| Played in Tampa Bay, FL, weather: 63 degrees, rain, 4 mph wind. |
| Carolina won the toss and elected to receive. |
| Start of first quarter. |
| (1Q: 15:00) Edward Sprincz kicked off 57 yards from the TBY30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 17 yards to the CAR30. Tackled by Rob Gronkowski. |
| 1-10-CAR30 (1Q: 14:23) Pete Bates ran inside the left guard for -4 yards. Tackled by DE A.J. Thomason, assisted by OLB Bruce Brandenfeis. |
| 2-14-CAR26 (1Q: 14:02) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Albert Meadows for 12 yards. Tackled by ILB Antoine Zimmerman. Meadows gained 5 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-2-CAR38 (1Q: 13:15) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Bernard Pierce for 16 yards. Tackled by OLB Stephen Hicks. Pierce gained 18 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-TBY46 (1Q: 12:28) Howie Barrett pass was thrown incomplete, intended for TE Terry Browning. |
| 2-10-TBY46 (1Q: 12:22) Jeffrey Joyner ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by DE A.J. Thomason. |
| 3-10-TBY46 (1Q: 11:40) Howie Barrett pass completed to FB Junior Marsh for 6 yards. Tackled by DE Toby Wallerstedt, assisted by DE A.J. Thomason. |
| 4-4-TBY40 (1Q: 11:11) Rod Francis punted 40 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-TBY20 (1Q: 11:04) Cris Stevens ran around left end for 6 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by S Junior Barker, assisted by OLB Seth Gozinsky. Key block delivered by Martin Schwartz. |
| 2-4-TBY26 (1Q: 10:19) Cris Stevens ran around right end for 2 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker, assisted by OLB Zach Brown. ILB Brenden Richard crushed Roger McGregor to wreck the play. |
| 3-2-TBY28 (1Q: 09:42) Vernon Wilcox pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Dustin Bishop. OLB Zach Brown hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for an Illegal Formation. The penalty was declined. |
| 4-2-TBY28 (1Q: 09:35) Casey Lynn punted 40 yards. Tommie Woodard called for a fair catch at the CAR32. |
| 1-10-CAR32 (1Q: 09:27) Bernard Pierce ran inside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by S Casey Hayward. |
| 2-6-CAR36 (1Q: 08:58) Howie Barrett sacked by DE A.J. Thomason for a loss of 7 yards. Sack allowed by Maurice Hammond. |
| 3-13-CAR29 (1Q: 08:13) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Leonard Uerling. DE Toby Wallerstedt hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-13-CAR29 (1Q: 08:07) Rod Francis punted 34 yards. Dustin Bishop called for a fair catch at the TBY37. |
| 1-10-TBY37 (1Q: 07:57) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to RB Cris Stevens for 3 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Bryce Glasthal. PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-TBY27 (1Q: 07:47) Cris Stevens ran outside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. Key block delivered by Lance Urbanus. PENALTY: Carolina was called for an Intentional Face Mask. |
| 1-10-TBY49 (1Q: 07:37) Cris Stevens ran inside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Seth Gozinsky, assisted by OLB Ronald Kournikova. |
| 2-8-CAR49 (1Q: 07:01) Cris Stevens ran around right end for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Isaac Eatherton, assisted by S Jerald Boggs. |
| 3-7-CAR48 (1Q: 06:20) Vernon Wilcox sacked by OLB Chris Whitfield and DE Isaac Eatherton for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Kelechi Osemele. |
| 4-12-TBY47 (1Q: 05:53) Casey Lynn punted 48 yards. The ball was marked out of bounds at the CAR05. |
| 1-10-CAR05 (1Q: 05:42) Junior Marsh ran inside the left guard for 7 yards. Tackled by DE Toby Wallerstedt. Key block delivered by Danny Stephens. Stephens ran over Kendall Watkins to set up the play. |
| 2-3-CAR12 (1Q: 05:00) Pete Bates ran inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Preston Rasmussen, assisted by DT Matt Knight. Key block delivered by Billy Joe Sellers. |
| 1-10-CAR15 (1Q: 04:31) Bernard Pierce ran a trap outside the left tackle for 8 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. Key block delivered by Toby Simonson. Simonson flattened Christian Thompson to ensure the play's success. |
| 2-2-CAR23 (1Q: 04:02) Bernard Pierce ran inside the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Bruce Brandenfeis, assisted by DT Matt Knight. Key block delivered by Maurice Hammond. |
| 1-10-CAR26 (1Q: 03:22) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 9 yards. Tackled by OLB Bruce Brandenfeis. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 2-1-CAR35 (1Q: 02:38) Pete Bates ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Antoine Zimmerman. Key block delivered by Danny Stephens. |
