Week 8, 2045

played in Washington, DC

45 degrees, fair, 2 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	7	3	3	3	-	16
Washington Redskins	7	9	0	7	-	23

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:59 WAS - Kelly Brandon 7 run (Amir Tarver extra point)
1Q: 01:33 CAR - Roderick Dahnke 1 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 10:54 WAS - Amir Tarver 40 field goal
2Q: 01:56 CAR - Branden Melancon 44 field goal
2Q: 00:42 WAS - Amir Tarver 53 field goal
2Q: 00:03 WAS - Amir Tarver 25 field goal
3Q: 09:43 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
4Q: 14:53 CAR - Branden Melancon 32 field goal
4Q: 08:03 WAS - Korey Dux 2 run (Amir Tarver extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 06:59 WAS - Kelly Brandon 7 run (Amir Tarver extra point)
1Q: 01:33 CAR - Roderick Dahnke 1 pass from Geno Smith (Branden Melancon extra point)
2Q: 10:54 WAS - Amir Tarver 40 field goal
2Q: 01:56 CAR - Branden Melancon 44 field goal
2Q: 00:42 WAS - Amir Tarver 53 field goal
2Q: 00:03 WAS - Amir Tarver 25 field goal
3Q: 09:43 CAR - Branden Melancon 22 field goal
4Q: 14:53 CAR - Branden Melancon 32 field goal
4Q: 08:03 WAS - Korey Dux 2 run (Amir Tarver extra point)

Team Statistics CAR WAS
Record 3-5 6-2
First Downs 17 16
- by Rushing 7 10
- by Passing 8 6
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 285 264
- Offensive Plays 62 68
- Yards per Play 4.60 3.88
Net Rushing Yards 163 160
- Rushing Attempts 23 41
- Yards per Rush 7.09 3.90
Net Passing Yards 122 104
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 17 - 0 23 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 149 134
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/27 4/30
- Yards per Pass Play 3.13 3.85
Fumbles/Lost 2/2 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 3/14 7/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.4 7.6
4th Down Conversions 0/1 1/1
Penalties/Yards 5/26 7/55
Punt Returns/Yards 3/4 2/22
Kick Returns/Yards 2/51 3/97
Interception Ret./Yards 1/19 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/2 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 36
Time of Possession 27:46 32:14

Team Statistics	CAR	WAS
Record	3-5	6-2
First Downs	17	16
- by Rushing	7	10
- by Passing	8	6
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	285	264
- Offensive Plays	62	68
- Yards per Play	4.60	3.88
Net Rushing Yards	163	160
- Rushing Attempts	23	41
- Yards per Rush	7.09	3.90
Net Passing Yards	122	104
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 17 - 0	23 - 11 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	149	134
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/27	4/30
- Yards per Pass Play	3.13	3.85
Fumbles/Lost	2/2	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	3/14	7/17
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.4	7.6
4th Down Conversions	0/1	1/1
Penalties/Yards	5/26	7/55
Punt Returns/Yards	3/4	2/22
Kick Returns/Yards	2/51	3/97
Interception Ret./Yards	1/19	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/2	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 33	OWN 36
Time of Possession	27:46	32:14

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:51	2:36	OPP 25	5	9	Missed FG
1	6:50	5:23	OWN 20	11	80	Touchdown
2	10:47	4:30	OWN 20	7	28	Punt
2	4:16	2:26	OWN 49	6	24	Field Goal
2	0:34	0:11	OWN 20	1	-7	Fumble
3	15:00	0:55	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	12:13	2:36	OWN 31	5	64	Field Goal
3	8:46	1:51	OWN 37	4	24	Punt
3	5:12	3:43	OWN 31	7	51	Fumble
3	0:39	0:52	OPP 16	3	1	Field Goal
4	7:55	1:28	OWN 31	3	2	Punt
4	4:01	0:50	OWN 2	3	6	Punt
4	1:46	0:31	OWN 20	4	0	Downs

