Week 2, 2046

played in Cincinnati, OH

68 degrees, fair, 5 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	0	3	6	-	16
Cincinnati Bengals	0	0	7	3	-	10

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:39 CAR - Carlos Hyde 3 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 09:05 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
3Q: 04:41 CIN - Willie Wissick 15 pass from Gilbert Sampson (Josiah Oglivie extra point)
4Q: 12:59 CAR - Branden Melancon 18 field goal
4Q: 07:35 CIN - Josiah Oglivie 23 field goal
4Q: 00:46 CAR - Branden Melancon 36 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 01:39 CAR - Carlos Hyde 3 run (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 09:05 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
3Q: 04:41 CIN - Willie Wissick 15 pass from Gilbert Sampson (Josiah Oglivie extra point)
4Q: 12:59 CAR - Branden Melancon 18 field goal
4Q: 07:35 CIN - Josiah Oglivie 23 field goal
4Q: 00:46 CAR - Branden Melancon 36 field goal

Team Statistics CAR CIN
Record 2-0 1-1
First Downs 20 20
- by Rushing 5 6
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 348 336
- Offensive Plays 67 63
- Yards per Play 5.19 5.33
Net Rushing Yards 59 118
- Rushing Attempts 27 21
- Yards per Rush 2.19 5.62
Net Passing Yards 289 218
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 25 - 0 39 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards 302 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 3/22
- Yards per Pass Play 7.23 5.19
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 9.6 10.4
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 6/36 3/20
Punt Returns/Yards 2/5 3/29
Kick Returns/Yards 1/17 5/115
Interception Ret./Yards 2/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 22
Time of Possession 33:13 26:47

Team Statistics	CAR	CIN
Record	2-0	1-1
First Downs	20	20
- by Rushing	5	6
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	348	336
- Offensive Plays	67	63
- Yards per Play	5.19	5.33
Net Rushing Yards	59	118
- Rushing Attempts	27	21
- Yards per Rush	2.19	5.62
Net Passing Yards	289	218
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 25 - 0	39 - 24 - 2
- Gross Passing Yards	302	240
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	3/22
- Yards per Pass Play	7.23	5.19
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	5/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	9.6	10.4
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	6/36	3/20
Punt Returns/Yards	2/5	3/29
Kick Returns/Yards	1/17	5/115
Interception Ret./Yards	2/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 27	OWN 22
Time of Possession	33:13	26:47

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:49	2:47	OWN 20	5	20	Punt
1	4:59	3:26	OWN 31	9	69	Touchdown
2	13:27	2:05	OWN 19	3	-7	Punt
2	10:32	2:41	OWN 20	5	16	Punt
2	5:24	2:04	OWN 20	5	35	Punt
2	1:44	0:54	OWN 15	3	9	Punt
3	15:00	6:01	OWN 20	11	75	Field Goal
3	4:31	6:40	OWN 26	13	73	Field Goal
4	7:27	2:41	OWN 20	6	26	Punt
4	4:04	1:55	OWN 39	4	12	Punt
4	1:21	0:41	OPP 24	3	5	Field Goal

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:11	OWN 26	4	42	Interception
1	10:02	5:03	OWN 12	9	25	Punt
1	1:33	3:06	OWN 22	7	53	Interception
2	11:22	0:50	OWN 49	3	1	Punt
2	7:51	2:27	OWN 1	6	16	Punt
2	3:20	1:36	OWN 20	4	7	Punt
2	0:50	0:50	OWN 24	3	11	Half
3	8:59	4:28	OWN 28	9	72	Touchdown
4	12:51	5:24	OWN 24	9	70	Field Goal
4	4:46	0:42	OWN 17	3	1	Punt
4	2:09	0:48	OWN 17	4	7	Downs
4	0:40	0:40	OWN 33	2	22	Game

Game MVP: Geno Smith, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Carlos Hyde	16	33	2.06	7	0	1
Justics Delaroche	10	20	2.00	10	1	0
Geno Smith	1	6	6.00	6	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Alexander Conway	11	52	4.73	16	3
Korey Clements	5	19	3.80	6	0
Gilbert Sampson	5	47	9.40	15	2

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	38	25	302	2/13	0	34	0	90.0

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gilbert Sampson	39	24	240	3/22	1	36	2	66.2

