Week 17, 2015

played in Carolina, NC

25 degrees, snow, 7 mph wind

Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	7	7	0	-	21
Carolina Panthers	0	7	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:44 TBY - David Nelson 6 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)
2Q: 11:55 CAR - Jonathan Stewart 35 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 03:15 TBY - Vincent Jackson 35 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)
3Q: 10:32 TBY - Vincent Jackson 23 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:44 TBY - David Nelson 6 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)
2Q: 11:55 CAR - Jonathan Stewart 35 run (Graham Gano extra point)
2Q: 03:15 TBY - Vincent Jackson 35 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)
3Q: 10:32 TBY - Vincent Jackson 23 pass from Jameis Winston (Connor Barth extra point)

Team Statistics TBY CAR
Record 7-9 8-8
First Downs 20 10
- by Rushing 5 3
- by Passing 13 7
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 316 223
- Offensive Plays 73 63
- Yards per Play 4.33 3.54
Net Rushing Yards 58 63
- Rushing Attempts 35 21
- Yards per Rush 1.66 3.00
Net Passing Yards 258 160
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 23 - 0 41 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 278 169
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/20 1/9
- Yards per Pass Play 6.79 3.81
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 5/16 4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.8 10.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 4/35 7/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/7 3/47
Kick Returns/Yards 1/27 3/64
Interception Ret./Yards 2/19 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/0 0/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 30
Time of Possession 34:45 25:15

Team Statistics	TBY	CAR
Record	7-9	8-8
First Downs	20	10
- by Rushing	5	3
- by Passing	13	7
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	316	223
- Offensive Plays	73	63
- Yards per Play	4.33	3.54
Net Rushing Yards	58	63
- Rushing Attempts	35	21
- Yards per Rush	1.66	3.00
Net Passing Yards	258	160
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 23 - 0	41 - 21 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	278	169
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/20	1/9
- Yards per Pass Play	6.79	3.81
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	5/16	4/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.8	10.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	4/35	7/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/7	3/47
Kick Returns/Yards	1/27	3/64
Interception Ret./Yards	2/19	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/0	0/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 30
Time of Possession	34:45	25:15

Drive Charts

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:21	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
1	13:08	5:32	OWN 31	11	69	Touchdown
1	4:33	1:20	OWN 20	4	23	Punt
1	1:46	1:34	OWN 30	4	-7	Punt
1	0:12	1:12	OWN 40	5	16	Fumble
2	11:39	2:54	OWN 20	7	62	Missed FG
2	6:49	3:45	OWN 33	7	67	Touchdown
2	1:07	0:39	OPP 46	3	-5	Punt
3	12:55	2:38	OWN 38	5	62	Touchdown
3	6:08	1:37	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
3	3:08	2:10	OWN 20	5	1	Punt
4	14:40	1:43	OWN 25	3	-8	Punt
4	11:42	2:27	OWN 20	6	13	Punt
4	8:19	2:17	OWN 7	3	2	Punt
4	3:55	1:54	OWN 34	3	5	Punt
4	0:36	0:36	OPP 44	2	-2	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:39	0:31	OWN 25	3	0	Punt
1	7:36	3:03	OWN 33	6	27	Punt
1	3:13	1:27	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	14:00	2:21	OWN 44	5	56	Touchdown
2	8:45	1:56	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
2	3:04	1:57	OWN 20	4	17	Interception
2	0:28	0:28	OWN 20	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	2:05	OWN 19	3	4	Punt
3	10:17	4:09	OWN 20	9	37	Punt
3	4:31	1:23	OWN 42	4	16	Punt
3	0:58	1:18	OWN 37	3	-8	Punt
4	12:57	1:15	OPP 40	3	-6	Punt
4	9:15	0:56	OWN 28	3	9	Punt
4	6:02	2:07	OWN 48	6	18	Interception
4	2:01	1:25	OWN 13	7	31	Downs

Game MVP: Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Doug Martin	18	30	1.67	12	1
Charles Sims	10	8	0.80	8	0
Jameis Winston	4	12	3.00	10	1
Jorvorskie Lane	2	12	6.00	8	0
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	1	-4	-4.00	-4	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jonathan Stewart	13	63	4.85	35	3	1
Oliver Doyle	3	-3	-1.00	1	0	0
Cameron Artis-Payne	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
Derek Krieg	2	3	1.50	4	0	0
Teddy Williams	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jameis Winston	35	23	278	3/20	3	35	0	118.5

