Week 1, 2044

played in Tampa Bay, FL

89 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	7	7	7	-	21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	3	0	9	-	22

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:06 TBY - Ryan Garrison 41 field goal
1Q: 04:32 TBY - Orlando McKeon 14 run (Ryan Garrison extra point)
2Q: 09:29 TBY - Ryan Garrison 28 field goal
2Q: 05:30 CAR - Justics Delaroche 2 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 07:37 CAR - Odell Beckham Jr 15 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 04:56 TBY - Ryan Garrison 35 field goal
4Q: 02:06 CAR - Brandon Cooks 22 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 00:04 TBY - Junior Woodard 4 run (Dean Strong run for conversion failed)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:06 TBY - Ryan Garrison 41 field goal
1Q: 04:32 TBY - Orlando McKeon 14 run (Ryan Garrison extra point)
2Q: 09:29 TBY - Ryan Garrison 28 field goal
2Q: 05:30 CAR - Justics Delaroche 2 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 07:37 CAR - Odell Beckham Jr 15 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 04:56 TBY - Ryan Garrison 35 field goal
4Q: 02:06 CAR - Brandon Cooks 22 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
4Q: 00:04 TBY - Junior Woodard 4 run (Dean Strong run for conversion failed)

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 16 23
- by Rushing 3 7
- by Passing 13 14
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 329 370
- Offensive Plays 45 78
- Yards per Play 7.31 4.74
Net Rushing Yards 64 127
- Rushing Attempts 19 41
- Yards per Rush 3.37 3.10
Net Passing Yards 265 243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 25 - 16 - 0 35 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 270 255
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/5 2/12
- Yards per Pass Play 10.19 6.57
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/8 9/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.8 7.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/81 4/20
Punt Returns/Yards 3/34 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 4/98 3/64
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 1/0
Red Zone Visits 3 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 28
Time of Possession 21:03 38:57

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	16	23
- by Rushing	3	7
- by Passing	13	14
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	329	370
- Offensive Plays	45	78
- Yards per Play	7.31	4.74
Net Rushing Yards	64	127
- Rushing Attempts	19	41
- Yards per Rush	3.37	3.10
Net Passing Yards	265	243
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	25 - 16 - 0	35 - 26 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	270	255
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/5	2/12
- Yards per Pass Play	10.19	6.57
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/8	9/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.8	7.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/81	4/20
Punt Returns/Yards	3/34	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	4/98	3/64
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	1/0
Red Zone Visits	3	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 28
Time of Possession	21:03	38:57

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:14	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	9:58	1:38	OWN 42	3	-2	Punt
1	4:24	2:12	OWN 24	3	8	Punt
2	9:24	4:01	OWN 31	7	69	Touchdown
2	0:37	0:37	OWN 34	5	61	Half
3	10:35	3:08	OWN 24	7	76	Touchdown
3	5:32	1:51	OWN 32	3	8	Punt
3	1:27	1:06	OWN 47	3	-2	Punt
4	11:21	2:47	OWN 2	5	10	Punt
4	4:51	2:53	OWN 31	6	69	Touchdown

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:46	3:48	OWN 29	7	47	Field Goal
1	8:20	3:56	OWN 5	10	95	Touchdown
1	2:12	7:48	OWN 26	14	63	Field Goal
2	5:23	4:46	OWN 33	10	40	Missed FG
3	15:00	4:25	OWN 20	8	28	Punt
3	7:27	1:55	OWN 37	3	-1	Punt
3	3:41	2:14	OWN 19	3	6	Punt
3	0:21	4:00	OWN 20	8	36	Punt
4	8:34	3:43	OPP 44	8	26	Field Goal
4	1:58	1:58	OWN 35	8	65	Touchdown

Game MVP: Junior Woodard, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Cary Hicks	9	44	4.89	17	1	0
Justics Delaroche	9	13	1.44	9	0	1
Geno Smith	1	7	7.00	7	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Orlando McKeon	29	106	3.66	14	2	1
Dean Strong	10	10	1.00	7	0	0
Junior Woodard	2	11	5.50	7	0	1

