Week 2, 2017

played in Buffalo, NY

69 degrees, fair, 12 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	7	3	3	-	20
Buffalo Bills	0	0	0	3	-	3

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:23 CAR - Leon Diano 4 pass from Bo Money (Tommie Tate extra point)
2Q: 03:40 CAR - Tyrone Neville 6 run (Tommie Tate extra point)
3Q: 05:36 CAR - Tommie Tate 33 field goal
4Q: 11:17 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 33 field goal
4Q: 01:23 CAR - Tommie Tate 33 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:23 CAR - Leon Diano 4 pass from Bo Money (Tommie Tate extra point)
2Q: 03:40 CAR - Tyrone Neville 6 run (Tommie Tate extra point)
3Q: 05:36 CAR - Tommie Tate 33 field goal
4Q: 11:17 BUF - Taylor Mehlhaff 33 field goal
4Q: 01:23 CAR - Tommie Tate 33 field goal

Team Statistics CAR BUF
Record 2-0 0-2
First Downs 18 14
- by Rushing 7 1
- by Passing 9 13
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 283 235
- Offensive Plays 56 78
- Yards per Play 5.05 3.01
Net Rushing Yards 138 66
- Rushing Attempts 35 16
- Yards per Rush 3.94 4.13
Net Passing Yards 145 169
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 12 - 0 56 - 22 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 156 199
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/11 6/30
- Yards per Pass Play 6.90 2.73
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/12 4/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.4 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0/0 1/4
Penalties/Yards 9/57 5/52
Punt Returns/Yards 5/61 2/-4
Kick Returns/Yards 2/32 3/73
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/2 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 36 OWN 25
Time of Possession 30:24 29:36

Team Statistics	CAR	BUF
Record	2-0	0-2
First Downs	18	14
- by Rushing	7	1
- by Passing	9	13
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	283	235
- Offensive Plays	56	78
- Yards per Play	5.05	3.01
Net Rushing Yards	138	66
- Rushing Attempts	35	16
- Yards per Rush	3.94	4.13
Net Passing Yards	145	169
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 12 - 0	56 - 22 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	156	199
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/11	6/30
- Yards per Pass Play	6.90	2.73
Fumbles/Lost	1/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/12	4/19
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.4	8.0
4th Down Conversions	0/0	1/4
Penalties/Yards	9/57	5/52
Punt Returns/Yards	5/61	2/-4
Kick Returns/Yards	2/32	3/73
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/2	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 36	OWN 25
Time of Possession	30:24	29:36

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:48	OWN 16	4	12	Punt
1	9:49	3:34	OWN 49	7	51	Touchdown
1	2:59	2:37	OWN 32	4	29	Punt
2	13:39	1:40	OWN 27	3	10	Fumble
2	11:29	2:55	OWN 20	6	16	Punt
2	7:13	3:42	OPP 48	7	48	Touchdown
2	2:03	0:49	OWN 39	4	17	Punt
3	12:54	2:20	OWN 12	3	36	Punt
3	8:17	2:48	OPP 37	5	21	Field Goal
3	0:42	1:29	OWN 3	3	9	Punt
4	11:09	3:22	OWN 24	4	21	Punt
4	5:17	2:26	OPP 48	3	1	Punt
4	1:50	0:32	OPP 18	3	2	Field Goal

Buffalo Bills
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:12	3:23	OWN 20	6	26	Interception
1	6:15	3:16	OWN 20	6	22	Punt
1	0:22	1:43	OWN 20	6	17	Punt
2	11:59	0:30	OPP 37	3	0	Punt
2	8:34	1:21	OWN 13	3	9	Punt
2	3:31	1:28	OWN 32	3	-5	Punt
2	1:14	1:14	OWN 20	5	14	Half
3	15:00	2:06	OWN 41	3	1	Punt
3	10:34	2:17	OWN 4	5	13	Punt
3	5:29	4:47	OWN 34	10	59	Interception
4	14:13	3:04	OWN 36	8	48	Field Goal
4	7:47	2:30	OWN 20	8	28	Downs
4	2:51	1:01	OWN 20	4	-2	Downs
4	1:18	1:18	OWN 20	8	10	Downs

Game MVP: Kerry Abrams, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Tyrone Neville	19	75	3.95	13	2	1
Otis Stump	15	62	4.13	11	3	0
Oliver Pierce	1	1	1.00	1	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Justise Hairston	8	32	4.00	12	1	0
Marshawn Lynch	8	34	4.25	7	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bo Money	19	12	156	2/11	1	24	0	106.4

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ben Roethlisberger	56	22	199	6/30	0	22	2	34.7

