And then the Bucs really hit the bottom. Against a team that had just fired its head coach, traded away its two star offensive players and was starting a back-up QB, Todd Bowles’ team was totally out-played from start to finish. Mike Evans dropped a certain touchdown on the first play of the game and it went downhill from there. The Bucs were kept out of the endzone and once again could not move the ball consistently at any time on either on the ground or through the air.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: White 6-24, Fournette 8-19, Godwin 1-2, Brady 1-1. PANTHERS: Foreman 15-118, Hubbard 9-63, Moore 1-(- 3), Blackshear 2-(-5). PASSING BUCS: Brady 49-32-290-0-0. PANTHERS: Walker 22-16-177-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 9-96, Godwin 7-43, Otton 4-64, Gage 4- 39, Fournette 2-7, Miller 2-6, Kieft 1-18, White 1-8, Rudolph 1-8, Darden 1-1. PANTHERS: Moore 7-69, Marshall 2-31, Foreman 2-27, Hubbard 2-10, Tremble 1-29, Shenault 1-8, Thomas 1-3. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: White 2-46. PANTHERS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Darden 4-46. PANTHERS: Smith 1-0. SACKS BUCS: Vea 1-7. PANTHERS: Burns 1-14.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 Carolina Panthers 21 Sunday 23 October 2022 at Bank of America Stadium
GAME SCORING CAR 0-7 0:29-2Q Moore 20 pass from Walker (Piniero) CAR 0-14 3:11-3Q Hubbard 17 run (Piniero kick) TB 3-14 13:38-4Q Succop FG27 CAR 3-21 9:33-4Q Tremble 29 pass from Walker (Piniero)
GAME REPORTS Bucs continue their free fall against undermanned Panthers If Leftwich was a player, he would have been benched by now Short-yardage struggles continue in spite of a changing of the guard Game notes and anecdotes Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 76 Smith DL 56 Nunez-Roches LG 67 Goedecke DT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey OLB 9 Tryon-Shoyinka RG 69 Mason ILB 54 David RT 78 Wirfs ILB 45 White TE 41 Kieft OLB 58 Barrett WR 17 Gage CB 35 Dean WR 13 Evans CB 22 Neal WR 14 Godwin CB 27 McCollum QB 12 Brady S 32 Edwards RB 7 Fournette S 31 Winfield PLAYED 1 Darden, 3 Succop, 5 Camarda, 8 Rudolph, 10 Miller, 16 Perriman, 21 Vaughn, 29 White, 30 Delaney, 34 Turner, 37 Chesley, 52 Britt, 53 Fatukasi, 59 Avery, 60 Leverett, 72 Wells, 79 O’Connor, 88 Otton, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 94 Nassib, 95 Senat, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 11 Gabbert, 73 Walton INACTIVES 2 Trask, 6 Jones, 23 Murphy-Bunting, 24 Davis, 74 Johnson, 84 Brate, 96 Hicks
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays There were no real Buc highlights to state but Mike Evans’ drop was the key play
COMMENTARY CREW Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 7 Tampa Bay 3 Carolina 21 Arizona 42 New Orleans 34 Baltimore 23 Cleveland 20 Cincinnati 35 Atlanta 17 Dallas 24 Detroit 6 NY Giants 23 Jacksonville 17 Tennessee 19 Indianapolis 10 Washington 23 Green Bay 21 NY Jets 16 Denver 9 Las Vegas 38 Houston 20 Seattle 37 LA Chargers 23 Kansas City 44 S.Francisco 23 Miami 16 Pittsburgh 10 Chicago 33 New England 14 Bye week: Minnesota, Philadelphia, LA Rams and Buffalo.