Week 1, 2045

played in Carolina, NC

85 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	14	3	0	-	17
Carolina Panthers	7	0	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:12 CAR - Justics Delaroche 24 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 11:11 ATL - Quinn Rubio 2 pass from Derek Carr (Julio Harding extra point)
2Q: 02:13 ATL - Vince Wand 4 pass from Derek Carr (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 07:25 CAR - Odell Beckham Jr 1 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 02:39 ATL - Julio Harding 27 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:12 CAR - Justics Delaroche 24 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 11:11 ATL - Quinn Rubio 2 pass from Derek Carr (Julio Harding extra point)
2Q: 02:13 ATL - Vince Wand 4 pass from Derek Carr (Julio Harding extra point)
3Q: 07:25 CAR - Odell Beckham Jr 1 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
3Q: 02:39 ATL - Julio Harding 27 field goal

Team Statistics ATL CAR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 18 23
- by Rushing 9 7
- by Passing 8 14
- by Penalty 1 2
Total Net Yards 231 302
- Offensive Plays 60 73
- Yards per Play 3.85 4.14
Net Rushing Yards 104 114
- Rushing Attempts 29 28
- Yards per Rush 3.59 4.07
Net Passing Yards 127 188
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 21 - 1 41 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 143 220
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/16 4/32
- Yards per Pass Play 4.10 4.18
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/2
3rd Down Conversions 6/15 8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.9 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/40 7/51
Punt Returns/Yards 2/19 3/12
Kick Returns/Yards 2/34 3/75
Interception Ret./Yards 1/25 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 26
Time of Possession 28:55 31:05

Team Statistics	ATL	CAR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	18	23
- by Rushing	9	7
- by Passing	8	14
- by Penalty	1	2
Total Net Yards	231	302
- Offensive Plays	60	73
- Yards per Play	3.85	4.14
Net Rushing Yards	104	114
- Rushing Attempts	29	28
- Yards per Rush	3.59	4.07
Net Passing Yards	127	188
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 21 - 1	41 - 23 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	143	220
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/16	4/32
- Yards per Pass Play	4.10	4.18
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/2
3rd Down Conversions	6/15	8/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.9	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/40	7/51
Punt Returns/Yards	2/19	3/12
Kick Returns/Yards	2/34	3/75
Interception Ret./Yards	1/25	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 41	OWN 26
Time of Possession	28:55	31:05

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:13	OWN 28	6	16	Punt
1	6:01	1:35	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
1	1:49	5:45	OWN 20	13	80	Touchdown
2	9:40	2:09	OPP 49	3	-5	Punt
2	3:26	1:22	OPP 29	5	29	Touchdown
2	1:45	0:32	OPP 38	2	11	Interception
3	7:17	2:15	OWN 28	3	9	Punt
3	4:09	1:37	OPP 19	3	9	Field Goal
4	13:35	1:17	OWN 46	3	2	Punt
4	10:39	4:54	OWN 19	11	51	Missed FG
4	3:49	2:01	OWN 22	5	40	Missed FG
4	0:59	0:59	OPP 46	3	-4	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:47	4:46	OWN 16	12	84	Touchdown
1	4:26	2:37	OWN 18	6	44	Punt
2	11:04	1:24	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
2	7:31	4:05	OWN 15	10	24	Fumble
2	2:04	0:19	OWN 34	1	4	Fumble
2	1:13	1:13	OWN 20	6	5	Half
3	15:00	7:43	OWN 29	14	71	Touchdown
3	5:02	0:53	OWN 34	3	0	Interception
3	2:32	3:57	OWN 44	7	46	Missed FG
4	12:18	1:39	OWN 11	4	15	Punt
4	5:45	1:56	OWN 37	4	9	Punt
4	1:48	0:49	OWN 45	4	1	Downs

Game MVP: Earnest Schwartz, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Peter Horn	15	74	4.93	19	2
Alexander Winters	11	34	3.09	11	1
Derek Carr	3	-4	-1.33	-1	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Justics Delaroche	15	47	3.13	10	2
Cary Hicks	11	61	5.55	15	1
Geno Smith	1	6	6.00	6	0
Odell Beckham Jr	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Derek Carr	28	21	143	3/16	2	26	1	94.8

