Week 17, 2048

played in Carolina, NC

53 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	0	7	3	-	10
Carolina Panthers	7	0	7	24	-	38

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:34 CAR - Marco Walters 13 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 07:46 CAR - Zane Nichols 2 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 04:31 TBY - Carson Bradford 10 pass from Johnny Marsh (Korey Newman extra point)
4Q: 15:00 CAR - Brandon Cooks 11 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 10:22 TBY - Korey Newman 48 field goal
4Q: 06:55 CAR - Carlos Hyde 17 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 02:45 CAR - Branden Melancon 33 field goal
4Q: 01:27 CAR - Devonte Lee 4 run (Branden Melancon extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:34 CAR - Marco Walters 13 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 07:46 CAR - Zane Nichols 2 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 04:31 TBY - Carson Bradford 10 pass from Johnny Marsh (Korey Newman extra point)
4Q: 15:00 CAR - Brandon Cooks 11 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 10:22 TBY - Korey Newman 48 field goal
4Q: 06:55 CAR - Carlos Hyde 17 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 02:45 CAR - Branden Melancon 33 field goal
4Q: 01:27 CAR - Devonte Lee 4 run (Branden Melancon extra point)

Team Statistics TBY CAR
Record 5-11 10-6
First Downs 21 19
- by Rushing 3 6
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 3 0
Total Net Yards 354 366
- Offensive Plays 75 52
- Yards per Play 4.72 7.04
Net Rushing Yards 60 84
- Rushing Attempts 21 19
- Yards per Rush 2.86 4.42
Net Passing Yards 294 282
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 51 - 29 - 0 31 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 310 293
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 5.44 8.55
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 2/0
3rd Down Conversions 9/20 2/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 7.4
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 3/22 11/70
Punt Returns/Yards 2/12 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 6/91 3/89
Interception Ret./Yards 1/20 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 5/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 42
Time of Possession 33:35 26:25

Team Statistics	TBY	CAR
Record	5-11	10-6
First Downs	21	19
- by Rushing	3	6
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	3	0
Total Net Yards	354	366
- Offensive Plays	75	52
- Yards per Play	4.72	7.04
Net Rushing Yards	60	84
- Rushing Attempts	21	19
- Yards per Rush	2.86	4.42
Net Passing Yards	294	282
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	51 - 29 - 0	31 - 24 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	310	293
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	5.44	8.55
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	2/0
3rd Down Conversions	9/20	2/8
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	7.4
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	3/22	11/70
Punt Returns/Yards	2/12	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	6/91	3/89
Interception Ret./Yards	1/20	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	6
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	5/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 42
Time of Possession	33:35	26:25

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:28	3:17	OWN 18	5	14	Punt
1	8:44	3:22	OWN 45	6	16	Punt
1	3:42	5:38	OWN 22	12	47	Missed FG
2	12:24	1:48	OPP 39	3	8	Missed FG
2	7:25	1:37	OWN 20	4	23	Fumble
2	4:40	3:50	OWN 20	9	55	Missed FG
3	15:00	4:11	OWN 7	8	43	Punt
3	7:39	3:15	OWN 24	7	76	Touchdown
4	14:53	4:38	OWN 22	9	47	Field Goal
4	6:43	1:35	OWN 11	6	14	Downs
4	2:39	0:41	OWN 23	4	-10	Downs
4	1:20	1:20	OWN 29	3	36	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:32	OWN 39	3	61	Touchdown
1	10:11	1:27	OWN 11	3	4	Punt
1	5:22	1:40	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	13:04	0:40	OWN 38	2	11	Interception
2	10:36	3:11	OWN 38	7	22	Punt
2	5:48	1:08	OPP 43	3	5	Punt
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 32	5	9	Punt
3	10:49	3:10	OWN 22	6	78	Touchdown
3	4:24	4:31	OWN 37	8	63	Touchdown
4	10:15	3:32	OPP 46	5	46	Touchdown
4	5:08	2:29	OPP 25	3	9	Field Goal
4	1:58	0:38	OPP 13	4	13	Touchdown

Game MVP: Geno Smith, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Rich Chandler	12	37	3.08	14	1
K.C. Rayburn	7	20	2.86	10	1
Deon Tucker	1	0	0.00	0	0
Andrew Wilson	1	3	3.00	3	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Devonte Lee	10	25	2.50	8	0	1
Carlos Hyde	9	59	6.56	17	2	1

