Tampa Bay Buccaneers48–14Carolina Panthers

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 561, Carolina Panthers 242. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 359, Carolina Panthers 203. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 202, Carolina Panthers 39. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Carolina Panthers 12. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5.0, Carolina Panthers 2.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, Carolina Panthers 4. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7, Carolina Panthers 4. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5, Carolina Panthers 4. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 40, Carolina Panthers 30. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 25.2, Carolina Panthers -2.5. 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 2.4, Carolina Panthers -2.2. The same for the running game.