The Bucs earned their first win of the season and the first for Bruce Arians as head coach of the team with a
nationally televised Thursday night win in Charlotte. It was a series of big defensive plays no bigger than Vernon
Hargreaves’ 4th down stop in the final two minutes that led the victory although the offense played turnover-free
football and Jameis Winston threw a scoring pass to Chris Godwin.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Barber 23-82, Jones 4-9, Winston 4-9.
PANTHERS: McCaffrey 16-37, Samuel 1-2, Newton 2-0.
PASSING
BUCS: Winston 25-16-208-0-1.
PANTHERS: Newton 51-25-333-0-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Godwin 8-121, Evans 4-61, Brate 2-10,
Ogunbowale 1-9, Barber 1-7.
PANTHERS: Moore 9-89, Olsen 6-110, Samuel 5-91,
McCaffrey 2-16, Wright 2-15, Hogan 1-12.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: none.
PANTHERS: none.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
PANTHERS: Hogan 1-21.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Wilson 3-21.
PANTHERS: McCloud 4-39.
SACKS
BUCS: Barrett 3-20.
PANTHERS: Poe 1-9, Burns 1-0, Addison 0.5-5, Carter
0.5-5.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 Carolina Panthers 14
Thursday 12 September 2019 at Bank of America Stadium
SCORING
TB
5:36-1Q
Gay FG40
CAR
2:52-1Q
Slye FG32
CAR
8:26-2Q
Slye FG37
TB
1:20-2Q
Godwin 20 pass from Winston (Gay kick)
CAR
0:00-2Q
Slye FG54
CAR
7:51-3Q
Slye FG51
TB
4:20-3Q
Barber 16 run (Gay kick)
CAR
13:21-4Q
Safety - Barber tackled in endzone
TB
2:26-4Q
Gay FG32
COMMENTARY CREW
Joe Buck and Troy Aikman
STARTERS
OFFENSE
DEFENSE
LT
76 Smith
DE
93 Suh
LG
74 Marpet
DT
50 Vea
C
66 Jensen
DE
92 Gholston
RG
65 Cappa
LOLB
58 Barrett
RT
69 Dotson
LILB
45 White
TE
82 Auclair
RILB
54 David
TE
80 Howard
ROLB
94 Nassib
WR
13 Evans
LCB
28 Hargeaves
WR
12 Godwin
RCB
33 Davis
QB
3 Winston
SS
34 Edwards
RB
25 Barber
FS
31 Whitehead
PLAYED
8 Pinion, 9 Gay, 17 Watson, 19 Perriman, 22 Logan, 23
Bucannon, 24 Stewart, 26 Murphy-Bunting, 27 Jones, 35 Dean,
36 Stewart, 44 Ogunbowale, 48 Cichy, 51 Minter, 56 Nunez-
Roches, 59 Bond, 71 Watford, 84 Brate, 85 Wilson, 91 Allen, 97
Triner, 98 Nelson.
DID NOT PLAY
4 Griffin, 70 Hawkins.
INACTIVES
10 Miller, 11 Gabbert, 39 Adams, 53 Harris, 61 Bailey, 72 Wells,
88 Hudson.
GAME REPORTS
Seeing is believing: Todd Bowles’ defense carries the Bucs
Gimme 5; Dissecting the Bucs-Panthers game five thoughts at a time
In a plot twist, Tampa Bay escapes grisly outcome
Game notes
Scott Smith’s official game report
How Florida Football Insiders saw the game
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Chris Godwin scored his second touchdown in as many weeks
Peyton Barber’s 16-yard score put the Bucs ahead to stay
And it came down to Vernon Hargreaves’ game-saving tackle on fourth down