Week 17, 2061

played in Carolina, NC

47 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	0	3	0	0	-	3
Carolina Panthers	10	0	7	10	-	27

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:11 CAR - Artie Tedeschi 44 field goal
1Q: 02:14 CAR - Michael Hodges 8 run (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
2Q: 11:23 ATL - Phil Conley 19 field goal
3Q: 04:45 CAR - Jack Starks 27 pass from Donny Blair (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
4Q: 12:43 CAR - Artie Tedeschi 35 field goal
4Q: 05:53 CAR - Michael Hodges 24 run (Artie Tedeschi extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 10:11 CAR - Artie Tedeschi 44 field goal
1Q: 02:14 CAR - Michael Hodges 8 run (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
2Q: 11:23 ATL - Phil Conley 19 field goal
3Q: 04:45 CAR - Jack Starks 27 pass from Donny Blair (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
4Q: 12:43 CAR - Artie Tedeschi 35 field goal
4Q: 05:53 CAR - Michael Hodges 24 run (Artie Tedeschi extra point)

Team Statistics ATL CAR
Record 11-5 6-10
First Downs 11 21
- by Rushing 3 5
- by Passing 8 13
- by Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 251 357
- Offensive Plays 61 75
- Yards per Play 4.11 4.76
Net Rushing Yards 105 118
- Rushing Attempts 22 34
- Yards per Rush 4.77 3.47
Net Passing Yards 146 239
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 35 - 21 - 1 40 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 177 242
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/31 1/3
- Yards per Pass Play 3.74 5.83
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/15 10/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.1 8.5
4th Down Conversions 1/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 11/60 6/50
Punt Returns/Yards 3/35 6/54
Kick Returns/Yards 3/72 2/62
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/29
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 22 OWN 38
Time of Possession 26:57 33:03

Team Statistics	ATL	CAR
Record	11-5	6-10
First Downs	11	21
- by Rushing	3	5
- by Passing	8	13
- by Penalty	0	3
Total Net Yards	251	357
- Offensive Plays	61	75
- Yards per Play	4.11	4.76
Net Rushing Yards	105	118
- Rushing Attempts	22	34
- Yards per Rush	4.77	3.47
Net Passing Yards	146	239
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	35 - 21 - 1	40 - 22 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	177	242
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/31	1/3
- Yards per Pass Play	3.74	5.83
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/15	10/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.1	8.5
4th Down Conversions	1/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	11/60	6/50
Punt Returns/Yards	3/35	6/54
Kick Returns/Yards	3/72	2/62
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/29
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 22	OWN 38
Time of Possession	26:57	33:03

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:26	OWN 18	4	19	Punt
1	10:03	2:11	OWN 24	3	9	Punt
1	2:06	5:50	OWN 25	12	73	Field Goal
2	8:18	2:15	OWN 15	4	16	Punt
2	3:26	1:14	OWN 47	3	-6	Punt
3	11:20	1:33	OWN 20	3	3	Punt
3	4:31	1:40	OWN 35	3	2	Punt
3	0:47	1:35	OWN 12	5	29	Interception
4	12:38	0:44	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
4	10:33	1:22	OWN 2	3	8	Punt
4	7:25	1:32	OWN 19	5	5	Downs
4	5:41	3:51	OWN 25	8	36	Downs
4	1:08	1:08	OWN 26	5	22	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:34	2:31	OWN 33	6	40	Field Goal
1	7:52	5:46	OWN 25	12	75	Touchdown
2	11:16	2:58	OWN 29	5	14	Punt
2	6:03	2:37	OWN 22	6	6	Punt
2	2:12	2:12	OWN 12	9	45	Half
3	15:00	3:40	OWN 43	5	24	Punt
3	9:47	5:16	OWN 33	11	67	Touchdown
3	2:51	2:04	OWN 16	6	16	Punt
4	14:12	1:34	OPP 20	3	2	Field Goal
4	11:54	1:21	OWN 39	3	7	Punt
4	9:11	1:46	OWN 47	5	5	Punt
4	5:53	0:12	OPP 24	1	24	Touchdown
4	1:50	0:42	OWN 39	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Antoine Johanningmeier, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Micah Lightfoot	10	43	4.30	12	2
RB Peyton Nixon	4	24	6.00	18	1
FB Cedric Murray	4	2	0.50	5	0
QB Gregory Eppright	3	37	12.33	24	1
WR Lonnie Hawkins	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Kris Santiago	13	14	1.08	5	0	0
RB Michael Hodges	13	64	4.92	24	2	2
RB Cedric McKenzie	3	9	3.00	6	0	0
QB Donny Blair	3	21	7.00	9	0	0
WR Heath Lane	2	10	5.00	6	0	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gregory Eppright	30	18	150	4/31	0	23	1	59.0
Otis Zimmerman	5	3	27	0/0	0	11	0	74.6

