Tampa Bay Buccaneers 32 Carolina Panthers 6 Sunday 26 December 2021 at Bank of America Stadium FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Kugler and Mark Sanchez
The Bucs clinched their first division title since 2007 with a stellar defensive performance that saw them have their second straight game without giving up a touchdown. The offense was missing starters everywhere but did enough with unheraled Cyril Grayson and Ke’Shawn Vaughn having big plays whilst Jordan Whitehead was everywhere on defense all game.
GAME SCORING CAR 7:17-1Q Hajrullahu FG24 TB 4:13-1Q Vaughn 55 run (Succop kick) TB 10:54-2Q Succop FG36 CAR 7:20-2Q Hajrullahu FG29 TB 2:40-2Q Succop FG43 TB 1:19-2Q Brate 4 pass from Brady (pass failed) TB 8:34-3Q Succop FG21 TB 2:08-3Q Jones 7 run (Succop kick) TB 7:59-4Q Succop FG48
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on a first division crown in 14 years There is an alternate universe where Tom is not Tampa's biggest star Antonio Brown’s return was huge for the Buccaneer offense Game notes and anecdotes from the victorious locker room Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 93 Suh LG 74 Marpet NT 50 Vea C 66 Jensen DL 92 Gholston RG 65 Cappa LOLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RT 78 Wirfs LILB 45 White T 72 Wells RILB 51 Minter TE 87 Gronkowski ROLB 58 Barrett WR 81 Brown CB 24 Davis WR 15 Grayson CB 23 Murphy-Bunting QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 27 Jones S 32 Edwards PLAYED 3 Succop, 5 Sherman, 6 Bell, 10 Miller, 11 Gabbert, 17 Watson, 18 Johnson, 19 Hofrichter, 21 Vaughn, 26 Adams, 28 Robinson, 30 Delaney, 35 Dean, 38 Barner, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 60 Leverett, 70 Hainsey, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 91 Potoa’e, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson INACTIVES 2 Trask, 8 Pinion, 13 Evans, 29 Desir, 31 Winfield, 90 Pierre-Paul
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Vaughn 7-70, Jones 20-65, Grayson 1-14, Brady 1-11, Bell 2-(-1). PANTHERS: Newton 5-42, Darnold 1-11, Hubbard 6-9, Bonnafon 1-4, Abdullah 2-1. PASSING BUCS: Brady 30-18-32-0-1, Gabbert 1-0-0-0-0. PANTHERS: Newton 13-7-61-1-0, Darnold 32-15-190-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Brown 10-101, Grayson 3-81, Jones 2-16, Brate 2-11, Gronkowski 1-23. PANTHERS: Anderson 5-58, Moore 5-55, Smith 3-86, Abdullah 3-8, Tremble 2-22, Bonnafon 2-12, Marshall 1-6, Thomas 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Whitehead 1-7. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: Abdullah 3-76. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Barner 5-44. PANTHERS: Erickson 2-22. SACKS BUCS: Gholston 2.5-15.5, Vea 1-10, Nelson 1-8, Minter 1-7, Barrett 1-3, McLendon 0.5-1.5. PANTHERS: none.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 16 San Francisco 17 Tennessee 20 Cleveland 22 Green Bay 24 Indianapolis 22 Arizona 16 NY Giants 10 Philadelphia 34 LA Rams 30 Minnesota 23 Buffalo 33 New England 21 Tampa Bay 32 Carolina 6 Jacksonville 21 NY Jets 26 Detroit 16 Atlanta 20 LA Chargers 29 Houston 41 Baltimore 21 Cincinnati 41 Chicago 25 Seattle 24 Pittsburgh 10 Kansas City 36 Denver 13 Las Vegas 17 Washington 14 Dallas 56 Miami 20 New Orleans 3
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays Ke’Shawn Vaughn’s biggest play of his career got the Bucs started Jordan Whitehead played the game of his life and had an interception Tom Brady found Cameron Brate on a beautiful goal-line play