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Krieg	41	21	169	1/9	0	21	2	41.6

Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Vincent Jackson	5	12	114	22.80	30	35	2
WR David Nelson	5	5	20	4.00	0	12	1
WR Mike Evans	5	6	79	15.80	9	29	0
TE Brandon Myers	3	5	55	18.33	28	28	0
FB Jorvorskie Lane	2	3	0	0.00	1	1	0
RB Doug Martin	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
WR Russell Shepard	1	1	11	11.00	2	11	0
RB Charles Sims	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0
WR Kenny Bell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Devin Funchess	6	11	49	8.17	0	15
TE Greg Olsen	4	6	16	4.00	0	8
WR Corey Brown	4	5	45	11.25	35	21
RB Jonathan Stewart	2	6	9	4.50	0	6
WR Teddy Williams	2	8	6	3.00	0	3
FB Mike Tolbert	1	2	14	14.00	7	14
RB Cameron Artis-Payne	1	1	14	14.00	16	14
TE Scott Simonson	1	1	16	16.00	0	16
WR Ted Ginn	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Chris Conte	1	6	6.00	0
OLB Lavonte David	1	13	13.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force
Sterling Moore	1	0	0
Charles Sims	1	0	0
Evan Smith	0	1	0
Rex Gerhardt	0	1	0
David Nelson	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Devin Funchess	1	0	0
Nicolas Jones	0	1	0
Mike Tolbert	0	0	1
A.J. Klein	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jacob Schum	10	439	43.9	35.2	57	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brad Nortman	10	442	44.2	35.5	56	1

Kicking Statistics

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Connor Barth	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Graham Gano	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sterling Moore	3	7	2.3	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devin Funchess	3	47	15.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
David Nelson	1	27	27.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devin Funchess	3	64	21.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Lavonte David	7	0	0.0	15	34
S Chris Conte	5	0	0.0	21	42
CB Sterling Moore	5	0	0.0	11	35
CB Alterraun Verner	4	2	0.0	19	42
ILB Kwon Alexander	4	1	0.0	21	39
S Major Wright	3	1	0.0	21	42
DT Gerald McCoy	3	0	0.0	9	10
OLB Larry English	2	0	0.0	9	4
OLB Rex Gerhardt	2	0	0.0	6	8
DE Jacquies Smith	1	0	1.0	20	36
DT Tony McDaniel	1	5	0.0	13	19
CB Mike Jenkins	1	1	0.0	17	40
DT Henry Melton	1	1	0.0	14	34
S Bradley McDougald	1	0	0.0	4	15
DE Martin Ifedi	1	0	0.0	18	37

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Luke Kuechly	14	3	1.0	35	38
S Roman Harper	8	3	0.0	35	38
DE Charles Johnson	6	1	0.0	34	32
DE Jared Allen	5	1	2.0	23	30
DT Star Lotulelei	4	2	0.0	29	32
OLB Thomas Davis	4	1	0.0	22	27
S Dominic Craighead	4	1	0.0	14	8
S Colin Jones	2	2	0.0	17	23
CB Bene' Benwikere	2	2	0.0	35	38
WR Teddy Williams	2	0	---	---	---
CB Cassius Vaughn	1	1	0.0	17	15
DE Ryan Delaire	1	1	0.0	13	8
OLB Shaq Thompson	1	1	0.0	7	9
DT Dwan Edwards	1	0	0.0	21	25
S Tre Boston	1	0	0.0	18	28
OLB A.J. Klein	0	2	0.0	21	12
S Charles Tillman	0	1	0.0	4	7
DE Chris Canty	0	1	0.0	17	13
CB Nicolas Jones	0	1	0.0	20	29

Pass Rush Statistics

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Jacquies Smith	1.0	3	1	36
DT Gerald McCoy	0.0	1	0	10
DE William Gholston	0.0	1	0	16
DE Martin Ifedi	0.0	0	2	37
DT Henry Melton	0.0	0	1	34
OLB Lavonte David	0.0	0	1	34
ILB Kwon Alexander	0.0	0	1	39