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Johnny Marsh	48	27	274	3/16	1	31	0	79.6
Lukas Banks	3	2	36	0/0	0	32	0	107.6

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	31	24	293	2/11	3	45	1	124.8

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Parker Cruise	9	15	99	11.00	9	31	0
WR Norbert Mossberg	5	8	42	8.40	2	24	0
WR Carson Bradford	5	8	57	11.40	14	19	1
WR Nelson Agholor	3	4	45	15.00	23	32	0
TE Ryan Hudson	2	3	18	9.00	0	11	0
RB Rich Chandler	2	3	22	11.00	18	23	0
WR Maurice Kinney	1	4	17	17.00	1	17	0
RB K.C. Rayburn	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
FB Deon Tucker	1	1	14	14.00	8	14	0
TE Bryson Snyder	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon Cooks	9	11	160	17.78	28	45	1
RB Carlos Hyde	4	4	38	9.50	26	22	0
WR Zane Nichols	3	5	23	7.67	22	15	1
WR Johnathan Horton	3	4	36	12.00	9	21	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	2	3	17	8.50	0	11	0
TE Marco Walters	2	3	19	9.50	6	13	1
FB Kody Coles	1	1	0	0.00	2	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Marc Logan	1	20	20.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Force
Parker Cruise	1	0
Miles Vance	0	1
Trae Waynes	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Carlos Hyde	1	1	0
Brandon Cooks	1	1	0
Chuck Pritchett	0	1	0
Eugene Hamilton	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Trenton Wormeck	3	124	41.3	34.7	57	1

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sam Pace	5	232	46.4	36.0	58	2

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Korey Newman	1/4	1/4	0/0	48	1/1

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	5/5

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rich Chandler	2	12	6.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marc Logan	5	81	16.2	0
Wendell Campbell	1	10	10.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	3	89	29.7	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Miles Vance	7	3	0.0	13	31
OLB Salvador Paddock	4	1	0.0	18	29
ILB Nick Fincher	4	0	0.0	16	32
DT Jeffrey Garcia	4	0	0.0	17	14
DE Gus Beyer	3	2	1.0	19	33
DT Nathaniel Peterson	3	3	0.0	13	25
CB Trae Waynes	3	1	0.0	16	30
DE Lincoln Gunn	2	0	1.0	13	27
S Emmanuel Bennett	2	2	0.0	9	17
OLB Randall Harvey	2	1	0.0	9	6
CB Marc Logan	1	1	0.0	10	18
CB Wendell Campbell	1	0	0.0	2	11
CB Mack Linquist	1	0	0.0	9	13
S Steven Carl	1	0	0.0	12	27
OLB Grant Holmes	1	0	0.0	10	13
S Raul Burtner	1	0	0.0	2	4
DT Herb Brady	0	1	0.0	7	8
DT Kenny Clark	0	1	0.0	8	20

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Louis Parrish	9	4	0.0	21	50
S Chuck Pritchett	8	1	0.0	21	53
S Harvey Keyes	7	1	0.0	21	51
OLB Deion Jones	4	1	1.5	12	32
OLB Dennis Crimm	4	3	0.0	21	45
CB Todd Coleman	4	3	0.0	21	53
CB James Cunningham	4	1	0.0	15	42
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	3	1	1.0	16	42
CB Eugene Hamilton	3	1	0.0	21	49
DE Melvin McConnell	2	0	0.5	18	40
ILB Joey Simmons	1	1	0.0	4	10
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	0	---	---	---
S Josue Logue	1	0	0.0	6	20
ILB Myles Jack	1	0	0.0	5	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Gus Beyer	1.0	1	0	33
DE Lincoln Gunn	1.0	0	0	27
S Emmanuel Bennett	0.0	1	0	17
S Steven Carl	0.0	1	0	27
DT Jeffrey Garcia	0.0	0	1	14

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Deion Jones	1.5	0	0	32
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1.0	1	0	42
DE Melvin McConnell	0.5	0	0	40
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	0.0	2	0	27
DT Tevin Nunez	0.0	1	1	27
DE Clyde Pieri	0.0	1	0	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Salvador Paddock	4	1	0	29
S Miles Vance	4	0	0	31
ILB Nick Fincher	3	0	0	32
CB Trae Waynes	3	0	0	30
CB Mack Linquist	2	1	0	13
S Emmanuel Bennett	2	0	0	17
CB Marc Logan	1	0	1	18
CB Wendell Campbell	1	0	0	11
DE Lincoln Gunn	1	0	0	27
DT Nathaniel Peterson	1	0	0	25
OLB Randall Harvey	1	0	0	6
S Steven Carl	1	0	0	27

