Tampa Bay Buccaneers16–14Carolina Panthers

Total yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 343, Carolina Panthers 285. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 203, Carolina Panthers 266. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 140, Carolina Panthers 19. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 19, Carolina Panthers 14. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0.0, Carolina Panthers 2.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1, Carolina Panthers 4. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, Carolina Panthers 5. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3, Carolina Panthers 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6, Carolina Panthers 5. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45, Carolina Panthers 46. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6.8, Carolina Panthers 6.4. 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 -6.4, Carolina Panthers -7.4. The same for the running game.