Week 1, 2035

played in Tampa Bay, FL

69 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	14	0	3	-	17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	10	10	3	-	30

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:11 TBY - Britt England 21 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
2Q: 11:19 CAR - Cole Benton 85 interception return (Wes Vance extra point)
2Q: 04:22 TBY - Jason Salinas 49 field goal
2Q: 03:27 TBY - Edward Wyant 6 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
2Q: 01:09 CAR - Kelly Clancy 47 pass from Daniel Billodeaux (Wes Vance extra point)
3Q: 06:31 TBY - Jason Salinas 24 field goal
3Q: 02:47 TBY - Ernest Hancock 25 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
4Q: 12:48 TBY - Jason Salinas 44 field goal
4Q: 07:15 CAR - Wes Vance 55 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:11 TBY - Britt England 21 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
2Q: 11:19 CAR - Cole Benton 85 interception return (Wes Vance extra point)
2Q: 04:22 TBY - Jason Salinas 49 field goal
2Q: 03:27 TBY - Edward Wyant 6 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
2Q: 01:09 CAR - Kelly Clancy 47 pass from Daniel Billodeaux (Wes Vance extra point)
3Q: 06:31 TBY - Jason Salinas 24 field goal
3Q: 02:47 TBY - Ernest Hancock 25 pass from Todd Downs (Jason Salinas extra point)
4Q: 12:48 TBY - Jason Salinas 44 field goal
4Q: 07:15 CAR - Wes Vance 55 field goal

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 12 24
- by Rushing 2 7
- by Passing 8 16
- by Penalty 2 1
Total Net Yards 301 463
- Offensive Plays 56 78
- Yards per Play 5.38 5.94
Net Rushing Yards 74 172
- Rushing Attempts 19 35
- Yards per Rush 3.89 4.91
Net Passing Yards 227 291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 19 - 1 42 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 241 297
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/14 1/6
- Yards per Pass Play 6.14 6.77
Fumbles/Lost 3/2 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.5 7.0
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/50 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/12 3/13
Kick Returns/Yards 5/132 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 2/85 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 26
Time of Possession 21:59 38:01

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	12	24
- by Rushing	2	7
- by Passing	8	16
- by Penalty	2	1
Total Net Yards	301	463
- Offensive Plays	56	78
- Yards per Play	5.38	5.94
Net Rushing Yards	74	172
- Rushing Attempts	19	35
- Yards per Rush	3.89	4.91
Net Passing Yards	227	291
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 19 - 1	42 - 23 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	241	297
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/14	1/6
- Yards per Pass Play	6.14	6.77
Fumbles/Lost	3/2	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	8/18
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.5	7.0
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/50	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/12	3/13
Kick Returns/Yards	5/132	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	2/85	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 26
Time of Possession	21:59	38:01

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:51	OWN 20	5	23	Punt
1	8:57	3:42	OWN 21	5	19	Punt
1	4:12	1:40	OWN 44	3	1	Punt
1	0:39	0:55	OWN 47	3	-1	Punt
2	9:09	1:27	OWN 26	4	14	Punt
2	3:18	2:44	OWN 21	4	79	Touchdown
3	12:26	1:38	OWN 47	4	7	Downs
3	6:25	2:05	OWN 31	4	3	Interception
3	2:34	1:49	OWN 32	6	38	Fumble
4	12:41	1:38	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
4	9:39	2:32	OWN 46	5	16	Field Goal
4	2:13	1:56	OWN 18	11	73	Downs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:09	4:12	OWN 19	7	81	Touchdown
1	5:15	1:03	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
1	2:32	1:53	OWN 6	3	7	Punt
2	14:44	3:34	OWN 15	7	48	Interception
2	11:10	2:01	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
2	7:42	3:28	OWN 23	9	45	Field Goal
2	4:07	0:49	OPP 25	5	25	Touchdown
2	0:34	0:34	OWN 20	4	28	Half
3	15:00	2:34	OWN 20	6	22	Interception
3	10:48	4:23	OWN 46	7	47	Field Goal
3	4:20	1:46	OPP 49	5	49	Touchdown
3	0:45	3:04	OWN 30	6	43	Field Goal
4	11:03	1:24	OWN 16	3	0	Punt
4	7:07	4:54	OWN 20	7	34	Punt
4	0:17	0:17	OWN 9	1	-1	Game

Game MVP: Ernest Hancock, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Thurman Barker	14	64	4.57	31	2	0
Colin Whiting	5	10	2.00	4	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Ernest Hancock	25	122	4.88	22	5
Reggie Pena	7	33	4.71	8	0
Todd Downs	3	17	5.67	9	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Daniel Billodeaux	35	19	241	2/14	1	47	1	73.6