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Leon Diano	4	6	55	13.75	0	22	1
WR B.J. Elrifai	3	5	39	13.00	0	24	0
WR Wally Ramirez	2	4	32	16.00	11	18	0
TE Brent Woodson	1	1	13	13.00	6	13	0
RB Tyrone Neville	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Lonnie Turnbull	1	2	14	14.00	0	14	0

Buffalo	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR J.B. Barrere	4	12	32	8.00	0	12
WR Tito Grisso	4	11	45	11.25	4	14
RB Justise Hairston	3	4	27	9.00	7	16
TE Leonard Dodge	3	6	35	11.67	3	21
TE Stan Strouse	2	9	13	6.50	0	7
RB Percy Hildreth	2	2	5	2.50	2	4
WR T.J. Aspell	2	5	21	10.50	9	12
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1
WR Percy Marlow	1	2	22	22.00	0	22
FB Vinny O'Steen	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Lamont Gietka	1	0	0.00	0
S R.J. Dodge	1	0	0.00	0

Buffalo	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Tyrone Neville	1	0	0	0

Buffalo	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Haloti Ngata	0	1	0	0
Chris Long	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
J.R. Schroeder	8	386	48.3	38.8	55	3

Buffalo	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Wayne Lombardi	7	286	40.9	29.3	51	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Tommie Tate	2/2	0/0	0/0	33	2/2

Buffalo	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Taylor Mehlhaff	1/1	0/0	0/0	33	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Skip Middleton	5	61	12.2	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
T.J. Aspell	2	-4	-2.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
B.J. Elrifai	1	11	11.0	0
Frank Binkow	1	21	21.0	0

Buffalo	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Percy Marlow	3	73	24.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lamont Gietka	6	1	0.0	14	62
DE Kerry Abrams	5	3	2.5	15	58
S R.J. Dodge	5	1	0.0	15	52
ILB Justin Kirk	4	0	1.0	5	7
CB Thomas Ramaswami	4	2	0.0	15	55
CB Charlie Sims	4	1	0.0	16	59
CB T.J. Fabbrizzi	3	1	0.0	11	59
DT Anthony Spencer	3	0	0.0	13	52
DE Kelvin Margolies	2	2	2.0	12	58
ILB Richie Montemayor	2	5	0.0	15	59
ILB Jake Finley	2	2	0.0	9	27
OLB Claude Skudris	1	2	0.0	6	26
ILB Jonathan Goff	1	0	0.0	1	5
ILB Blake Welch	1	0	0.0	1	3
OLB J.T. Amaral	1	0	0.0	12	41
DE Tyrus Lake	0	1	0.5	4	4
S Skip Edwards	0	2	0.0	7	33

Buffalo	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Ray Cochrane	7	2	1.0	32	21
S Dashon Goldson	7	5	0.0	35	21
DT Haloti Ngata	6	1	0.0	29	16
OLB Curtis Lofton	5	2	0.0	35	21
OLB Adam Banks	4	0	0.0	15	8
OLB Alex Raffensperger	3	3	0.5	22	13
DE Chris Long	3	2	0.5	32	21
CB Juan Fisher	3	1	0.0	19	17
S Chad Reeves	3	1	0.0	21	17
CB R.J. Terry	2	2	0.0	34	21
DE Baraka Atkins	2	1	0.0	35	21
CB A.J. Harrison	2	0	0.0	31	21
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	0	---	---	---
WR Tito Grisso	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Stephen Singleton	0	1	0.0	9	2
OLB Marcus Cunningham	0	1	0.0	6	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
DE Kerry Abrams	2.5	2	1	58
DE Kelvin Margolies	2.0	0	1	58
ILB Justin Kirk	1.0	0	0	7
DE Tyrus Lake	0.5	0	0	4
DT Anthony Spencer	0.0	1	1	52
OLB Claude Skudris	0.0	1	0	26
S R.J. Dodge	0.0	0	1	52
DT Don Chapin	0.0	0	1	10
ILB Jake Finley	0.0	0	1	27

Buffalo	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT Ray Cochrane	1.0	0	21
DE Chris Long	0.5	1	21
OLB Alex Raffensperger	0.5	0	13

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Charlie Sims	4	1	0	59
S Lamont Gietka	4	0	1	62
CB T.J. Fabbrizzi	3	3	0	59
S R.J. Dodge	2	2	1	52
DT Anthony Spencer	2	0	0	52
CB Thomas Ramaswami	2	0	0	55
ILB Richie Montemayor	1	2	0	59
ILB Justin Kirk	1	0	0	7
OLB Claude Skudris	1	0	0	26
ILB Jonathan Goff	1	0	0	5
OLB J.T. Amaral	1	0	0	41
S Skip Edwards	0	2	0	33

