Tampa Bay Buccaneers41–17Carolina Panthers

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 411, Carolina Panthers 329. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 326, Carolina Panthers 219. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 85, Carolina Panthers 110. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21, Carolina Panthers 16. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2.0, Carolina Panthers 1.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6, Carolina Panthers 2. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6, Carolina Panthers 2. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2, Carolina Panthers 0. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2, Carolina Panthers 1. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10, Carolina Panthers 10. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15.7, Carolina Panthers -6.8. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -0.9, Carolina Panthers -7.0. The same for the running game.