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Todd Downs	42	23	297	1/6	3	44	2	81.1

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Kelly Clancy	4	9	95	23.75	0	47	1
TE Ed Snyder	4	5	40	10.00	11	17	0
WR Julio Demann	3	4	45	15.00	1	16	0
RB Thurman Barker	2	5	24	12.00	9	23	0
FB Walter Southwell	2	3	17	8.50	13	13	0
WR Amir Snyder	2	5	11	5.50	0	6	0
TE Mitch Perkins	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
WR Kennedy Hutton	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Darnell Stargell	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Britt England	8	13	136	17.00	68	44	1
TE Edward Wyant	5	8	49	9.80	6	21	1
WR Benjamin Worthy	3	7	39	13.00	8	30	0
RB Ernest Hancock	3	7	26	8.67	0	25	1
TE Dustin Dattilo	2	5	38	19.00	0	19	0
FB Paul Hardy	1	1	5	5.00	5	5	0
RB Reggie Pena	1	1	4	4.00	0	4	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Cole Benton	2	85	42.50	1

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Emmanuel Gillespie	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov
Julio Demann	2	0
Thurman Barker	1	0
Chuck Chellino	0	1

Tampa Bay	Recov	Force
Ronnie Akroyd	2	1
Rickey Thomason	0	1
Ken Greer	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kayden Samuels	6	291	48.5	43.0	60	4

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bernard Rockwood	5	183	36.6	34.2	40	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wes Vance	1/1	1/1	1/1	55	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Jason Salinas	3/3	2/2	0/0	49	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaiden Fredrickson	2	12	6.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Warren Davidson	3	13	4.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Julio Demann	3	76	25.3	0
Amir Snyder	2	56	28.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Earl McKissick	7	3	0.0	32	35
OLB Antonio Hazam	6	0	0.0	18	14
CB Cole Benton	6	0	0.0	32	36
S Luke Highcove	5	2	0.0	33	40
CB Archie Hickman	5	2	0.0	33	39
OLB Tom Etheridge	5	1	0.0	19	22
S Claude Baugh	4	2	0.0	32	35
S Hugh Abner	4	1	0.0	20	31
DT Lawrence Farmer	3	3	0.0	29	33
DE Kent Cox	2	0	0.5	15	19
ILB Shaun Buckner	2	0	0.0	3	8
DT Henry Booker	1	2	0.5	17	22
DT Quentin Caldwell	1	2	0.0	15	23
DE Van Daniels	1	1	0.0	23	31
S Rick Wiles	1	1	0.0	11	16
WR Kelly Clancy	1	0	---	---	---
DE Marshall Joseph	1	0	0.0	32	36
OLB Alvin Keith	1	0	0.0	10	14
S Luke Spillman	0	1	0.0	5	7

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Ronnie Akroyd	6	2	0.0	19	37
S Ken Greer	6	0	0.0	19	37
CB Quinn Orlando	5	2	0.0	8	18
ILB Donnell Welch	4	3	0.0	19	35
OLB Vinny Compton	3	2	0.5	10	14
DT Andrew Rivera	3	0	0.0	12	22
OLB Wendell McGregor	2	0	1.0	0	2
OLB Rico Fredrickson	2	0	0.0	18	32
DT Antoine Thune	1	1	0.5	7	12
S Marc Carpenter	1	1	0.0	19	37
DE Lorenzo Daniels	1	0	0.0	19	33
RB Ernest Hancock	1	0	---	---	---
S Hardy Graf	1	0	0.0	1	4
DE Buddy Joseph	1	0	0.0	16	23
CB Emmanuel Gillespie	1	0	0.0	19	37
DT Billy Givens	1	0	0.0	9	18
S Cary Garrison	0	1	0.0	2	10

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Kent Cox	0.5	0	0	0	19
DT Henry Booker	0.5	0	0	0	22
DE Van Daniels	0.0	1	3	1	31
DE Marshall Joseph	0.0	0	1	1	36
DT Lawrence Farmer	0.0	0	1	1	33

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Wendell McGregor	1.0	0	0	2
DT Antoine Thune	0.5	0	1	12
OLB Vinny Compton	0.5	0	0	14
DE Buddy Joseph	0.0	1	2	23
DE Jimmie Checovetes	0.0	0	1	14

