Week 1, 2042

played in Atlanta, GA

68 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	3	9	3	7	-	22
Atlanta Falcons	10	0	14	3	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:14 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 22 field goal
1Q: 07:13 ATL - Maurice Culbertson 1 run (Julio Harding extra point)
1Q: 01:58 ATL - Julio Harding 31 field goal
2Q: 13:54 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 49 field goal
2Q: 06:43 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 51 field goal
2Q: 00:37 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 46 field goal
3Q: 12:33 ATL - Peter Horn 32 run (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 07:18 ATL - Peter Horn 3 run (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 02:11 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 23 field goal
4Q: 13:48 ATL - Julio Harding 47 field goal
4Q: 00:55 CAR - Brandon Cooks 15 pass from Geno Smith (Kenyon Twyner extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:14 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 22 field goal
1Q: 07:13 ATL - Maurice Culbertson 1 run (Julio Harding extra point)
1Q: 01:58 ATL - Julio Harding 31 field goal
2Q: 13:54 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 49 field goal
2Q: 06:43 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 51 field goal
2Q: 00:37 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 46 field goal
3Q: 12:33 ATL - Peter Horn 32 run (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 07:18 ATL - Peter Horn 3 run (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 02:11 CAR - Kenyon Twyner 23 field goal
4Q: 13:48 ATL - Julio Harding 47 field goal
4Q: 00:55 CAR - Brandon Cooks 15 pass from Geno Smith (Kenyon Twyner extra point)

Team Statistics CAR ATL
Record 0-1 1-0
First Downs 28 17
- by Rushing 4 8
- by Passing 21 8
- by Penalty 3 1
Total Net Yards 462 371
- Offensive Plays 77 51
- Yards per Play 6.00 7.27
Net Rushing Yards 67 188
- Rushing Attempts 17 36
- Yards per Rush 3.94 5.22
Net Passing Yards 395 183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 59 - 37 - 1 15 - 12 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 401 183
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 0/0
- Yards per Pass Play 6.58 12.20
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 3/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.0 10.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/60 8/55
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 1/9
Kick Returns/Yards 2/33 2/51
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/4
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 29
Time of Possession 32:13 27:47

Team Statistics	CAR	ATL
Record	0-1	1-0
First Downs	28	17
- by Rushing	4	8
- by Passing	21	8
- by Penalty	3	1
Total Net Yards	462	371
- Offensive Plays	77	51
- Yards per Play	6.00	7.27
Net Rushing Yards	67	188
- Rushing Attempts	17	36
- Yards per Rush	3.94	5.22
Net Passing Yards	395	183
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	59 - 37 - 1	15 - 12 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	401	183
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	0/0
- Yards per Pass Play	6.58	12.20
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	3/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.0	10.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/60	8/55
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	1/9
Kick Returns/Yards	2/33	2/51
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/4
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 29
Time of Possession	32:13	27:47

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:53	OWN 20	10	75	Field Goal
1	7:05	2:20	OWN 23	3	-7	Punt
1	1:50	3:03	OWN 20	7	48	Field Goal
2	9:47	3:11	OWN 10	8	56	Field Goal
2	4:17	3:45	OWN 25	11	46	Field Goal
3	12:15	1:35	OWN 21	3	3	Punt
3	7:12	5:06	OWN 22	9	72	Field Goal
4	13:43	4:07	OWN 20	9	35	Punt
4	7:01	1:33	OWN 25	4	11	Interception
4	3:03	2:16	OWN 6	9	94	Touchdown
4	0:39	0:39	OWN 46	4	24	Game

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:07	3:02	OWN 20	6	80	Touchdown
1	4:45	2:55	OWN 47	7	39	Field Goal
2	13:47	4:00	OWN 20	7	41	Punt
2	6:36	2:19	OWN 20	8	20	Punt
2	0:32	0:32	OWN 20	1	6	Half
3	15:00	2:45	OWN 45	5	55	Touchdown
3	10:40	3:28	OWN 29	7	71	Touchdown
3	2:06	3:23	OWN 35	6	35	Field Goal
4	9:36	2:35	OWN 20	3	-2	Punt
4	5:28	2:25	OWN 38	3	1	Punt

