Week 1, 2023

played in Tampa Bay, FL

72 degrees, fair, 7 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	10	10	0	6	-	26
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:37 CAR - Richie Fuller 9 pass from Howie Barrett (Bruce Darche extra point)
1Q: 04:23 CAR - Bruce Darche 20 field goal
2Q: 10:02 CAR - Bruce Darche 26 field goal
2Q: 02:17 CAR - Jerald Jenkins 2 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
4Q: 06:11 CAR - Bruce Darche 40 field goal
4Q: 00:24 CAR - Bruce Darche 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:37 CAR - Richie Fuller 9 pass from Howie Barrett (Bruce Darche extra point)
1Q: 04:23 CAR - Bruce Darche 20 field goal
2Q: 10:02 CAR - Bruce Darche 26 field goal
2Q: 02:17 CAR - Jerald Jenkins 2 run (Bruce Darche extra point)
4Q: 06:11 CAR - Bruce Darche 40 field goal
4Q: 00:24 CAR - Bruce Darche 43 field goal

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 29 8
- by Rushing 10 2
- by Passing 17 6
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 443 200
- Offensive Plays 91 49
- Yards per Play 4.87 4.08
Net Rushing Yards 162 28
- Rushing Attempts 42 7
- Yards per Rush 3.86 4.00
Net Passing Yards 281 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 49 - 27 - 0 40 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 281 186
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 2/14
- Yards per Pass Play 5.73 4.10
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 13/22 2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 6/40 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 4/15 1/11
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 5/97
Interception Ret./Yards 1/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 5 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/3 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 35 OWN 23
Time of Possession 43:03 16:58

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	29	8
- by Rushing	10	2
- by Passing	17	6
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	443	200
- Offensive Plays	91	49
- Yards per Play	4.87	4.08
Net Rushing Yards	162	28
- Rushing Attempts	42	7
- Yards per Rush	3.86	4.00
Net Passing Yards	281	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	49 - 27 - 0	40 - 15 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	281	186
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	2/14
- Yards per Pass Play	5.73	4.10
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	13/22	2/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	8.5
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	6/40	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	4/15	1/11
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	5/97
Interception Ret./Yards	1/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	5	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/3	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 35	OWN 23
Time of Possession	43:03	16:58

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:48	2:19	OPP 34	5	34	Touchdown
1	7:53	3:37	OWN 33	9	64	Field Goal
1	3:00	8:05	OWN 22	18	69	Field Goal
2	7:52	5:42	OWN 39	14	61	Touchdown
2	0:56	0:56	OWN 18	2	23	Half
3	15:00	4:01	OWN 20	8	40	Punt
3	8:15	2:40	OWN 19	6	34	Punt
3	4:10	4:05	OWN 20	7	31	Punt
4	12:16	2:18	OWN 9	6	28	Punt
4	9:50	1:56	OPP 45	6	11	Punt
4	7:11	1:05	OPP 26	3	3	Field Goal
4	4:10	3:53	OWN 49	8	25	Field Goal

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:12	OWN 20	3	14	Fumble
1	11:29	3:36	OWN 34	8	40	Missed FG
1	4:16	1:16	OWN 23	3	4	Punt
2	9:55	2:03	OWN 20	3	-5	Punt
2	2:10	1:14	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	10:59	2:44	OWN 20	5	17	Punt
3	5:35	1:25	OWN 20	5	48	Punt
3	0:05	2:49	OWN 20	6	33	Punt
4	9:58	0:08	OWN 33	1	0	Interception
4	7:54	0:43	OWN 20	4	6	Downs
4	6:06	1:56	OWN 28	7	23	Downs
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 18	1	11	Game

Game MVP: Howie Barrett, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tommie Peters	29	112	3.86	18	3	0
Buddy Wittich	9	34	3.78	7	0	0
Jerald Jenkins	3	11	3.67	10	1	1
Howie Barrett	1	5	5.00	5	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Billy Lutes	3	16	5.33	7
T.J. Starks	2	5	2.50	3
Emmanuel Hill	1	7	7.00	7
John Conner	1	0	0.00	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Howie Barrett	49	27	281	0/0	1	24	0	78.7

