Jonathon Stewart carried the Carolina Panthers (5-7) to an ugly win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-11) on Sunday.  Stewart carried the ball 26 times for 120 yards and a touchdown.  Stewart’s rushing touchdown was the only touchdown of the game, by either team.  Matt Moore didn’t have a particularly good game at quarterback for the Panthers, throwing an interception and 161 yards on 14/20 passes, but he easily outplayed his counterpart.  Buccaneers’ quarterback Josh Freeman had 5 interceptions and barely completed 50% of his passes.  Moore was efficient and did enough to get the win, but the Panthers would like to see better out of him as it looks like Jake Delhomme (finger) is going to be put on the IR.

The Panthers defense did a great job, but they got a lot of gifts from Freeman.  They did give up way too many yards (469), but they kept the Bucs out of the endzone and only allowed two second quarter field goals.  Jon Beason was the star for the defense, as he was the main reason the Bucs went 0-4 in the red zone.  Beason had two interceptions, one coming in the endzone and the other right near the goal line.  Overall this was an ugly game, but a win is a win and the Panthers are always happy with any win.