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Odell Beckham Jr	10	13	135	13.50	57	34
WR Brandon Cooks	5	10	63	12.60	28	18
TE Tyler Eifert	2	3	11	5.50	0	7
RB Carlos Hyde	2	2	4	2.00	3	5
WR Zane Nichols	2	3	40	20.00	20	30
WR Seth Chu	1	2	23	23.00	14	23
RB Justics Delaroche	1	2	6	6.00	6	6
TE Rex Makielski	1	1	7	7.00	0	7
WR Bryson Gonzalez	1	1	13	13.00	0	13
TE Will Jeffries	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR DeVante Parker	10	15	59	5.90	19	20	0
TE Jaiden Stolowitz	6	8	135	22.50	85	36	0
WR Willie Wissick	4	8	28	7.00	7	15	1
RB Alexander Conway	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Marlon Grayson	1	3	22	22.00	9	22	0
TE Fernando Rosalez	1	3	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
WR David McKenzie	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Jordan Herndon	1	0	0.00	0
ILB Byron Sims	1	0	0.00	0

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	7	345	49.3	42.3	63	4

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Brayden Wright	5	242	48.4	43.4	57	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	3/3	0/0	0/0	36	1/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Josiah Oglivie	1/1	0/0	0/0	23	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Trevor Briel	2	5	2.5	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cooper Carlisle	3	29	9.7	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Zane Nichols	1	17	17.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Edward Clancy	3	70	23.3	0
Cooper Carlisle	2	45	22.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Trevor Briel	6	5	0.0	13	32
ILB Byron Sims	6	2	0.0	21	42
S Josue Logue	6	1	0.0	19	38
S Chuck Pritchett	6	0	0.0	21	42
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	5	0	1.5	13	25
OLB Dennis Crimm	5	1	1.0	20	40
ILB Jordan Herndon	4	0	0.0	7	9
CB Kelvin Hopper	4	0	0.0	12	31
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	2	0	0.0	12	19
S Devonte Buchanan	2	0	0.0	6	15
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	1	0.0	18	37
DT Tevin Nunez	0	1	0.5	9	24
DE Darnell Arnold	0	1	0.0	3	5
CB Eugene Hamilton	0	1	0.0	21	42

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Isaac Sehorn	8	0	0.0	27	40
CB Tony Bradford	7	3	0.0	12	21
DT Jaxson Oxley	5	0	1.0	27	39
DT Randy Diaz	5	4	0.0	27	37
OLB Asher Hyman	5	2	0.0	23	38
S Irv Grubb	5	1	0.0	27	40
S K.C. Richardson	4	4	0.0	27	40
DE Julian Lyle	3	1	0.0	27	40
DE Zachary Denver	3	1	0.0	26	40
OLB Ross Chickson	2	0	1.0	10	26
OLB Devon Pritchett	2	1	0.0	16	12
ILB Nick Fincher	1	1	0.0	18	17
OLB Doug Reeves	1	0	0.0	4	2
S Xavier Rhodes	1	0	0.0	0	3
DT Stan Erickson	1	0	0.0	0	3
TE Fernando Rosalez	1	0	---	---	---
QB Gilbert Sampson	1	0	---	---	---

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	1.5	1	0	25
OLB Dennis Crimm	1.0	0	0	40
DT Tevin Nunez	0.5	0	0	24
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	0.0	0	2	37
DE Melvin McConnell	0.0	0	1	33
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	0.0	0	1	19

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jaxson Oxley	1.0	0	1	0	39
OLB Ross Chickson	1.0	0	0	0	26
DE Julian Lyle	0.0	1	2	2	40
DT Randy Diaz	0.0	1	0	2	37
DE Zachary Denver	0.0	0	1	0	40
OLB Asher Hyman	0.0	0	0	1	38

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Josue Logue	4	1	0	38
CB Trevor Briel	4	0	0	32
CB Kelvin Hopper	4	0	0	31
ILB Jordan Herndon	2	0	1	9
ILB Byron Sims	2	0	1	42
S Chuck Pritchett	2	0	0	42
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	2	0	0	25
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	2	0	0	19
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	0	0	37
S Devonte Buchanan	1	0	0	15
CB Eugene Hamilton	0	2	0	42

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Isaac Sehorn	8	0	40
CB Tony Bradford	4	1	21
S K.C. Richardson	3	1	40
DE Julian Lyle	2	0	40
S Irv Grubb	2	0	40
OLB Asher Hyman	2	0	38
S Xavier Rhodes	1	0	3
DT Randy Diaz	1	0	37
DT Stan Erickson	1	0	3
OLB Ross Chickson	1	0	26