Buffalo	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Dashon Goldson	3	1	21
CB R.J. Terry	3	0	21
S Chad Reeves	2	1	17
CB A.J. Harrison	1	0	21
CB Juan Fisher	1	0	17
DE Baraka Atkins	1	0	21
DT Ray Cochrane	1	0	21
S Shay Morley	0	1	7

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Broderick Bloomgarden	3	8	1	33	1	18
Hardy Glasgow	3	4	0	24	0	18
Lionel Poock	2	6	0	30	0	19
Richie Incognito	2	4	0	27	0	13
Richie Haayer	1	5	0	18	0	7
Deion Malloy	1	2	0	25	0	17
Teddy Freeman	1	2	0	13	0	10
Lonnie Turnbull	0	2	0	20	0	12
Steven Justice	0	1	0	2	1	3
Brent Woodson	0	1	0	28	0	14

Buffalo	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Stephen Hansen	3	4	0	12	0	55
Kelly Fortier	2	5	2	14	2	41
Orlando Fortenberry	1	1	0	16	1	59
Graham Casher	1	1	0	15	1	56
Branden Albert	0	3	0	14	0	48
Mansfield Wrotto	0	1	0	2	0	21
Stan Strouse	0	1	0	14	0	58
Alfred Rogers	0	0	0	4	1	7
Jay Blake	0	0	0	2	1	14

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Mike Hart	3	24
Lamont Gietka	1	15
Tyrone Neville	1	13

Buffalo	Tackles	STPlays
Paul Posluszny	3	12
Danny Duff	1	19
Percy Marlow	1	15
Percy Hildreth	1	9
A.J. Harrison	1	2

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lamont Gietka	---	---	14	62	15	91
Thomas Ramaswami	---	---	15	55	9	79
Charlie Sims	---	---	16	59	2	77
Kerry Abrams	---	---	15	58	2	75
Richie Montemayor	---	---	15	59	1	75
T.J. Fabbrizzi	---	---	11	59	1	71
Kelvin Margolies	---	---	12	58	1	71
R.J. Dodge	---	---	15	52	1	68
Anthony Spencer	---	---	13	52	1	66
Broderick Bloomgarden	33	18	---	---	7	58
J.T. Amaral	---	---	12	41	4	57
Bo Money	35	21	---	---	---	56
Brent Woodson	28	14	---	---	9	51
Lonnie Turnbull	20	12	---	---	19	51
Lionel Poock	30	19	---	---	---	49
Tyrone Neville	19	16	---	---	13	48
Hardy Glasgow	24	18	---	---	5	47
Claude Skudris	---	---	6	26	15	47
Skip Edwards	---	---	7	33	7	47
Deion Malloy	25	17	---	---	---	42
Oliver Pierce	18	9	---	---	15	42
B.J. Elrifai	27	12	---	---	2	41
Richie Incognito	27	13	---	---	---	40
Jake Finley	---	---	9	27	3	39
Graham Talley	16	8	---	---	14	38
Leon Diano	15	17	---	---	2	34
Teddy Freeman	13	10	---	---	10	33
Richie Haayer	18	7	---	---	6	31
Wally Ramirez	16	11	---	---	---	27
Mike Hart	0	0	---	---	24	24
Otis Stump	16	5	---	---	---	21
Skip Middleton	---	---	0	8	13	21
Don Chapin	---	---	3	10	6	19
Justin Kirk	---	---	5	7	7	19
Steven Justice	2	3	---	---	10	15
Tyrus Lake	---	---	4	4	7	15
Karl Wolfe	3	0	---	---	10	13
Blake Welch	---	---	1	3	7	11
J.R. Schroeder	0	0	---	---	10	10
Frank Binkow	0	1	---	---	9	10
Jonathan Goff	---	---	1	5	1	7
Tommie Tate	0	0	---	---	7	7
Mike Humpal	---	---	2	1	---	3
Kurt Reese	---	---	0	3	---	3
Will Stock	0	0	---	---	---	0
Arnold England	0	0	---	---	---	0

