Week 17, 2016

played in Tampa Bay, FL

70 degrees, rain, 8 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	3	7	0	-	17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	6	3	0	-	16

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:03 CAR - Amir Cooper 1 run (Dashawn Jamison extra point)
1Q: 01:56 TBY - Broderick Hoover 6 pass from Ezekiel Gaylor (Brendan O'Callaghan extra point)
2Q: 11:19 CAR - Dashawn Jamison 23 field goal
2Q: 07:27 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 39 field goal
2Q: 01:36 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 49 field goal
3Q: 08:03 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 31 field goal
3Q: 03:14 CAR - Kent Benton 5 run (Dashawn Jamison extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:03 CAR - Amir Cooper 1 run (Dashawn Jamison extra point)
1Q: 01:56 TBY - Broderick Hoover 6 pass from Ezekiel Gaylor (Brendan O'Callaghan extra point)
2Q: 11:19 CAR - Dashawn Jamison 23 field goal
2Q: 07:27 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 39 field goal
2Q: 01:36 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 49 field goal
3Q: 08:03 TBY - Brendan O'Callaghan 31 field goal
3Q: 03:14 CAR - Kent Benton 5 run (Dashawn Jamison extra point)

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 7-9 9-7
First Downs 22 21
- by Rushing 7 5
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 395 327
- Offensive Plays 65 63
- Yards per Play 6.08 5.19
Net Rushing Yards 154 46
- Rushing Attempts 31 18
- Yards per Rush 4.97 2.56
Net Passing Yards 241 281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 22 - 0 42 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 247 297
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 3/16
- Yards per Pass Play 7.09 6.24
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 9.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 10/63 6/49
Punt Returns/Yards 3/17 3/45
Kick Returns/Yards 1/21 4/102
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 28
Time of Possession 34:05 25:55

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	7-9	9-7
First Downs	22	21
- by Rushing	7	5
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	395	327
- Offensive Plays	65	63
- Yards per Play	6.08	5.19
Net Rushing Yards	154	46
- Rushing Attempts	31	18
- Yards per Rush	4.97	2.56
Net Passing Yards	241	281
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 22 - 0	42 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	247	297
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	3/16
- Yards per Pass Play	7.09	6.24
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	4/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	9.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	10/63	6/49
Punt Returns/Yards	3/17	3/45
Kick Returns/Yards	1/21	4/102
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 28
Time of Possession	34:05	25:55

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	9:05	OWN 25	15	75	Touchdown
1	1:45	5:33	OWN 25	11	69	Field Goal
2	7:22	2:05	OWN 25	5	5	Punt
2	1:30	1:28	OWN 13	5	50	Punt
3	7:57	4:50	OWN 33	9	67	Touchdown
3	1:03	3:32	OWN 15	8	34	Punt
4	10:18	2:43	OWN 7	5	24	Punt
4	6:39	3:02	OWN 35	4	33	Punt
4	0:53	0:28	OWN 36	3	8	Punt

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	5:55	4:10	OWN 24	7	76	Touchdown
2	11:12	3:50	OWN 31	7	47	Field Goal
2	5:17	3:47	OWN 11	11	57	Field Goal
2	0:02	0:02	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	15:00	7:03	OWN 18	13	68	Field Goal
3	3:07	2:04	OWN 49	5	12	Punt
4	12:31	2:13	OPP 45	3	-10	Punt
4	7:35	0:56	OWN 28	3	-2	Punt
4	3:37	1:00	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
4	2:37	1:44	OWN 40	8	31	Missed FG
4	0:25	0:25	OWN 20	2	27	Game

Game MVP: Connor MaKinster, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Amir Cooper	15	59	3.93	14	2	1
Kent Benton	12	78	6.50	16	3	1
Ivan Nimmons	2	12	6.00	6	0	0
Lawrence Chipokas	2	5	2.50	3	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Broderick Hoover	9	25	2.78	13	1
Ezekiel Gaylor	5	11	2.20	8	0
Deron Copeland	3	9	3.00	8	0
Jason Horn	1	1	1.00	1	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Connor MaKinster	33	22	247	1/6	0	36	0	88.8