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Donny Blair	40	22	242	1/3	1	34	0	81.5

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Cory Atkins	6	8	17	2.83	1	6
WR Wyatt Codie	6	10	77	12.83	26	17
FB Cedric Murray	2	4	14	7.00	0	10
TE Rodney Mendenhall	2	3	33	16.50	0	23
RB Micah Lightfoot	2	2	7	3.50	0	6
WR Lonnie Hawkins	1	2	7	7.00	5	7
WR Clifton Blackwell	1	4	14	14.00	5	14
WR Deion Mayes	1	2	8	8.00	0	8

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Zane Winters	6	10	68	11.33	17	21	0
FB Jack Starks	3	3	41	13.67	29	27	1
RB Michael Hodges	3	7	11	3.67	2	12	0
WR Richie Wilhide	2	2	14	7.00	0	9	0
WR Austin Brzezinski	2	6	29	14.50	0	15	0
RB Kris Santiago	2	3	8	4.00	0	7	0
WR Heath Lane	2	2	18	9.00	0	15	0
TE Dale Horner	1	3	34	34.00	0	34	0
WR Bubba Stahl	1	2	19	19.00	7	19	0
RB Cedric McKenzie	0	2	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Darrell Bernard	1	29	29.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Edwin Wayne	8	385	48.1	41.4	55	5

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Tre Knight	7	297	42.4	34.6	52	4

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Phil Conley	1/1	0/0	0/0	19	0/0

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Artie Tedeschi	2/2	1/1	0/0	44	3/3

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Harold Lucas	3	35	11.7	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Richie Wilhide	4	38	9.5	0
Austin Brzezinski	2	16	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Alexis Tanner	3	72	24.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Austin Brzezinski	2	62	31.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Ronald Mathews	8	1	0.0	20	29
DT Clarence Vallery	7	0	0.0	30	38
ILB Jeff Cavazos	6	3	0.0	27	25
DE Nate LaBorde	5	1	0.5	33	40
OLB Alexander Robbins	5	0	0.0	18	27
CB Everett Cade	5	0	0.0	33	41
DE Alan Fields	4	0	0.5	29	24
S Alexis Tanner	3	2	0.0	33	40
CB Dean Gaines	3	1	0.0	34	41
DE Dean Upshaw	2	1	0.0	14	23
CB James Joyner	2	0	0.0	19	17
DT Carter Gougeon	1	2	0.0	27	27
OLB Manuel Venable	1	1	0.0	14	11
S J.B. Tefft	1	0	0.0	4	15
WR Clifton Blackwell	1	0	---	---	---
CB Devin Jefferson	1	0	0.0	25	23
S Marcus Dulaney	0	1	0.0	6	18

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Alan Morey	8	1	0.0	22	38
OLB Miles Hammer	7	2	0.0	21	38
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	5	0	3.0	14	26
ILB Cedric Powell	5	2	0.0	16	21
CB Darrell Bernard	5	2	0.0	16	35
S Avery Miasek	3	0	0.0	9	23
DE Nicky Smith	2	2	0.5	12	26
S Dwayne Lestage	2	1	0.0	22	39
CB Marcus Woodson	2	1	0.0	20	33
OLB Levon Linquist	2	0	0.0	3	6
DE Levon Ahlstrom	1	0	0.5	13	27
DT Tucker Benton	1	1	0.0	12	23
ILB Leslie Booth	1	1	0.0	3	14
DT Mark Bryant	1	0	0.0	10	19
OLB Levi Terrell	1	0	0.0	7	5
CB Darrell Mahoney	1	0	0.0	7	8
DE Darryl DiNicolas	0	1	0.0	17	18
S C.J. Warnock	0	1	0.0	8	13

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Alan Fields	0.5	1	2	0	24
DE Nate LaBorde	0.5	0	3	0	40
DE Dean Upshaw	0.0	0	1	1	23
DT Tre Bohannon	0.0	0	1	0	11

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	3.0	1	4	1	26
DE Nicky Smith	0.5	1	1	0	26
DE Levon Ahlstrom	0.5	0	0	1	27
DE Darryl DiNicolas	0.0	0	1	0	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Everett Cade	5	2	41
OLB Ronald Mathews	5	0	29
OLB Alexander Robbins	4	0	27
ILB Jeff Cavazos	2	0	25
S Alexis Tanner	2	0	40
DE Alan Fields	1	0	24
S J.B. Tefft	1	0	15
DE Dean Upshaw	1	0	23
CB James Joyner	1	0	17
CB Dean Gaines	0	1	41
CB Devin Jefferson	0	1	23