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Archie Hickman	5	3	0	39
CB Cole Benton	3	2	2	36
S Claude Baugh	3	1	0	35
OLB Antonio Hazam	3	0	0	14
S Hugh Abner	3	0	0	31
ILB Earl McKissick	2	1	0	35
S Luke Highcove	2	0	0	40
ILB Shaun Buckner	2	0	0	8
CB Jay Wolfe	0	1	0	10

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Ronnie Akroyd	6	1	0	37
S Ken Greer	3	0	0	37
CB Quinn Orlando	2	2	0	18
OLB Vinny Compton	2	1	0	14
ILB Donnell Welch	2	0	0	35
CB Emmanuel Gillespie	1	1	1	37
DE Lorenzo Daniels	1	0	0	33
OLB Wendell McGregor	1	0	0	2
DE Buddy Joseph	1	0	0	23

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tyrell Osgood	1	4	19	1	37
Brett Medzihradsky	1	4	19	0	37
Byron Snipes	0	4	19	0	37
Tony Reeves	0	3	19	1	37
Chuck Chellino	0	2	19	0	37
Walter Southwell	0	2	9	0	15

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Walter Oukac	3	6	0	35	0	43
Randal Schechter	2	8	2	35	1	43
Kelly Legge	2	5	0	35	0	43
Norbert Mahoney	2	5	0	35	0	43
J.B. Lujan	1	5	2	35	0	43
Paul Hardy	1	2	0	24	0	30
Dustin Dattilo	1	1	0	19	0	22

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Claude Baugh	1	20
Ed Snyder	1	18
Mitch Perkins	1	13

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Rickey Thomason	4	19
Ernest Hancock	1	19
Hardy Graf	1	18
Warren Davidson	1	12

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Claude Baugh	---	---	32	35	20	87
Earl McKissick	---	---	32	35	10	77
Luke Highcove	---	---	33	40	3	76
Archie Hickman	---	---	33	39	3	75
Marshall Joseph	---	---	32	36	3	71
Cole Benton	---	---	32	36	2	70
Tony Reeves	19	37	---	---	7	63
Lawrence Farmer	---	---	29	33	1	63
Ed Snyder	16	27	---	---	18	61
Daniel Billodeaux	19	37	---	---	1	57
Tyrell Osgood	19	37	---	---	---	56
Brett Medzihradsky	19	37	---	---	---	56
Byron Snipes	19	37	---	---	---	56
Chuck Chellino	19	37	---	---	---	56
Van Daniels	---	---	23	31	1	55
Hugh Abner	---	---	20	31	3	54
Kelly Clancy	16	33	---	---	---	49
Henry Booker	---	---	17	22	7	46
Julio Demann	9	29	---	---	7	45
Tom Etheridge	---	---	19	22	2	43
Kent Cox	---	---	15	19	7	41
Quentin Caldwell	---	---	15	23	3	41
Thurman Barker	14	25	---	---	---	39
Mitch Perkins	8	15	---	---	13	36
Antonio Hazam	---	---	18	14	4	36
Alvin Keith	---	---	10	14	11	35
Kennedy Hutton	8	10	---	---	16	34
Colin Whiting	5	10	---	---	18	33
Rick Wiles	---	---	11	16	4	31
Walter Southwell	9	15	---	---	4	28
Amir Snyder	6	14	---	---	8	28
Luke Spillman	---	---	5	7	11	23
Jay Wolfe	---	---	5	10	6	21
Darnell Stargell	1	2	---	---	16	19
Shaun Buckner	---	---	3	8	5	16
Kaiden Fredrickson	0	0	---	---	16	16
Heath McMichael	---	---	1	2	12	15
Benjamin Linquist	3	5	---	---	5	13
Ian Mahoney	0	0	---	---	7	7
Courtney Zodda	0	0	---	---	7	7
Wes Reynolds	0	0	---	---	7	7
James Slezak	0	0	---	---	7	7
Kayden Samuels	0	0	---	---	6	6
Wes Vance	0	0	---	---	5	5
Wayne Stuart	0	0	---	---	---	0
Cornell Riley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Kelly Legge	35	43	---	---	8	86
Edward Wyant	34	42	---	---	9	85
Ernest Hancock	28	36	---	---	19	83
Britt England	33	42	---	---	4	79
Randal Schechter	35	43	---	---	---	78
Todd Downs	35	43	---	---	---	78
Norbert Mahoney	35	43	---	---	---	78
J.B. Lujan	35	43	---	---	---	78
Walter Oukac	35	43	---	---	---	78
Paul Hardy	24	30	---	---	18	72
Ken Greer	---	---	19	37	13	69
Ronnie Akroyd	---	---	19	37	12	68
Dustin Dattilo	19	22	---	---	17	58
Marc Carpenter	---	---	19	37	1	57
Emmanuel Gillespie	---	---	19	37	1	57
Rico Fredrickson	---	---	18	32	5	55
Donnell Welch	---	---	19	35	1	55
Lorenzo Daniels	---	---	19	33	1	53
Benjamin Worthy	20	26	---	---	1	47
Buddy Joseph	---	---	16	23	1	40
Andrew Rivera	---	---	12	22	2	36
Brock Robinson	---	---	8	16	5	29
Billy Givens	---	---	9	18	2	29
Quinn Orlando	---	---	8	18	1	27
Vinny Compton	---	---	10	14	---	24
Hardy Graf	---	---	1	4	18	23
Jimmie Checovetes	---	---	3	14	6	23
Cary Garrison	---	---	2	10	11	23
Ty Jonas	8	7	---	---	6	21
Bennie Comella	---	---	1	6	13	20
Antoine Thune	---	---	7	12	---	19
Rickey Thomason	0	0	---	---	19	19
Warren Davidson	2	3	---	---	12	17
Theodore Moss	0	0	---	---	17	17
Reggie Pena	7	7	---	---	---	14
Wendell McGregor	---	---	0	2	11	13
Jason Salinas	0	0	---	---	10	10
Doug Emerson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Donald Peterson	0	0	---	---	8	8
Jamal Small	0	0	---	---	8	8
Winston Beattie	0	0	---	---	8	8
Bernard Rockwood	0	0	---	---	5	5
Alexander Dedds	0	0	---	---	3	3
Al Bornstein	---	---	0	0	2	2
Norman Idomir	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bennett Amaral	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	10	2.0
Middle	11	44	4.0
Right	3	20	6.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	43	6.1
Middle	20	82	4.1
Right	7	48	6.9
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Daniel Billodeaux	35	19	3	2	3	5	4	0	1

