2025 · Week 18
Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Jan 3, 2026 · Raymond James Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers escaped with a 16–14 win over Carolina Panthers. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Buccaneers (64%). Buccaneers improve to 8-9; Panthers fall to 8-9. Baker Mayfield was the story of the game with 203 passing yards and 1 TD; 31 rushing yards.
Team stats
| CAR | TB | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 19 |
| 285 | Total yards | 343 |
| 266 | Passing yards | 203 |
| 19 | Rushing yards | 140 |
| 24/35 | Comp / Att | 16/22 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 1 |
| 0 | Sacks taken | 2 |
Scoring & key plays
- Q1(9:35) (Shotgun) 6-B.Mayfield pass deep middle to 88-C.Otton for 18 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q14-C.McLaughlin extra point is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q1(2:01) 4-C.McLaughlin 29 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q2(10:56) 9-B.Young pass short right to 82-T.Tremble for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q210-R.Fitzgerald extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q2(:05) 4-C.McLaughlin 36 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon. Penalty on CAR, Illegal Formation, declined.
- Q3(10:31) 10-R.Fitzgerald 54 yard field goal is No Good, Short, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.
- Q4(14:17) 4-C.McLaughlin 48 yard field goal is GOOD, Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q4(5:18) 4-C.McLaughlin 38 yard field goal is BLOCKED (92-C.Jackson), Center-86-E.Deckers, Holder-9-R.Dixon.
- Q4(2:31) (Shotgun) 9-B.Young pass short left to 18-J.Coker for 8 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
- Q410-R.Fitzgerald extra point is GOOD, Center-44-J.Jansen, Holder-6-S.Martin.
Box score
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young | 24/35 | 266 | 2 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryce Young | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| Rico Dowdle | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 5 | 10 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetairoa McMillan | 4 | 6 | 85 | 0 |
| Jalen Coker | 6 | 7 | 47 | 1 |
| Tommy Tremble | 3 | 4 | 38 | 1 |
| Brycen Tremayne | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| Xavier Legette | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| Rico Dowdle | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Mitchell Evans | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 16/22 | 203 | 1 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Mayfield | 4 | 31 | 0 |
| Bucky Irving | 26 | 85 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tez Johnson | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Sean Tucker | 4 | -4 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Otton | 7 | 9 | 94 | 1 |
| Bucky Irving | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Evans | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| Tez Johnson | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
| Jalen McMillan | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Payne Durham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |