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
GAME REPORTS
Bucs ride the back of Mike Evans to tight win over Panthers
Bucs ran out of linebackers but still had a few secret weapons
Antoine Winfield Jr.'s big plays put Bucs back in play in NFC South
Despite struggles, Bucs gearing up for showdown in Atlanta
Game notes and anecdotes
Scott Smith’s official game report
Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
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
