Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | |
| Carolina Panthers | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 10:30 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Ryan Fitzgerald 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:01 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers touchdown. Mike Evans 1 Yd pass from Baker Mayfield (Chase McLaughlin Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 8:09 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers field goal. Chase McLaughlin 23 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:06 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Ryan Fitzgerald 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:07 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Tetairoa McMillan 22 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 6:41 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers touchdown. Sean Tucker 1 Yd Rush (Chase McLaughlin Kick) |
| 0:08 | Carolina Panthers touchdown. Ja'Tavion Sanders 6 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:24 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers field goal. Chase McLaughlin 50 Yd Field Goal |
| 2:20 | Carolina Panthers field goal. Ryan Fitzgerald 48 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Total first downs | 20 | 16 |
| First downs from rushing | 8 | 7 |
| First downs from passing | 9 | 9 |
| First downs from penalties | 3 | 0 |
| Third down | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 8 | 6 |
| Third down percentage | 57 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Total yards | 296 | 275 |
| Total rushing yards | 169 | 101 |
| Total passing yards | 127 | 174 |
| Total offensive plays | 61 | 54 |
| Average yards per play | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| Time of possession | 34:36 | 25:24 |
| Rushing | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Total rushing plays | 33 | 20 |
| Total rushing yards | 169 | 101 |
| Average yards per rush | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.5 | 5.1 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 56 | 30 |
| Turnovers | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Carolina Panthers |
| Passes intercepted | 1 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Bucky Irving | 19 | 71 | 3.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Baker Mayfield | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Rachaad White | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 39 | ||||
| Sean Tucker | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Jalen McMillan | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Rico Dowdle | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Bryce Young | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Baker Mayfield | 26 | 18 | 69 % | 145 | 5.6 | 1 | 1 | 2-18 | 60.3 |
| Carolina Panthers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Bryce Young | 32 | 21 | 66 % | 191 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 2-17 | 72.4 |
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Mike Evans | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Cade Otton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jalen McMillan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Rachaad White | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Tez Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Tetairoa McMillan | 6 | 73 | 12.2 | 1 | 22 | ||||
| Jalen Coker | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Mitchell Evans | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Rico Dowdle | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Xavier Legette | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ja'Tavion Sanders | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Lathan Ransom | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Lavonte David | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SirVocea Dennis | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benjamin Morrison | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jacob Parrish | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jamel Dean | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Logan Hall | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tykee Smith | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Braswell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Gaines | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Evan Deckers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yaya Diaby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kameron Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Bullock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Adam Gotsis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vita Vea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carolina Panthers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Nick Scott | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Christian Rozeboom | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Claudin Cherelus | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Derrick Brown | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chau Smith-Wade | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Akayleb Evans | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nic Scourton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jaycee Horn | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D.J. Wonnum | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Jackson | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LaBryan Ray | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Brown III | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brycen Tremayne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Krys Barnes | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Rochell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maema Njongmeta | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lathan Ransom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Princely Umanmielen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Kameron Johnson | 3 | 101 | 33.7 | 44 | 0 | ||||
| Sean Tucker | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Kameron Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Trevor Etienne | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Chase McLaughlin | 2/2 | 50 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Carolina Panthers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Ryan Fitzgerald | 3/3 | 48 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Riley Dixon | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | 47 | |||
| Carolina Panthers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Sam Martin | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 0 | 2 | 49 | |||
Last updated on Monday, December 22, 2025 1:57 AM.