Week 1, 2050

played in Tampa Bay, FL

89 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	3	0	0	0	-	3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0	3	0	6	-	9

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:39 CAR - J.C. Cooley 25 field goal
2Q: 10:30 TBY - Bruce Battles 36 field goal
4Q: 10:36 TBY - Bruce Battles 34 field goal
4Q: 00:21 TBY - Bruce Battles 43 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 05:39 CAR - J.C. Cooley 25 field goal
2Q: 10:30 TBY - Bruce Battles 36 field goal
4Q: 10:36 TBY - Bruce Battles 34 field goal
4Q: 00:21 TBY - Bruce Battles 43 field goal

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 11 17
- by Rushing 6 11
- by Passing 5 4
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 210 414
- Offensive Plays 57 67
- Yards per Play 3.68 6.18
Net Rushing Yards 88 274
- Rushing Attempts 24 37
- Yards per Rush 3.67 7.41
Net Passing Yards 122 140
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 32 - 14 - 0 28 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 125 158
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/3 2/18
- Yards per Pass Play 3.70 4.67
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 5/15 5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.3 8.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/60 6/34
Punt Returns/Yards 1/10 2/18
Kick Returns/Yards 1/12 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 22
Time of Possession 26:02 33:58

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	11	17
- by Rushing	6	11
- by Passing	5	4
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	210	414
- Offensive Plays	57	67
- Yards per Play	3.68	6.18
Net Rushing Yards	88	274
- Rushing Attempts	24	37
- Yards per Rush	3.67	7.41
Net Passing Yards	122	140
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	32 - 14 - 0	28 - 16 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	125	158
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/3	2/18
- Yards per Pass Play	3.70	4.67
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	5/15	5/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.3	8.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/60	6/34
Punt Returns/Yards	1/10	2/18
Kick Returns/Yards	1/12	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 22
Time of Possession	26:02	33:58

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:22	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
1	10:22	4:48	OWN 37	9	55	Field Goal
1	4:10	1:44	OWN 36	3	2	Punt
2	14:43	1:17	OWN 47	3	1	Punt
2	10:23	6:45	OWN 25	12	38	Punt
2	1:47	1:16	OWN 20	4	13	Punt
3	12:53	1:44	OWN 11	3	9	Punt
3	7:21	4:07	OWN 20	9	37	Punt
4	10:29	2:19	OWN 27	6	16	Punt
4	5:02	0:59	OWN 21	3	1	Punt
4	0:14	0:14	OWN 25	2	0	Game

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:38	3:16	OWN 22	9	48	Missed FG
1	5:34	1:24	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
1	2:26	2:43	OWN 24	7	43	Fumble
2	13:26	3:03	OWN 5	5	76	Field Goal
2	3:38	1:51	OWN 20	5	30	Punt
2	0:31	0:31	OWN 19	2	7	Half
3	15:00	2:07	OWN 25	3	-7	Punt
3	11:09	3:48	OWN 48	6	15	Punt
3	3:14	7:45	OWN 20	14	63	Field Goal
4	8:10	3:08	OWN 4	5	80	Fumble
4	4:03	3:49	OWN 37	8	37	Field Goal

Game MVP: Charles Peppers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Gavin Hernandez	14	35	2.50	11	1
RB Les Monahan	6	29	4.83	7	0
QB Steven Huffman	4	24	6.00	9	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Kristopher Hawkins	14	45	3.21	10	1
QB Charles Peppers	9	101	11.22	61	1
RB Pedro Myers	8	51	6.38	16	1
RB Roger Alston	6	77	12.83	48	3

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steven Huffman	32	14	125	1/3	0	41	0	54.8

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Charles Peppers	28	16	158	2/18	0	32	0	73.2

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Alfredo Sweeney	5	10	54	10.80	28	41
RB Les Monahan	3	5	14	4.67	3	5
TE Rondell Farrell	2	4	17	8.50	5	9
RB Gavin Hernandez	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
WR Ike Heubeck	1	2	29	29.00	16	29
RB Deion Connell	1	1	3	3.00	1	3
WR Rico Clemons	1	4	4	4.00	0	4
WR Harold Fleming	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
FB Joe Parker	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR Stephen Krohn	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Bo Perez	3	5	30	10.00	13	18
WR Cody Van Pelt	3	6	35	11.67	15	24
TE Kris Conway	3	3	48	16.00	24	32
WR Marcos King	2	4	6	3.00	0	6
TE Brian Laughlin	2	3	30	15.00	20	25
RB Pedro Myers	2	2	7	3.50	0	7
RB Roger Alston	1	1	2	2.00	0	2
FB Ryan Witt	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Malik Humphries	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
RB Kristopher Hawkins	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Recov	Force
DT Chester Doe	1	0
DE Trenton Beyer	1	0
ILB Enrique Marsh	0	1
DT Buddy Gillespie	0	1