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ezekiel Gaylor	42	25	297	3/16	1	31	0	89.1

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Bo Cook	7	9	64	9.14	33	26
WR Dalton Wheeler	6	9	53	8.83	12	16
WR Lawrence Chipokas	5	6	95	19.00	64	36
TE Rodolfo Ogden	2	2	10	5.00	1	6
TE Lamar Chatham	1	4	11	11.00	5	11
RB Kent Benton	1	1	14	14.00	11	14
TE Cole Fulcher	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
WR J.T. Winters	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Gary Powers	9	10	153	17.00	62	31	0
WR Monty Guenther	5	13	34	6.80	9	13	0
RB Broderick Hoover	5	8	25	5.00	8	10	1
WR Scottie Cerasani	4	7	50	12.50	22	26	0
FB Jason Horn	1	2	17	17.00	8	17	0
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	1	18	18.00	5	18	0
TE Leonard Newman	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
J.T. Winters	1	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Dustin Dargy	0	1	0	0
Francisco Noland	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Theodore Bergeron	6	266	44.3	27.5	59	2

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Rodney Harmon	4	154	38.5	34.3	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Dashawn Jamison	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	2/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Brendan O'Callaghan	3/4	1/2	0/0	49	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Winters	3	17	5.7	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Scottie Cerasani	3	45	15.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kent Benton	1	21	21.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Scottie Cerasani	4	102	25.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Brayden Hasty	9	0	1.0	18	45
ILB Rich Hart	9	0	0.0	17	45
S Mason Forrester	7	2	0.0	15	40
S Taylor Barber	6	1	0.0	11	35
CB Roy McCormick	3	0	0.0	16	40
DE Seth Boyer	2	0	1.5	16	33
CB Lamont Shaner	2	1	0.0	10	35
OLB Rex Stephens	2	0	0.0	9	22
DE Greg Torrence	2	0	0.0	17	45
OLB Logan Halverson	1	2	0.0	16	33
DT Dominique Backus	1	2	0.0	3	12
DT Keith Mills	0	2	0.5	15	33
DT Joel Bashford	0	2	0.0	15	33

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jeffery Raney	8	6	0.0	30	31
S Carlos Fleming	8	1	0.0	31	34
DT Alejandro Benjamin	7	1	0.0	30	32
OLB Leonardo McConnell	6	4	0.0	31	34
OLB Jesse Leiter	4	3	0.5	31	34
OLB Marquis Booker	4	2	0.0	19	14
CB Zachary Lyon	3	0	0.0	31	34
DE Donnell Hayes	2	2	0.5	31	33
CB Drake Ackley	2	1	0.0	13	23
S Alex Stokes	2	0	0.0	30	32
DE Damon Webster	2	0	0.0	30	25
OLB Joey Mikeska	1	1	0.0	18	11
S Carlos Torres	1	1	0.0	10	16
DT David Farrell	1	0	0.0	1	2
CB Neal Covington	1	0	0.0	3	7

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Seth Boyer	1.5	0	0	0	33
CB Brayden Hasty	1.0	0	0	0	45
DT Keith Mills	0.5	0	1	0	33
OLB Logan Halverson	0.0	1	1	0	33
DT Joel Bashford	0.0	0	2	0	33
DE Greg Torrence	0.0	0	1	1	45
CB Roy McCormick	0.0	0	1	0	40

Tampa Bay	Sack	Block	PPlay
OLB Jesse Leiter	0.5	1	34
DE Donnell Hayes	0.5	1	33
OLB Leonardo McConnell	0.0	1	34

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Brayden Hasty	5	2	45
S Mason Forrester	4	1	40
ILB Rich Hart	4	0	45
S Taylor Barber	3	0	35
CB Roy McCormick	2	0	40
OLB Rex Stephens	2	0	22
CB Lamont Shaner	2	0	35
OLB Logan Halverson	1	0	33
DT Dominique Backus	1	0	12
DE Greg Torrence	1	0	45
CB Salvador Owen	0	1	5
S Skip Lindsay	0	1	5