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Todd Downs	42	23	6	1	2	8	5	3	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	2	14	2.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	8	63	7.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	7	94	5.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	2	70	35.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	7	40	5.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	7	67	4.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	95	8.6
Long (19+ Yds)	10	4	95	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kelly Clancy	9	4	0	95	2	33
TE Ed Snyder	5	4	1	40	0	27
RB Thurman Barker	5	2	0	24	1	25
WR Amir Snyder	5	2	0	11	0	14
WR Julio Demann	4	3	0	45	0	29
FB Walter Southwell	3	2	1	17	0	15
TE Mitch Perkins	2	1	1	8	0	15
WR Kennedy Hutton	1	1	0	1	0	10
WR Darnell Stargell	1	0	0	0	0	2

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Britt England	13	8	0	136	3	42
TE Edward Wyant	8	5	1	49	1	42
WR Benjamin Worthy	7	3	0	39	1	26
RB Ernest Hancock	7	3	1	26	1	36
TE Dustin Dattilo	5	2	0	38	0	22
FB Paul Hardy	1	1	0	5	0	30
RB Reggie Pena	1	1	0	4	0	7

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Ernest Hancock	2	3	1.50	4.88
Reggie Pena	1	4	4.00	4.71

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Daniel Billodeaux	4	1	9	2.25	6.89

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Todd Downs	3	1	6	2.00	7.07

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Kelly Clancy	2	1	9	4.50	10.56
WR Darnell Stargell	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Amir Snyder	1	0	0	0.00	2.20

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Edward Wyant	1	1	6	6.00	6.13
RB Ernest Hancock	1	0	0	0.00	3.71
WR Britt England	1	0	0	0.00	10.46

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Thurman Barker	3	0
Colin Whiting	1	0

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Reggie Pena	3	1
Ernest Hancock	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Daniel Billodeaux	10	6	3

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Todd Downs	14	10	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Kelly Clancy	3	1	1
TE Ed Snyder	2	2	1
WR Kennedy Hutton	1	1	0
RB Thurman Barker	1	1	1
WR Darnell Stargell	1	0	0
WR Julio Demann	1	1	0
WR Amir Snyder	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Edward Wyant	4	3	3
WR Benjamin Worthy	4	2	2
WR Britt England	4	3	2
FB Paul Hardy	1	1	0
RB Reggie Pena	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 28,500 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 6,900 (17,700)
End Zone 4,500 (12,700)
Mezzanine 2,900 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 4,800 (11,200)
Club Seats 5,400 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,000 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	28,500 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	6,900 (17,700)
End Zone	4,500 (12,700)
Mezzanine	2,900 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	4,800 (11,200)
Club Seats	5,400 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,000 (4,800)