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jared Allen	2.0	0	2	0	30
ILB Luke Kuechly	1.0	0	0	1	38
DE Charles Johnson	0.0	1	0	1	32
DT Star Lotulelei	0.0	0	1	1	32
DT Dwan Edwards	0.0	0	1	0	25
DE Chris Canty	0.0	0	1	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Sterling Moore	5	1	0	35
ILB Kwon Alexander	3	0	0	39
S Major Wright	2	1	0	42
OLB Lavonte David	2	0	1	34
CB Alterraun Verner	2	0	0	42
OLB Larry English	1	1	0	4
DT Henry Melton	1	1	0	34
S Chris Conte	1	0	1	42
DT Tony McDaniel	1	0	0	19
CB Mike Jenkins	1	0	0	40
DT Gerald McCoy	1	0	0	10
S Bradley McDougald	1	0	0	15

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Luke Kuechly	5	0	38
S Roman Harper	3	0	38
S Colin Jones	3	0	23
S Tre Boston	2	1	28
OLB Thomas Davis	2	0	27
CB Bene' Benwikere	2	0	38
DE Jared Allen	1	0	30
CB Cassius Vaughn	1	0	15
OLB A.J. Klein	1	0	12
DT Star Lotulelei	1	0	32
OLB Shaq Thompson	1	0	9
S Dominic Craighead	1	0	8

Blocking Statistics

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Demar Dotson	3	5	35	0	38
Mike Adams	2	7	35	1	38
J.C. Kemp	1	6	35	1	38
Joe Hawley	1	5	35	0	38
Ali Marpet	0	6	35	1	38
Luke Stocker	0	1	16	0	8
Jorvorskie Lane	0	1	16	0	18

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Amini Silatolu	1	6	0	21	0	42
Ryan Kalil	1	5	1	21	1	42
Trai Turner	1	5	1	21	0	42
Greg Olsen	0	2	0	20	0	31
Mike Tolbert	0	1	0	15	0	12

Special Teams Tackles

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
David Nelson	3	26
Keith Tandy	2	36
Russell Shepard	1	6

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Bene' Benwikere	2	13
Mike Tolbert	1	21
Oliver Doyle	1	14

Participation

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
J.C. Kemp	35	38	---	---	11	84
Demar Dotson	35	38	---	---	---	73
Joe Hawley	35	38	---	---	---	73
Mike Adams	35	38	---	---	---	73
Ali Marpet	35	38	---	---	---	73
Jameis Winston	35	38	---	---	---	73
Mike Evans	31	36	---	---	---	67
Vincent Jackson	32	31	---	---	---	63
Mike Jenkins	---	---	17	40	6	63
Major Wright	---	---	21	42	---	63
Chris Conte	---	---	21	42	---	63
Alterraun Verner	---	---	19	42	---	61
Kwon Alexander	---	---	21	39	---	60
Henry Melton	---	---	14	34	10	58
David Nelson	14	17	---	---	26	57
Sterling Moore	---	---	11	35	11	57
Jacquies Smith	---	---	20	36	---	56
Martin Ifedi	---	---	18	37	---	55
Doug Martin	23	29	---	---	1	53
Lavonte David	---	---	15	34	1	50
Keith Tandy	---	---	4	8	36	48
Jorvorskie Lane	16	18	---	---	13	47
Charles Sims	12	6	---	---	26	44
Brandon Myers	16	25	---	---	2	43
Rex Gerhardt	---	---	6	8	23	37
Luke Stocker	16	8	---	---	10	34
Tony McDaniel	---	---	13	19	---	32
Bradley McDougald	---	---	4	15	12	31
Gerald McCoy	---	---	9	10	10	29
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	7	2	---	---	16	25
William Gholston	---	---	6	16	---	22
Russell Shepard	4	9	---	---	6	19
Larry English	---	---	9	4	---	13
Korey Battle	4	6	---	---	3	13
Logan Mankins	0	0	---	---	11	11
Evan Smith	0	0	---	---	11	11
Jacob Schum	0	0	---	---	11	11
Roosevelt Godzik	0	0	---	---	11	11
Anthony Guthrie	0	0	---	---	11	11
Kenny Bell	0	3	---	---	7	10
Bruce Carter	---	---	0	0	6	6
Connor Barth	0	0	---	---	5	5
Zane Berti	---	---	3	1	1	5
Mike Glennon	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ryan Griffin	0	0	---	---	---	0
D.J. Lewis	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bene' Benwikere	---	---	35	38	13	86
Roman Harper	---	---	35	38	1	74
Luke Kuechly	---	---	35	38	1	74
Trai Turner	21	42	---	---	10	73
Charles Johnson	---	---	34	32	4	70
Nicolas Jones	---	---	20	29	21	70
Star Lotulelei	---	---	29	32	3	64
Ryan Kalil	21	42	---	---	---	63
Amini Silatolu	21	42	---	---	---	63
Derek Krieg	21	42	---	---	---	63
Nolan Schroeder	21	42	---	---	---	63
Noah McConnell	21	42	---	---	---	63
Jared Allen	---	---	23	30	6	59
A.J. Klein	---	---	21	12	24	57
Tre Boston	---	---	18	28	11	57
Devin Funchess	10	33	---	---	14	57
Greg Olsen	20	31	---	---	4	55
Thomas Davis	---	---	22	27	1	50
Colin Jones	---	---	17	23	9	49
Mike Tolbert	15	12	---	---	21	48
Dwan Edwards	---	---	21	25	---	46
Ted Ginn	13	28	---	---	---	41
Teddy Williams	12	28	---	---	---	40
Jonathan Stewart	14	23	---	---	1	38
Cassius Vaughn	---	---	17	15	1	33
Cameron Artis-Payne	3	4	---	---	26	33
Corey Brown	6	26	---	---	---	32
Ryan Delaire	---	---	13	8	11	32
Chris Canty	---	---	17	13	1	31
Oliver Doyle	5	11	---	---	14	30
Dominic Craighead	---	---	14	8	5	27
Scott Simonson	5	1	---	---	16	22
Brenton Bersin	0	3	---	---	16	19
Anquan Boldin	2	10	---	---	6	18
Shaq Thompson	---	---	7	9	---	16
Charles Tillman	---	---	4	7	---	11
Fernando Velasco	0	0	---	---	10	10
Brad Nortman	0	0	---	---	10	10
Chris Scott	0	0	---	---	10	10
Ross Wilt	0	0	---	---	10	10
Wade Reynolds	0	0	---	---	10	10
Mario Addison	---	---	1	6	1	8
David Mayo	---	---	2	0	4	6
Graham Gano	0	0	---	---	2	2
Derek Anderson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chase Daniel	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	10	1.7
Middle	23	35	1.5
Right	4	15	3.8
None	2	-2	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	20	5.0
Middle	9	8	0.9
Right	7	36	5.1
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jameis Winston	35	23	8	3	2	1	5	3	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Krieg	41	21	1	0	3	4	6	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	-9	-3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	10	83	4.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	71	11.8
Long (19+ Yds)	8	5	133	16.6

