Tampa Bay Buccaneers 48 Carolina Panthers 14 Sunday 29 December 2024 at Raymond James Stadium
NFC SOUTH STANDINGS Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9-7 Atlanta Falcons 8-8 New Orleans Saints 5-11 Carolina Panthers 4-12
CBS COMMENTARY CREW Ian Eagle and Charles Davis
This was a game the Bucs had to win and they did more than that, they destroyed the Panthers and tied their franchise record for most points in a home game. Baker Mayfield had five TD passes, Bucky Irving had a 100- yard game and JJ Russell had the eighth punt block TD score in team history. And when the Falcons lost to Washington, it put the Bucs back in control of their own playoff destiny. Win in Week 18 and in the playoffs.
STARTERS OFFENSE DEFENSE LT 78 Wirfs DL 94 Kancey LG 68 Brederson NT 50 Vea C 62 Barton DL 90 Hall RG 69 Mauch OLB 98 Nelson RT 67 Goedecke ILB 54 David TE 87 Durham ILB 51 Russell WR 15 McMillan OLB 0 Diaby WR 13 Evans CB 27 McCollum QB 6 Mayfield CB 35 Dean RB 7 Irving S 26 Merrriweather RB 1 White S 3 Whitehead PLAYED 2 Trask, 4 McLaughlin, 5 Browning, 9 Tryon-Shoyinka, 10 Palmer, 18 Jarrett, 19 Johnson, 21 Edwards, 23 Smith, 24 Funderburk, 32 Hayes, 37 Thomas, 41 Kieft, 43 Braswell, 44 Tucker, 45 Jones, 52 Britt, 70 Hainsey, 77 Skule, 79 Klein, 81 Miller, 82 Culp, 86 Deckers, 92 Gholston, 95 Brewer, 96 Gaines INACTIVES 11 Pratt, 17 Shepard, 31 Winfield, 33 Ramirez, 56 Barrett, 64 Newman, 88 Otton
GAME HIGHLIGHTS Click on the boxes below to view the big plays This was the first of Jalen McMillan’s two receiving touchdowns Payne Durham threw his ball into the stands to celebrate his score JJ Russell returned a punt block for a touchdown as the rout was on
GAME SCORING TB 11:35-1Q Evans 2 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) CAR 8:15-1Q Thielen 17 pass from Young (Pineiro kick) TB 1:13-1Q McLaughlin FG23 TB 10:31-2Q McLaughlin FG34 TB 8:19-2Q Evans 1 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin kick) TB 1:11-2Q McMillan 10 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) CAR 0:50-2Q Thielen 40 pass from Young (Pineiro kick) TB 5:48-3Q Durham 5 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin) TB 5:23-3Q Russell 23 blocked punt return (McLaughlin) TB 13:30-4Q McMillan 16 pass from Mayfield (McLaughlin)
GAME REPORTS The story of the game from the Associated Press Everything's ducky for Bucky Irving, who spearheads rout of Carolina With the Bucs back in control of their destiny, the NFL better beware Win vs. Carolina a display of how potent the Bucs offense can be Scott Smith’s official game report Click here for the play-by-play and the NFL gamebook
NFL RESULTS - WEEK 17 Tampa Bay 48 Carolina 14 Seattle 6 Chicago 3 Kansas Ciry 29 Pittsburgh 10 Baltimore 31 Texas 2 LA Chargers 40 New England 7 Cincinnati 30 Denver 24 L:A Rams 13 Arizona 9 NY Giants 45 Indianapolis 33 Buffalo 40 NY Jets 14 Jacksonville 20 Tennessee 13 Las Vegas 25 New Orleans 10 Philadelphia 41 Dallas 7 Miami 20 Cleveland 3 Minnesota 27 Green Bay 25 Washington 30 Atlanta 24 Detroit 40 San Francisco 34
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING BUCS: Irving 20-113, Tucker 8-39, White 6-30, Johnson 1-11, McMillan 1-9, Mayfield 1-2, Trask 3-(-2). PANTHERS: Blackshear 8-20, Boone 2-11, Young 2-8, Jones 1-0. PASSING BUCS: Mayfield 32-27-359-0-5. PANTHERS: Young 28-15-203-0-2. RECEIVING BUCS: Evans 8-97, McMillan 5-51, Irving 4-77, Culp 3-52, Durham 2- 36, Miller 2-26, Jarrett 1-11, Tucker 1-5, White 1-4. PANTHERS: Thielen 5-110, Legette 5-28, Coker 2-35, Moore 1-17, Chisena 1-8, Sanders 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS BUCS: none. PANTHERS: none. KICK RETURNS BUCS: Jarrett 1-15. PANTHERS: Jones 1-19. PUNT RETURNS BUCS: Palmer 2-1. PANTHERS: none. SACKS BUCS: Kancey 1-10, Diaby 1-10, Hall 1-9, Braswell 1-5, Nelson 1-4. PANTHERS: Clowney 1-8, Crumedy 0.5-1, Windmom 0.5-1.