2002 · Week 8
Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
Oct 27, 2002 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Tampa Bay Buccaneers held off Carolina Panthers 12–9. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Buccaneers (67%). Buccaneers improve to 6-2; Panthers fall to 3-5. Rob Johnson paced the offense with 179 passing yards; 17 rushing yards. Panthers turned it over 3 times to Buccaneers's 1.
Team stats
| TB | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | First downs | 8 |
| 257 | Total yards | 156 |
| 186 | Passing yards | 46 |
| 71 | Rushing yards | 110 |
| 23/34 | Comp / Att | 5/18 |
| 1 | Turnovers | 3 |
| 6 | Sacks taken | 3 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
TB
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 22/33 | 179 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaun King | 1/1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rob Johnson | 4 | 17 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 12 | 36 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 5 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | -3 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Jurevicius | 5 | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Ken Dilger | 4 | 6 | 45 | 0 |
| Michael Pittman | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| Aaron Stecker | 4 | 4 | 26 | 0 |
| Keyshawn Johnson | 2 | 4 | 21 | 0 |
| Rickey Dudley | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| Mike Alstott | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| Reggie Barlow | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Karl Williams | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Fasani | 5/18 | 46 | 0 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar Smith | 22 | 82 | 0 |
| Randy Fasani | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 2 | 6 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhsin Muhammad | 3 | 5 | 31 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Wesley Walls | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Byrd | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |