Week 1, 2029

played in Tampa Bay, FL

86 degrees, stormy, 17 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	13	6	3	-	22
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	10	7	7	-	31

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:35 TBY - Dennis Ridoutt 17 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)
2Q: 10:05 TBY - Roger Peters 7 run (David Wilcox extra point)
2Q: 05:57 CAR - Sean Luen 16 pass from Maxwell Conley (Alexander Rebensdorf extra point failed)
2Q: 02:58 CAR - Rufus Kiser 6 pass from Maxwell Conley (Alexander Rebensdorf extra point)
2Q: 00:17 TBY - David Wilcox 25 field goal
3Q: 10:36 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 48 field goal
3Q: 05:48 TBY - Kenny Prentice 5 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)
3Q: 01:55 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 34 field goal
4Q: 09:32 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 27 field goal
4Q: 02:44 TBY - Dennis Ridoutt 19 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:35 TBY - Dennis Ridoutt 17 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)
2Q: 10:05 TBY - Roger Peters 7 run (David Wilcox extra point)
2Q: 05:57 CAR - Sean Luen 16 pass from Maxwell Conley (Alexander Rebensdorf extra point failed)
2Q: 02:58 CAR - Rufus Kiser 6 pass from Maxwell Conley (Alexander Rebensdorf extra point)
2Q: 00:17 TBY - David Wilcox 25 field goal
3Q: 10:36 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 48 field goal
3Q: 05:48 TBY - Kenny Prentice 5 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)
3Q: 01:55 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 34 field goal
4Q: 09:32 CAR - Alexander Rebensdorf 27 field goal
4Q: 02:44 TBY - Dennis Ridoutt 19 pass from Roger Peters (David Wilcox extra point)

Team Statistics CAR TBY
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 17 28
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 12 17
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 355 417
- Offensive Plays 66 69
- Yards per Play 5.38 6.04
Net Rushing Yards 131 128
- Rushing Attempts 24 34
- Yards per Rush 5.46 3.76
Net Passing Yards 224 289
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 41 - 23 - 0 35 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 228 289
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 5.33 8.26
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 7/16 7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/55 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 3/24 1/8
Kick Returns/Yards 2/37 1/24
Interception Ret./Yards 1/11 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 4/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 31 OWN 30
Time of Possession 27:41 32:19

Team Statistics	CAR	TBY
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	17	28
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	12	17
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	355	417
- Offensive Plays	66	69
- Yards per Play	5.38	6.04
Net Rushing Yards	131	128
- Rushing Attempts	24	34
- Yards per Rush	5.46	3.76
Net Passing Yards	224	289
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	41 - 23 - 0	35 - 22 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	228	289
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	5.33	8.26
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	7/16	7/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	8.5
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/55	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	3/24	1/8
Kick Returns/Yards	2/37	1/24
Interception Ret./Yards	1/11	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	4/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 31	OWN 30
Time of Possession	27:41	32:19

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:24	2:02	OWN 31	3	6	Punt
1	7:39	1:54	OWN 38	3	-1	Punt
1	4:42	1:14	OWN 33	3	9	Punt
1	2:04	1:39	OWN 48	3	-2	Punt
2	9:52	4:01	OWN 25	9	75	Touchdown
2	4:21	1:32	OWN 45	5	55	Touchdown
2	0:10	0:10	OWN 16	1	-1	Half
3	15:00	4:29	OWN 25	11	44	Field Goal
3	5:41	3:53	OWN 25	8	58	Field Goal
4	15:00	5:33	OWN 24	11	66	Field Goal
4	2:37	0:48	OWN 25	5	19	Downs
4	0:54	0:31	OWN 39	4	2	Downs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:36	OWN 25	8	75	Touchdown
1	9:22	1:43	OWN 33	3	-6	Punt
1	5:45	1:03	OWN 34	3	26	Interception
1	3:28	1:24	OWN 7	3	7	Punt
1	0:25	5:33	OWN 18	10	82	Touchdown
2	5:51	1:30	OWN 25	3	4	Punt
2	2:49	2:39	OWN 25	8	67	Field Goal
3	10:31	4:50	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
3	1:48	1:48	OWN 32	3	-1	Punt
4	9:27	6:50	OWN 25	11	75	Touchdown
4	1:49	0:55	OPP 44	5	5	Fumble
4	0:23	0:23	OPP 41	1	-2	Game

Game MVP: Roger Peters, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Corwin Cowley	14	55	3.93	37	2
QB Maxwell Conley	4	61	15.25	51	1
RB Deion Bailey	2	1	0.50	1	0
QB Jamie Hawkes	2	9	4.50	7	0
WR Edgar Dotson	1	6	6.00	6	0
RB Lester Miller	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Marshall Armstrong	18	75	4.17	28	4	0
QB Roger Peters	10	26	2.60	11	1	1
RB Denzel Shaw	6	27	4.50	11	1	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Maxwell Conley	30	19	161	1/4	2	23	0	99.4
Jamie Hawkes	11	4	67	0/0	0	46	0	57.8