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	41	23	220	4/32	2	24	1	77.3

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Chase Zachery	4	5	31	7.75	10	13	0
WR Vince Wand	4	6	50	12.50	17	26	1
WR Casey Utley	3	5	5	1.67	0	3	0
WR Quinn Rubio	3	3	16	5.33	5	10	1
WR Greg Hibbard	2	3	6	3.00	0	3	0
TE Salvador Burgess	2	2	17	8.50	0	13	0
TE Maxx Williams	2	3	12	6.00	0	9	0
RB Peter Horn	1	1	6	6.00	0	6	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Brandon Cooks	7	12	59	8.43	4	13	0
WR Odell Beckham Jr	5	8	48	9.60	16	21	1
RB Justics Delaroche	5	8	48	9.60	42	24	1
WR Zane Nichols	4	5	47	11.75	16	20	0
WR Seth Chu	2	4	18	9.00	2	13	0
TE Lucas Cheng	0	4	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Ben Smart	1	25	25.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Chuck Pritchett	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Recov	Force
Kennedy Woodard	1	0
Lucas Pritchett	1	0
Earnest Schwartz	0	1
Tanner Tripplehorn	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Geno Smith	1	0	0	0
Brandon Cooks	1	0	0	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Carlos Gilmore	5	219	43.8	41.4	58	3

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	4	168	42.0	32.3	52	1

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Julio Harding	1/3	0/2	0/1	27	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Tanner Tripplehorn	2	19	9.5	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaiden Jefferson	3	12	4.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Francisco Nixon	2	34	17.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	2	55	27.5	0
Kaiden Jefferson	1	20	20.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tanner Tripplehorn	7	2	0.0	26	40
S Jaquiski Tartt	7	0	0.0	24	42
OLB Earnest Schwartz	6	0	4.0	22	34
ILB Charles Roth	5	1	0.0	24	37
CB Melvin Kozak	4	0	0.0	27	43
OLB Ben Smart	4	0	0.0	25	30
S Lucas Pritchett	3	1	0.0	17	37
ILB Randall Vijitakula	3	1	0.0	6	12
DE Kennedy Woodard	2	3	0.0	19	34
ILB Kurt McElroy	2	2	0.0	12	9
DE Sammy Berman	2	1	0.0	20	27
DE Ken Hansen	2	0	0.0	19	25
DT Phillip Fletcher	1	2	0.0	16	22
CB Roderick Riti	1	1	0.0	22	34
CB Bryson Stolowitz	1	0	0.0	15	32
QB Derek Carr	1	0	---	---	---
DE Conrad Boyd	1	0	0.0	12	28

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	6	1	1.0	28	27
S Chuck Pritchett	6	3	0.0	29	29
DE Melvin McConnell	4	1	1.0	13	17
DE Clyde Pieri	4	0	0.5	16	14
ILB Corwin McEwen	4	0	0.0	11	13
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	4	0	0.0	24	24
S Brady Worrell	4	0	0.0	5	7
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	2	1	0.5	12	16
CB Trevor Briel	2	2	0.0	16	17
ILB Byron Sims	2	2	0.0	27	30
CB Todd Coleman	2	2	0.0	28	31
CB Thurman Stevens	2	1	0.0	25	23
OLB Bob Guest	2	0	0.0	11	4
S Devonte Buchanan	1	1	0.0	28	29
T Alonzo Tripp	1	0	---	---	---
WR Brandon Cooks	1	0	---	---	---
CB Kaiden Jefferson	1	0	0.0	5	9
DT Grant May	1	0	0.0	18	16
OLB Byron Lynn	1	0	0.0	1	4

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Earnest Schwartz	4.0	0	0	5	34
DE Ken Hansen	0.0	1	2	0	25
DT Phillip Fletcher	0.0	0	2	0	22
DE Kennedy Woodard	0.0	0	1	0	34
DE Sammy Berman	0.0	0	1	0	27
OLB Ben Smart	0.0	0	1	0	30
ILB Charles Roth	0.0	0	1	0	37

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	1.0	0	27
DE Melvin McConnell	1.0	0	17
DE Clyde Pieri	0.5	1	14
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	0.5	0	16

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Charles Roth	4	1	0	37
CB Melvin Kozak	3	2	0	43
OLB Ben Smart	3	1	1	30
S Lucas Pritchett	3	0	0	37
ILB Randall Vijitakula	3	0	0	12
S Tanner Tripplehorn	2	0	0	40
CB Bryson Stolowitz	1	0	0	32
OLB Earnest Schwartz	1	0	0	34
ILB Kurt McElroy	1	0	0	9
S Jaquiski Tartt	1	0	0	42
CB Roderick Riti	1	0	0	34