| 1-10-CAR38 (1Q: 02:04) Pete Bates ran inside the right guard for 1 yard. Tackled by DT Matt Knight, assisted by ILB Kendall Watkins. |
| 2-9-CAR39 (1Q: 01:39) Pete Bates ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE A.J. Thomason. |
| 3-7-CAR41 (1Q: 01:04) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Terry Browning for 3 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Colin Morris. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-4-CAR44 (1Q: 00:29) Rod Francis punted 56 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-TBY20 (1Q: 00:23) Rod Carter ran around left end for 0 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| Start of second quarter. |
| 2-10-TBY20 (2Q: 15:00) Rod Carter ran around left end for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard, assisted by CB Archie Thies. The ball was fumbled and recovered by CAR ILB Brenden Richard for 10 yards to the TBY14. Tackled by Martin Schwartz. |
| 1-10-TBY14 (2Q: 14:54) Pete Bates ran around the left tackle for 10 yards. Tackled by DT Matt Knight, assisted by DT Wally Ferguson. Key block delivered by Danny Stephens. Stephens ran over Stephen Hicks to set up the play. |
| 1-4-TBY04 (2Q: 14:27) Howie Barrett pass was thrown incomplete, intended for RB Pete Bates. |
| 2-4-TBY04 (2Q: 14:22) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Leonard Uerling. DE A.J. Thomason hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-4-TBY04 (2Q: 14:15) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. CB Colin Morris defended the pass. |
| 4-4-TBY04 (2Q: 14:08) Ethan Hutton attempted a 21 yard field goal and succeeded. Carolina 3, Tampa Bay 0 |
| (2Q: 14:03) Ethan Hutton kicked off 60 yards from the CAR30. Isaac Seaman returned the ball 21 yards to the TBY31. Tackled by Jerald Boggs. |
| 1-10-TBY31 (2Q: 13:36) Cris Stevens ran around left end for 0 yards. Tackled by DE George Carter. |
| 2-10-TBY31 (2Q: 13:13) Cris Stevens ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by S Jerald Boggs. |
| 3-8-TBY33 (2Q: 12:40) Cris Stevens ran inside the left tackle for 6 yards. Tackled by S Sam Moss. |
| 4-2-TBY39 (2Q: 12:08) Casey Lynn punted 39 yards. The ball was downed at the CAR22. |
| 1-10-CAR22 (2Q: 11:57) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Casey Sanderson. CB Preston Rasmussen defended the pass. |
| 2-10-CAR22 (2Q: 11:49) Pete Bates ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DT Robert Grossreider. |
| 3-8-CAR24 (2Q: 11:17) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Albert Meadows. DE Toby Wallerstedt hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-CAR24 (2Q: 11:10) Rod Francis punted 60 yards. The ball was downed at the TBY16. |
| 1-10-TBY16 (2Q: 11:03) Cris Stevens ran inside the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. |
| 2-11-TBY15 (2Q: 10:39) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Dustin Bishop for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Bryce Glasthal. |
| 3-8-TBY18 (2Q: 10:13) Vernon Wilcox pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Isaac Seaman. OLB Chris Whitfield blocked the pass. |
| 4-8-TBY18 (2Q: 10:06) Casey Lynn punted 28 yards. The ball was marked out of bounds at the TBY46. |
| 1-10-TBY46 (2Q: 09:58) PENALTY: Carolina was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-CAR49 (2Q: 09:53) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Pete Bates for 5 yards. Tackled by OLB Stephen Hicks. |
| 2-10-TBY46 (2Q: 09:26) Pete Bates ran inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins, assisted by DE Toby Wallerstedt. |
| 3-10-TBY46 (2Q: 08:46) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Leonard Uerling for 15 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-TBY31 (2Q: 08:19) Pete Bates ran inside the left tackle for -2 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. |
| 2-12-TBY33 (2Q: 07:47) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Leonard Uerling for 6 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for Illegal Contact. |
| 1-10-TBY28 (2Q: 07:38) Pete Bates ran a trap outside the right tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. Key block delivered by Billy Joe Sellers. |
| 2-5-TBY23 (2Q: 07:16) Howie Barrett pass was dropped by WR Tommie Woodard. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-5-TBY23 (2Q: 07:06) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 3 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Ron Lazer. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-2-TBY20 (2Q: 06:35) Ethan Hutton attempted a 37 yard field goal and succeeded. Carolina 6, Tampa Bay 0 |
| (2Q: 06:29) Ethan Hutton kicked off 62 yards from the CAR30. Dustin Bishop returned the ball 28 yards to the TBY36. Tackled by Bernard Pierce. |