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
A.J. Cann	3	6	27	1	40
Francisco Hardy	1	10	27	0	40
Alonzo Tripp	1	5	27	0	40
Louis Tate	1	3	27	0	40
Donnie Wile	1	1	27	1	40
Tyler Eifert	0	1	16	0	25

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jonathan Cooper	3	3	0	21	1	42
Arnold Kirk	2	3	0	21	0	42
Jaiden Stolowitz	1	2	1	20	0	41
Kenny Olshansky	0	3	0	21	1	42
Will Fuller	0	2	0	21	1	42
Tyrell McGregor	0	1	0	13	0	22
Fernando Rosalez	0	1	0	3	0	5
William Ohanian	0	1	0	5	0	2

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Zane Nichols	2	19
Braxton Frederick	2	15
Will Jeffries	1	18
Kelvin Hopper	1	18
Bryson Gonzalez	1	11
Chuck Pritchett	1	2

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Tanner Gadsden	2	7
Korey Clements	1	21

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
A.J. Cann	27	40	---	---	10	77
Brandon Cooks	27	38	---	---	8	73
Geno Smith	27	40	---	---	---	67
Donnie Wile	27	40	---	---	---	67
Alonzo Tripp	27	40	---	---	---	67
Louis Tate	27	40	---	---	---	67
Francisco Hardy	27	40	---	---	---	67
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	21	42	2	65
Byron Sims	---	---	21	42	1	64
Eugene Hamilton	---	---	21	42	1	64
Dennis Crimm	---	---	20	40	1	61
Kelvin Hopper	---	---	12	31	18	61
Trevor Briel	---	---	13	32	14	59
Josue Logue	---	---	19	38	1	58
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	18	37	1	56
Will Jeffries	20	17	---	---	18	55
Melvin McConnell	---	---	20	33	2	55
Carlos Hyde	18	28	---	---	7	53
Odell Beckham Jr	21	32	---	---	---	53
Tyler Eifert	16	25	---	---	6	47
Seth Chu	13	31	---	---	---	44
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	13	25	1	39
Zane Nichols	6	12	---	---	19	37
Tevin Nunez	---	---	9	24	2	35
Timothy Dromeshauser	---	---	12	19	1	32
Justics Delaroche	10	10	---	---	4	24
Todd Coleman	---	---	9	12	---	21
Devonte Buchanan	---	---	6	15	---	21
Jordan Herndon	---	---	7	9	3	19
Corbin Woodson	1	0	---	---	18	19
Rex Makielski	3	4	---	---	11	18
Braxton Frederick	---	---	1	0	15	16
Clyde Pieri	---	---	1	9	5	15
Byron Lynn	---	---	1	2	12	15
Bryson Gonzalez	0	3	---	---	11	14
Donte Beard	---	---	4	5	4	13
Graham Mahaffey	0	0	---	---	10	10
Darnell Arnold	---	---	3	5	2	10
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	10	10
Michael Wasserman	0	0	---	---	10	10
Dakota Rodgers	0	0	---	---	10	10
Corwin McEwen	---	---	0	0	8	8
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	8	8
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	7	7
Logan O'Field	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bryce Stewart	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Isaac Sehorn	---	---	27	40	11	78
Zachary Denver	---	---	26	40	10	76
Julian Lyle	---	---	27	40	3	70
K.C. Richardson	---	---	27	40	3	70
Jaxson Oxley	---	---	27	39	3	69
Jaiden Stolowitz	20	41	---	---	8	69
Irv Grubb	---	---	27	40	2	69
Edgar Moorman	21	42	---	---	6	69
Randy Diaz	---	---	27	37	3	67
Dusty Wooden	---	---	24	39	3	66
Asher Hyman	---	---	23	38	3	64
Jonathan Cooper	21	42	---	---	---	63
Arnold Kirk	21	42	---	---	---	63
Kenny Olshansky	21	42	---	---	---	63
Will Fuller	21	42	---	---	---	63
Gilbert Sampson	21	42	---	---	---	63
Willie Wissick	19	39	---	---	1	59
DeVante Parker	16	37	---	---	---	53
Tony Bradford	---	---	12	21	14	47
Alexander Conway	16	28	---	---	---	44
Korey Clements	5	14	---	---	21	40
Tyrell McGregor	13	22	---	---	5	40
Nick Fincher	---	---	18	17	3	38
Ross Chickson	---	---	10	26	---	36
Marlon Grayson	5	20	---	---	9	34
Doug Reeves	---	---	4	2	27	33
Devon Pritchett	---	---	16	12	3	31
Fernando Rosalez	3	5	---	---	13	21
Xavier Rhodes	---	---	0	3	16	19
William Ohanian	5	2	---	---	9	16
Edward Clancy	0	0	---	---	14	14
Cooper Carlisle	0	0	---	---	12	12
Stan Erickson	---	---	0	3	7	10
David McKenzie	3	2	---	---	5	10
Donovan Hickman	---	---	0	0	9	9
Tanner Gadsden	0	0	---	---	7	7
Frankie Hill	0	0	---	---	6	6
Mitch McCree	0	0	---	---	6	6
Brayden Wright	0	0	---	---	6	6
Lorenzo DiMatteo	0	0	---	---	6	6
Darrell Kerchner	0	0	---	---	6	6
Josiah Oglivie	0	0	---	---	4	4
Diego Cortez	---	---	1	2	---	3
Grady Rodriguez	---	---	1	1	---	2
Cedric Maloney	0	0	---	---	---	0
Chance Tubbs	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	28	2.8
Middle	7	4	0.6
Right	10	27	2.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	17	8.5
Middle	14	67	4.8
Right	5	34	6.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	38	25	4	2	3	2	4	5	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gilbert Sampson	39	24	5	3	2	3	4	0	2

