Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 Carolina Panthers 18 Sunday 3 December 2023 at Raymond James Stadium
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Tom McCarthy, James Lofton and Jay Feely
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Atlanta Falcons 6-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-7 New Orleans Saints 5-7 Carolina Panthers 1-11
The Bucs broke their two-game losing streak with an unconvincing victory over the one-win Panthers at a wet Raymond James Stadium. The defense shut down rookie QB Bryce Young and Mike Evans had a huge game and went over 1,000 yards for the 10th straight season. Chris Godwin scored on a reverse for the second time in his NFL career and the ground game amassed 128 yards to take the pressure of a mis-firing pass offense in the difficult conditions.
GAME SCORING TB 6:08-1Q R.White 1 run (McLaughlin kick) CAR 13:30-2Q Piniero FG23 CAR 5:04-3Q Hubbard 1 run (Piniero kick) TB 4:54-3Q Evans 75 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 11:36-4Q Godwin 19 run (McLaughlin kick) CAR 5:02-4Q Hubbard 1 run (Young run)
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 64 Stinnie NT 50 Vea C 70 Hainsey OLB 7 Barrett RG 69 Mauch OLB 0 Diaby RT 67 Goedecke ILB 52 Britt TE 88 Otton ILB 51 Russell TE 87 Durham CB 24 Davis WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum WR 14 Godwin CB 29 Izien QB 6 Mayfield S 30 Delaney RB 1 White S 31 Winfield PLAYED 4 McLaughlin, 5 Camarda, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Palmer, 19 Moore, 22 Edmonds, 23 Neal, 26 Merriweather, 32 Hayes, 41 Kieft, 44 Tucker, 49 Gill, 58 Watts, 60 Leverett, 71 Feiler, 77 Skule, 79 O’Connor, 81 Miller, 83 Thompkins, 90 Hall, 92 Gholston, 96 Gaines, 97 Triner, 98 Nelson DID NOT PLAY 2 Trask, 16 Isaac INACTIVES 8 Dennis, 11 Wolford, 21 Vaughn, 35 Dean, 45 White, 54 David, 73 Walton
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: R.White 20-84, Godwin 1-19, Palmer 1-13, Thompkins 2-7, Edmonds 2-7, Mayfield 2-(-2). PANTHERS: Hubbard 25-104, Sanders 8-23, Blackshear 1-6. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 29-14-202-1-1. PANTHERS: Young 31-15-178-1-0. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 7-162, R.White 3-22, Palmer 2-12, Thompkins 1-4, Edmonds 1-2. PANTHERS: Mingo 6-69, Chark 3-56, Thielen 3-25, Sullivan 1-16, Sanders 1-6, Thomas 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: Winfield 1-0. PANTHERS: Woods 1-(-3). KICK RETURNS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: none. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Thompkins 3-21. PANTHERS: Smith-Marsette 4-30. SACKS BUCS: Team 1-11, Winfield 1-9, Russell 1-9, Diaby 1-0. PANTHERS: Haynes 1-8.
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 13 Tampa Bay 21 Carolina 18 Dallas 41 Seattle 35 LA Chargers 6 New England 0 Detroit 33 New Orleans 28 Atlanta 13 NY Jets 8 Arizona 24 Pittsburgh 10 Indianapolis 31 Tennessee 28 Miami 45 Washington 15 Houston 22 Denver 17 LA Rams 36 Cleveland 19 S.Francisco 42 Philadelphia 19 Green Bay 27 Kansas City 19 Cincinnati 34 Jacksonville 31 Bye: Baltimore, Chicago Las Vegas, Minnesota, Buffalo, NY Giants
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays Rachaad White put the Bucs ahead with another short-yardage score Mike Evans’ 75-yard run and score ended with a dive over the pylon Chris Godwin became the first Bucs’ WR to score twice on running plays