NFL: Panthers-Falcons stats

Published 9:58 pm Sunday, September 16, 2018

By Mike London

Associated Press

Panthers-Falcons Long Stats

Carolina 3 7 0 14—24

Atlanta 3 14 7 7—31

First Quarter

Car_FG Gano 54, 11:36. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 3:24. Key Play: Anderson 22 run. Carolina 3, Atlanta 0.

Atl_FG Bryant 44, 5:41. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards, 5:55. Key Plays: Ryan 9 pass to J.Jones on 3rd-and-3; Coleman 27 run on 3rd-and-1; I.Smith 12 run. Carolina 3, Atlanta 3.

Second Quarter

Car_Wright 5 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 8:42. Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 6:28. Key Plays: Newton 18 pass to McCaffrey; Newton 10 pass to McCaffrey; Newton 10 run on 4th-and-4; Newton 12 pass to Funchess on 3rd-and-5. Carolina 10, Atlanta 3.

Atl_Ridley 11 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), 4:03. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:39. Key Plays: D.Jackson 14-yard defensive pass interference penalty on 3rd-and-9; Coleman 36 run. Carolina 10, Atlanta 10.

Atl_Hooper 8 pass from Ryan (Bryant kick), :22. Drive: 7 plays, 85 yards, 1:13. Key Plays: Ryan 22 pass to Ridley; Ryan 30 pass to Hall. Atlanta 17, Carolina 10.

Third Quarter

Atl_Ryan 1 run (Bryant kick), 9:23. Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 3:26. Key Plays: Ryan 22 pass to Ridley; I.Smith 13 run; I.Smith 18 run. Atlanta 24, Carolina 10.

Fourth Quarter

Car_T.Smith 3 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 11:23. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:21. Key Plays: McCaffrey 11 run; Newton 7 pass to Wright on 3rd-and-6; R.Alford 16-yard defensive pass interference penalty; Newton 12 pass to Wright; Newton 10 run; Newton 8 pass to Thomas on 3rd-and-4. Atlanta 24, Carolina 17.

Atl_Ryan 8 run (Bryant kick), 7:17. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:06. Key Plays: Ryan 12 pass to Sanu; Ryan 30 pass to Hooper; Ryan 10 pass to Paulsen. Atlanta 31, Carolina 17.

Car_Moore 51 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 2:20. Drive: 5 plays, 96 yards, 1:36. Key Plays: Newton 22 pass to Wright; Newton 11 pass to McCaffrey. Atlanta 31, Carolina 24.

A_72,528.

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Car Atl

FIRST DOWNS 27 23

Rushing 6 10

Passing 20 12

Penalty 1 1

THIRD DOWN EFF 5-11 6-11

FOURTH DOWN EFF 1-1 0-0

TOTAL NET YARDS 439 442

Total Plays 65 60

Avg Gain 6.8 7.4

NET YARDS RUSHING 121 170

Rushes 18 32

Avg per rush 6.7 5.3

NET YARDS PASSING 318 272

Sacked-Yds lost 2-17 0-0

Gross-Yds passing 335 272

Completed-Att. 32-45 23-28

Had Intercepted 1 1

Yards-Pass Play 6.8 9.7

KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 5-5-3 6-6-5

PUNTS-Avg. 4-47.8 4-44.8

Punts blocked. 0 0

FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0

TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 35 81

Punt Returns 2-9 1-3

Kickoff Returns 1-26 2-50

Interceptions 1-0 1-28

PENALTIES-Yds 7-49 2-26

FUMBLES-Lost 0-0 3-0

TIME OF POSSESSION 30:18 29:42

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING_Carolina, Newton 5-42, McCaffrey 8-37, Anderson 3-31, Moore 1-7, Armah 1-4. Atlanta, Coleman 16-107, Smith 9-46, Ryan 4-18, Ridley 1-3, Schaub 1-0, Sanu 1-(minus 4).

PASSING_Carolina, Newton 32-45-1-335. Atlanta, Ryan 23-28-1-272.

RECEIVING_Carolina, McCaffrey 14-102, Funchess 7-77, Wright 5-62, Smith 3-33, Thomas 2-10, Moore 1-51. Atlanta, Jones 5-64, Hooper 5-59, Ridley 4-64, Coleman 4-18, Sanu 2-19, Hall 1-30, Paulsen 1-10, Smith 1-8.

PUNT RETURNS_Carolina, Moore 2-9. Atlanta, Hardy 1-3.

KICKOFF RETURNS_Carolina, Moore 1-26. Atlanta, Ridley 2-50.

TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Carolina, Kuechly 8-0-0, Jackson 6-0-0, Bradberry 5-2-0, Short 5-1-0, Addison 4-1-0, Adams 4-0-0, Searcy 2-0-0, Gaulden 2-0-0, Munnerlyn 2-0-0, Thompson 2-0-0, Mayo 2-0-0, Horton 2-0-0, Butler 1-0-0, Poe 1-0-0, Elder 1-0-0, Peppers 1-0-0, Love 0-1-0, Jones 0-1-0. Atlanta, Campbell 8-1-0, Riley 7-2-0, Poole 6-1-1, Allen 5-0-0, Richards 3-1-0, Trufant 3-0-0, Kazee 3-0-0, Jarrett 2-3-0, Oluokun 2-2-0, McKinley 2-0-1, Senat 1-0-0, Shelby 1-0-0, Alford 1-0-0, Beasley 0-2-0.

INTERCEPTIONS_Carolina, Jackson 1-0. Atlanta, Allen 1-28.

MISSED FIELD GOALS_None.

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OFFICIALS_Referee Bill Vinovich, Ump Bruce Stritesky, HL Mike Spanier, LJ Mark Perlman, FJ Mearl Robinson, SJ Gary Cavaletto, BJ Steve Patrick, Replay Mark Butterworth.