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Chuck Pritchett	3	0	1	29
S Brady Worrell	3	0	0	7
ILB Corwin McEwen	2	1	0	13
CB Thurman Stevens	2	0	0	23
CB Todd Coleman	1	1	0	31
S Devonte Buchanan	1	1	0	29
CB Trevor Briel	1	0	0	17
OLB Bob Guest	1	0	0	4
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1	0	0	24
CB Kaiden Jefferson	1	0	0	9
DE Clyde Pieri	1	0	0	14
OLB Dennis Crimm	1	0	0	27
OLB Byron Lynn	1	0	0	4
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	1	0	0	16
ILB Byron Sims	1	0	0	30

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Peter Kowal	3	9	0	29	1	31
Darrell Stephens	3	3	0	29	0	31
Malachi Purnell	2	8	1	29	1	31
Laken Tomlinson	1	2	0	29	1	31
Marco Hutton	1	2	0	29	0	31
Brad Wappler	1	2	0	20	0	17

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
A.J. Cann	4	10	28	1	45
Alonzo Tripp	3	5	28	2	45
Louis Tate	2	5	28	0	45
Francisco Hardy	2	4	28	1	45
Graham Mahaffey	2	2	21	0	32
Lucas Cheng	1	1	25	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Jaquiski Tartt	3	13
Brad Wappler	2	19
Skip Bell	1	12

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Kent Buckley	2	17
Manti Te'o	1	11
Brandon Cooks	1	11

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Jaquiski Tartt	---	---	24	42	13	79
Melvin Kozak	---	---	27	43	1	71
Ben Smart	---	---	25	30	16	71
Tanner Tripplehorn	---	---	26	40	5	71
Marco Hutton	29	31	---	---	8	68
Laken Tomlinson	29	31	---	---	8	68
Bryson Stolowitz	---	---	15	32	16	63
Lucas Pritchett	---	---	17	37	9	63
Charles Roth	---	---	24	37	1	62
Peter Kowal	29	31	---	---	---	60
Malachi Purnell	29	31	---	---	---	60
Darrell Stephens	29	31	---	---	---	60
Derek Carr	29	31	---	---	---	60
Kennedy Woodard	---	---	19	34	5	58
Roderick Riti	---	---	22	34	1	57
Brad Wappler	20	17	---	---	19	56
Earnest Schwartz	---	---	22	34	---	56
Quinn Rubio	23	19	---	---	10	52
Sammy Berman	---	---	20	27	4	51
Ken Hansen	---	---	19	25	1	45
Conrad Boyd	---	---	12	28	1	41
Alexander Winters	14	12	---	---	15	41
Phillip Fletcher	---	---	16	22	---	38
Peter Horn	16	20	---	---	---	36
Maxx Williams	20	15	---	---	---	35
Casey Utley	9	20	---	---	3	32
Salvador Burgess	7	10	---	---	15	32
Chase Zachery	14	14	---	---	4	32
Vince Wand	10	19	---	---	---	29
Skip Bell	---	---	2	8	12	22
Kurt McElroy	---	---	12	9	---	21
Greg Hibbard	10	8	---	---	---	18
Randall Vijitakula	---	---	6	12	---	18
Pat Carr	2	1	---	---	11	14
Lonnie Lorino	0	0	---	---	8	8
Miguel McCubbrey	0	0	---	---	8	8
Carlos Gilmore	0	0	---	---	8	8
Patrick Parisi	0	0	---	---	8	8
Scottie Thornton	0	0	---	---	4	4
Francisco Nixon	0	0	---	---	3	3
Julio Harding	0	0	---	---	3	3
Hayden Wilcox	---	---	0	1	---	1
Timothy Johnstone	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dixon Alexander	0	0	---	---	---	0
Keegan Ingram	0	0	---	---	---	0
Denzel Skelly	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
A.J. Cann	28	45	---	---	5	78
Alonzo Tripp	28	45	---	---	4	77
Brandon Cooks	25	40	---	---	11	76
Geno Smith	28	45	---	---	---	73
Louis Tate	28	45	---	---	---	73
Francisco Hardy	28	45	---	---	---	73
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	29	29	4	62
Todd Coleman	---	---	28	31	3	62
Devonte Buchanan	---	---	28	29	4	61
Byron Sims	---	---	27	30	3	60
Dennis Crimm	---	---	28	27	3	58
Lucas Cheng	25	26	---	---	5	56
Graham Mahaffey	21	32	---	---	1	54
Odell Beckham Jr	18	36	---	---	---	54
Justics Delaroche	17	36	---	---	---	53
Thurman Stevens	---	---	25	23	3	51
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	24	24	2	50
Roderick Dahnke	23	15	---	---	6	44
Seth Chu	9	28	---	---	4	41
Trevor Briel	---	---	16	17	7	40
Clyde Pieri	---	---	16	14	7	37
Grant May	---	---	18	16	2	36
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	13	22	1	36
Melvin McConnell	---	---	13	17	2	32
Zane Nichols	9	14	---	---	9	32
Corwin McEwen	---	---	11	13	7	31
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	5	9	16	30
Timothy Dromeshauser	---	---	12	16	2	30
Kent Buckley	1	11	---	---	17	29
Cary Hicks	11	11	---	---	7	29
Bob Guest	---	---	11	4	11	26
Donny Ciccant	2	8	---	---	11	21
Donnie Wile	7	13	---	---	---	20
Byron Lynn	---	---	1	4	14	19
Darnell Arnold	---	---	5	7	3	15
Manti Te'o	---	---	2	1	11	14
Brady Worrell	---	---	5	7	---	12
Braxton Frederick	---	---	1	1	6	8
Jordan Herndon	---	---	1	0	5	6
Mack Wheeler	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	5	5
Michael Wasserman	0	0	---	---	5	5
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	4	4
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	4	4
Bryce Stewart	0	0	---	---	1	1
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	4	1.3
Middle	14	59	4.2
Right	9	45	5.0
None	3	-4	-1.3

