Week 18 · 2021 NFL Season

Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Sun, Jan 9, 2022, 4:25 PM EST

Carolina Panthers

Away · 5-12

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Home · 13-4

Final — Tampa Bay Buccaneers win

	1	2	3	4	T
CAR	7	0	3	7	17
TB	0	10	7	24	41

Carolina Panthers visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18 of the 2021 NFL season. Final: Carolina Panthers 17, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41.

Recap: Bucs beat Panthers 41-17, earn No. 2 playoff seeding in NFC →

Prediction & pick

Odds pick

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

78% implied ·Strong

Against the spread

Pick'em / no spread

Crowd pick

Carolina Panthers 100%

Odds pick hit ✓

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Betting lines

Moneyline

Carolina Panthers: 3.95

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1.28

Spread

Carolina Panthers: —

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: —

Over / Under

—

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Team stats

CAR TB

18 1st Downs 21

317 Total Yards 409

207 Passing 324

110 Rushing 85

4-14 3rd down efficiency 4-11

1-10 Penalties 2-10

2 Turnovers 0

35:05 Possession 24:55

Leaders

CAR

Passing Yards

Sam Darnold (QB) — 29/42, 219 YDS, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Yards

Chuba Hubbard (RB) — 9 CAR, 48 YDS
Receiving Yards

DJ Moore (WR) — 7 REC, 87 YDS

TB

Passing Yards

Tom Brady (QB) — 29/37, 326 YDS, 3 TD
Rushing Yards

Scotty Miller (WR) — 2 CAR, 43 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving Yards

Rob Gronkowski (TE) — 7 REC, 137 YDS

Scoring summary

Q1 7:22 CAR Chuba Hubbard 2 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Lirim Hajrullahu Kick) 7–0
Q2 11:09 TB Ryan Succop 39 Yd Field Goal 7–3
Q2 0:15 TB Le'Veon Bell 1 Yd pass from Tom Brady (Ryan Succop Kick) 7–10
Q3 11:57 TB Ke'Shawn Vaughn 2 Yd Run (Ryan Succop Kick) 7–17
Q3 4:44 CAR Lirim Hajrullahu 35 Yd Field Goal 10–17
Q4 14:56 TB Mike Evans 3 Yd pass from Tom Brady (Ryan Succop Kick) 10–24
Q4 10:34 CAR Robby Anderson 19 Yd pass from Sam Darnold (Lirim Hajrullahu Kick) 17–24
Q4 7:34 TB Mike Evans 20 Yd pass from Tom Brady (Ryan Succop Kick) 17–31
Q4 5:04 TB Ryan Succop 40 Yd Field Goal 17–34
Q4 4:07 TB Scotty Miller 33 Yd Run (Ryan Succop Kick) 17–41

Standings

2025 NFC South Standings

Team	W-L	PF	PA
Carolina	8-9	311	380
Tampa Bay	8-9	380	411
Atlanta	8-9	353	401
New Orleans	6-11	306	383

Referee Tony Corrente

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