Game MVP: Geno Smith, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Levi Scialabba	7	24	3.43	9	0
Gage Peterson	6	27	4.50	15	1
Geno Smith	4	16	4.00	7	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Maurice Culbertson	22	87	3.95	16	4	1
Peter Horn	14	101	7.21	35	2	2

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	59	37	401	1/6	1	40	1	81.2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Carr	15	12	183	0/0	0	47	0	117.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon Cooks	8	15	73	9.13	21	22	1
RB Levi Scialabba	7	10	67	9.57	37	31	0
WR Jimmy Birch	6	10	113	18.83	49	40	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	6	11	68	11.33	8	22	0
WR Seth Chu	4	5	51	12.75	8	20	0
FB Skip Rowe	2	3	4	2.00	0	6	0
RB Gage Peterson	2	3	14	7.00	1	8	0
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
TE Kim Sanderson	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Quinn Rubio	6	6	106	17.67	58	47
WR Carlton Incontro	4	5	62	15.50	18	25
WR Korey Logan	2	3	15	7.50	0	8
RB Maurice Culbertson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Edgar McTyer	1	4	4.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Braxton Frederick	0	0	1	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Edward Clancy	1	0	0	0
Quinn Rubio	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	3	138	46.0	36.3	47	0

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tony McGarrahan	4	167	41.8	41.8	53	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Kenyon Twyner	5/5	3/3	1/1	51	1/1

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Julio Harding	2/2	1/1	0/0	47	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edward Clancy	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	2	33	16.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Korey Logan	1	25	25.0	0
Mo Horton	1	26	26.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Corwin McEwen	9	4	0.0	36	15
S Chuck Pritchett	8	4	0.0	36	15
OLB Dennis Crimm	6	1	0.0	35	15
ILB Derrick Bryant	4	2	0.0	14	4
OLB Bob Guest	4	0	0.0	21	8
S Lamont Morton	3	3	0.0	36	15
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	2	1	0.0	25	12
DE Chandler Jones	2	0	0.0	11	3
CB Barry Abrams	2	0	0.0	36	15
CB Trevor Briel	1	3	0.0	35	15
OLB Gilbert Burton	1	1	0.0	11	2
WR Jimmy Birch	1	0	---	---	---
CB Kaiden Jefferson	1	0	0.0	1	0
DE Clyde Pieri	1	0	0.0	25	12
DE Darnell Arnold	1	0	0.0	11	3
DT Rex Hogue	0	1	0.0	20	11
S Brady Worrell	0	1	0.0	1	1

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kris Leak	9	3	0.0	17	60
DE Curtis Chrisman	6	0	0.0	15	47
OLB Jake Humphries	5	1	1.0	15	47
S Edgar McTyer	5	2	0.0	17	60
CB Bryson Stolowitz	5	2	0.0	17	56
S Gage Yellig	5	1	0.0	7	57
S Drew Ferguson	4	1	0.0	6	41
CB Chance Kelley	3	3	0.0	17	60
ILB Ted Sims	3	1	0.0	14	56
DE Kennedy Woodard	3	1	0.0	8	40
DE Conrad Boyd	1	1	0.0	11	28
OLB Bruce Irvin	1	0	0.0	3	13
CB J.R. Guthrie	1	0	0.0	2	5
ILB Victor Witt	1	0	0.0	8	2
DT Aaron Donald	1	0	0.0	12	47
DT Maxwell Knauls	1	0	0.0	5	18
OLB Earnest Schwartz	0	1	0.0	10	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0.0	0	2	0	12
OLB Bob Guest	0.0	0	1	0	8

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Jake Humphries	1.0	0	1	0	47
DE Curtis Chrisman	0.0	1	3	1	47
DE Conrad Boyd	0.0	1	1	0	28
DT Aaron Donald	0.0	0	1	2	47
OLB Bruce Irvin	0.0	0	1	0	13
DE Kennedy Woodard	0.0	0	0	1	40

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	PPlay
ILB Corwin McEwen	3	15
S Lamont Morton	2	15
OLB Dennis Crimm	2	15
CB Barry Abrams	1	15
ILB Derrick Bryant	1	4
CB Trevor Briel	1	15
OLB Bob Guest	1	8
S Chuck Pritchett	1	15