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Raymond Burgess	22	8	78	0/0	0	23	1	28.2
Emmanuel Hill	18	7	108	2/14	0	53	0	59.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Neal Walton	9	17	80	8.89	21	15	0
WR Eddie Royal	4	6	59	14.75	7	24	0
WR Arnie Sherry	4	6	36	9.00	5	16	0
TE Richie Fuller	3	7	51	17.00	7	22	1
RB Tommie Peters	2	3	20	10.00	15	12	0
TE Ed Dickson	2	2	15	7.50	0	10	0
RB Jerald Jenkins	1	1	9	9.00	0	9	0
FB Reuben Preston	1	1	5	5.00	7	5	0
WR Ethan Blackshear	1	6	6	6.00	0	6	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Jeremy Maclin	5	9	96	19.20	49	53
WR Brandon LaFell	3	8	16	5.33	0	8
WR Kenyon Moland	2	8	23	11.50	3	14
WR Gene Clemons	1	1	23	23.00	9	23
RB T.J. Starks	1	2	4	4.00	0	4
FB Rufus Nunn	1	2	14	14.00	5	14
RB Billy Lutes	1	1	4	4.00	4	4
WR Tracy Shergalis	1	5	6	6.00	0	6
TE Winfred Gilmore	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Rob Gronkowski	0	3	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Louis Delmas	1	0	0.00	0

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Recov	Force
Juan Anagnostis	1	0
Louis Delmas	0	1
Kelly Springer	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov
Mike Simmons	1	0
John Conner	1	0
Tracy Shergalis	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bill Hankton	5	211	42.2	24.0	49	0

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kerry Bergman	6	289	48.2	42.3	69	4

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Darche	4/4	2/2	0/0	43	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Calvin Gifford	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eli Martinez	4	15	3.8	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Mike Simmons	1	11	11.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tracy Shergalis	3	58	19.3	0
T.J. Starks	2	39	19.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Louis Delmas	3	2	0.0	7	41
OLB Leonard Korte	3	0	0.0	6	33
DT Wade Turner	2	0	1.0	3	28
S Eli Martinez	2	0	0.0	4	27
OLB Preston Sanford	2	0	0.0	6	31
CB Juan Anagnostis	2	0	0.0	7	15
CB Kelly Springer	2	0	0.0	6	35
DE Martin Marsh	1	0	1.0	0	14
S Darryl Tripodi	1	1	0.0	5	33
DT Louis Parker	1	1	0.0	4	14
OLB Tyrus Harden	1	0	0.0	0	4
DE E.J. Wilson	1	0	0.0	7	28
DE D'Anthony Smith	1	0	0.0	7	32
CB Sherrick McManis	1	0	0.0	4	24
S Kenny Dole	1	0	0.0	2	16
ILB Marty Larry	0	1	0.0	5	30
CB Myron Rolle	0	1	0.0	1	27

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Bart Krcik	6	5	0.0	39	42
S Reshad Jones	6	4	0.0	28	38
DE Winston England	5	1	0.0	24	33
OLB Aaron Van Guilder	5	1	0.0	33	32
S Gus Horn	5	0	0.0	28	26
OLB Kennedy Welshans	4	2	0.0	19	13
S A.J. Brennan	4	1	0.0	23	30
CB Brent Crawford	4	0	0.0	29	32
OLB Trevor Petry	3	1	0.0	10	16
CB Scotty McGee	3	1	0.0	28	41
DT Fili Moala	3	0	0.0	12	21
DT Rico Turnbull	3	0	0.0	19	22
DT Ken Phillips	2	2	0.0	26	20
DT Alvin Dinstel	2	2	0.0	23	27
CB Mike Simmons	2	1	0.0	20	37
DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	2	1	0.0	24	28
DE Darnell Cooley	2	0	0.0	37	37
ILB Darrell Preston	2	0	0.0	7	10
CB Vinny Forbes	2	0	0.0	30	29
ILB Daryl Mincy	1	0	0.0	3	5
WR Brandon LaFell	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DT Wade Turner	1.0	1	1	28
DE Martin Marsh	1.0	0	0	14
DE D'Anthony Smith	0.0	0	3	32
DE E.J. Wilson	0.0	0	2	28

Tampa Bay	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Alvin Dinstel	2	1	27
DE Darnell Cooley	2	0	37
DT Ken Phillips	1	0	20
DE Winston England	1	0	33
OLB Bart Krcik	1	0	42
OLB Kennedy Welshans	1	0	13
DE Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	1	0	28
CB Scotty McGee	1	0	41

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Louis Delmas	2	3	1	41
OLB Leonard Korte	2	1	0	33
CB Juan Anagnostis	2	1	0	15
S Eli Martinez	2	0	0	27
CB Kelly Springer	2	0	0	35
OLB Tyrus Harden	1	1	0	4
DT Wade Turner	1	0	0	28
CB Sherrick McManis	1	0	0	24
DT Louis Parker	1	0	0	14
OLB Preston Sanford	1	0	0	31
CB Myron Rolle	0	2	0	27
ILB Wendell Coffey	0	1	0	10

