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Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Carolina Panthers14

Tampa Bay Buccaneers16✓

Final · Saturday, January 3, 2026 · 4:30 p.m. ET · Raymond James Stadium

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

Linescore

Team	1	2	3	4	T
Panthers	0	7	0	7	14
Buccaneers	10	3	0	3	16

Scoring summary

Clock	Play	Team	Detail	CAR–TB
Q1
9:31	TD	Buccaneers	Cade Otton 18 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick)	0–7
1:57	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 29 Yd Field Goal	0–10
Q2
10:50	TD	Panthers	Tommy Tremble 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)	7–10
0:02	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 36 Yd Field Goal	7–13
Q4
14:12	FG	Buccaneers	Chase McLaughlin 48 Yd Field Goal	7–16
2:27	TD	Panthers	Jalen Coker 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)	14–16

Team stats

Stat	Panthers	Buccaneers
First downs	16	21
Total yards	285	338
Yards per play	5.8	5.1
Passing yards	266	198
Comp / att	24/35	16/22
Rushing yards	19	140
Third down	1-8	8-15
Fourth down	2-2	0-0
Red zone	2-2	1-3
Turnovers	3	1
Penalties – yards	5-46	6-45
Sacks – yards lost	0-0	2-5
Possession	22:35	37:25
Plays	49	66

Also	Panthers	Buccaneers
Passing first downs	13	12
Rushing first downs	1	7
First downs by penalty	2	2
Drives	10	9
Yards per pass	7.6	8.3
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Rushing attempts	14	42
Yards per rush	1.4	3.3
Fumbles lost	2	0
Defensive / special-teams TDs	0	0

Player lines

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
9Bryce Young	24/35	266	7.6	2	1	0-0	44.9	98.0

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
30Chuba Hubbard	5	10	2.0	5
5Rico Dowdle	7	10	1.4	4
9Bryce Young	2	-1	-0.5	0
Team	14	19	1.4	5

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
4Tetairoa McMillan	4	85	21.3	0	40	6
18Jalen Coker	6	47	7.8	1	18	7
82Tommy Tremble	3	38	12.7	1	17	4
87Brycen Tremayne	2	27	13.5	0	20	2
17Xavier Legette	3	22	7.3	0	12	4
5Rico Dowdle	2	20	10.0	0	25	2
15Jimmy Horn Jr.	1	15	15.0	0	15	1
30Chuba Hubbard	2	7	3.5	0	5	2
84Mitchell Evans	1	5	5.0	0	5	2
Team	24	266	11.1	2	40	30

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
5Rico Dowdle	1	1	1
4Tetairoa McMillan	1	1	0
9Bryce Young	1	0	0
Team	3	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
95Derrick Brown	13	5	0	0	0	0
21Nick Scott	9	6	0	0	0	0
56Christian Rozeboom	8	6	0	0	2	0
2Mike Jackson	7	4	0	0	0	0
7Tre'von Moehrig	6	4	1	2	0	1
40Krys Barnes	6	2	0.5	1	0	1
98DJ Wonnum	5	4	0	0	0	0
11Nic Scourton	5	2	0.5	0	0	1
94A'Shawn Robinson	5	1	0	0	0	1
26Chau Smith-Wade	4	3	0	0	0	0
52Trevis Gipson	2	1	0	0	0	0
3Princely Umanmielen	2	1	0	1	0	0
48Thomas Incoom	2	1	0	0	0	0
22Lathan Ransom	2	0	0	0	1	0
97Bobby Brown III	1	1	0	1	0	0
55Maema Njongmeta	1	1	0	0	0	0
93LaBryan Ray	1	0	0	0	0	0
92Cam Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0
57Bam Martin-Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	81	42	2	5	3	4

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
56Christian Rozeboom	1	20	0

Punt returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
23Trevor Etienne	1	3	3.0	3
87Brycen Tremayne	1	0	0.0	0
Team	2	3	1.5	3

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
10Ryan Fitzgerald	0/1	0.0	0	2/2	2	—

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6Sam Martin	3	139	46.3	1	1	50

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
6Baker Mayfield	16/22	203	9.2	1	1	2-5	73.5	97.3

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	LONG
7Bucky Irving	26	85	3.3	9
6Baker Mayfield	4	31	7.8	11
1Rachaad White	7	23	3.3	7
15Tez Johnson	1	5	5.0	5
44Sean Tucker	4	-4	-1.0	3
Team	42	140	3.3	11

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
88Cade Otton	7	94	13.4	1	22	9
13Mike Evans	2	34	17.0	0	21	2
1Rachaad White	2	18	9.0	0	11	2
15Tez Johnson	1	17	17.0	0	17	1
7Bucky Irving	1	13	13.0	0	13	2
11Jalen McMillan	1	11	11.0	0	11	1
14Chris Godwin Jr.	1	8	8.0	0	8	1
2Emeka Egbuka	1	8	8.0	0	8	3
87Payne Durham	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	16	203	12.7	1	22	22

Fumbles

Player	FUM	REC
6Baker Mayfield	1	1
44Sean Tucker	1	0
54Lavonte David	0	1
38Rashad Wisdom	0	1
21Benjamin Morrison	0	1
Team	2	4

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	TFL	PD	QB HTS
54Lavonte David	6	5	0	0	0
23Tykee Smith	5	4	0	0	0
0Yaya Diaby	4	3	1	0	0
50Vita Vea	3	3	1	0	0
25Jacob Parrish	3	3	0	1	0
31Antoine Winfield Jr.	3	1	0	1	0
48J.T. Gray	2	2	0	0	0
29Christian Izien	2	2	0	0	0
8SirVocea Dennis	2	2	1	0	0
5Haason Reddick	2	1	0	0	0
21Benjamin Morrison	2	1	0	0	0
13Mike Evans	1	1	0	0	0
95Elijah Roberts	1	1	0	0	0
96Greg Gaines	1	0	0	0	0
90Logan Hall	1	0	0	0	0
94Calijah Kancey	0	0	0	0	1
Team	38	29	3	2	1

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
25Jacob Parrish	1	0	0

Kick returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
44Sean Tucker	3	57	19.0	21	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS	Made from
4Chase McLaughlin	3/4	75.0	48	1/1	10	29, 36, 48

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
9Riley Dixon	3	130	43.3	0	3	46

Entering Week 18

The table after Week 17, the way the standings read when this game kicked off.

Carolina Panthers · 8-8 · 1st in the NFC South

Tampa Bay Buccaneers · 7-9 · 2nd in the NFC South

Officials and attendance

Attendance: 65,082

Officials: Field Judge Rick Patterson · Down Judge Sarah Thomas · Referee Brad Allen · Side Judge Chad Hill · Line Judge Walter Flowers · Back Judge Tyree Walton · Umpire Marcus Woods

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