Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Carolina Panthers 17
Sunday 20 September 2020 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Adam Amin and Mark Schlereth
The home opener in 2020 had no fans but the result was
pleasing to all as the Bucs bounced back from their opening
day loss in New Orleans jumping out to a 21-0 first half lead
and then making enough key plays to even their record at 1-1
on the season. Leonard Fournette’s clinching TD put the
game away although there had been enough chances during
the second half to do that long before his 46-yard scoring run
inside the final two minutes.
GAME SCORING
TB
5:42-1Q
Jones 7 run (Succop kick)
TB
4:38-1Q
Evans 23 pass from Brady (Succop kick)
TB
3:01-2Q
Fournette 1 run (Succop kick)
CAR
8:36-3Q
McCaffery 1 run (Slye kick)
CAR
13:25-4Q
McCaffery 7 run (Slye kick)
TB
6:13-4Q
Succop FG33
CAR
1:57-4Q
Slye FG23
TB
1:48-4Q
Fournette 46 run (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS
How Rick Stroud saw the Bucs win their home-opener in front of no fans
John Romano wonders if we should judge Tom Brady differently
Mike Evans rebounds with 100-yard game
The receivers had some big drops that could have cost another day
The defense got some serious pressure on Teddy Bridgewater afternoon
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
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
90 Pierre-Paul
RT
78 Wirfs
LILB
45 White
TE
87 Gronkowski
RILB
54 David
WR
10 Miller
ROLB
58 Barrett
WR
13 Evans
LCB
24 Davis
WR
17 Watson
RCB
23 Murphy-Bunting
QB
12 Brady
SS
31 Winfield
RB
27 Jones
FS
33 Whitehead
PLAYED
3 Succop, 8 Pinion, 15 Grayson, 25 McCoy, 26 Adams, 28
Fournette, 29 Smith, 30 Vaughn, 32 Edwards, 35 Dean, 37 Wilkins,
48 Cichy, 51 Minter, 56 Nunez-Roches, 57 Bell, 72 Wells, 79
O’Connor, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 85 Mickens, 88 Hudson, 97 Triner,
98 Nelson
DID NOT PLAY
11 Gabbert, 62 Shipley, 73 Haeg
INACTIVES
4 Griffin, 14 Godwin, 18 Johnson, 39 Motley, 49 Gill, 64 Stinnie, 94
Davis
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
BUCS: Fournette 12-103, Jones 7-23, Miller 1-1, Brady 1-0, McCoy 1-(-5).
PANTHERS: McCaffery 18-59, Samuel 4-26, Davis 1-1, Chinn 1-1.
PASSING
BUCS: Brady 35-23-217-1-1.
PANTHERS: Bridgewater 42-33-367-2-0.
RECEIVING
BUCS: Evans 7-104, McCoy 5-26, Fournette 4-13, Watson 2-48, Miller 2-11,
Jones 2-4, Howard 1-11.
PANTHERS: Anderson 9-109, Moore 8-120, Davis 8-74, McCaffery 4-29,
Samuel 2-13, Armah 1-14, Manhertz 1-8.
INTERCEPTIONS
BUCS: Davis 1-2, Whitehead 1-0.
PANTHERS: Jackson 1-44.
KICK RETURNS
BUCS: none.
PANTHERS: none.
PUNT RETURNS
BUCS: Mickens 1-0.
PANTHERS: Cooper 2-(-1).
SACKS
BUCS: Suh 2-14, Gholston 1-7, Pierre-Paul 1-6, Winfield 1-0.
PANTHERS: none.
VIDEO CLIPS
Click on the boxes below to view the big plays
Ronald Jones got the party started with a mis-direction run
After a Carolina turnover, Tom Brady and Mike Evans hooked up
Leonard Fournette sealed the deal with a touchdown run