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Charles Peppers	1	0	0	0
RB Pedro Myers	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Pedro Donaldson	9	407	45.2	38.8	53	4

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kennedy Mickus	4	197	49.3	36.8	64	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
J.C. Cooley	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	0/0

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bruce Battles	3/4	1/2	0/0	43	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Philip Dawkins	1	10	10.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Marcos King	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jose Merrell	1	12	12.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Philip Dawkins	7	2	0.0	35	27
DE Tom Foley	6	6	0.5	37	29
ILB Enrique Marsh	6	1	0.0	37	29
DT Frederick Hoover	5	0	0.5	29	22
S Ted Walsh	5	4	0.0	33	29
CB Clifton Joseph	5	0	0.0	37	28
OLB Johnnie Blanchard	5	0	0.0	25	17
DT Rex O'Donnell	4	0	0.0	32	25
DE Trenton Beyer	3	5	0.0	29	24
DT Chester Doe	2	0	1.0	11	9
OLB Wally Dunn	2	1	0.0	37	30
CB Ralph Banks	2	0	0.0	10	9
CB Dwayne Lestage	1	1	0.0	37	28
DT Buddy Gillespie	1	0	0.0	2	4

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB William Sinclair	7	2	0.0	24	33
S Neil Babka	6	5	0.0	24	33
ILB Cristian Walters	5	1	0.0	9	11
ILB Walt Gray	4	3	0.0	23	28
S Casey Pritchett	4	0	0.0	10	18
DT Drew Hardt	3	0	0.0	11	21
CB Kendrick Leavitt	2	2	0.0	20	24
CB Rich Rogers	2	0	0.0	24	32
OLB Tyrone Torelli	1	1	1.0	20	26
OLB Dexter Powell	1	1	0.0	12	10
CB Elijah Carbajal	1	1	0.0	5	15
OLB Carl Conzelman	1	1	0.0	19	21
G Jaylen DeLorraine	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Silas Cummins	1	0	0.0	4	12
DT Erik Crane	1	0	0.0	13	12
RB Kristopher Hawkins	1	0	---	---	---
DE Cornelius Glenn	0	2	0.0	23	29
DE Justics McKenzie	0	1	0.0	18	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Chester Doe	1.0	1	9
DT Frederick Hoover	0.5	0	22
DE Tom Foley	0.5	0	29
DE Trenton Beyer	0.0	2	24
ILB Enrique Marsh	0.0	1	29

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Tyrone Torelli	1.0	0	1	0	26
DE Justics McKenzie	0.0	1	1	0	19
DE Daquan Burton	0.0	1	1	0	12
DE Cornelius Glenn	0.0	1	0	1	29
CB Kendrick Leavitt	0.0	1	0	0	24
OLB Carl Conzelman	0.0	0	1	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Clifton Joseph	4	0	28
ILB Enrique Marsh	2	2	29
OLB Wally Dunn	2	1	30
S Ted Walsh	2	0	29
OLB Johnnie Blanchard	2	0	17
DT Frederick Hoover	1	1	22
S Philip Dawkins	1	0	27
DE Tom Foley	1	0	29
CB Ralph Banks	1	0	9
CB Dwayne Lestage	0	2	28

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Casey Pritchett	3	1	18
ILB Walt Gray	2	1	28
S Neil Babka	2	0	33
CB William Sinclair	1	1	33
CB Rich Rogers	1	1	32
OLB Silas Cummins	1	1	12
CB Elijah Carbajal	1	0	15
CB Kendrick Leavitt	1	0	24
ILB Cristian Walters	1	0	11
OLB Carl Conzelman	1	0	21
OLB Dexter Powell	0	1	10

