CHARLOTTE (Interstat) — Bucky Irving ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, Baker Mayfield threw for another score and Tampa Bay’s defense dominated as the Buccaneers beat Carolina 43-13 on Sunday. Tampa Bay improved to 2-5; Carolina fell to 3-3. The Buccaneers built a 26-6 halftime lead and pulled away after Chase McLaughlin’s 44-yard field goal and Sean Tucker’s 46-yard touchdown run. Irving opened the scoring with a 4-yard run, and Tez Johnson caught a 14-yard touchdown pass from Mayfield. McLaughlin added a 22-yard field goal. Carolina’s Bryce Young completed 14 of 27 passes for 163 yards and a touchdown, a 50-yard strike to Darren Waller. The Panthers also scored on A. Tyus’s 12-yard run. Tampa Bay’s Yaya Diaby recorded three sacks, Tykee Smith and Zyon McCollum intercepted passes, and McCollum returned a blocked extra point for a defensive two-point conversion. The game at Bank of America Stadium drew 73,195.

CHARLOTTE (Interstat) — Bucky Irving ran for 106 yards and two touchdowns, Baker Mayfield threw a short scoring pass and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers used a dominant second quarter to beat the Carolina Panthers 43-13 on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium in a National Football League game. Attendance was 73,195. Tampa Bay improved to 2-5, while Carolina fell to 3-3. The Buccaneers had dropped five of six entering the game, and the Panthers had won two straight. Tampa Bay scored first when Irving capped an early drive with a 4-yard run up the middle with 7:22 remaining in the first quarter, and Chase McLaughlin’s extra point made it 7-0. McLaughlin added a 22-yard field goal with 14:12 left in the second quarter to extend the lead to 10-0. Tampa Bay took a 17-0 lead before Carolina answered with Bryce Young’s 50-yard touchdown pass to Darren Waller with 9:09 remaining in the half. The extra point was blocked and Zyon McCollum returned it for a defensive two-point conversion, leaving Tampa Bay ahead 19-6. Irving then scored on a 1-yard run with 3:53 left in the second quarter, and McLaughlin’s extra point made it 26-6. Tampa Bay appeared to add another touchdown when Mayfield connected with Chris Godwin Jr. for 9 yards, but the play was wiped out by an illegal shift penalty on Irving. Mayfield later found Tez Johnson for a 14-yard touchdown with 4 seconds remaining, and McLaughlin’s extra point made it 33-6 at halftime. McLaughlin made a 44-yard field goal with 6:30 left in the third quarter to make it 36-6. Sean Tucker added a 46-yard touchdown run with 10:21 remaining in the fourth quarter, and McLaughlin’s extra point made it 43-6. Carolina scored its final points when A. Tyus ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 5:28 left, and Ryan Fitzgerald added the extra point to set the final score at 43-13. Tampa Bay’s defense finished with five sacks and two interceptions. Mayfield, listed at 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds, completed 7 of 11 passes for 64 yards and a touchdown and ran once for 1 yard. Irving carried 24 times for 106 yards and scored twice, while Kenny Gainwell added 14 carries for 88 yards and a 30-yard kickoff return. Tucker had seven carries for 52 yards and a touchdown. Tez Johnson contributed a 14-yard touchdown catch, two receptions for 33 yards, one run for 14 yards and a 22-yard punt return. Godwin had four catches for 27 yards. Kameron Johnson returned two kickoffs for 50 yards. McLaughlin finished 2 for 2 on field goals, and Riley Dixon punted twice for 79 yards. Carolina got 163 passing yards and a touchdown from Young, a 6-foot, 194-pound quarterback from Pasadena, Calif., who completed 14 of 27 attempts and ran once for 9 yards. Kenny Pickett, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound quarterback, completed 3 of 4 passes for 47 yards and ran once for 15 yards. Waller caught one pass for 50 yards and a touchdown. Tetairoa McMillan had four receptions for 40 yards, Mitchell Evans had two catches for 39 yards, John Metchie III had two for 20 yards, Tommy Tremble had one for 8 yards and Jalen Coker had one for 9 yards. David Moore had one punt return for no yards. Tampa Bay’s defense got three sacks from Yaya Diaby, a 6-foot-3, 263-pound linebacker who finished with three tackles. Vita Vea, a 6-foot-4, 347-pound tackle, and Al-Quadin Muhammad, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end, each had one sack. Josiah Trotter made 10 tackles, Tykee Smith, a 5-foot-10, 202-pound safety, had seven tackles and an interception, and Zyon McCollum, a 6-foot-2, 199-pound cornerback, added two tackles and an interception. Keionte Scott and Alex Anzalone, a 6-foot-3, 237-pound linebacker, each had six tackles. David Walker, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound linebacker, and Ifeatu Melifonwu, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound cornerback, each had five tackles. Elijah Roberts, a 6-foot-4, 295-pound defensive end, had three tackles, while Jacob Parrish, SirVocea Dennis, Kevin Knowles and Bauer Sharp each had two. Calijah Kancey, A’Shawn Robinson, Elijah Simmons, Anthony Nelson and Rueben Bain Jr. each made one tackle. For Carolina, Bobby Okereke, a 6-foot-1, 235-pound linebacker, made 10 tackles, Nick Scott, a 5-foot-11, 201-pound safety, had seven, Aaron Hall, a 6-foot-4, 297-pound tackle, had six, and Derrick Brown and Nick Hampton each had five. Will Lee III, a 6-foot-1, 189-pound cornerback, added five tackles. Cade Otton, a 6-foot-5, 247-pound tight end, Ko Kieft, a 6-foot-5, 265-pound tight end, David Sills V, a 6-foot-3, 211-pound wide receiver, Ted Hurst III, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound wide receiver, and Jalon Daniels, a 6-foot-1, 219-pound quarterback, did not record statistics for Tampa Bay. Brycen Tremayne, a 6-foot-4, 212-pound wide receiver, did not record statistics for Carolina. The Panthers also got the 50-yard touchdown catch from Waller and the 12-yard scoring run from Tyus. Tampa Bay is scheduled to host Atlanta, Carolina, the Los Angeles Chargers, New Orleans and the Los Angeles Rams, and to visit Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore, Atlanta and New Orleans. Carolina is scheduled to visit Green Bay, New Orleans, Tampa Bay, Minnesota and Pittsburgh, and to host Denver, Baltimore, New Orleans, Cincinnati and Seattle. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Carolina 33, Tampa Bay 23. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Carolina with a 77.7 percent probability to win. Carolina had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -2.5. The total score of 56 went under the over/under line of 44.5.