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Roger Peters	35	22	289	0/0	3	34	1	105.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Rick Diaz	5	10	49	9.80	22	15	0
WR Sean Luen	5	8	79	15.80	53	46	1
TE Rufus Kiser	5	6	42	8.40	4	13	1
WR Lincoln Hamilton	2	5	17	8.50	0	11	0
RB Lester Miller	2	3	23	11.50	15	23	0
RB Deion Bailey	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0
FB Edgar Maloney	1	4	8	8.00	3	8	0
WR Edgar Dotson	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
C Shawn Stargell	1	3	3	3.00	0	3	0

Tampa Bay	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Kenny Prentice	7	8	107	15.29	43	34	1
WR Alan Mathers	5	10	50	10.00	10	15	0
WR Dennis Ridoutt	5	6	81	16.20	21	21	2
WR Byron Cornwell	4	8	40	10.00	2	15	0
TE Jace Protokowicz	1	1	11	11.00	0	11	0
WR Howard Grant	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Korey Erickson	1	11	11.00	0

Tampa Bay	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
S Kody Weber	0	1	0	0
OLB Roy Smithen	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
RB Marshall Armstrong	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kris Maxwell	4	154	38.5	36.5	51	2

Tampa Bay	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Kent Schneiderheinze	4	168	42.0	36.0	47	0

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Alexander Rebensdorf	3/3	1/1	0/0	48	1/2

Tampa Bay	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
David Wilcox	1/1	0/0	0/0	25	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Diaz	3	24	8.0	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jeff Uerling	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Diaz	2	37	18.5	0

Tampa Bay	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Dusty Jarrell	1	24	24.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Monty Gauthier	8	4	33	32
CB Korey Erickson	6	1	31	32
S Kody Weber	6	0	34	35
CB Brent Burton	6	0	34	35
CB Kris Stevens	5	0	21	31
OLB Roy Smithen	4	1	34	35
OLB Rex Noonan	4	0	13	4
S Trevor Abrams	3	2	20	20
DE Burt Witten	3	1	31	31
DE Axel Damm	2	0	31	32
DT Wendell Foley	1	2	19	19
S Nicolas Gibson	1	0	14	15
DT Dan Hein	1	0	31	26
DE Russell Vreede	1	0	3	3
DT Marlon Benton	0	1	15	16

Tampa Bay	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Caleb Porter	10	1	0.0	21	39
OLB Christian Patton	8	1	0.0	23	42
OLB Paul Spetz	5	0	0.0	15	26
CB Edwin Whitted	4	0	0.0	22	38
CB Vernon Bravata	4	0	0.0	20	36
S Dusty Jarrell	3	0	0.0	18	27
CB Bucky Stone	3	0	0.0	16	26
DE Monty Pierzina	2	0	1.0	13	18
CB Gary Fox	2	0	0.0	22	40
ILB Randall Jolly	2	0	0.0	23	42
S Chase Korte	1	2	0.0	15	26
DT Brandon Coleman	1	1	0.0	21	36
WR Alan Mathers	1	0	---	---	---
DE Neil Flannery	0	2	0.0	19	32

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Axel Damm	2	1	32
DT Marlon Benton	1	0	16
DE Burt Witten	1	0	31
DT Wendell Foley	1	0	19

Tampa Bay	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Monty Pierzina	1.0	0	0	18
DT Brandon Coleman	0.0	3	0	36
ILB Randall Jolly	0.0	2	1	42
DE Neil Flannery	0.0	1	1	32
S Dusty Jarrell	0.0	1	0	27
DT Sawyer Corzine	0.0	1	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Monty Gauthier	5	1	0	32
CB Korey Erickson	4	1	1	32
CB Kris Stevens	4	0	0	31
CB Brent Burton	2	1	0	35
OLB Roy Smithen	2	0	0	35
S Kody Weber	2	0	0	35
S Trevor Abrams	1	0	0	20
DE Axel Damm	1	0	0	32
DE Burt Witten	1	0	0	31
S Nicolas Gibson	0	1	0	15

Tampa Bay	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Caleb Porter	6	0	39
OLB Paul Spetz	4	0	26
CB Vernon Bravata	4	0	36
OLB Christian Patton	3	1	42
CB Edwin Whitted	2	1	38
CB Gary Fox	1	0	40
ILB Randall Jolly	1	0	42
S Dusty Jarrell	1	0	27
CB Bucky Stone	1	0	26
DT Sawyer Corzine	0	1	21