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Kris Leak	7	0	0	60
S Gage Yellig	5	1	0	57
CB Bryson Stolowitz	4	0	0	56
S Edgar McTyer	3	3	1	60
OLB Jake Humphries	3	1	0	47
ILB Ted Sims	3	0	0	56
S Drew Ferguson	3	0	0	41
CB Chance Kelley	2	2	0	60
CB J.R. Guthrie	2	0	0	5
DE Kennedy Woodard	2	0	0	40
DE Curtis Chrisman	2	0	0	47
DT Aaron Donald	1	0	0	47

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alonzo Tripp	1	4	0	17	1	60
Donnell Hitchcock	1	3	1	17	0	60
Danny Stephens	1	3	0	17	0	60
Ellis Covill	1	2	0	9	0	27
Billy Joe Sellers	1	1	0	17	0	60

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	PPly
Malachi Purnell	4	9	36	15
Wes Hare	4	9	36	15
Darrell Stephens	4	6	36	15
Peter Kowal	2	7	36	15
Marco Hutton	1	5	36	15

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Jimmy Birch	1	20
Braxton Frederick	1	12
Brady Worrell	1	11

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Peter Horn	1	16
Kris Leak	1	15

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Billy Joe Sellers	17	60	---	---	8	85
Odell Beckham Jr	14	51	---	---	16	81
Danny Stephens	17	60	---	---	3	80
Brandon Cooks	17	55	---	---	7	79
Donnell Hitchcock	17	60	---	---	---	77
Geno Smith	17	60	---	---	---	77
Alonzo Tripp	17	60	---	---	---	77
Seth Chu	8	44	---	---	4	56
Jimmy Birch	5	30	---	---	20	55
Lamont Morton	---	---	36	15	3	54
Barry Abrams	---	---	36	15	2	53
Trevor Briel	---	---	35	15	3	53
Corwin McEwen	---	---	36	15	2	53
Gage Peterson	8	25	---	---	20	53
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	36	15	2	53
Austin Seferian-Jenkins	11	23	---	---	18	52
Dennis Crimm	---	---	35	15	2	52
Levi Scialabba	9	41	---	---	1	51
Ellis Covill	9	27	---	---	5	41
Donnie Wile	8	33	---	---	---	41
Thurman Stevens	---	---	22	11	7	40
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	25	12	1	38
Clyde Pieri	---	---	25	12	1	38
Rex Hogue	---	---	20	11	5	36
Skip Rowe	10	14	---	---	8	32
Bob Guest	---	---	21	8	2	31
Josh Phillips	1	6	---	---	21	28
Gilbert Burton	---	---	11	2	12	25
Kim Sanderson	2	11	---	---	12	25
Derrick Bryant	---	---	14	4	4	22
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	16	4	---	20
Braxton Frederick	---	---	4	4	12	20
Chandler Jones	---	---	11	3	5	19
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	1	0	16	17
Darnell Arnold	---	---	11	3	2	16
Andy Henderson	---	---	0	0	13	13
Brady Worrell	---	---	1	1	11	13
Kenyon Twyner	0	0	---	---	12	12
Allen Roberts	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	8	8
Michael Wasserman	0	0	---	---	8	8
Gilbert Brisman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Junior Atkins	---	---	0	0	4	4
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	3	3
Junior Lindstrom	---	---	0	0	1	1
Ronald Chae	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Edgar McTyer	---	---	17	60	17	94
Kris Leak	---	---	17	60	15	92
Chance Kelley	---	---	17	60	5	82
Bryson Stolowitz	---	---	17	56	5	78
Gage Yellig	---	---	7	57	11	75
Ted Sims	---	---	14	56	4	74
Jake Humphries	---	---	15	47	5	67
Curtis Chrisman	---	---	15	47	5	67
Quinn Rubio	32	15	---	---	16	63
Aaron Donald	---	---	12	47	2	61
Marco Hutton	36	15	---	---	6	57
Wes Hare	36	15	---	---	6	57
Drew Ferguson	---	---	6	41	5	52
Peter Kowal	36	15	---	---	---	51
Malachi Purnell	36	15	---	---	---	51
Darrell Stephens	36	15	---	---	---	51
Derek Carr	36	15	---	---	---	51
Carlton Incontro	22	13	---	---	15	50
Kennedy Woodard	---	---	8	40	1	49
Conrad Boyd	---	---	11	28	7	46
Allen Mojica	33	11	---	---	---	44
Shaun Watkins	19	5	---	---	18	42
Mitch Fletcher	22	7	---	---	9	38
Peter Horn	14	6	---	---	16	36
J.R. Guthrie	---	---	2	5	24	31
Maurice Culbertson	22	8	---	---	1	31
Earnest Schwartz	---	---	10	18	2	30
Maxwell Knauls	---	---	5	18	6	29
Korey Logan	14	6	---	---	7	27
Bruce Irvin	---	---	3	13	8	24
Austin Meek	---	---	3	5	13	21
Donny Kemp	0	1	---	---	19	20
Victor Witt	---	---	8	2	7	17
Mo Horton	0	1	---	---	7	8
Dexter Rayburn	0	0	---	---	6	6
Junior Udeze	0	0	---	---	6	6
Scottie Thornton	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lonnie Lorino	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tony McGarrahan	0	0	---	---	4	4
Edgar Ellis	2	2	---	---	---	4
Edward Clancy	0	0	---	---	3	3
Deron Farler	0	0	---	---	2	2
Julio Harding	0	0	---	---	2	2
Lukas Banks	0	0	---	---	---	0
Parker Sybrowski	---	---	0	0	---	0
Johnnie Hanson	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	18	3.0
Middle	10	42	4.2
Right	1	7	7.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	55	11.0
Middle	24	89	3.7
Right	7	44	6.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	59	37	7	1	4	7	7	4	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Carr	15	12	3	0	0	0	3	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	56	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	23	18	173	7.5
Medium (9-18 Yds)	21	9	97	4.6
Long (19+ Yds)	7	3	75	10.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	5	2.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	6	77	11.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	101	16.8
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	15	8	0	73	1	55
WR Odell Beckham Jr	11	6	1	68	2	51
RB Levi Scialabba	10	7	0	67	1	41
WR Jimmy Birch	10	6	1	113	2	30
WR Seth Chu	5	4	0	51	1	44
FB Skip Rowe	3	2	1	4	0	14
RB Gage Peterson	3	2	1	14	0	25
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins	1	1	0	3	0	23
TE Kim Sanderson	1	1	0	8	0	11