Washington Redskins
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:15	5:25	OWN 23	10	77	Touchdown
1	1:27	5:40	OWN 20	15	57	Field Goal
2	6:17	2:01	OWN 1	3	8	Punt
2	1:50	1:16	OWN 42	5	22	Field Goal
2	0:23	0:23	OPP 13	1	5	Field Goal
3	14:05	1:52	OWN 28	3	-2	Punt
3	9:37	0:51	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
3	6:55	1:43	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
3	1:29	0:50	OWN 18	3	-4	Interception
4	14:47	6:52	OWN 49	13	51	Touchdown
4	6:27	2:26	OWN 41	3	9	Punt
4	3:11	1:25	OWN 44	5	11	Punt
4	1:15	1:15	OPP 20	2	3	Game

Game MVP: Corwin Knoll, Washington Redskins

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Justics Delaroche	14	89	6.36	41	2
Geno Smith	6	51	8.50	17	3
Cary Hicks	2	23	11.50	19	1
Zane Nichols	1	0	0.00	0	0

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Korey Dux	26	118	4.54	18	5	1
Earl Helms	9	5	0.56	6	0	0
Kelly Brandon	6	37	6.17	12	1	1

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	35	17	149	4/27	1	19	0	69.8

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Kelly Brandon	23	11	134	4/30	0	20	1	48.1

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Zane Nichols	5	8	50	10.00	6	17	0
WR Brandon Cooks	4	8	44	11.00	8	15	0
RB Justics Delaroche	4	6	24	6.00	14	7	0
TE Donny Ciccant	1	1	19	19.00	5	19	0
RB Cary Hicks	1	4	1	1.00	0	1	0
TE Roderick Dahnke	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	1
WR Terrell Everitt	1	2	10	10.00	3	10	0
WR Seth Chu	0	3	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Lucas Cheng	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Washington	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Sammy Watkins	4	8	42	10.50	12	19
WR Robert Mahnken	3	4	46	15.33	11	20
RB Korey Dux	2	3	32	16.00	12	16
WR Donny Settles	2	3	14	7.00	1	10
RB Earl Helms	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
TE Devan Libero	0	4	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Todd Coleman	1	19	19.00	0

Washington	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Geno Smith	2	0	0
Terrell Everitt	0	1	0
Kent Buckley	0	0	1
Todd Coleman	0	0	1

Washington	Fumb	Recov	Force
Kelly Brandon	1	0	0
Sammy Watkins	1	0	0
Aaron Cauthen	0	1	0
Victor Lowe	0	1	0
Erick Ruiter	0	1	0
Corwin Knoll	0	0	1
Chance Kelley	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Casey Herrmann	5	235	47.0	38.6	58	2

Washington	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mel Cochrane	6	276	46.0	42.0	49	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Branden Melancon	3/4	1/1	0/0	44	1/1

Washington	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Amir Tarver	3/3	2/2	1/1	53	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kaiden Jefferson	3	4	1.3	0

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sammy Watkins	1	13	13.0	0
Irv Kirk	1	9	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Brandon Cooks	2	51	25.5	0

Washington	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Sammy Watkins	3	97	32.3	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Dennis Crimm	8	2	1.0	36	26
S Chuck Pritchett	7	4	0.0	41	23
DE Melvin McConnell	5	0	1.0	33	20
ILB Byron Sims	5	5	0.0	41	26
ILB Corwin McEwen	4	1	0.0	22	4
CB Junior Lindstrom	4	1	0.0	36	23
CB Todd Coleman	3	2	1.0	41	26
S Brady Worrell	3	0	0.0	4	6
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	2	1	1.0	33	21
S Devonte Buchanan	2	3	0.0	41	26
OLB Bob Guest	2	1	0.0	34	16
DE Clyde Pieri	2	0	0.0	8	7
CB Trevor Briel	1	1	0.0	16	22
OLB Manti Te'o	1	0	0.0	0	1
ILB Jordan Herndon	1	0	0.0	3	2
OLB Hardy Odumuyiwa	1	0	0.0	4	7
DT Timothy Dromeshauser	1	0	0.0	17	10
DT Grant May	0	1	0.0	24	17