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	51	4.6
Middle	6	21	3.5
Right	11	42	3.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Derek Carr	28	21	1	1	1	3	1	0	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	41	23	3	0	4	4	8	5	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	8	2.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	12	44	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	7	91	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	4	44	7.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	73	6.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	22	9	103	4.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Vince Wand	6	4	0	50	1	19
WR Casey Utley	5	3	0	5	0	20
TE Chase Zachery	5	4	1	31	0	14
WR Greg Hibbard	3	2	0	6	0	8
WR Quinn Rubio	3	3	0	16	0	19
TE Maxx Williams	3	2	0	12	0	15
TE Salvador Burgess	2	2	0	17	0	10
RB Peter Horn	1	1	0	6	0	20

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	12	7	1	59	0	40
WR Odell Beckham Jr	8	5	0	48	1	36
RB Justics Delaroche	8	5	0	48	1	36
WR Zane Nichols	5	4	1	47	1	14
WR Seth Chu	4	2	0	18	0	28
TE Lucas Cheng	4	0	2	0	0	26

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Alexander Winters	2	3	1.50	3.09
Peter Horn	1	3	3.00	4.93

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cary Hicks	1	15	15.00	5.55
Justics Delaroche	1	0	0.00	3.13

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Derek Carr	5	4	25	5.00	5.11

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	3	2	7	2.33	5.37

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Quinn Rubio	2	2	12	6.00	5.33
TE Chase Zachery	1	1	9	9.00	6.20
TE Maxx Williams	1	0	0	0.00	4.00
WR Vince Wand	1	1	4	4.00	8.33

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Odell Beckham Jr	1	1	1	1.00	6.00
WR Brandon Cooks	1	1	6	6.00	4.92
RB Justics Delaroche	1	0	0	0.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Alexander Winters	4	3
Peter Horn	3	1
Derek Carr	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Cary Hicks	1	1
Justics Delaroche	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Derek Carr	5	4	2

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	13	6	6

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Casey Utley	2	1	0
RB Peter Horn	1	1	0
WR Greg Hibbard	1	1	1
WR Vince Wand	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Brandon Cooks	5	1	1
RB Justics Delaroche	3	2	2
WR Zane Nichols	3	2	2
WR Odell Beckham Jr	2	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 65,700 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,300 (21,400)
End Zone 13,000 (15,500)
Mezzanine 7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,700 (13,700)
Club Seats 11,500 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 4,600 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	65,700 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,300 (21,400)
End Zone	13,000 (15,500)
Mezzanine	7,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,700 (13,700)
Club Seats	11,500 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	4,600 (5,000)