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Bart Krcik	5	1	42
CB Brent Crawford	5	0	32
CB Scotty McGee	2	2	41
S A.J. Brennan	2	2	30
CB Mike Simmons	2	1	37
ILB Darrell Preston	2	1	10
S Reshad Jones	2	1	38
DT Fili Moala	2	0	21
OLB Trevor Petry	2	0	16
S Gus Horn	2	0	26
OLB Aaron Van Guilder	1	1	32

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Steven Justice	7	9	1	32	37
Courtney Diminnie	4	10	1	30	36
Richie Haayer	3	7	0	33	35
Hardy Glasgow	2	4	0	32	34
Neil Clark	1	4	0	31	38
Todd Chaudrey	1	2	0	12	13
Al Scoggin	1	1	0	12	14
Richie Fuller	0	3	0	36	40
Reuben Preston	0	1	0	16	28

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jack Sughroue	1	1	4	0	30
Chad Rinehart	0	1	6	1	28
Rex Strickland	0	1	6	1	27
Andrew Gardner	0	1	4	0	22
Norm Battle	0	1	6	0	23
Tommy Christen	0	1	3	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Kelly Springer	2	22
Ed Dickson	2	17
Reuben Preston	1	14
Wendell Coffey	1	7

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Kenyon Moland	2	14
Winfred Gilmore	1	15
John Conner	1	13

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Howie Barrett	42	49	---	---	---	91
Richie Fuller	36	40	---	---	10	86
Steven Justice	32	37	---	---	7	76
Richie Haayer	33	35	---	---	8	76
Neal Walton	35	37	---	---	---	72
Neil Clark	31	38	---	---	---	69
Hardy Glasgow	32	34	---	---	---	66
Courtney Diminnie	30	36	---	---	---	66
Tommie Peters	29	36	---	---	---	65
Eddie Royal	31	33	---	---	---	64
Kelly Springer	---	---	6	35	22	63
Reuben Preston	16	28	---	---	14	58
Jon Asamoah	16	27	---	---	9	52
Louis Delmas	---	---	7	41	1	49
Eli Martinez	---	---	4	27	16	47
Jerald Jenkins	12	8	---	---	23	43
Ethan Blackshear	20	21	---	---	---	41
Arnie Sherry	11	15	---	---	14	40
Leonard Korte	---	---	6	33	1	40
Darryl Tripodi	---	---	5	33	2	40
D'Anthony Smith	---	---	7	32	1	40
Preston Sanford	---	---	6	31	3	40
E.J. Wilson	---	---	7	28	3	38
Marty Larry	---	---	5	30	2	37
Ed Dickson	7	12	---	---	17	36
Al Scoggin	12	14	---	---	8	34
Wade Turner	---	---	3	28	2	33
T.J. McGregor	12	11	---	---	9	32
Buddy Wittich	9	10	---	---	12	31
Sherrick McManis	---	---	4	24	1	29
Myron Rolle	---	---	1	27	1	29
Todd Chaudrey	12	13	---	---	2	27
Kenny Dole	---	---	2	16	8	26
Juan Anagnostis	---	---	7	15	1	23
Willie Schultz	---	---	1	4	17	22
Corwin Bernstein	4	5	---	---	12	21
Martin Marsh	---	---	0	14	6	20
Wendell Coffey	---	---	2	10	7	19
Louis Parker	---	---	4	14	---	18
Joey Sturgeon	---	---	0	10	3	13
Bruce Darche	0	0	---	---	11	11
Bill Hankton	0	0	---	---	9	9
Rodderick Muckelroy	---	---	0	6	1	7
Tyrus Harden	---	---	0	4	1	5
John Beck	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leonard Collins	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bart Krcik	---	---	39	42	10	91
Darnell Cooley	---	---	37	37	9	83
Mike Simmons	---	---	20	37	25	82
Aaron Van Guilder	---	---	33	32	8	73
Scotty McGee	---	---	28	41	4	73
A.J. Brennan	---	---	23	30	18	71
Reshad Jones	---	---	28	38	4	70
Brent Crawford	---	---	29	32	2	63
Vinny Forbes	---	---	30	29	3	62
Winston England	---	---	24	33	3	60
Gus Horn	---	---	28	26	4	58
Daniel Te'o-Nesheim	---	---	24	28	2	54
Alvin Dinstel	---	---	23	27	2	52
Ken Phillips	---	---	26	20	4	50
Kenyon Moland	5	31	---	---	14	50
T.J. Starks	4	25	---	---	20	49
Rico Turnbull	---	---	19	22	4	45
John Greco	4	35	---	---	5	44
Chad Rinehart	6	28	---	---	7	41
Rex Strickland	6	27	---	---	7	40
Scottie Brodbelt	2	33	---	---	4	39
Brandon LaFell	5	27	---	---	6	38
Jack Sughroue	4	30	---	---	2	36
Tracy Shergalis	2	19	---	---	14	35
Kennedy Welshans	---	---	19	13	3	35
Fili Moala	---	---	12	21	---	33
Rob Gronkowski	2	25	---	---	5	32
Rufus Nunn	3	20	---	---	6	29
Andrew Gardner	4	22	---	---	3	29
Norm Battle	6	23	---	---	---	29
Jeremy Maclin	4	24	---	---	---	28
Trevor Petry	---	---	10	16	2	28
Emmanuel Hill	7	20	---	---	---	27
Winfred Gilmore	3	8	---	---	15	26
Raymond Burgess	0	22	---	---	1	23
Darrell Preston	---	---	7	10	6	23
Tommy Christen	3	12	---	---	7	22
Billy Lutes	3	17	---	---	1	21
John Conner	2	6	---	---	13	21
Gene Clemons	2	8	---	---	---	10
Daryl Mincy	---	---	3	5	1	9
Jerry Saxon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Kerry Bergman	0	0	---	---	6	6
Xavier Saperstein	---	---	0	0	4	4
Calvin Gifford	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dennis Jessie	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	20	89	4.5
Middle	4	17	4.3
Right	18	56	3.1
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	4	4.0
Middle	3	12	4.0
Right	3	12	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Howie Barrett	49	27	3	0	3	9	10	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Raymond Burgess	22	8	1	0	4	5	3	0	1
Emmanuel Hill	18	7	2	3	1	4	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	53	7.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	9	71	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	19	9	111	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	2	46	7.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	3	12	2.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	6	58	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	16	5	63	3.9
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	53	6.6