Washington	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Kim Nelson	6	0	0.5	22	39
S Fred Robison	6	0	0.0	23	39
ILB Diego Stephenson	5	5	0.0	23	39
OLB Corwin Knoll	4	3	2.5	21	30
CB Chance Kelley	4	0	0.0	23	39
OLB Bill Brill	3	0	0.0	13	21
DE Marshall Fisher	2	0	1.0	19	34
S Arnie Bernard	2	3	0.0	23	39
DT Aaron Cauthen	2	0	0.0	14	22
DE Erick Ruiter	2	0	0.0	19	27
ILB Donovan Hickman	1	1	0.0	12	20
S Gael Lynn	1	1	0.0	2	8
DE Edwin Brewer	1	1	0.0	17	30
ILB Grant Earnest	1	1	0.0	10	19
CB Luis Finley	1	0	0.0	1	0
RB Earl Helms	1	0	---	---	---
CB Brayden Thompson	1	0	0.0	10	19

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DE DeMarcus Lawrence	1.0	0	21
OLB Dennis Crimm	1.0	0	26
DE Melvin McConnell	1.0	0	20
CB Todd Coleman	1.0	0	26
CB Junior Lindstrom	0.0	1	23

Washington	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Corwin Knoll	2.5	1	0	0	30
DE Marshall Fisher	1.0	0	1	2	34
CB Kim Nelson	0.5	0	0	0	39
ILB Grant Earnest	0.0	1	0	0	19
DT Aaron Cauthen	0.0	0	1	0	22
DE Erick Ruiter	0.0	0	1	0	27
OLB Bill Brill	0.0	0	1	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Junior Lindstrom	4	0	0	23
OLB Dennis Crimm	2	2	0	26
S Chuck Pritchett	1	1	0	23
OLB Manti Te'o	1	0	0	1
ILB Corwin McEwen	1	0	0	4
ILB Jordan Herndon	1	0	0	2
ILB Byron Sims	1	0	0	26
CB Trevor Briel	0	1	0	22
CB Todd Coleman	0	0	1	26

Washington	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
ILB Diego Stephenson	4	0	39
CB Chance Kelley	3	1	39
S Arnie Bernard	2	2	39
S Fred Robison	2	1	39
OLB Corwin Knoll	2	0	30
CB Kim Nelson	1	2	39
DT Aaron Cauthen	1	0	22
ILB Grant Earnest	1	0	19
OLB Bill Brill	1	0	21
CB Brayden Thompson	0	2	19

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Donnie Wile	4	7	23	0	39
Lucas Cheng	1	2	17	0	22
Louis Tate	0	3	23	1	39
Francisco Hardy	0	2	23	1	39
A.J. Cann	0	2	23	0	39
Alonzo Tripp	0	1	23	2	39

Washington	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Morris Packer	4	12	0	41	0	27
Kenyon Grieg	3	7	1	41	1	27
Victor Lowe	2	4	0	41	1	27
Caden Osieja	1	4	0	41	0	27
Aidan Marte	1	3	0	21	0	15
Devan Libero	0	3	0	34	0	25
Jim Ross	0	1	0	41	2	27
Donovan Zaoussis	0	1	0	7	0	3

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Kent Buckley	1	25
Manti Te'o	1	15
Braxton Frederick	1	15
Zane Nichols	1	12
Justics Delaroche	1	1

