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  Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 Carolina Panthers 10
Sunday 9 September 2012 at Raymond James Stadium
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| | TB | 5:20-1Q | Williams 6 pass from Freeman (Barth kick) |
| TB | 1:20-1Q | Barth FG36 |
| TB | 2:55-2Q | Barth FG20 |
| CAR | 8:55-3Q | LaFell 22 pass from Newton (Medlock kick) |
| TB | 7:58-4Q | Barth FG40 |
| CAR | 2:46-4Q | Medlock FG21 |
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| INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS |
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RUSHING
BUCS: Martin 24-95, Ware 2-14, Freeman 7-13, Blount 3-8.
PANTHERS: Pilares 1-10, Newton 5-4, Tolbert 1-2, Williams 6-(-1).
PASSING
BUCS: Freeman 24-16-138-0-1.
PANTHERS: Newton 33-23-303-2-1.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Jackson 4-47, Martin 4-23, Lorig 4-21, Williams 2-12, Clark 1-33, Blount 1-2.
PANTHERS: Smith 7-106, Olsen 6-56, LaFell 3-65, Murphy 3-63, Tolbert 3-8, Williams 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Barber 1-24, A.Black 1-0.
PANTHERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: Smith 3-55.
PANTHERS: Adams 1-31.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Parker 1-0. Stroughter 0-0.
PANTHERS: Adams 3-28.
SACKS
BUCS: McCoy 1-8, Bennett 1-2, Barber 1-2 .
PANTHERS: Edwards 1-7, Hardy 1-3.
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| GAME REPORTS AND COMMENTS |
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| Roy Cummings reports from Raymond James Stadium |
| Award-winning columnist Martin Fennelly's opinions |
| How Rick Stroud saw the game unfold |
| Gary Shelton weighs in with his thoughts |
| Early Bucs offense nice change from last year |
| Freeman, Bucs offense able to protect ball |
| Run defense steps up against Panthers |
| Mike Sullivan talks about debut |
| McCoy leads Bucs' defensive effort |
| Game notes from the season opener |
| The official gamebook including the play-by-play |
| OFFENSE | DEFENSE |
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| LT | 70 Penn |
LDE | 71 Bennett |
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| LG | 77 Nicks |
DT | 93 McCoy |
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| C | 76 Zuttah |
DT | 90 Miller |
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| RG | 62 Larsen |
RDE | 94 Clayborn |
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| RT | 65 Trueblood |
WLB | 54 David |
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| TE | 44 Clark |
MLB | 59 Foster |
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| WR | 19 M Williams |
FS | 43 A Black |
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| WR | 83 Jackson |
LCB | 25 Talib |
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| TE | 88 Stocker |
SS | 24 Barron |
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| RB | 22 Martin |
CB | 20 Barber |
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| QB | 5 Freeman |
RCB | 21 Wright |
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| PLAYED |
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9 Koenen, 10 Barth, 18 Stroughter, 27 Blount, 28 Ware, 29 Johnson, 33 McDonald, 34 Smith, 35 Grimm, 37 Tandy, 41 Lorig, 48 Economos, 50 Te'o-Nesheim, 56 Watson, 57 Hayward, 58 Black, 69 Dotson, 86 Noble, 87 Parker, 95 Gibson, 96 Irvin, 97 Johnson
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| DID NOT PLAY |
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6 Orlovsky, 74 Wallace
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| INACTIVE |
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17 Benn, 23 Lewis, 26 Gaitor, 31 Biggers, 53 Goode, 79 Meredith, 92 Gilberry
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