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Neal Walton	17	9	1	80	0	37
TE Richie Fuller	7	3	1	51	2	40
WR Eddie Royal	6	4	0	59	1	33
WR Arnie Sherry	6	4	0	36	0	15
WR Ethan Blackshear	6	1	1	6	0	21
RB Tommie Peters	3	2	0	20	0	36
TE Ed Dickson	2	2	0	15	0	12
RB Jerald Jenkins	1	1	0	9	0	8
FB Reuben Preston	1	1	0	5	0	28

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jeremy Maclin	9	5	0	96	2	24
WR Kenyon Moland	8	2	3	23	0	31
WR Brandon LaFell	8	3	0	16	0	27
WR Tracy Shergalis	5	1	1	6	0	19
TE Rob Gronkowski	3	0	0	0	0	25
RB T.J. Starks	2	1	1	4	0	25
FB Rufus Nunn	2	1	0	14	0	20
WR Gene Clemons	1	1	0	23	1	8
TE Winfred Gilmore	1	0	0	0	0	8
RB Billy Lutes	1	1	0	4	0	17

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tommie Peters	4	5	1.25	3.86
Buddy Wittich	2	7	3.50	3.78
Jerald Jenkins	1	2	2.00	3.67

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Howie Barrett	7	4	24	3.43	5.73

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Arnie Sherry	2	1	5	2.50	6.00
TE Richie Fuller	2	1	9	4.50	7.29
WR Neal Walton	2	1	5	2.50	4.71
TE Ed Dickson	1	1	5	5.00	7.50

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Tommie Peters	2	1
Jerald Jenkins	2	2

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
T.J. Starks	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Howie Barrett	18	12	10

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Raymond Burgess	5	2	1
Emmanuel Hill	4	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Neal Walton	6	5	4
WR Ethan Blackshear	4	1	1
TE Richie Fuller	4	3	2
WR Arnie Sherry	3	2	2
WR Eddie Royal	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brandon LaFell	4	1	1
WR Jeremy Maclin	2	2	1
WR Kenyon Moland	2	0	0
RB T.J. Starks	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 44,100 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 12,900 (17,700)
End Zone 9,100 (12,700)
Mezzanine 4,700 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 6,900 (11,200)
Club Seats 7,500 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	44,100 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	12,900 (17,700)
End Zone	9,100 (12,700)
Mezzanine	4,700 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	6,900 (11,200)
Club Seats	7,500 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (4,800)