Tampa Bay Buccaneers21–18Carolina Panthers

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 330, Carolina Panthers 311. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 202, Carolina Panthers 178. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 128, Carolina Panthers 133. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13, Carolina Panthers 14. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3.0, Carolina Panthers 1.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4, Carolina Panthers 3. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 4, Carolina Panthers 2. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1, Carolina Panthers 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5, Carolina Panthers 7. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 36, Carolina Panthers 62. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers -3.7, Carolina Panthers -5.1. 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 -2.9, Carolina Panthers -0.9. The same for the running game.