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Lionel Hochheiser	2	7	24	1	42
T Melvin Blanchard	1	5	24	0	42
C Leroy Flynn	1	4	24	0	42
G Randal Davis	1	1	24	0	42
T Earnest Primeau	0	1	23	0	40

Tampa Bay	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
T Alexis Pettway	3	6	34	35
C K.C. Polk	2	8	34	35
T Ray Shea	2	5	34	35
G Billy Clemons	1	5	34	35
G Allen Madison	0	5	34	35

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Brent Burton	1	15
Randal Davis	1	7

Tampa Bay	Tackles	STPlays
Jeff Uerling	1	21
Marshall Armstrong	1	21
Ronnie Ellison	1	17
Alexis Pettway	1	5
Tito Sweeney	1	5

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
ILB Monty Gauthier	---	---	33	32	20	85
CB Brent Burton	---	---	34	35	15	84
CB Korey Erickson	---	---	31	32	16	79
DE Axel Damm	---	---	31	32	14	77
WR Rick Diaz	23	35	---	---	17	75
G Randal Davis	24	42	---	---	7	73
C Lionel Hochheiser	24	42	---	---	7	73
T Melvin Blanchard	24	42	---	---	7	73
OLB Roy Smithen	---	---	34	35	1	70
S Kody Weber	---	---	34	35	1	70
T Earnest Primeau	23	40	---	---	6	69
C Leroy Flynn	24	42	---	---	---	66
TE Rufus Kiser	22	42	---	---	---	64
DE Burt Witten	---	---	31	31	---	62
DT Dan Hein	---	---	31	26	4	61
S Trevor Abrams	---	---	20	20	15	55
CB Kris Stevens	---	---	21	31	1	53
QB Maxwell Conley	18	31	---	---	2	51
WR Sean Luen	15	27	---	---	7	49
RB Corwin Cowley	20	28	---	---	---	48
FB Edgar Maloney	8	14	---	---	19	41
DT Wendell Foley	---	---	19	19	---	38
WR Lincoln Hamilton	14	22	---	---	1	37
DT Marlon Benton	---	---	15	16	1	32
S Nicolas Gibson	---	---	14	15	2	31
TE Hector Wilcox	1	6	---	---	23	30
RB Lester Miller	1	10	---	---	19	30
WR Edgar Dotson	7	6	---	---	16	29
C Shawn Stargell	5	16	---	---	6	27
QB Jamie Hawkes	6	11	---	---	1	18
OLB Rex Noonan	---	---	13	4	---	17
DE Teddy Anunson	---	---	3	9	1	13
OLB Theodore Kemp	---	---	0	0	10	10
K Alexander Rebensdorf	0	0	---	---	9	9
RB Deion Bailey	4	4	---	---	---	8
DE Ralph Ford	---	---	3	4	1	8
DE Russell Vreede	---	---	3	3	1	7
CB Deon Gaarder	---	---	3	3	1	7
C Jack Prescott	0	0	---	---	7	7
OLB Deron Collette	---	---	1	3	1	5
P Kris Maxwell	0	0	---	---	4	4
T Ken Terry	1	2	---	---	1	4
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Junior Jennings	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Kristopher Franco	0	0	---	---	---	0
T Garrett Qaderi	0	0	---	---	---	0