Washington	Tackles	STPlays
Donovan Zaoussis	2	17
Gael Lynn	2	16
Aidan Marte	1	15

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Brandon Cooks	23	36	---	---	13	72
A.J. Cann	23	39	---	---	9	71
Byron Sims	---	---	41	26	3	70
Devonte Buchanan	---	---	41	26	3	70
Todd Coleman	---	---	41	26	2	69
Chuck Pritchett	---	---	41	23	4	68
Dennis Crimm	---	---	36	26	3	65
Zane Nichols	21	30	---	---	12	63
Geno Smith	23	39	---	---	---	62
Donnie Wile	23	39	---	---	---	62
Alonzo Tripp	23	39	---	---	---	62
Louis Tate	23	39	---	---	---	62
Junior Lindstrom	---	---	36	23	3	62
Francisco Hardy	23	39	---	---	---	62
DeMarcus Lawrence	---	---	33	21	4	58
Melvin McConnell	---	---	33	20	3	56
Trevor Briel	---	---	16	22	13	51
Bob Guest	---	---	34	16	1	51
Justics Delaroche	21	28	---	---	1	50
Grant May	---	---	24	17	4	45
Lucas Cheng	17	22	---	---	6	45
Roderick Dahnke	16	16	---	---	11	43
Seth Chu	10	23	---	---	5	38
Cary Hicks	4	18	---	---	10	32
Corwin McEwen	---	---	22	4	6	32
Kent Buckley	0	4	---	---	25	29
Donny Ciccant	1	11	---	---	16	28
Timothy Dromeshauser	---	---	17	10	1	28
Kaiden Jefferson	---	---	5	4	14	23
Byron Lynn	---	---	4	1	17	22
Clyde Pieri	---	---	8	7	6	21
Braxton Frederick	---	---	0	3	15	18
Terrell Everitt	2	7	---	---	9	18
Darnell Arnold	---	---	8	6	3	17
Manti Te'o	---	---	0	1	15	16
Brady Worrell	---	---	4	6	6	16
Jordan Herndon	---	---	3	2	9	14
Hardy Odumuyiwa	---	---	4	7	2	13
Graham Mahaffey	0	0	---	---	9	9
Mack Wheeler	0	0	---	---	9	9
Ronald Parrish	0	0	---	---	9	9
Michael Wasserman	0	0	---	---	9	9
Branden Melancon	0	0	---	---	9	9
Casey Herrmann	0	0	---	---	5	5
Bryce Stewart	0	0	---	---	4	4
Steven Arnold	0	0	---	---	---	0

Washington	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sammy Watkins	39	26	---	---	14	79
Morris Packer	41	27	---	---	9	77
Kenyon Grieg	41	27	---	---	9	77
Caden Osieja	41	27	---	---	9	77
Chance Kelley	---	---	23	39	10	72
Kelly Brandon	41	27	---	---	---	68
Jim Ross	41	27	---	---	---	68
Victor Lowe	41	27	---	---	---	68
Fred Robison	---	---	23	39	4	66
Diego Stephenson	---	---	23	39	4	66
Arnie Bernard	---	---	23	39	4	66
Kim Nelson	---	---	22	39	4	65
Devan Libero	34	25	---	---	6	65
Robert Mahnken	33	21	---	---	10	64
Marshall Fisher	---	---	19	34	5	58
Corwin Knoll	---	---	21	30	7	58
Erick Ruiter	---	---	19	27	9	55
Korey Dux	32	20	---	---	1	53
Aidan Marte	21	15	---	---	15	51
Edwin Brewer	---	---	17	30	2	49
Grant Earnest	---	---	10	19	20	49
Earl Helms	11	9	---	---	23	43
Brayden Thompson	---	---	10	19	12	41
Aaron Cauthen	---	---	14	22	3	39
Donovan Hickman	---	---	12	20	5	37
Donny Settles	23	14	---	---	---	37
Bill Brill	---	---	13	21	3	37
Donovan Zaoussis	7	3	---	---	17	27
Gael Lynn	---	---	2	8	16	26
Irv Kirk	3	2	---	---	11	16
Byron Lindsay	2	0	---	---	13	15
Luis Finley	---	---	1	0	11	12
Tristan Thingvold	---	---	1	0	10	11
Johnnie Nelson	0	0	---	---	9	9
Xander Gonzalez	0	0	---	---	9	9
Amir Tarver	0	0	---	---	8	8
Warren Kramer	---	---	0	4	3	7
Mel Cochrane	0	0	---	---	6	6
Riley Barfield	---	---	0	0	4	4
Malcolm McGregor	0	0	---	---	3	3
Caleb Lavelli	0	0	---	---	---	0
Norbert Goodge	0	0	---	---	---	0
Craig Pierce	---	---	0	0	---	0
Kennedy Bibla	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kevin Hanlin	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ali Marpet	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	43	7.2
Middle	10	62	6.2
Right	7	58	8.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	22	2.8
Middle	25	114	4.6
Right	7	23	3.3
None	1	1	1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	35	17	0	2	2	8	4	2	0

