2014 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 7, 2014 · Raymond James Stadium

Carolina PanthersWinner

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TB -5.5 upsetU 38.5 ✓Buccaneers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Carolina Panthers 20–14.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CAR

Derek AndersonQB

24/34, 230 yds, 2 TD, 0 INT

8.4 expected points added · +9.8% completion over expected

Passing · TB

Josh McCownQB

22/35, 183 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT

-5.9 expected points added · +0.5% completion over expected

Rushing · CAR

DeAngelo WilliamsRB

14 att, 72 yds, 0 TD

0.5 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · CAR

Jonathan StewartRB

9 att, 20 yds, 0 TD

-3.1 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CAR

Kelvin BenjaminWR

6/8 for 92 yds, 1 TD

25% of team targets · 6.5 expected points added

Receiving · CAR

Greg OlsenTE

8/11 for 83 yds, 1 TD

34% of team targets · 6.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Derek Anderson	24/34	230	2	0	1	8.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
DeAngelo Williams	14	72	5.1	0.5
Jonathan Stewart	9	20	2.2	-3.1
Mike Tolbert	7	11	1.6	-5.5
Derek Anderson	3	10	3.3	1.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Kelvin Benjamin	6	8	92	1	25%	6.5
Greg Olsen	8	11	83	1	34%	6.1
Jerricho Cotchery	4	4	32	0	13%	3.2
Jonathan Stewart	3	3	17	0	9%	0.4
Mike Tolbert	2	4	6	0	13%	-2.5
DeAngelo Williams	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.2
Jason Avant	1	1	0	0	3%	-0.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Luke Kuechly	7	2	1.0	0	1
Antoine Cason	6	0	0.0	1	2
Greg Hardy	3	1	1.0	0	0
Bene' Benwikere	3	1	0.0	0	1
Thomas Davis	3	1	0.0	0	1
Melvin White	3	0	0.0	0	1
Charles Godfrey	2	0	0.0	0	0
Kawann Short	1	1	0.0	0	0
Roman Harper	1	1	0.0	1	1
J.J. Jansen	1	0	0.0	0	0

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Josh McCown	22/35	183	2	2	3	-5.9

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Jorvorskie Lane	1	54	54.0	3.5
Josh McCown	3	27	9.0	2.3
Bobby Rainey	4	12	3.0	-0.1
Doug Martin	9	9	1.0	-4.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Brandon Myers	6	8	41	0	23%	-4.5
Mike Evans	5	9	37	0	26%	0.5
Vincent Jackson	4	9	36	0	26%	0.3
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	1	2	26	0	6%	-1.3
Chris Owusu	2	2	20	1	6%	1.2
Bobby Rainey	2	2	8	1	6%	-1.8
Luke Stocker	1	1	8	0	3%	0.7
Doug Martin	1	2	7	0	6%	-0.3

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks
Mason Foster	4	4	0.0
Lavonte David	6	1	0.0
Dashon Goldson	5	2	0.0
Mark Barron	5	2	0.0
Gerald McCoy	6	0	1.0
Michael Johnson	2	3	0.0
Alterraun Verner	3	1	0.0
Johnthan Banks	4	0	0.0
Akeem Spence	2	0	0.0
Mike Evans	1	0	0.0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: TB -5.5
Closing total: 38.5
CAR moneyline: +201
TB moneyline: -225

Buccaneers closed -5.5 and lost outright — an upset against the closing number.

Total closed 38.5; the game landed 34 — under by 4.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Raymond James Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 88°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Peter Morelli
Rest: CAR 7 days · TB 7 days
Coaches: Ron Rivera vs Lovie Smith

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.