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	25	16	270	1/5	2	48	0	127.1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Junior Woodard	35	26	255	2/12	0	27	0	94.3

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Odell Beckham Jr	7	10	156	22.29	72	48	1
WR Brandon Cooks	5	7	72	14.40	37	22	1
RB Cary Hicks	3	3	29	9.67	21	18	0
RB Justics Delaroche	1	4	13	13.00	4	13	0
WR Giovanni McDaniel	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Parker Cruise	10	14	122	12.20	33	27
RB Orlando McKeon	5	6	28	5.60	27	16
WR Maurice Kinney	4	4	41	10.25	11	20
WR Howard Rucci	3	6	23	7.67	13	21
TE Darrell Gil	1	2	11	11.00	11	11
WR Donovan McCauley	1	1	15	15.00	0	15
RB Jose Sherman	1	1	9	9.00	4	9
TE Damian Gibson	1	1	6	6.00	6	6

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Kaiden Jefferson	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Damian Gibson	1	0	0	0
Parker Cruise	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	6	270	45.0	41.7	55	2

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Gino James	4	164	41.0	32.5	47	3

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	3/3

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ryan Garrison	3/4	1/2	0/0	41	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaiden Jefferson	3	34	11.3	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	3	72	24.0	0
Giovanni McDaniel	1	26	26.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Howard Rucci	2	41	20.5	0
Donovan McCauley	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	11	4	2.0	37	32
S Chuck Pritchett	11	0	0.0	36	35
CB Kaiden Jefferson	7	2	0.0	27	30
CB Trevor Briel	7	0	0.0	36	33
ILB Corwin McEwen	6	4	0.0	35	31
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	5	1	0.0	37	30
OLB Bob Guest	4	2	0.0	30	23
S Xavier Winslett	4	1	0.0	39	36
DT Renaldo Jeffries	3	1	0.0	24	24
CB Todd Coleman	2	2	0.0	37	36
ILB Junior Atkins	2	0	0.0	6	6
DE Melvin McConnell	2	0	0.0	28	26
OLB Manti Te'o	1	2	0.0	3	4
ILB Derrick Bryant	1	0	0.0	11	8
S Brady Worrell	1	0	0.0	11	9
S Braxton Frederick	0	2	0.0	3	2
DT Grant May	0	1	0.0	17	13

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Jared Craig	6	1	0.0	19	26
S Byron Lofton	6	1	0.0	17	26
ILB Brandon Fisk	6	0	0.0	19	26
OLB Andy Bullock	4	0	0.0	10	14
CB Trae Waynes	2	2	0.0	18	24
CB Jermaine Handley	2	0	0.0	13	20
DE Lincoln Gunn	1	0	1.0	13	23
DT Cory Rose	1	1	0.0	13	15
DT Tevin Nunez	1	1	0.0	16	20
DT Bucky Melnick	1	0	0.0	7	5
S Kendall Brewer	1	0	0.0	7	9
OLB Bryant Dennis	1	0	0.0	9	11
ILB Ben Utley	1	0	0.0	4	4
CB Wendell Campbell	0	1	0.0	19	26
DT Drake Taylor	0	1	0.0	8	9

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	2.0	0	32
OLB Bob Guest	0.0	1	23
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0.0	1	30
DE Darnell Arnold	0.0	1	7

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Lincoln Gunn	1.0	1	1	23
DT Tevin Nunez	0.0	1	1	20
ILB Brandon Fisk	0.0	1	0	26
S Jared Craig	0.0	1	0	26
S Byron Lofton	0.0	1	0	26
DT Cory Rose	0.0	1	0	15

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Kaiden Jefferson	6	0	30
CB Trevor Briel	5	0	33
S Chuck Pritchett	3	0	35
S Xavier Winslett	3	0	36
OLB Dennis Crimm	2	1	32
ILB Corwin McEwen	2	0	31
OLB Manti Te'o	1	0	4
ILB Derrick Bryant	1	0	8
ILB Junior Atkins	1	0	6
S Brady Worrell	1	0	9
CB Todd Coleman	1	0	36