| 1-10-TBY36 (2Q: 06:07) PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-TBY31 (2Q: 05:57) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to RB Cris Stevens for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Shaun Perkins, assisted by CB Archie Thies. |
| 2-11-TBY35 (2Q: 05:28) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Jonathan Snyder for 15 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. Snyder gained 9 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 2-21-TBY25 (2Q: 05:22) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to TE Harry Krupp for 4 yards. Tackled by S Major Wright. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-17-TBY29 (2Q: 04:51) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Dustin Bishop for 47 yards. Tackled by CB Mel Richardson. Bishop gained 31 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-CAR24 (2Q: 04:11) Cris Stevens ran inside the left tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by DE Melvin Dennis, assisted by ILB Johnny Sanderson. Key block delivered by Danny Watkins. |
| 2-5-CAR19 (2Q: 03:27) PENALTY: Carolina was called for Encroachment. |
| 1-10-CAR14 (2Q: 03:23) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to RB Cris Stevens for 13 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. Stevens gained 5 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-1-CAR01 (2Q: 02:52) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to TE Rob Gronkowski for 1 yard and a TOUCHDOWN! The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. Tampa Bay 6, Carolina 6 |
| (2Q: 02:52) Extra point by Edward Sprincz was good. Tampa Bay 7, Carolina 6 |
| (2Q: 02:41) Edward Sprincz kicked off 63 yards from the TBY30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 25 yards to the CAR32. Tackled by Neal Rodgers. |
| 1-10-CAR32 (2Q: 02:23) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Pete Bates for 7 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-3-CAR39 (2Q: 02:06) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 15 yards. Tackled by S Christian Thompson, assisted by CB J.R. Coccione. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-TBY46 (2Q: 01:58) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Terry Browning for 8 yards. Tackled by CB J.R. Coccione. |
| 2-2-TBY38 (2Q: 01:38) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DE John Harding hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-2-TBY38 (2Q: 01:28) Bernard Pierce ran around left end for 7 yards. Tackled by DE Toby Wallerstedt. Key block delivered by Danny Stephens. |
| 1-10-TBY31 (2Q: 01:10) Howie Barrett pass was intended for WR Tommie Woodard and was intercepted by CB J.R. Coccione at the TBY16. The interception was returned 84 yards for a TOUCHDOWN! Tampa Bay 13, Carolina 6 |
| (2Q: 01:10) Extra point by Edward Sprincz was good. Tampa Bay 14, Carolina 6 |
| (2Q: 01:00) Edward Sprincz kicked off 66 yards from the TBY30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 14 yards to the CAR18. Tackled by Neal Rodgers. |
| 1-10-CAR18 (2Q: 00:55) Pete Bates ran inside the left guard for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Don Wolf. The ball was fumbled and recovered by CAR Pete Bates to the CAR23. |
| 2-5-CAR23 (2Q: 00:17) Pete Bates ran inside the right tackle for 13 yards. Tackled by S Christian Thompson. Bates made a great move on Antoine Zimmerman. Key block delivered by Wes Grimes. |
| Start of third quarter. |
| (3Q: 15:00) Ethan Hutton kicked off 66 yards from the CAR30. Dustin Bishop returned the ball 30 yards to the TBY34. Tackled by Bernard Anglin. |
| 1-10-TBY34 (3Q: 14:29) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Jonathan Snyder for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. Snyder gained 3 yards after the catch. |
| 2-9-TBY35 (3Q: 13:50) Cris Stevens ran around left end for 5 yards. Tackled by S Major Wright, assisted by OLB Seth Gozinsky. |
| 3-4-TBY40 (3Q: 13:08) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to RB Cris Stevens for 4 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-TBY44 (3Q: 12:29) Cris Stevens ran around left end for -4 yards. Tackled by OLB Ronald Kournikova. OLB Ronald Kournikova knocked down Martin Schwartz to break up the play. |
| 2-14-TBY40 (3Q: 11:55) Vernon Wilcox pass was dropped by WR Dustin Bishop. |
| 3-14-TBY40 (3Q: 11:47) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Jonathan Snyder for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Shaun Perkins. |
| 4-11-TBY43 (3Q: 11:13) Casey Lynn punted 39 yards. Tommie Woodard called for a fair catch at the CAR18. |