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Alan Morey	5	0	0	38
CB Darrell Bernard	3	0	1	35
S Avery Miasek	3	0	0	23
ILB Cedric Powell	3	0	0	21
OLB Miles Hammer	2	0	0	38
S Dwayne Lestage	1	2	0	39
CB Marcus Woodson	1	2	0	33
DT Tucker Benton	1	0	0	23
CB Darrell Mahoney	1	0	0	8
ILB Leslie Booth	1	0	0	14

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Elias Newhart	3	6	22	1	39
G Dean Whiteford	3	6	22	0	39
T Harold Grooms	1	2	22	0	39
C Leon Whisman	0	3	22	2	39
G Mercury Waddell	0	1	22	1	39
TE Rodney Mendenhall	0	1	18	0	33

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Aaron Sellers	3	6	0	34	0	41
G Ken Doyle	2	9	1	34	0	41
T Omar Austin	1	6	0	34	0	41
T Clifton Lamont	1	4	0	34	1	41
FB Jack Starks	1	2	0	7	0	11
TE Parker Barthwell	1	1	0	6	0	2
G Camden Gallery	0	3	0	34	0	41
TE Dale Horner	0	1	0	19	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Deion Mayes	3	15
Ronald Mathews	2	25
Peyton Nixon	2	23
Will Chandler	1	24

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Courtney Johnson	2	9
Jack Starks	1	18
Cedric McKenzie	1	17
Marcus Woodson	1	17
Camden Gallery	1	9

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
S Alexis Tanner	---	---	33	40	8	81
CB Dean Gaines	---	---	34	41	2	77
CB Everett Cade	---	---	33	41	2	76
DE Nate LaBorde	---	---	33	40	2	75
OLB Ronald Mathews	---	---	20	29	25	74
T Elias Newhart	22	39	---	---	9	70
DT Clarence Vallery	---	---	30	38	2	70
G Dean Whiteford	22	39	---	---	8	69
C Leon Whisman	22	39	---	---	---	61
G Mercury Waddell	22	39	---	---	---	61
T Harold Grooms	22	39	---	---	---	61
WR Cory Atkins	21	36	---	---	---	57
QB Gregory Eppright	22	34	---	---	---	56
DT Carter Gougeon	---	---	27	27	---	54
DE Alan Fields	---	---	29	24	---	53
ILB Jeff Cavazos	---	---	27	25	---	52
TE Rodney Mendenhall	18	33	---	---	---	51
CB James Joyner	---	---	19	17	15	51
CB Devin Jefferson	---	---	25	23	---	48
OLB Alexander Robbins	---	---	18	27	2	47
WR Wyatt Codie	18	29	---	---	---	47
WR Clifton Blackwell	16	27	---	---	3	46
RB Peyton Nixon	6	13	---	---	23	42
S Marcus Dulaney	---	---	6	18	17	41
RB Micah Lightfoot	15	25	---	---	---	40
DE Dean Upshaw	---	---	14	23	2	39
WR Lonnie Hawkins	5	12	---	---	16	33
TE Will Chandler	0	1	---	---	24	25
OLB Manuel Venable	---	---	14	11	---	25
WR Deion Mayes	3	5	---	---	15	23
S J.B. Tefft	---	---	4	15	2	21
FB Cedric Murray	8	12	---	---	---	20
ILB Josue Meier	---	---	4	0	13	17
DT Tre Bohannon	---	---	3	11	2	16
CB Harold Lucas	---	---	0	0	13	13
TE Alec Sherman	0	1	---	---	11	12
RB Otis Ramirez	0	1	---	---	10	11
C Ezra Walker	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Elias Kelley	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Edwin Wayne	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Melvin Lowrey	0	0	---	---	9	9
DT Tracy Sivigny	---	---	1	1	7	9
DE Steven Coles	---	---	0	0	7	7
CB Christian Linquist	---	---	0	0	7	7
QB Otis Zimmerman	0	5	---	---	---	5
K Phil Conley	0	0	---	---	3	3