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	10	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	12	88	5.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	7	71	4.2
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vincent Jackson	12	5	1	114	3	31
WR Mike Evans	6	5	0	79	3	36
TE Brandon Myers	5	3	1	55	2	25
WR David Nelson	5	5	0	20	0	17
FB Jorvorskie Lane	3	2	0	0	0	18
RB Doug Martin	1	1	0	3	0	29
WR Russell Shepard	1	1	0	11	0	9
RB Charles Sims	1	1	0	-4	0	6
WR Kenny Bell	1	0	0	0	0	3

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Devin Funchess	11	6	1	49	0	33
WR Teddy Williams	8	2	0	6	0	28
TE Greg Olsen	6	4	0	16	0	31
RB Jonathan Stewart	6	2	2	9	0	23
WR Corey Brown	5	4	0	45	1	26
FB Mike Tolbert	2	1	0	14	0	12
WR Ted Ginn	1	0	0	0	0	28
RB Cameron Artis-Payne	1	1	0	14	0	4
TE Scott Simonson	1	1	0	16	0	1

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Charles Sims	2	-3	-1.50	0.80

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jameis Winston	3	2	9	3.00	7.94

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Brandon Myers	1	1	3	3.00	11.00
WR David Nelson	1	1	6	6.00	4.00
FB Jorvorskie Lane	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Charles Sims	3	0
Doug Martin	2	1
Jameis Winston	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Jonathan Stewart	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jameis Winston	9	6	4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Krieg	15	10	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Vincent Jackson	5	2	2
WR David Nelson	2	2	2
FB Jorvorskie Lane	1	1	0
WR Mike Evans	1	1	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Devin Funchess	5	3	1
TE Greg Olsen	3	3	0
WR Teddy Williams	3	1	0
WR Corey Brown	2	2	1
RB Jonathan Stewart	1	0	0
RB Cameron Artis-Payne	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 73,800 (73,800 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,100 (21,100)
End Zone 15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats 11,400 (11,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,900 (3,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	73,800 (73,800 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,100 (21,100)
End Zone	15,200 (15,200)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats	11,400 (11,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,900 (3,900)