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Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers20

Carolina Panthers23✓

Final · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · 1:00 p.m. ET · Bank of America Stadium

Head coaches: Todd Bowles (Buccaneers) · Dave Canales (Panthers)

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Buccaneers	7	3	7	3	20
Panthers	3	10	7	3	23

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	TB–CAR
Q1
10:30	FG	Panthers	Ryan Fitzgerald 27 Yd Field Goal	0–3
4:01	TD	Buccaneers	Mike Evans 1 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	7–3
Q2
8:09	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 23 Yd Field Goal	10–3
2:06	FG	Panthers	Ryan Fitzgerald 41 Yd Field Goal	10–6
0:07	TD	Panthers	Tetairoa McMillan 22 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)	10–13
Q3
6:41	TD	Buccaneers	Sean Tucker 1 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	17–13
0:08	TD	Panthers	Ja'Tavion Sanders 6 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)	17–20
Q4
11:24	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 50 Yd Field Goal	20–20
2:20	FG	Panthers	Ryan Fitzgerald 48 Yd Field Goal	20–23

Team stats

Stat	Buccaneers	Panthers
First downs	20	16
Total yards	296	275
Yards per play	4.9	5.1
Passing yards	127	174
Comp / att	18/26	21/32
Rushing yards	169	101
Third down	8-14	6-12
Fourth down	0-0	0-0
Red zone	2-3	1-2
Turnovers	1	0
Penalties – yards	8-56	5-30
Sacks – yards lost	2-18	2-17
Possession	34:36	25:24
Plays	61	54

Also	Buccaneers	Panthers
Passing first downs	9	9
Rushing first downs	8	7
First downs by penalty	3	0
Drives	9	9
Yards per pass	4.5	5.1
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Rushing attempts	33	20
Yards per rush	5.1	5.1
Fumbles lost	0	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
6Baker Mayfield	18/26	145	5.6	1	1	2-18	60.2	79.8

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
7Bucky Irving	19	71	3.7	0	12
6Baker Mayfield	4	49	12.3	0	26
1Rachaad White	5	45	9.0	0	39
44Sean Tucker	4	3	0.8	1	3
11Jalen McMillan	1	1	1.0	0	1
Team	33	169	5.1	1	39

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
2Emeka Egbuka	1	40	40.0	0	40	2
13Mike Evans	5	31	6.2	1	12	9
14Chris Godwin Jr.	5	30	6.0	0	13	6
88Cade Otton	2	15	7.5	0	9	2
11Jalen McMillan	2	15	7.5	0	10	3
1Rachaad White	2	15	7.5	0	13	2
15Tez Johnson	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1	1
Team	18	145	8.1	1	40	25

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
54Lavonte David	10	6	1	1	0	1
8SirVocea Dennis	8	6	1	1	0	2
21Benjamin Morrison	7	5	0	1	0	0
25Jacob Parrish	5	2	0	0	2	0
35Jamel Dean	4	3	0	0	1	0
90Logan Hall	4	2	0	0	0	1
23Tykee Smith	4	2	0	0	1	1
5Haason Reddick	3	2	0	0	0	0
43Chris Braswell	2	1	0	1	0	0
96Greg Gaines	2	0	0	0	0	0
31Antoine Winfield Jr.	2	0	0	0	0	0
86Evan Deckers	1	1	0	0	0	0
0Yaya Diaby	1	1	0	0	0	2
19Kameron Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0
57John Bullock	1	0	0	0	0	0
97Adam Gotsis	0	0	0	0	0	1
50Vita Vea	0	0	0	0	1	1
Team	55	32	2	4	5	9

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
19Kameron Johnson	3	101	33.7	44
44Sean Tucker	2	36	18.0	23
Team	5	137	27.4	44

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
19Kameron Johnson	1	7	7.0	7	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
4Chase McLaughlin	2/2	100.0	50	2/2	8	23, 50

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9Riley Dixon	3	134	44.7	0	1	47

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
9Bryce Young	21/32	191	6.0	2	0	2-17	73.0	102.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
5Rico Dowdle	9	29	3.2	13
30Chuba Hubbard	6	27	4.5	10
15Jimmy Horn Jr.	1	25	25.0	25
9Bryce Young	4	20	5.0	9
Team	20	101	5.1	25

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4Tetairoa McMillan	6	73	12.2	1	22	10
18Jalen Coker	3	47	15.7	0	34	5
84Mitchell Evans	3	23	7.7	0	10	3
5Rico Dowdle	4	14	3.5	0	8	6
17Xavier Legette	1	12	12.0	0	12	3
0Ja'Tavion Sanders	2	9	4.5	1	6	2
30Chuba Hubbard	1	7	7.0	0	7	1
82Tommy Tremble	1	6	6.0	0	6	1
Team	21	191	9.1	2	34	31

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
21Nick Scott	10	9	0	0	0	0
53Claudin Cherelus	8	6	0	0	0	0
7Tre'von Moehrig	7	5	0	0	0	0
56Christian Rozeboom	7	3	1	1	0	1
95Derrick Brown	5	3	1	1	0	1
26Chau Smith-Wade	5	3	0	0	0	0
29Akayleb Evans	4	2	0	0	0	0
11Nic Scourton	4	2	0	1	0	0
8Jaycee Horn	3	3	0	1	0	0
98DJ Wonnum	3	1	0	0	0	0
2Mike Jackson	2	2	0	1	3	0
93LaBryan Ray	2	1	0	0	0	0
97Bobby Brown III	2	1	0	0	0	0
87Brycen Tremayne	2	0	0	0	0	0
40Krys Barnes	1	1	0	0	0	0
94A'Shawn Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
33Robert Rochell	1	0	0	0	0	0
55Maema Njongmeta	1	0	0	0	0	0
22Lathan Ransom	1	0	0	0	1	0
3Princely Umanmielen	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	70	42	2	5	4	2

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
22Lathan Ransom	1	5	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
23Trevor Etienne	3	33	11.0	13	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
10Ryan Fitzgerald	3/3	100.0	48	2/2	11	27, 41, 48

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6Sam Martin	3	136	45.3	0	2	49

Entering Week 16

The table after Week 15, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 7-7 · 1st in the NFC South

Carolina Panthers · 7-7 · 2nd in the NFC South

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 73,530

Officials: Line Judge Jeff Seeman · Back Judge Dino Paganelli · Field Judge Dyrol Prioleau · Side Judge Boris Cheek · Referee Shawn Smith · Umpire Tra Blake · Down Judge Jay Bilbo

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