The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Carolina Panthers 16-14 on Jan 3, 2026 at Raymond James Stadium.
Final · Raymond James Stadium
Top performers
- Bryce Young threw for 266 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception for the Panthers.
- Rico Dowdle ran for 10 yards on 7 carries.
- Baker Mayfield threw for 203 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception for the Buccaneers.
- Bucky Irving ran for 85 yards on 26 carries.
Carolina Panthers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rico Dowdle | 7 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| Bryce Young | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 14 | 19 | 0 | 5 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetairoa McMillan | 4 | 6 | 85 | 0 | 40 |
| Jalen Coker | 6 | 7 | 47 | 1 | 18 |
| Tommy Tremble | 3 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 17 |
| Brycen Tremayne | 2 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 20 |
| Xavier Legette | 3 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 12 |
| Rico Dowdle | 2 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 25 |
| Jimmy Horn Jr. | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Mitchell Evans | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 24 | 30 | 266 | 2 | 40 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrick Brown | 13 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Scott | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Rozeboom | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Jackson | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Scourton | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Shawn Robinson | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Wonnum | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chau Smith-Wade | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Ransom | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Princely Umanmielen | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevis Gipson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Incoom | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bam Martin-Scott | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown III | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 73 | 39 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Tampa Bay Buccaneers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucky Irving | 26 | 85 | 0 | 9 |
| Baker Mayfield | 4 | 31 | 0 | 11 |
| Rachaad White | 7 | 23 | 0 | 7 |
| Tez Johnson | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Sean Tucker | 4 | -4 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 42 | 152 | 0 | 17 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cade Otton | 7 | 9 | 94 | 1 | 22 |
| Mike Evans | 2 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 21 |
| Rachaad White | 2 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 11 |
| Bucky Irving | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Jalen McMillan | 1 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Emeka Egbuka | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Godwin Jr. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Tez Johnson | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Payne Durham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 16 | 22 | 191 | 1 | 22 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavonte David | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tykee Smith | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yaya Diaby | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Parrish | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vita Vea | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Benjamin Morrison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Izien | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SirVocea Dennis | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Hall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Roberts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Gaines | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 26 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
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