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Quinn Rubio	6	6	106	2	15
WR Carlton Incontro	5	4	62	1	13
WR Korey Logan	3	2	15	0	6
RB Maurice Culbertson	1	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	1	7	7.00	4.00
Levi Scialabba	1	-1	-1.00	3.43

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Peter Horn	4	14	3.50	7.21
Maurice Culbertson	2	3	1.50	3.95

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	6	2	18	3.00	6.80

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Derek Carr	1	1	5	5.00	12.20

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
FB Skip Rowe	1	0	0	0.00	1.33
RB Levi Scialabba	1	0	0	0.00	6.70
WR Jimmy Birch	1	0	0	0.00	11.30
TE Austin Seferian-Jenkins	1	1	3	3.00	3.00
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	0	0	0.00	6.18
WR Brandon Cooks	1	1	15	15.00	4.87

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Quinn Rubio	1	1	5	5.00	17.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Geno Smith	2	0
Gage Peterson	1	1

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Maurice Culbertson	5	2
Peter Horn	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	11	6	5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Carr	3	2	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Levi Scialabba	3	0	0
WR Brandon Cooks	3	2	1
WR Jimmy Birch	2	1	1
WR Odell Beckham Jr	2	2	2
RB Gage Peterson	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Korey Logan	1	0	0
WR Carlton Incontro	1	1	1
WR Quinn Rubio	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,700 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 21,500 (22,200)
End Zone 15,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine 8,900 (9,200)
Sideline Seats 13,800 (14,100)
Club Seats 4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes 4,900 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,700 (71,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	21,500 (22,200)
End Zone	15,000 (16,000)
Mezzanine	8,900 (9,200)
Sideline Seats	13,800 (14,100)
Club Seats	4,600 (4,600)
Luxury Boxes	4,900 (5,000)