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Louis Parrish	7	0	50
S Harvey Keyes	6	1	51
S Chuck Pritchett	4	1	53
CB Eugene Hamilton	3	4	49
CB Todd Coleman	3	2	53
CB James Cunningham	3	1	42
S Josue Logue	1	1	20
ILB Joey Simmons	1	0	10
OLB Deion Jones	1	0	32
OLB Donte Beard	0	1	4

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Brayden Lincoln	3	5	21	1	54
Rico Hawn	1	4	21	1	51
Ryan Hudson	1	2	9	0	21
Ereck Flowers	0	4	21	1	52
Angel Pinner	0	3	21	0	49
Jeff Wilkerson	0	2	21	0	47
Bryson Snyder	0	1	11	0	33

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Leroy McCormick	5	6	1	16	0	33
Francisco Hardy	3	3	1	18	0	33
Kody Coles	1	4	0	11	0	26
Lorenzo Tucker	1	2	0	16	1	33
Donnie Wile	0	1	0	3	0	0
Alonzo Tripp	0	1	0	19	0	33
Louis Tate	0	1	0	4	0	0
Marco Walters	0	1	0	8	0	14
Tyrus McWilliams	0	0	0	15	1	33

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Kinney	1	15
Marc Logan	1	13
Miles Vance	1	2

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Brandon Cooks	3	13
James Cunningham	1	22
Will Jeffries	1	16
Karl Joseph	1	15
Josue Logue	1	9
Louis Tate	1	6

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ereck Flowers	21	52	---	---	7	80
Angel Pinner	21	49	---	---	7	77
Brayden Lincoln	21	54	---	---	---	75
Johnny Marsh	21	51	---	---	---	72
Rico Hawn	21	51	---	---	---	72
Jeff Wilkerson	21	47	---	---	---	68
Nick Fincher	---	---	16	32	12	60
Gus Beyer	---	---	19	33	6	58
Parker Cruise	15	40	---	---	---	55
Rich Chandler	13	27	---	---	14	54
Bryson Snyder	11	33	---	---	8	52
Trae Waynes	---	---	16	30	3	49
Maurice Kinney	7	26	---	---	15	48
Norbert Mossberg	13	29	---	---	6	48
Salvador Paddock	---	---	18	29	1	48
Miles Vance	---	---	13	31	2	46
Ryan Hudson	9	21	---	---	14	44
Deon Tucker	10	21	---	---	11	42
Lincoln Gunn	---	---	13	27	1	41
Marc Logan	---	---	10	18	13	41
Emmanuel Bennett	---	---	9	17	13	39
Nathaniel Peterson	---	---	13	25	1	39
Steven Carl	---	---	12	27	---	39
Carson Bradford	9	28	---	---	---	37
Jeffrey Garcia	---	---	17	14	1	32
K.C. Rayburn	8	23	---	---	---	31
Grant Holmes	---	---	10	13	6	29
Kenny Clark	---	---	8	20	1	29
Mack Linquist	---	---	9	13	5	27
Nelson Agholor	2	10	---	---	14	26
Randall Harvey	---	---	9	6	9	24
Marquis Sweeney	0	6	---	---	17	23
Herb Brady	---	---	7	8	5	20
Russell King	---	---	6	5	6	17
Andrew Wilson	8	6	---	---	2	16
Wendell Campbell	---	---	2	11	2	15
Raul Burtner	---	---	2	4	9	15
Norbert Guilbeaux	0	7	---	---	7	14
Ricky Harkless	0	3	---	---	7	10
Mark Blackburn	0	7	---	---	---	7
Glenn Woods	0	0	---	---	7	7
Trenton Wormeck	0	0	---	---	7	7
Korey Newman	0	0	---	---	7	7
Shaun Collins	---	---	0	0	7	7
Lukas Banks	0	3	---	---	---	3
Todd Gaarder	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Todd Coleman	---	---	21	53	14	88
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	21	53	6	80
James Cunningham	---	---	15	42	22	79
Harvey Keyes	---	---	21	51	4	76
Louis Parrish	---	---	21	50	4	75
Eugene Hamilton	---	---	21	49	4	74
Dennis Crimm	---	---	21	45	6	72
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	16	42	4	62
Melvin McConnell	---	---	18	40	4	62
Brandon Cooks	13	32	---	---	13	58
Leroy McCormick	16	33	---	---	5	54
Alonzo Tripp	19	33	---	---	1	53
Geno Smith	19	33	---	---	---	52
Kody Coles	11	26	---	---	15	52
Francisco Hardy	18	33	---	---	---	51
Lorenzo Tucker	16	33	---	---	---	49
Tyrus McWilliams	15	33	---	---	---	48
Deion Jones	---	---	12	32	3	47
Tevin Nunez	---	---	12	27	3	42
Timothy Dromeshauser	---	---	9	27	2	38
Zane Nichols	9	25	---	---	3	37
Devonte Lee	10	10	---	---	16	36
Josue Logue	---	---	6	20	9	35
Carlos Hyde	9	21	---	---	---	30
Johnathan Horton	10	16	---	---	---	26
Marco Walters	8	14	---	---	4	26
Joey Simmons	---	---	4	10	10	24
Will Jeffries	5	1	---	---	16	22
Eli Bouler	11	8	---	---	3	22
Karl Joseph	---	---	0	7	15	22
Clyde Pieri	---	---	3	14	4	21
Darnell Arnold	---	---	5	12	1	18
Brody Stewart	4	2	---	---	12	18
Myles Jack	---	---	5	9	2	16
Odell Beckham Jr	5	10	---	---	---	15
Donte Beard	---	---	0	4	8	12
Jerome Kirk	4	0	---	---	6	10
Louis Tate	4	0	---	---	6	10
Donnie Wile	3	0	---	---	6	9
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	6	6
Devon Wayne	---	---	0	4	2	6
Sam Pace	0	0	---	---	5	5
Devonte Buchanan	---	---	0	3	---	3
Logan O'Field	0	0	---	---	1	1
Frankie Blanchard	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	27	3.9
Middle	12	29	2.4
Right	2	4	2.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	23	4.6
Middle	10	30	3.0
Right	4	31	7.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Johnny Marsh	48	27	4	4	2	10	5	1	0
Lukas Banks	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	31	24	5	0	1	2	3	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	13	2.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	22	13	92	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	8	137	10.5
Long (19+ Yds)	11	3	68	6.2