| 1-10-CAR18 (3Q: 11:03) Howie Barrett pass completed to FB Junior Marsh for 1 yard. Tackled by DE John Harding. Marsh gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 2-9-CAR19 (3Q: 10:31) Pete Bates ran inside the right tackle for 6 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. |
| 3-3-CAR25 (3Q: 09:54) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 3 yards. Tackled by S Neal Rodgers. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-CAR28 (3Q: 09:24) Pete Bates ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 6 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. Key block delivered by Billy Joe Sellers. |
| 2-4-CAR34 (3Q: 08:59) Pete Bates ran inside the right guard for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. Key block delivered by Toby Simonson. |
| 1-10-CAR38 (3Q: 08:22) Bernard Pierce ran inside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by S Ron Brooks, assisted by S Casey Hayward. |
| 2-9-CAR39 (3Q: 07:51) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Terry Browning for 30 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. Browning gained 16 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-TBY31 (3Q: 07:10) Bernard Pierce ran inside the right tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by S Neal Rodgers, assisted by DE Toby Wallerstedt. |
| 2-6-TBY27 (3Q: 06:31) Pete Bates ran around right end for 5 yards. Tackled by DT Matt Knight. |
| 3-1-TBY22 (3Q: 06:05) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Jeffrey Joyner for -1 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. |
| 4-2-TBY23 (3Q: 05:32) Ethan Hutton attempted a 40 yard field goal and succeeded. Tampa Bay 14, Carolina 9 |
| (3Q: 05:27) Ethan Hutton kicked off 61 yards from the CAR30. Dustin Bishop returned the ball 31 yards to the TBY40. Tackled by Jerald Boggs. |
| 1-10-TBY40 (3Q: 04:50) PENALTY: Carolina was called for Encroachment. |
| 1-5-TBY45 (3Q: 04:42) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to TE Rob Gronkowski for 33 yards. Tackled by CB Mel Richardson. Gronkowski gained 28 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR22 (3Q: 04:02) Cris Stevens ran around right end for 4 yards. Tackled by S Major Wright. |
| 2-6-CAR18 (3Q: 03:33) Cris Stevens ran inside the left guard for -2 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard, assisted by OLB Ronald Kournikova. |
| 3-8-CAR20 (3Q: 02:55) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to RB Cris Stevens for 1 yard. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Shaun Perkins. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-7-CAR19 (3Q: 02:26) Edward Sprincz attempted a 36 yard field goal and succeeded. Tampa Bay 17, Carolina 9 |
| (3Q: 02:19) Edward Sprincz kicked off 48 yards from the TBY30. Albert Meadows returned the ball 29 yards to the TBY49. Tackled by Lonnie Terry. |
| 1-10-TBY49 (3Q: 01:56) Pete Bates ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. |
| 2-10-TBY49 (3Q: 01:15) Pete Bates ran around the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. Tampa Bay's Robert Grossreider was hurt on the play. This is an old injury, but he's toughing it out. |
| 3-6-TBY45 (3Q: 00:39) Howie Barrett scrambled for 7 yards. Tackled by CB J.R. Coccione and assisted by CB Preston Rasmussen. |
| 1-10-TBY38 (3Q: 00:08) Pete Bates ran inside the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Kendall Watkins. |
| Start of fourth quarter. |
| 2-9-TBY37 (4Q: 15:00) Bernard Pierce ran a draw inside the right guard for 7 yards. Tackled by S Ron Brooks. |
| 3-2-TBY30 (4Q: 14:18) Bernard Pierce ran around left end for -2 yards. Tackled by DE John Harding. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. |
| 4-4-TBY32 (4Q: 13:36) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Albert Meadows for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Stephen Hicks, assisted by DE A.J. Thomason. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-TBY30 (4Q: 13:25) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to TE Harry Krupp for 1 yard. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Archie Thies. Krupp gained 3 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-9-TBY31 (4Q: 12:38) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Dustin Bishop for 35 yards. Tackled by CB Archie Thies. Bishop gained 22 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR34 (4Q: 11:57) Cris Stevens ran around left end for 9 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. Key block delivered by Lance Urbanus. |
| 2-1-CAR25 (4Q: 11:12) Cris Stevens ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by S Jerald Boggs, assisted by OLB Seth Gozinsky. Key block delivered by Lance Urbanus. |
| 1-10-CAR24 (4Q: 10:29) Cris Stevens ran outside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by CB Mel Richardson. ILB Brenden Richard knocked down Lance Urbanus to break up the play. |