Washington	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Kelly Brandon	23	11	1	2	4	4	1	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	5	25	4.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	6	42	3.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	14	6	82	5.9
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	80	6.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	54	6.8
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Brandon Cooks	8	4	1	44	36
WR Zane Nichols	8	5	0	50	30
RB Justics Delaroche	6	4	0	24	28
RB Cary Hicks	4	1	0	1	18
WR Seth Chu	3	0	1	0	23
TE Lucas Cheng	2	0	0	0	22
WR Terrell Everitt	2	1	0	10	7
TE Donny Ciccant	1	1	0	19	11
TE Roderick Dahnke	1	1	0	1	16

Washington	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Sammy Watkins	8	4	1	42	0	26
TE Devan Libero	4	0	2	0	0	25
WR Robert Mahnken	4	3	0	46	1	21
RB Korey Dux	3	2	0	32	0	20
WR Donny Settles	3	2	0	14	0	14
RB Earl Helms	1	0	1	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Justics Delaroche	2	-1	-0.50	6.36
Geno Smith	1	10	10.00	8.50
Cary Hicks	1	19	19.00	11.50

Washington	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Korey Dux	7	20	2.86	4.54
Kelly Brandon	2	8	4.00	6.17
Earl Helms	1	2	2.00	0.56

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	8	3	9	1.13	4.26

Washington	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Kelly Brandon	2	2	15	7.50	5.83

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Justics Delaroche	2	0	0	0.00	4.00
WR Zane Nichols	2	1	7	3.50	6.25
RB Cary Hicks	1	1	1	1.00	0.25
TE Roderick Dahnke	1	1	1	1.00	1.00
WR Brandon Cooks	1	0	0	0.00	5.50
WR Terrell Everitt	1	0	0	0.00	5.00

Washington	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Sammy Watkins	1	1	5	5.00	5.25
WR Donny Settles	1	1	10	10.00	4.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Geno Smith	2	1
Justics Delaroche	1	0
Zane Nichols	1	0

Washington	Rushes	Conversions
Korey Dux	5	4
Earl Helms	3	0
Kelly Brandon	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	9	4	2

Washington	Att	Comp	Conversions
Kelly Brandon	6	2	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Justics Delaroche	3	2	1
WR Seth Chu	2	0	0
WR Zane Nichols	2	1	0
WR Brandon Cooks	1	0	0
WR Terrell Everitt	1	1	1

Washington	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Donny Settles	2	1	1
TE Devan Libero	2	0	0
RB Korey Dux	1	1	1
WR Sammy Watkins	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 80,100 (80,100 capacity)
Upper Deck 20,900 (20,900)
End Zone 15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine 8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats 13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 7,000 (7,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	80,100 (80,100 capacity)
Upper Deck	20,900 (20,900)
End Zone	15,100 (15,100)
Mezzanine	8,700 (8,700)
Sideline Seats	13,400 (13,400)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	7,000 (7,000)