Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41 Carolina Panthers 17 Sunday 9 January 2022 at Raymond James Stadium CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tom McCarthy and Tony Romo
The Bucs clinched their best-ever regular season record with a 24-point fourth quarter explosion and went into the playoffs as the No.2 seed. Tom Brady had another 300-yard game with three TDs and both Rob Gronkowski and Mike Evans reached milestones during the game. The backfield was decimated by injury but ultimately the Panthers were no threat.
GAME SCORING CAR 7:22-1Q Hubbard 2 pass from Darnold (Hajrullahu) TB 11:09-2Q Succop FG39 TB 0:15-2Q Bell 1 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 11:57-3Q Vaughn 2 run (Succop kick) CAR 4:44-3Q Hajrullahu FG35 TB 14:56-4Q Evans 3 pass from Brady (Succop kick) CAR 10:34-4Q Anderson 19 pass from Darnold (Hajrullahu) TB 7:34-4Q Evans 20 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 5:04-4Q Succop FG40 TB 4:07-4Q Miller 33 run (Succop kick)
GAME REPORTS Rick Stroud reports on the record-breaking 13th regular season win John Romano looks at the final hour of twists and turns Mike Evans restores order, Bucs offense after chaotic week Game notes with news on Scotty Miller and Gene Deckerhoff 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 98 Nelson WR 13 Evans CB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 15 Grayson CB 24 Davis QB 12 Brady S 33 Whitehead RB 21 Vaughn S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 6 Bell, 8 Pinion, 10 Miller, 11 Gabbert, 16 Perriman, 18 Johnson, 26 Adams, 29 Desir, 30 Delaney, 32 Edwards, 35 Dean, 38 Barner, 43 Cockrell, 48 Stuard, 49 Gill, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 64 Stinnie, 70 Hainsey, 80 Howard, 84 Brate, 88 Fells, 96 McLendon, 97 Triner INACTIVES 2 Trask, 5 Sherman, 17 Watson, 27 Jones, 28 Robinson, 60 Leverett, 90 Pierre-Paul
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Miller 2-43, Vaughn 10-29, Bell 3-14, Barner 4-0, Gabbert 1-(-1). PANTHERS: Hubbard 9-48, Abdullah 7-26, Darnold 8-19, Moore 1-13, Tremble 1-4. PASSING BUCS: Brady 37-29-326-0-3, Gabbert 2-0-0-0-0. PANTHERS: Darnold 42-29-219-1-2, Zylstra 1-0-0-0-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Gronkowski 7-137, Evans 6-89, Perriman 5-44, Johnson 5-22, Brate 2-12, Vaughn 2-12, Miller 1-9, Bell 1-1. PANTHERS: Abdullah 9-56, Moore 7-87, Anderson 7-50, Saunders 2-11, Hubbard 2-8, Tremble 2-7. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Adams 1-17. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Darden 3-75. PANTHERS: Abdullah 4-116. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 1-4. PANTHERS: Erickson 0-0. SACKS BUCS: Nelson 1-10, Winfield 1-2. PANTHERS: Hartsfield 1-2.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes to view the big plays Le’Veon Bell had his first touchdown as a Buccaneer Mike Evans’ second score was his 14th of the season Scotty Miller put the icing on the cake wth his reverse touchdown
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 18 Dallas 51 Philadelphia 26 Kansas City 28 Denver 24 Green Bay 30 Detroit 37 Washington 22 NY Giants 7 Indianapolis 11 Jacksonville 26 New England 24 Miami 33 Chicago 17 Minnesota 31 New Orleans 30 Atlanta 20 Tennessee 28 Houston 25 Pittsburgh 16 Baltimore 13 NY Jets 10 Buffalo 27 Cincinnati 16 Cleveland 21 LA Chargers 32 Las Vegas 35 San Francisco 27 LA Rams 24 Carolina 17 Tampa Bay 41 Seattle 38 Arizona 30