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Buccaneers at Panthers: December 21, 2025

The Carolina Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-20 at Bank of America Stadium on December 21, 2025 (2025 regular season).

Final · Played December 21, 2025 · Updated October 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most passing yards: Baker Mayfield (Buccaneers, 145); Bryce Young (Panthers, 191). Most rushing yards: Bucky Irving (Buccaneers, 71); Chuba Hubbard (Panthers, 27). Most receiving yards: Emeka Egbuka (Buccaneers, 40); Tetairoa McMillan (Panthers, 73).

Scoring by quarter

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Tampa Bay Buccaneers737320
Carolina Panthers3107323

Team comparison

Team statsTBCAR
Total yards296275
Passing yards127174
Rushing yards169101
First downs2016
Yards per play4.95.1
Turnovers10
Penalty yards5630
Red zone (scores/trips)2/31/2

What stood out

  • The Buccaneers out-gained the Panthers 296 to 275 total yards, but the Panthers won.
  • Turnovers: Buccaneers 1, Panthers 0.
  • The Panthers' biggest scoring edge came in the 2nd quarter (10-3).
  • The Buccaneers ran for 169 yards to the Panthers' 101.

Featured player lines

  • Baker Mayfield (TB QB): 18 CMP, 26 ATT, 145 PASS YDS, 1 PASS TD, 1 INT, 4 CAR, 49 RUSH YDS
  • Bucky Irving (TB RB): 19 CAR, 71 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS
  • Rachaad White (TB RB): 5 CAR, 45 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 2 TGT, 2 REC, 15 REC YDS
  • Chris Godwin Jr. (TB WR): 6 TGT, 5 REC, 30 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Emeka Egbuka (TB WR): 2 TGT, 1 REC, 40 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Kameron Johnson (TB WR): 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Mike Evans (TB WR): 9 TGT, 5 REC, 31 REC YDS, 1 REC TD
  • Tez Johnson (TB WR): 1 TGT, 1 REC, -1 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Cade Otton (TB TE): 2 TGT, 2 REC, 15 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Bryce Young (CAR QB): 21 CMP, 32 ATT, 191 PASS YDS, 2 PASS TD, 0 INT, 4 CAR, 20 RUSH YDS
  • Chuba Hubbard (CAR RB): 6 CAR, 27 RUSH YDS, 0 RUSH TD, 1 TGT, 1 REC, 7 REC YDS
  • Brycen Tremayne (CAR WR): 0 TGT, 0 REC, 0 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Jalen Coker (CAR WR): 5 TGT, 3 REC, 47 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Tetairoa McMillan (CAR WR): 10 TGT, 6 REC, 73 REC YDS, 1 REC TD
  • Mitchell Evans (CAR TE): 3 TGT, 3 REC, 23 REC YDS, 0 REC TD
  • Tommy Tremble (CAR TE): 1 TGT, 1 REC, 6 REC YDS, 0 REC TD

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Head-to-head

Earlier meetings stored in StatsNext, most recent first
DateResult
December 29, 2024CAR 14, TB 48 (at Tampa Bay)
December 1, 2024TB 26, CAR 23 (at Carolina)
January 7, 2024TB 9, CAR 0 (at Carolina)
December 3, 2023CAR 18, TB 21 (at Tampa Bay)
January 1, 2023CAR 24, TB 30 (at Tampa Bay)

Full Panthers vs Buccaneers head-to-head (10 meetings).

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