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Jesse Leiter	3	0	34
OLB Leonardo McConnell	3	0	34
S Carlos Fleming	3	0	34
ILB Jeffery Raney	3	0	31
CB Zachary Lyon	2	0	34
CB Drake Ackley	2	0	23
S Alex Stokes	1	2	32
OLB Joey Mikeska	1	1	11
S Carlos Torres	1	1	16
CB Neal Covington	1	0	7
DT Alejandro Benjamin	1	0	32
OLB Marquis Booker	1	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Daryl Jefferson	4	7	31	1	34
Ivan O'Neal	2	8	31	0	34
Louie Tripplehorn	2	8	31	0	34
Randal Battle	2	4	31	0	34
Carlton Ybarra	1	4	31	0	34

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Antonio Martell	2	4	18	1	45
Jason Horn	2	2	9	0	15
Francisco Noland	1	3	18	1	45
Joshua Platt	0	3	18	0	45
Jerome Blood	0	2	18	1	45
Butch Pardo	0	2	18	0	45

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Brayden Hasty	2	14
Cole Fulcher	1	20
Keith Mills	1	15
Mason Forrester	1	15
Dalton Wheeler	1	13
Skip Lindsay	1	2

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Alex Schmidgall	2	9
Deron Copeland	1	17
Francisco Noland	1	8

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brayden Hasty	---	---	18	45	14	77
Roy McCormick	---	---	16	40	17	73
Dalton Wheeler	26	34	---	---	13	73
Daryl Jefferson	31	34	---	---	7	72
Randal Battle	31	34	---	---	7	72
Louie Tripplehorn	31	34	---	---	7	72
Carlton Ybarra	31	34	---	---	7	72
Mason Forrester	---	---	15	40	15	70
Ivan O'Neal	31	34	---	---	---	65
Connor MaKinster	31	34	---	---	---	65
Rich Hart	---	---	17	45	3	65
Greg Torrence	---	---	17	45	3	65
Keith Mills	---	---	15	33	15	63
Bo Cook	26	32	---	---	---	58
Seth Boyer	---	---	16	33	6	55
Logan Halverson	---	---	16	33	2	51
Cole Fulcher	13	16	---	---	20	49
Taylor Barber	---	---	11	35	3	49
Joel Bashford	---	---	15	33	1	49
Lamont Shaner	---	---	10	35	2	47
Amir Cooper	17	11	---	---	16	44
Lawrence Chipokas	19	21	---	---	1	41
Kent Benton	14	20	---	---	5	39
Rex Stephens	---	---	9	22	3	34
Lamar Chatham	17	15	---	---	---	32
Rodolfo Ogden	13	16	---	---	---	29
Ivan Nimmons	10	4	---	---	14	28
Amos Joyner	---	---	1	0	20	21
Emmett Whalen	---	---	3	12	3	18
Caleb Liesegang	---	---	3	12	3	18
Dominique Backus	---	---	3	12	3	18
Andres Farrell	---	---	7	10	1	18
Salvador Owen	---	---	2	5	9	16
J.T. Winters	0	1	---	---	13	14
Peter Herndon	---	---	1	0	10	11
Skip Lindsay	---	---	3	5	2	10
Broderick Parrish	0	0	---	---	7	7
Theodore Bergeron	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dashawn Jamison	0	0	---	---	5	5
Pedro Stevenson	0	0	---	---	---	0
Leroy Matos	0	0	---	---	---	0
Douglas Christ	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dustin Landers	0	0	---	---	---	0
Alejandro Adamo	0	0	---	---	---	0
Rich Webb	---	---	0	0	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Zachary Lyon	---	---	31	34	19	84
Monty Guenther	15	42	---	---	19	76
Butch Pardo	18	45	---	---	8	71
Antonio Martell	18	45	---	---	8	71
Jerome Blood	18	45	---	---	8	71
Francisco Noland	18	45	---	---	8	71
Jesse Leiter	---	---	31	34	2	67
Leonardo McConnell	---	---	31	34	1	66
Carlos Fleming	---	---	31	34	1	66
Donnell Hayes	---	---	31	33	1	65
Gary Powers	17	44	---	---	4	65
Alex Schmidgall	16	40	---	---	9	65
Ezekiel Gaylor	18	45	---	---	---	63
Alex Stokes	---	---	30	32	1	63
Joshua Platt	18	45	---	---	---	63
Alejandro Benjamin	---	---	30	32	---	62
Jeffery Raney	---	---	30	31	---	61
Scottie Cerasani	9	31	---	---	15	55
Damon Webster	---	---	30	25	---	55
Joey Mikeska	---	---	18	11	18	47
Drake Ackley	---	---	13	23	10	46
Deron Copeland	7	19	---	---	17	43
Jason Horn	9	15	---	---	19	43
Carlos Torres	---	---	10	16	15	41
Marquis Booker	---	---	19	14	1	34
Broderick Hoover	11	22	---	---	---	33
Albert Rasmussen	1	0	---	---	23	24
Jace Wooden	---	---	1	2	11	14
Neal Covington	---	---	3	7	3	13
Clyde Vest	---	---	1	10	1	12
Ron Carter	2	5	---	---	4	11
Leonard Newman	3	7	---	---	---	10
Brendan O'Callaghan	0	0	---	---	9	9
Dustin Dargy	0	0	---	---	8	8
Corbin Luong	---	---	0	0	6	6
Griffin Campbell	---	---	0	0	6	6
David Farrell	---	---	1	2	1	4
Rickey Shallard	0	0	---	---	4	4
Rodney Harmon	0	0	---	---	4	4
Melvin Braswell	---	---	0	0	---	0
Sherman Huffman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kendall Flynn	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kenny Huffman	0	0	---	---	---	0
Angel Heffner	0	0	---	---	---	0
Adrian Renfrow	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	30	6.0
Middle	14	53	3.8
Right	12	71	5.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	7	7.0
Middle	11	34	3.1
Right	5	7	1.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Connor MaKinster	33	22	4	1	3	4	0	0	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ezekiel Gaylor	42	25	5	2	3	5	6	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	88	14.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	12	94	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	3	47	9.4
Long (19+ Yds)	8	1	18	2.3