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Hunter Langdon	2	2	24	0	33
C Kent Austin	1	8	24	0	33
G Alejandro Brown	1	4	24	1	33
FB Joe Parker	1	1	4	0	2
T Brian Reeves	0	3	24	0	33
G Emmett Restifo	0	2	24	0	33

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Desmond Belichick	4	6	1	37	1	30
G Emmanuel Powell	3	5	0	37	1	30
C Brad Owens	2	8	0	37	0	30
T Corbin Marsh	2	2	0	37	0	30
G Jaylen DeLorraine	1	4	0	37	0	30
FB Ryan Witt	0	2	0	19	0	9
TE Malik Humphries	0	1	0	19	0	5

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Buddy Gillespie	2	16

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Dexter Powell	1	19
Kris Conway	1	12

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
OLB Wally Dunn	---	---	37	30	6	73
CB Clifton Joseph	---	---	37	28	7	72
TE Alfredo Sweeney	23	30	---	---	19	72
S Philip Dawkins	---	---	35	27	7	69
ILB Enrique Marsh	---	---	37	29	3	69
DE Tom Foley	---	---	37	29	3	69
CB Dwayne Lestage	---	---	37	28	3	68
T Hunter Langdon	24	33	---	---	10	67
T Brian Reeves	24	33	---	---	10	67
S Ted Walsh	---	---	33	29	3	65
DT Rex O'Donnell	---	---	32	25	2	59
G Alejandro Brown	24	33	---	---	---	57
C Kent Austin	24	33	---	---	---	57
QB Steven Huffman	24	33	---	---	---	57
G Emmett Restifo	24	33	---	---	---	57
DE Trenton Beyer	---	---	29	24	3	56
DT Frederick Hoover	---	---	29	22	2	53
WR Rico Clemons	22	27	---	---	---	49
OLB Johnnie Blanchard	---	---	25	17	3	45
RB Gavin Hernandez	15	13	---	---	2	30
WR Ike Heubeck	9	15	---	---	6	30
WR Jose Merrell	6	18	---	---	4	28
RB Les Monahan	9	17	---	---	1	27
TE Rondell Farrell	11	15	---	---	---	26
FB Joe Parker	4	2	---	---	20	26
WR Stephen Krohn	13	13	---	---	---	26
WR Harold Fleming	6	7	---	---	11	24
DT Chester Doe	---	---	11	9	3	23
DT Buddy Gillespie	---	---	2	4	16	22
CB Eric Grubbs	---	---	2	7	12	21
CB Ralph Banks	---	---	10	9	---	19
S Alexis Berry	---	---	2	4	12	18
DE Damian Mills	---	---	8	7	2	17
RB Deion Connell	0	2	---	---	15	17
OLB Sedrick Ruggiero	---	---	0	0	17	17
C Brandon Winslett	0	0	---	---	10	10
CB Burt Butler	---	---	4	1	5	10
G Mickey Pomraning	0	0	---	---	10	10
T Rex Clements	0	0	---	---	10	10
ILB Joe Foley	---	---	0	1	9	10
P Pedro Donaldson	0	0	---	---	10	10
TE Karl Lane	2	6	---	---	1	9
DE R.J. House	---	---	0	0	4	4
K J.C. Cooley	0	0	---	---	3	3
S John Gallacci	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Brent Warnsing	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Jaylen DeLorraine	37	30	---	---	8	75
T Corbin Marsh	37	30	---	---	8	75
T Desmond Belichick	37	30	---	---	8	75
G Emmanuel Powell	37	30	---	---	8	75
QB Charles Peppers	37	30	---	---	---	67
C Brad Owens	37	30	---	---	---	67
CB William Sinclair	---	---	24	33	2	59
TE Kris Conway	31	16	---	---	12	59
S Neil Babka	---	---	24	33	1	58
WR Cody Van Pelt	19	25	---	---	14	58
CB Rich Rogers	---	---	24	32	1	57
WR Bo Perez	26	28	---	---	1	55
DE Cornelius Glenn	---	---	23	29	1	53
TE Brian Laughlin	15	23	---	---	15	53
ILB Walt Gray	---	---	23	28	1	52
WR Marcos King	18	14	---	---	19	51
OLB Tyrone Torelli	---	---	20	26	1	47
CB Kendrick Leavitt	---	---	20	24	1	45
S Casey Pritchett	---	---	10	18	15	43
OLB Dexter Powell	---	---	12	10	19	41
DT Drew Hardt	---	---	11	21	9	41
OLB Carl Conzelman	---	---	19	21	1	41
DE Justics McKenzie	---	---	18	19	1	38
RB Roger Alston	8	5	---	---	23	36
CB Elijah Carbajal	---	---	5	15	14	34
RB Pedro Myers	13	11	---	---	9	33
RB Kristopher Hawkins	17	14	---	---	---	31
FB Ryan Witt	19	9	---	---	1	29
TE Malik Humphries	19	5	---	---	3	27
DT Erik Crane	---	---	13	12	1	26
DE Daquan Burton	---	---	3	12	9	24
OLB Silas Cummins	---	---	4	12	7	23
ILB Cristian Walters	---	---	9	11	1	21
CB Angel Gray	---	---	1	3	9	13
ILB Roderick Cortez	---	---	0	0	11	11
C Wally Devine	0	0	---	---	10	10
P Kennedy Mickus	0	0	---	---	8	8
K Bruce Battles	0	0	---	---	8	8
DE Morris Herrick	---	---	1	4	---	5
WR Skip Padgett	0	0	---	---	2	2
WR Dalton Airey	0	0	---	---	2	2
QB Ruben Ballard	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Hunter McNamee	0	0	---	---	---	0
WR Shaun Odumuyiwa	0	0	---	---	---	0
G Ron Cogan	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Vernon Cichanski	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	9	2.3
Middle	18	68	3.8
Right	2	11	5.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	49	8.2
Middle	25	205	8.2
Right	6	20	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steven Huffman	32	14	2	1	3	6	4	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Charles Peppers	28	16	3	0	2	6	4	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	2	9	1.8
Short (0-8 Yds)	16	9	42	2.6
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	3	74	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	2	1	0.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	10	131	10.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	26	3.3
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Alfredo Sweeney	10	5	1	54	1	30
RB Les Monahan	5	3	1	14	0	17
TE Rondell Farrell	4	2	0	17	0	15
WR Rico Clemons	4	1	1	4	0	27
WR Harold Fleming	2	0	0	0	0	7
WR Ike Heubeck	2	1	0	29	1	15
WR Stephen Krohn	2	0	0	0	0	13
RB Gavin Hernandez	1	1	0	4	0	13
FB Joe Parker	1	0	0	0	0	2
RB Deion Connell	1	1	0	3	0	2