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
G Camden Gallery	34	41	---	---	9	84
C Aaron Sellers	34	41	---	---	7	82
G Ken Doyle	34	41	---	---	---	75
T Clifton Lamont	34	41	---	---	---	75
T Omar Austin	34	41	---	---	---	75
QB Donny Blair	31	41	---	---	---	72
TE Zane Winters	32	40	---	---	---	72
CB Marcus Woodson	---	---	20	33	17	70
WR Austin Brzezinski	25	26	---	---	17	68
WR Heath Lane	27	36	---	---	1	64
S Dwayne Lestage	---	---	22	39	1	62
CB Darrell Bernard	---	---	16	35	9	60
CB Alan Morey	---	---	22	38	---	60
OLB Miles Hammer	---	---	21	38	---	59
DE Levon Ahlstrom	---	---	13	27	9	49
S Avery Miasek	---	---	9	23	16	48
WR Bubba Stahl	12	21	---	---	9	42
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	---	---	14	26	---	40
TE Dale Horner	19	14	---	---	7	40
DE Nicky Smith	---	---	12	26	1	39
ILB Cedric Powell	---	---	16	21	1	38
RB Cedric McKenzie	4	15	---	---	17	36
FB Jack Starks	7	11	---	---	18	36
DE Darryl DiNicolas	---	---	17	18	1	36
DT Claude Criswell	---	---	10	17	9	36
WR Richie Wilhide	9	16	---	---	10	35
DT Tucker Benton	---	---	12	23	---	35
TE Parker Barthwell	6	2	---	---	25	33
OLB Levon Linquist	---	---	3	6	24	33
DT Mark Bryant	---	---	10	19	1	30
RB Michael Hodges	15	14	---	---	---	29
ILB Leslie Booth	---	---	3	14	10	27
RB Kris Santiago	14	10	---	---	---	24
S C.J. Warnock	---	---	8	13	---	21
CB Darrell Mahoney	---	---	7	8	1	16
T Zane Foley	0	0	---	---	15	15
T Daquan Humphrey	0	0	---	---	15	15
OLB Levi Terrell	---	---	7	5	1	13
C Terrell Bullock	0	0	---	---	9	9
G Courtney Johnson	0	0	---	---	9	9
P Tre Knight	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Artie Tedeschi	0	0	---	---	8	8
QB Stan Tubbs	3	0	---	---	---	3
C Jessie Chun	0	0	---	---	---	0
S Trevor Oliver	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	15	3.0
Middle	13	73	5.6
Right	4	17	4.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	7	37	5.3
Middle	20	61	3.1
Right	7	20	2.9
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gregory Eppright	30	18	1	0	0	4	5	2	1
Otis Zimmerman	5	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Donny Blair	40	22	3	2	4	4	7	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	35	7.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	11	73	3.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	46	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	3	1	23	7.7

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	9	4	27	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	6	44	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	15	11	137	9.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	34	8.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Wyatt Codie	10	6	1	77	0	29
WR Cory Atkins	8	6	0	17	0	36
FB Cedric Murray	4	2	0	14	0	12
WR Clifton Blackwell	4	1	0	14	0	27
TE Rodney Mendenhall	3	2	0	33	1	33
WR Lonnie Hawkins	2	1	0	7	0	12
WR Deion Mayes	2	1	0	8	0	5
RB Micah Lightfoot	2	2	0	7	0	25

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Zane Winters	10	6	1	68	1	40
RB Michael Hodges	7	3	0	11	0	14
WR Austin Brzezinski	6	2	0	29	0	26
FB Jack Starks	3	3	0	41	1	11
TE Dale Horner	3	1	0	34	1	14
RB Kris Santiago	3	2	0	8	0	10
RB Cedric McKenzie	2	0	2	0	0	15
WR Richie Wilhide	2	2	0	14	0	16
WR Bubba Stahl	2	1	1	19	0	21
WR Heath Lane	2	2	0	18	0	36

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Micah Lightfoot	2	3	1.50	4.30
QB Gregory Eppright	1	4	4.00	12.33

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Kris Santiago	1	1	1.00	1.08
RB Michael Hodges	1	8	8.00	4.92

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gregory Eppright	3	2	15	5.00	5.00

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Lonnie Hawkins	1	0	0	0.00	3.50
WR Clifton Blackwell	1	1	14	14.00	3.50
WR Cory Atkins	1	1	1	1.00	2.13

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
RB Peyton Nixon	1	0
FB Cedric Murray	1	0
QB Gregory Eppright	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Cedric McKenzie	3	1
QB Donny Blair	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gregory Eppright	10	5	1
Otis Zimmerman	1	1	1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Donny Blair	16	10	8

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cory Atkins	4	2	0
FB Cedric Murray	2	1	0
WR Clifton Blackwell	2	1	1
WR Lonnie Hawkins	1	1	0
WR Deion Mayes	1	0	0
WR Wyatt Codie	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Austin Brzezinski	4	1	0
TE Zane Winters	3	2	2
RB Cedric McKenzie	2	0	0
FB Jack Starks	2	2	2
WR Heath Lane	2	2	2
WR Richie Wilhide	1	1	0
TE Dale Horner	1	1	1
WR Bubba Stahl	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 43,700 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 11,900 (21,400)
End Zone 8,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,200 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes 3,300 (3,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	43,700 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	11,900 (21,400)
End Zone	8,600 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,600 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	8,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,200 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes	3,300 (3,900)