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	17	5.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	149	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	9	100	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	31	15.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dalton Wheeler	9	6	0	53	0	34
WR Bo Cook	9	7	0	64	2	32
WR Lawrence Chipokas	6	5	1	95	2	21
TE Lamar Chatham	4	1	1	11	0	15
TE Rodolfo Ogden	2	2	0	10	0	16
RB Kent Benton	1	1	0	14	0	20
TE Cole Fulcher	1	0	0	0	0	16
WR J.T. Winters	1	0	1	0	0	1

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Monty Guenther	13	5	1	34	0	42
WR Gary Powers	10	9	1	153	4	44
RB Broderick Hoover	8	5	0	25	0	22
WR Scottie Cerasani	7	4	1	50	1	31
FB Jason Horn	2	1	0	17	0	15
TE Leonard Newman	1	0	0	0	0	7
TE Alex Schmidgall	1	1	0	18	0	40

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Kent Benton	3	13	4.33	6.50
Amir Cooper	3	8	2.67	3.93

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Broderick Hoover	2	6	3.00	2.78
Deron Copeland	1	1	1.00	3.00
Jason Horn	1	1	1.00	1.00

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Connor MaKinster	3	3	9	3.00	7.48

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ezekiel Gaylor	3	2	10	3.33	7.07

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dalton Wheeler	1	1	1	1.00	5.89
WR Bo Cook	1	1	4	4.00	7.11
TE Rodolfo Ogden	1	1	4	4.00	5.00

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Monty Guenther	2	1	4	2.00	2.62
RB Broderick Hoover	1	1	6	6.00	3.13

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Kent Benton	2	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
Broderick Hoover	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Connor MaKinster	13	10	7

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ezekiel Gaylor	10	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Bo Cook	6	5	3
WR Dalton Wheeler	4	3	2
TE Lamar Chatham	2	1	1
WR Lawrence Chipokas	1	1	1

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Broderick Hoover	5	3	1
WR Monty Guenther	3	1	1
WR Gary Powers	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,400 (21,400)
End Zone 15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	70,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,400 (21,400)
End Zone	15,400 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,900 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	13,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,300)