Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 Carolina Panthers 24 Sunday 1 January 2023 at Raymond James Stadium
FOX COMMENTARY CREW Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen
GAME SCORING CAR 11:39-1Q Tremble 17 pass from Darnold (Piniero kick) CAR 7:51-2Q Moore 24 pass from Darnold (Piniero kick) TB 2:10-2Q Evans 63 pass from Brady (Succop kick) TB 1:09-2Q Succop FG22 CAR 14:50-4Q Smith 19 pass from Darnold (Piniero kick) TB 13:49-4Q Evans 57 pass from Brady (pass failed) TB 6:47-4Q Evans 30 pass from Brady (Godwin pass) TB 1:58-4Q Brady 1 run (kick failed) CAR 0:59-4Q Piniero FG49
GAME REPORTS Bucs offense awakens in time to beat Carolina, clinch NFC South Rarely good this year, but maybe the Bucs can still be great Godwin and Gage are beneficiaries of Mike Evans' masterful day Jake Camarda thinks on his feet, leaves Todd Bowles in awe A streak of strip-sacks - Anthony Nelson comes up big again Bucs go deep for the biscuit on same day they honor Bruce Arians Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
The Bucs clinched consecutive NFC South division titles for the first time in franchise history with this win over the Panthers. The offense opened up thanks to a more healthy line and the result was a monster game from both Tom Brady and Mike Evans. The latter went over 1,000 yards for the ninth straight season and went over 200 yards receiving for the second time in his career weighing in with three long touchdown passes.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 96 Hicks LG 60 Leverett NT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey DL 92 Gholston RG 69 Mason OLB 98 Nelson RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 88 Otton ILB 54 David TE 41 Kieft OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka WR 13 Evans CB 23 Murphy-Bunting WR 6 Jones CB 35 Dean QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 29 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 7 Fournette, 8 Rudolph, 10 Miller, 14 Godwin, 17 Gage, 21 Vaughn, 22 Neal, 25 Bernard, 26 Ryan, 27 McCollum, 30 Delaney, 37 Chesley, 51 Russell, 52 Britt, 56 Nunez-Roches, 67 Goedecke, 73 Walton, 79 O’Connor, 83 Thompkins, 90 Hall, 97 Triner DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 75 Molchon, 95 Senat INACTIVES 2 Trask, 16 Perriman, 24 Davis, 84 Brate, 94 Nassib
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Fournette 10-28, White 11-22, Jones 1-13, Brady 3-4. PANTHERS: Foreman 13-35, Darnold 5-20, Hubbard 3-12, Shenault 1-7. PASSING BUCS: Brady 45-34-432-0-3. PANTHERS: Darnold 37-23-341-1-3. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 10-207, Godwin 9-120, White 5-26, Fournette 4-19, Gage 3-33, Otton 2-17, Jones 1-10. PANTHERS: Moore 6-117, Smith 4-70, Hubbard 3-53, Tremble 3-33, Marshall 2-15, Shenault 2-13, Ricci 1-32, Thomas 1-9, Blackshear 1-(- 1). INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Murphy-Bunting 1-0. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: Blackshear 1-36. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 0-0. PANTHERS: Roberts 2-6. SACKS BUCS: Winfield 1-8, Nelson 1-7. PANTHERS: Haynes 1-8, Luvu 1-7, Gross-Matos 1-6.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Mike Evans had three long touchdown receptions - this is the second one And for the third time in his career, he got the hat-trick of touchdown catches Anthony Nelson strip-sacked Sam Darnold leading to Vita Vea’s recovery
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 17 Tampa Bay 30 Carolina 24 Dallas 27 Tennessee 13 Atlanta 20 Arizona 19 Detroit 41 Chicago 10 Jacksonville 31 Houston 3 Kansas City 27 Denver 24 New England 23 Miami 21 NY Giants 38 Indianapolis 10 New Orleans 20 Philadelphia 10 Cleveland 24 Washington 10 San Francisco 37 Las Vegas 34 Seattle 23 NY Jets 6 Green Bay 41 Minnesota 17 LA Chargers 31 LA Rams 10 Pittsburgh 16 Baltimore 13 Buffalo v Cincinnati - cancelled