| 2-10-CAR24 (4Q: 10:01) Vernon Wilcox sacked by CB Mel Richardson for a loss of 7 yards. Sack allowed by Danny Watkins. The ball was fumbled and recovered by TBY Vernon Wilcox on the CAR31. |
| 3-17-CAR31 (4Q: 09:32) Vernon Wilcox pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Isaac Seaman. DT Dontari Poe hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-17-CAR31 (4Q: 09:24) Edward Sprincz attempted a 48 yard field goal and succeeded. Tampa Bay 20, Carolina 9 |
| (4Q: 09:16) Edward Sprincz kicked off 53 yards from the TBY30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 23 yards to the CAR40. Tackled by Antoine Zimmerman. |
| 1-10-CAR40 (4Q: 08:46) Pete Bates ran inside the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB Bruce Brandenfeis, assisted by DT Matt Knight. The defense looked very familiar with that play. |
| 2-10-CAR40 (4Q: 08:11) Howie Barrett pass was dropped by RB Pete Bates. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-10-CAR40 (4Q: 08:01) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. ILB Ron Lazer hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-10-CAR40 (4Q: 07:52) Rod Francis punted 33 yards. Dustin Bishop returned the kick 18 yards to the TBY45. Tackled by Bernard Anglin. |
| 1-10-TBY45 (4Q: 07:42) Vernon Wilcox pass completed to WR Clarence Welch for 5 yards. Tackled by OLB Zach Brown. |
| 2-5-TBY50 (4Q: 06:55) Rod Carter ran inside the left guard for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. Key block delivered by Lonnie Terry. |
| 1-10-CAR45 (4Q: 06:10) Cris Stevens ran around left end for 8 yards. Tackled by OLB Ronald Kournikova. Key block delivered by Martin Schwartz. |
| 2-2-CAR37 (4Q: 05:24) Vernon Wilcox pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Dustin Bishop. |
| 3-2-CAR37 (4Q: 05:15) Rod Carter ran around left end for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Melvin Dennis. |
| 4-1-CAR36 (4Q: 04:29) Casey Lynn punted 36 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CAR20 (4Q: 04:23) Howie Barrett sacked by DE A.J. Thomason and DT Robert Grossreider for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Wes Grimes. |
| 2-15-CAR15 (4Q: 04:05) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Leonard Uerling for 7 yards. Tackled by S Neal Rodgers. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-8-CAR22 (4Q: 03:44) Howie Barrett pass was intended for RB Pete Bates and was intercepted by CB Brent Crawford at the CAR30. Tackled by Pete Bates. |
| 1-10-CAR30 (4Q: 03:36) Vernon Wilcox sacked by ILB Johnny Sanderson for a loss of 6 yards. Sack allowed by Kelechi Osemele. |
| 2-16-CAR36 (4Q: 02:48) Cris Stevens ran inside the right tackle for -3 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 3-19-CAR39 (4Q: 02:38) Cris Stevens ran inside the left guard for 6 yards. Tackled by S Major Wright, assisted by S Jerald Boggs. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 4-13-CAR33 (4Q: 02:27) Edward Sprincz attempted a 50 yard field goal and succeeded. Tampa Bay 23, Carolina 9 |
| (4Q: 02:21) Edward Sprincz kicked off 58 yards from the TBY30. Albert Meadows returned the ball 22 yards to the CAR34. Tackled by Neal Rodgers. |
| 1-10-CAR34 (4Q: 02:16) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DE Toby Wallerstedt hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. PENALTY: Tampa Bay was called for Illegal Contact. |
| 1-10-CAR39 (4Q: 02:10) Howie Barrett pass was intended for TE Randy Stuvaints and was intercepted by CB J.R. Coccione at the TBY48. The interception was returned 8 yards. Tackled by Randy Stuvaints. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 1-10-CAR44 (4Q: 02:00) Cris Stevens ran a trap outside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by S Junior Barker. Key block delivered by Rodney Bjorke. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 2-3-CAR37 (4Q: 01:53) Rod Carter ran inside the right tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| 3-4-CAR38 (4Q: 01:06) Cris Stevens ran around the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| 4-5-CAR39 (4Q: 00:21) Casey Lynn punted 36 yards. The ball was downed at the CAR03. |
| 1-10-CAR03 (4Q: 00:14) Howie Barrett pass completed to FB Junior Marsh for 8 yards. Tackled by S Casey Hayward. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Offensive Holding. Safety awarded on penalty in the end zone. Tampa Bay 25, Carolina 9 |
| (4Q: 00:05) Ethan Hutton kicked off 56 yards from the CAR20. Dustin Bishop returned the ball 10 yards to the TBY34. Tackled by Randy Stuvaints. |
| Final Score: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25, Carolina Panthers 9 |