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cody Van Pelt	6	3	0	35	1	25
WR Bo Perez	5	3	0	30	0	28
WR Marcos King	4	2	1	6	0	14
TE Brian Laughlin	3	2	0	30	1	23
TE Kris Conway	3	3	0	48	1	16
RB Kristopher Hawkins	2	0	0	0	0	14
RB Pedro Myers	2	2	0	7	0	11
FB Ryan Witt	1	0	1	0	0	9
TE Malik Humphries	1	0	0	0	0	5
RB Roger Alston	1	1	0	2	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Gavin Hernandez	2	8	4.00	2.50

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steven Huffman	3	1	4	1.33	3.91

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Charles Peppers	1	0	0	0.00	5.64

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Rico Clemons	2	0	0	0.00	1.00
RB Les Monahan	1	1	4	4.00	2.80

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cody Van Pelt	1	0	0	0.00	5.83

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Steven Huffman	2	2
RB Les Monahan	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
QB Charles Peppers	4	3
RB Pedro Myers	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steven Huffman	12	3	2

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Charles Peppers	8	5	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Les Monahan	4	2	1
WR Ike Heubeck	2	1	1
TE Alfredo Sweeney	2	0	0
TE Rondell Farrell	1	0	0
FB Joe Parker	1	0	0
WR Stephen Krohn	1	0	0
WR Rico Clemons	1	0	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cody Van Pelt	3	1	0
TE Kris Conway	2	2	1
WR Marcos King	1	1	0
TE Malik Humphries	1	0	0
RB Pedro Myers	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 58,100 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,200 (17,700)
End Zone 10,900 (12,700)
Mezzanine 6,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats 9,800 (11,200)
Club Seats 11,100 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,800 (4,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	58,100 (65,700 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,200 (17,700)
End Zone	10,900 (12,700)
Mezzanine	6,300 (7,300)
Sideline Seats	9,800 (11,200)
Club Seats	11,100 (12,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,800 (4,800)