Brooks	---	---	20	22	5	47
Bruce Brandenfeis	---	---	23	19	3	45
Julio Pennington	20	18	---	---	6	44
Martin Schwartz	26	18	---	---	---	44
John Harding	---	---	15	19	8	42
Preston Rasmussen	---	---	16	23	2	41
Rodney Bjorke	17	13	---	---	10	40
Colin Morris	---	---	10	12	16	38
Ron Lazer	---	---	5	10	22	37
Robert Grossreider	---	---	19	18	---	37
Cris Stevens	22	15	---	---	---	37
Lonnie Terry	15	6	---	---	15	36
Christian Thompson	---	---	13	11	11	35
Wally Ferguson	---	---	13	18	3	34
Matt Knight	---	---	19	12	2	33
Rod Carter	5	3	---	---	25	33
Isaac Seaman	7	9	---	---	16	32
Kelechi Osemele	11	10	---	---	10	31
Casey Hayward	---	---	12	14	5	31
Clarence Welch	11	12	---	---	6	29
Stephen Hicks	---	---	13	9	5	27
Antoine Zimmerman	---	---	4	6	16	26
Jonathan Snyder	9	11	---	---	2	22
Roger McGregor	7	4	---	---	9	20
Kris Carlisle	1	4	---	---	14	19
Don Wolf	---	---	7	4	5	16
Nate Potter	1	5	---	---	10	16
Casey Lynn	0	0	---	---	10	10
Edward Sprincz	0	0	---	---	9	9
Brandon Johnson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Jesse Jordan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rico Brophy	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	30	5.0
Middle	23	70	3.0
Right	2	10	5.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	28	2.8
Middle	10	19	1.9
Right	7	22	3.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howie Barrett	31	17	1	2	2	2	5	0	3

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Vernon Wilcox	19	14	3	1	1	0	2	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	27	5.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	7	38	3.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	5	76	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	11	2.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	7	62	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	2	82	13.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Tommie Woodard	8	3	1	27	0	26
RB Pete Bates	5	2	1	12	0	23
TE Terry Browning	4	3	0	41	1	19
WR Leonard Uerling	4	2	0	22	0	20
WR Albert Meadows	3	2	0	14	0	8
WR Casey Sanderson	2	1	0	3	0	16
FB Junior Marsh	2	2	0	7	0	21
RB Bernard Pierce	1	1	0	16	0	10
TE Jeffrey Joyner	1	1	0	-1	0	9
TE Randy Stuvaints	1	0	0	0	0	8

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dustin Bishop	6	3	1	85	2	22
RB Cris Stevens	4	4	0	22	0	15
TE Rob Gronkowski	2	2	0	34	1	15
WR Jonathan Snyder	2	2	0	4	0	11
TE Harry Krupp	2	2	0	5	0	13
WR Isaac Seaman	2	0	0	0	0	9
WR Clarence Welch	1	1	0	5	0	12

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Pete Bates	1	10	10.00	3.20

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cris Stevens	1	-2	-2.00	2.73

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howie Barrett	3	0	0	0.00	4.55

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Vernon Wilcox	3	3	15	5.00	8.16

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Overall Avg
WR Tommie Woodard	1	3.38
RB Pete Bates	1	2.40
WR Leonard Uerling	1	5.50

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Cris Stevens	2	2	14	7.00	5.50
TE Rob Gronkowski	1	1	1	1.00	17.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Bernard Pierce	2	1
Howie Barrett	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Cris Stevens	3	0
Rod Carter	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howie Barrett	12	7	3

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Vernon Wilcox	7	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tommie Woodard	3	1	0
WR Leonard Uerling	2	1	1
WR Albert Meadows	1	0	0
WR Casey Sanderson	1	1	1
RB Bernard Pierce	1	1	1
RB Pete Bates	1	0	0
FB Junior Marsh	1	1	0
TE Terry Browning	1	1	0
TE Jeffrey Joyner	1	1	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Isaac Seaman	2	0	0
WR Dustin Bishop	2	1	1
RB Cris Stevens	2	2	1
WR Jonathan Snyder	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 33,200 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,100 (17,700)
End Zone 7,100 (12,700)
Mezzanine 3,500 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 4,700 (11,200)
Club Seats 4,900 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 1,900 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	33,200 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,100 (17,700)
End Zone	7,100 (12,700)
Mezzanine	3,500 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	4,700 (11,200)
Club Seats	4,900 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	1,900 (4,800)