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Byron Lofton	4	0	26
OLB Andy Bullock	3	0	14
CB Trae Waynes	2	1	24
ILB Brandon Fisk	2	0	26
S Jared Craig	2	0	26
CB Bobby Cooper	1	0	2
S Kendall Brewer	1	0	9
CB Jermaine Handley	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Danny Stephens	1	5	19	0	26
Michael Wasserman	1	4	19	0	26
Donnie Wile	1	3	19	0	26
Justin Wiggin	1	3	19	0	26
Alonzo Tripp	1	2	19	1	26
Skip Rowe	0	1	11	0	14

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Trent Greene	4	8	41	1	37
Luke Joeckel	3	10	41	0	37
Tyrell Osborne	2	10	41	0	37
Calvin Wolf	2	5	41	1	37
Daryl Montgomery	1	3	22	0	11
Ereck Flowers	1	2	41	0	37
Darrell Gil	1	1	34	0	32

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Manti Te'o	2	20
Lucas Cheng	1	11

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Archie Melvin	4	17
Aaron Moss	1	18
Darrell Gil	1	13
Alfredo Levine	1	9

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Xavier Winslett	---	---	39	36	3	78
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	36	35	6	77
Todd Coleman	---	---	37	36	4	77
Trevor Briel	---	---	36	33	5	74
Dennis Crimm	---	---	37	32	4	73
Corwin McEwen	---	---	35	31	5	71
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	37	30	4	71
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	27	30	7	64
Bob Guest	---	---	30	23	4	57
Melvin McConnell	---	---	28	26	2	56
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	24	24	5	53
Justin Wiggin	19	26	---	---	6	51
Brandon Cooks	13	22	---	---	13	48
Danny Stephens	19	26	---	---	---	45
Geno Smith	19	26	---	---	---	45
Donnie Wile	19	26	---	---	---	45
Alonzo Tripp	19	26	---	---	---	45
Michael Wasserman	19	26	---	---	---	45
Lucas Cheng	10	21	---	---	11	42
Odell Beckham Jr	14	22	---	---	1	37
Justics Delaroche	9	11	---	---	14	34
Skip Rowe	11	14	---	---	6	31
Grant May	---	---	17	13	1	31
Clyde Pieri	---	---	13	11	6	30
Derrick Bryant	---	---	11	8	10	29
Seth Chu	13	11	---	---	5	29
Manti Te'o	---	---	3	4	20	27
Cary Hicks	10	15	---	---	1	26
Thurman Stevens	---	---	8	4	12	24
Josh Phillips	3	5	---	---	15	23
Roderick Dahnke	5	3	---	---	15	23
Brady Worrell	---	---	11	9	2	22
Giovanni McDaniel	7	6	---	---	9	22
Braxton Frederick	---	---	3	2	12	17
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	6	7	3	16
Junior Atkins	---	---	6	6	3	15
Darnell Arnold	---	---	4	7	2	13
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Louis Tate	0	0	---	---	6	6
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	6	6
Cody Strong	0	0	---	---	6	6
A.J. Cann	0	0	---	---	6	6
Byron Sims	---	---	3	0	3	6
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0
Gilbert Brisman	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Trent Greene	41	37	---	---	8	86
Darrell Gil	34	32	---	---	13	79
Junior Woodard	41	37	---	---	---	78
Tyrell Osborne	41	37	---	---	---	78
Luke Joeckel	41	37	---	---	---	78
Calvin Wolf	41	37	---	---	---	78
Ereck Flowers	41	37	---	---	---	78
Parker Cruise	40	37	---	---	---	77
Howard Rucci	32	27	---	---	15	74
Orlando McKeon	31	20	---	---	1	52
Wendell Campbell	---	---	19	26	1	46
Brandon Fisk	---	---	19	26	---	45
Jared Craig	---	---	19	26	---	45
Byron Lofton	---	---	17	26	1	44
Trae Waynes	---	---	18	24	---	42
Jermaine Handley	---	---	13	20	8	41
Daryl Montgomery	22	11	---	---	6	39
Lincoln Gunn	---	---	13	23	3	39
Donovan McCauley	9	20	---	---	9	38
Glen Anzivino	---	---	14	22	1	37
Tevin Nunez	---	---	16	20	---	36
Damian Gibson	17	10	---	---	8	35
Cory Rose	---	---	13	15	6	34
Dean Strong	10	15	---	---	5	30
Andy Bullock	---	---	10	14	5	29
Aaron Moss	6	3	---	---	18	27
Jose Sherman	0	2	---	---	21	23
Ben Utley	---	---	4	4	14	22
Maurice Kinney	4	8	---	---	9	21
Kendall Brewer	---	---	7	9	4	20
Bryant Dennis	---	---	9	11	---	20
Drake Taylor	---	---	8	9	1	18
Archie Melvin	0	0	---	---	17	17
Bobby Cooper	---	---	1	2	12	15
Bucky Melnick	---	---	7	5	1	13
Dixon Greer	---	---	2	3	8	13
Alfredo Levine	---	---	0	1	9	10
Ryan Garrison	0	0	---	---	9	9
Donnie Anthony	0	0	---	---	8	8
Mitch McCree	0	0	---	---	8	8
Caleb Radecki	0	0	---	---	8	8
Phil Graham	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gino James	0	0	---	---	4	4
Sawyer Huntley	0	0	---	---	4	4
Robert Griffin III	0	0	---	---	---	0
Mitch Morse	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	33	3.3
Middle	4	13	3.3
Right	5	18	3.6
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	9	0.8
Middle	14	57	4.1
Right	15	61	4.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	25	16	6	1	1	1	6	2	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Junior Woodard	35	26	4	2	3	1	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	73	12.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	5	79	8.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	49	6.1
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	69	34.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	40	8.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	14	113	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	78	8.7
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	24	8.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Odell Beckham Jr	10	7	0	156	4	22
WR Brandon Cooks	7	5	1	72	2	22
RB Justics Delaroche	4	1	0	13	0	11
RB Cary Hicks	3	3	0	29	0	15
WR Giovanni McDaniel	1	0	0	0	0	6