Tampa Bay	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Gary Fox	---	---	22	40	22	84
RB Marshall Armstrong	28	31	---	---	21	80
CB Edwin Whitted	---	---	22	38	18	78
T Alexis Pettway	34	35	---	---	5	74
QB Roger Peters	34	35	---	---	1	70
C K.C. Polk	34	35	---	---	---	69
G Billy Clemons	34	35	---	---	---	69
WR Byron Cornwell	34	35	---	---	---	69
T Ray Shea	34	35	---	---	---	69
G Allen Madison	34	35	---	---	---	69
ILB Randall Jolly	---	---	23	42	3	68
OLB Christian Patton	---	---	23	42	3	68
OLB Caleb Porter	---	---	21	39	3	63
WR Dennis Ridoutt	20	30	---	---	12	62
DT Brandon Coleman	---	---	21	36	2	59
CB Vernon Bravata	---	---	20	36	1	57
TE Kenny Prentice	25	31	---	---	---	56
S Dusty Jarrell	---	---	18	27	8	53
DE Neil Flannery	---	---	19	32	1	52
WR Alan Mathers	22	30	---	---	---	52
CB Bucky Stone	---	---	16	26	9	51
OLB Paul Spetz	---	---	15	26	3	44
S Chase Korte	---	---	15	26	3	44
DT Sawyer Corzine	---	---	11	21	7	39
WR Ronnie Ellison	8	8	---	---	17	33
DE Monty Pierzina	---	---	13	18	1	32
TE Jace Protokowicz	7	1	---	---	21	29
WR Jeff Uerling	0	1	---	---	21	22
OLB Lamar Marsh	---	---	0	0	20	20
TE Lucas Spearman	6	3	---	---	6	15
DE Ray Wean	---	---	2	9	4	15
RB Denzel Shaw	6	0	---	---	6	12
S Alex Morton	---	---	2	4	5	11
TE Max Anwar	10	1	---	---	---	11
ILB Donnie Feinstein	---	---	0	0	10	10
WR Howard Grant	4	4	---	---	---	8
K David Wilcox	0	0	---	---	7	7
C Norbert Meechan	0	0	---	---	5	5
G Gus Andrews	0	0	---	---	5	5
T Mackenzie Broyles	0	0	---	---	5	5
G Tito Sweeney	0	0	---	---	5	5
P Kent Schneiderheinze	0	0	---	---	4	4
OLB Calvin Hopper	---	---	1	0	---	1
ILB Mo Ballard	---	---	0	0	---	0
QB Brian Woods	0	0	---	---	---	0
DE Harvey Wagner	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	1	-3	-3.0
Middle	15	124	8.3
Right	7	11	1.6
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	30	3.3
Middle	17	63	3.7
Right	7	37	5.3
None	1	-2	-2.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Maxwell Conley	30	19	1	1	2	2	6	1	0
Jamie Hawkes	11	4	1	2	2	1	2	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Roger Peters	35	22	4	0	3	4	5	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	4	20	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	13	125	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	6	83	6.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	76	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	17	11	155	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	6	3	58	9.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Rick Diaz	10	5	2	49	0	35
WR Sean Luen	8	5	1	79	1	27
TE Rufus Kiser	6	5	0	42	0	42
WR Lincoln Hamilton	5	2	1	17	0	22
FB Edgar Maloney	4	1	0	8	0	14
C Shawn Stargell	3	1	0	3	0	16
RB Lester Miller	3	2	0	23	1	10
RB Deion Bailey	1	1	0	8	0	4
WR Edgar Dotson	1	1	0	-1	0	6

Tampa Bay	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Alan Mathers	10	5	1	50	0	30
TE Kenny Prentice	8	7	0	107	3	31
WR Byron Cornwell	8	4	1	40	0	35
WR Dennis Ridoutt	6	5	0	81	1	30
WR Howard Grant	2	0	1	0	0	4
TE Jace Protokowicz	1	1	0	11	0	1

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Corwin Cowley	2	-7	-3.50	3.93
QB Maxwell Conley	1	2	2.00	15.25
RB Lester Miller	1	-1	-1.00	-1.00

Tampa Bay	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Denzel Shaw	2	16	8.00	4.50
QB Roger Peters	1	7	7.00	2.60
RB Marshall Armstrong	1	-1	-1.00	4.17

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Maxwell Conley	4	3	35	8.75	5.37
Jamie Hawkes	2	1	1	0.50	6.09

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Roger Peters	8	5	60	7.50	8.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Rufus Kiser	3	3	20	6.67	7.00
WR Rick Diaz	2	0	0	0.00	4.90
WR Sean Luen	1	1	16	16.00	9.88

Tampa Bay	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Byron Cornwell	3	2	19	6.33	5.00
WR Alan Mathers	2	0	0	0.00	5.00
WR Dennis Ridoutt	2	2	36	18.00	13.50
TE Kenny Prentice	1	1	5	5.00	13.38

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
QB Maxwell Conley	2	1
RB Deion Bailey	1	1

Tampa Bay	Rushes	Conversions
QB Roger Peters	1	0
RB Marshall Armstrong	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Maxwell Conley	10	9	5
Jamie Hawkes	3	1	0

Tampa Bay	Att	Comp	Conversions
Roger Peters	11	7	7

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Rick Diaz	4	3	2
TE Rufus Kiser	3	3	2
FB Edgar Maloney	2	1	0
WR Lincoln Hamilton	2	2	1
C Shawn Stargell	2	1	0

Tampa Bay	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Alan Mathers	3	0	0
TE Kenny Prentice	3	3	3
WR Dennis Ridoutt	2	2	2
WR Howard Grant	1	0	0
TE Jace Protokowicz	1	1	1
WR Byron Cornwell	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,700 (21,700)
End Zone 15,700 (15,700)
Mezzanine 9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats 13,900 (13,900)
Club Seats 9,800 (9,800)
Luxury Boxes 9,900 (9,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,000 (80,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,700 (21,700)
End Zone	15,700 (15,700)
Mezzanine	9,000 (9,000)
Sideline Seats	13,900 (13,900)
Club Seats	9,800 (9,800)
Luxury Boxes	9,900 (9,900)