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	32	6.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	12	167	8.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	7	80	6.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	23	23.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	8	7	-11	-1.4
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	10	157	11.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	94	8.5
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Odell Beckham Jr	13	10	1	135	2	32
WR Brandon Cooks	10	5	1	63	0	38
TE Tyler Eifert	3	2	0	11	0	25
WR Zane Nichols	3	2	1	40	1	12
RB Carlos Hyde	2	2	0	4	0	28
WR Seth Chu	2	1	0	23	1	31
RB Justics Delaroche	2	1	0	6	0	10
TE Will Jeffries	1	0	0	0	0	17
TE Rex Makielski	1	1	0	7	0	4
WR Bryson Gonzalez	1	1	0	13	0	3

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR DeVante Parker	15	10	0	59	1	37
WR Willie Wissick	8	4	0	28	0	39
TE Jaiden Stolowitz	8	6	1	135	3	41
WR Marlon Grayson	3	1	0	22	1	20
TE Fernando Rosalez	3	1	1	-1	0	5
RB Alexander Conway	1	1	0	1	0	28
WR David McKenzie	1	1	0	-4	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Carlos Hyde	4	6	1.50	2.06
Justics Delaroche	3	9	3.00	2.00

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alexander Conway	1	1	1.00	4.73
Korey Clements	1	1	1.00	3.80
Gilbert Sampson	1	6	6.00	9.40

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	4	2	16	4.00	7.95

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gilbert Sampson	6	4	17	2.83	6.15

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Zane Nichols	2	1	10	5.00	13.33
TE Will Jeffries	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
RB Justics Delaroche	1	1	6	6.00	3.00

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Willie Wissick	3	3	18	6.00	3.50
TE Fernando Rosalez	2	1	-1	-0.50	-0.33
WR Marlon Grayson	1	0	0	0.00	7.33

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Justics Delaroche	4	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Gilbert Sampson	4	2
Korey Clements	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	9	6	2

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gilbert Sampson	8	3	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Odell Beckham Jr	3	3	1
WR Brandon Cooks	3	1	0
RB Carlos Hyde	1	1	1
RB Justics Delaroche	1	1	0
WR Zane Nichols	1	0	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Willie Wissick	7	3	2
TE Fernando Rosalez	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 48,300 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (19,900)
End Zone 9,800 (14,300)
Mezzanine 6,500 (8,300)
Sideline Seats 9,300 (12,700)
Club Seats 5,900 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes 2,500 (2,800)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	48,300 (65,600 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (19,900)
End Zone	9,800 (14,300)
Mezzanine	6,500 (8,300)
Sideline Seats	9,300 (12,700)
Club Seats	5,900 (7,600)
Luxury Boxes	2,500 (2,800)