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Parker Cruise	14	10	0	122	2	37
WR Howard Rucci	6	3	2	23	1	27
RB Orlando McKeon	6	5	0	28	0	20
WR Maurice Kinney	4	4	0	41	1	8
TE Darrell Gil	2	1	1	11	0	32
WR Donovan McCauley	1	1	0	15	0	20
RB Jose Sherman	1	1	0	9	0	2
TE Damian Gibson	1	1	0	6	0	10

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Justics Delaroche	3	6	2.00	1.44

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Dean Strong	3	-9	-3.00	1.00
Junior Woodard	1	4	4.00	5.50
Orlando McKeon	1	14	14.00	3.66

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	2	2	18	9.00	10.80

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Junior Woodard	3	2	16	5.33	7.29

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	1	15	15.00	15.60
WR Brandon Cooks	1	1	3	3.00	10.29

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Darrell Gil	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Howard Rucci	1	1	3	3.00	3.83
WR Parker Cruise	1	1	13	13.00	8.71

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Justics Delaroche	4	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Orlando McKeon	1	1
Dean Strong	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	4	1	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Junior Woodard	16	14	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Justics Delaroche	3	0	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Parker Cruise	7	6	4
RB Orlando McKeon	4	4	2
WR Howard Rucci	3	2	0
WR Maurice Kinney	1	1	1
WR Donovan McCauley	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (17,700)
End Zone 12,700 (12,700)
Mezzanine 7,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 10,800 (11,200)
Club Seats 12,000 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,300 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (17,700)
End Zone	12,700 (12,700)
Mezzanine	7,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	10,800 (11,200)
Club Seats	12,000 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (4,800)