Buffalo	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Stan Strouse	14	58	---	---	13	85
Leonard Dodge	14	60	---	---	10	84
Ben Roethlisberger	16	62	---	---	---	78
Orlando Fortenberry	16	59	---	---	---	75
Stephen Hansen	12	55	---	---	4	71
Graham Casher	15	56	---	---	---	71
Branden Albert	14	48	---	---	5	67
Justise Hairston	9	38	---	---	16	63
Baraka Atkins	---	---	35	21	2	58
Dashon Goldson	---	---	35	21	2	58
Curtis Lofton	---	---	35	21	2	58
Tito Grisso	11	42	---	---	5	58
R.J. Terry	---	---	34	21	2	57
Kelly Fortier	14	41	---	---	---	55
A.J. Harrison	---	---	31	21	2	54
Ray Cochrane	---	---	32	21	1	54
Chris Long	---	---	32	21	1	54
J.B. Barrere	10	31	---	---	13	54
Alex Raffensperger	---	---	22	13	17	52
Haloti Ngata	---	---	29	16	6	51
Vinny O'Steen	6	21	---	---	15	42
Chad Reeves	---	---	21	17	2	40
Marshawn Lynch	8	29	---	---	2	39
Juan Fisher	---	---	19	17	1	37
T.J. Aspell	3	18	---	---	14	35
Mansfield Wrotto	2	21	---	---	8	31
Adam Banks	---	---	15	8	6	29
Percy Hildreth	4	11	---	---	9	24
Jay Blake	2	14	---	---	8	24
Shay Morley	---	---	10	7	7	24
Danny Duff	---	---	4	0	19	23
Stephen Singleton	---	---	9	2	8	19
Alfred Rogers	4	7	---	---	8	19
Percy Marlow	1	2	---	---	15	18
Marcus Cunningham	---	---	6	2	8	16
Chester Pritchett	---	---	13	2	1	16
Paul Posluszny	---	---	0	0	12	12
Leland Rose	---	---	3	0	9	12
Blake Patterson	0	3	---	---	5	8
Lamar Sapello	1	6	---	---	1	8
Wayne Lombardi	0	0	---	---	8	8
Steve Barber	---	---	0	0	4	4
Taylor Mehlhaff	0	0	---	---	3	3
Craig Gorton	---	---	0	0	1	1
Daniel Parker	0	0	---	---	---	0
Irv Andrulis	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	39	4.3
Middle	16	64	4.0
Right	10	35	3.5
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	31	4.4
Middle	6	27	4.5
Right	3	8	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bo Money	19	12	2	1	2	3	1	0	0

Buffalo	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ben Roethlisberger	56	22	2	2	10	10	6	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	5	38	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	72	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	46	11.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	3	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	11	71	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	26	7	82	3.2
Long (19+ Yds)	9	2	43	4.8

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leon Diano	6	4	1	55	1	17
WR B.J. Elrifai	5	3	0	39	1	12
WR Wally Ramirez	4	2	0	32	0	11
FB Lonnie Turnbull	2	1	1	14	0	12
TE Brent Woodson	1	1	0	13	0	14
RB Tyrone Neville	1	1	0	3	0	16

Buffalo	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR J.B. Barrere	12	4	3	32	0	31
WR Tito Grisso	11	4	1	45	0	42
TE Stan Strouse	9	2	3	13	0	58
TE Leonard Dodge	6	3	1	35	1	60
WR T.J. Aspell	5	2	1	21	0	18
RB Justise Hairston	4	3	0	27	0	38
RB Marshawn Lynch	3	1	0	-1	0	29
FB Vinny O'Steen	2	0	1	0	0	21
WR Percy Marlow	2	1	0	22	1	2
RB Percy Hildreth	2	2	0	5	0	11

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Tyrone Neville	4	10	2.50	3.95
Otis Stump	1	4	4.00	4.13

Buffalo	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bo Money	4	3	21	5.25	8.21

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ben Roethlisberger	5	2	16	3.20	3.55

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Leon Diano	1	1	4	4.00	9.17
RB Tyrone Neville	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
FB Lonnie Turnbull	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
WR Wally Ramirez	1	1	14	14.00	8.00

Buffalo	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Justise Hairston	1	1	7	7.00	6.75
RB Marshawn Lynch	1	0	0	0.00	-0.33
TE Stan Strouse	1	0	0	0.00	1.44
WR T.J. Aspell	1	1	9	9.00	4.20
WR Tito Grisso	1	0	0	0.00	4.09

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Otis Stump	3	0
Tyrone Neville	2	0
Oliver Pierce	1	1

Buffalo	Rushes	Conversions

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bo Money	6	3	1

Buffalo	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ben Roethlisberger	17	6	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leon Diano	3	2	1
WR Wally Ramirez	2	0	0
RB Tyrone Neville	1	1	0

Buffalo	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Tito Grisso	4	1	1
RB Marshawn Lynch	2	0	0
WR Percy Marlow	2	1	1
TE Stan Strouse	2	0	0
WR T.J. Aspell	2	1	1
WR J.B. Barrere	2	1	1
FB Vinny O'Steen	1	0	0
RB Percy Hildreth	1	1	0
TE Leonard Dodge	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 34,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 9,000 (23,100)
End Zone 7,600 (16,700)
Mezzanine 4,700 (9,600)
Sideline Seats 7,800 (14,800)
Club Seats 4,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes 800 (2,200)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	34,400 (75,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	9,000 (23,100)
End Zone	7,600 (16,700)
Mezzanine	4,700 (9,600)
Sideline Seats	7,800 (14,800)
Club Seats	4,500 (8,900)
Luxury Boxes	800 (2,200)