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	52	7.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	9	74	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	6	85	7.7
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	82	41.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Parker Cruise	15	9	2	99	2	40
WR Norbert Mossberg	8	5	0	42	1	29
WR Carson Bradford	8	5	0	57	0	28
WR Maurice Kinney	4	1	0	17	0	26
WR Nelson Agholor	4	3	0	45	1	10
TE Bryson Snyder	4	0	0	0	0	33
TE Ryan Hudson	3	2	0	18	0	21
RB Rich Chandler	3	2	0	22	1	27
RB K.C. Rayburn	1	1	0	-4	0	23
FB Deon Tucker	1	1	0	14	0	21

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	11	9	0	160	3	32
WR Zane Nichols	5	3	0	23	0	25
RB Carlos Hyde	4	4	0	38	1	21
WR Johnathan Horton	4	3	0	36	1	16
WR Odell Beckham Jr	3	2	0	17	0	10
TE Marco Walters	3	2	1	19	0	14
FB Kody Coles	1	1	0	0	0	26

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Devonte Lee	5	9	1.80	2.50
Carlos Hyde	2	19	9.50	6.56

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Johnny Marsh	2	2	9	4.50	5.71

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	3	3	26	8.67	9.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Carson Bradford	2	2	9	4.50	7.13

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brandon Cooks	1	1	11	11.00	14.55
WR Zane Nichols	1	1	2	2.00	4.60
TE Marco Walters	1	1	13	13.00	6.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Rich Chandler	7	2

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Carlos Hyde	1	1
Devonte Lee	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Johnny Marsh	12	9	6
Lukas Banks	1	1	1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	5	3	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Parker Cruise	4	4	1
WR Norbert Mossberg	3	2	2
WR Maurice Kinney	2	1	1
WR Carson Bradford	1	1	1
WR Nelson Agholor	1	1	1
TE Ryan Hudson	1	1	1
RB Rich Chandler	1	0	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brandon Cooks	2	1	0
WR Zane Nichols	2	1	1
WR Johnathan Horton	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 77,500 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats 13,000 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	77,500 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,500 (15,500)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,700 (13,700)
Club Seats	13,000 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)