Week 9, 2017

played in Detroit, MI

68 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	3	0	0	7	-	10
Detroit Lions	7	0	0	0	-	7

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:10 CAR - Andy Schultz 31 field goal
1Q: 01:38 DET - Robert Clark 3 pass from Dwight Prior (Cris Bates extra point)
4Q: 14:19 CAR - Lenny McKnight 45 run (Andy Schultz extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:10 CAR - Andy Schultz 31 field goal
1Q: 01:38 DET - Robert Clark 3 pass from Dwight Prior (Cris Bates extra point)
4Q: 14:19 CAR - Lenny McKnight 45 run (Andy Schultz extra point)

Team Statistics CAR DET
Record 4-5 2-6
First Downs 9 20
- by Rushing 6 8
- by Passing 3 10
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 195 331
- Offensive Plays 46 63
- Yards per Play 4.24 5.25
Net Rushing Yards 139 159
- Rushing Attempts 28 37
- Yards per Rush 4.96 4.30
Net Passing Yards 56 172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 16 - 10 - 0 25 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 71 177
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/15 1/5
- Yards per Pass Play 3.11 6.62
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/12 6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.3 6.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/35 4/25
Punt Returns/Yards 3/21 6/31
Kick Returns/Yards 1/19 1/27
Interception Ret./Yards 1/9 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 23
Time of Possession 23:21 36:39

Team Statistics	CAR	DET
Record	4-5	2-6
First Downs	9	20
- by Rushing	6	8
- by Passing	3	10
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	195	331
- Offensive Plays	46	63
- Yards per Play	4.24	5.25
Net Rushing Yards	139	159
- Rushing Attempts	28	37
- Yards per Rush	4.96	4.30
Net Passing Yards	56	172
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	16 - 10 - 0	25 - 21 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	71	177
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/15	1/5
- Yards per Pass Play	3.11	6.62
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/12	6/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.3	6.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/35	4/25
Punt Returns/Yards	3/21	6/31
Kick Returns/Yards	1/19	1/27
Interception Ret./Yards	1/9	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 23
Time of Possession	23:21	36:39

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:45	4:41	OWN 26	10	60	Field Goal
1	1:33	2:12	OWN 36	3	-3	Punt
2	8:58	1:28	OWN 40	3	-3	Punt
2	3:03	1:17	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
3	15:00	1:23	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt
3	11:42	2:58	OWN 24	5	17	Punt
3	4:45	2:32	OWN 19	5	29	Punt
3	0:12	1:11	OWN 45	3	55	Touchdown
4	7:20	1:51	OWN 6	3	6	Punt
4	3:37	3:37	OWN 29	8	10	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:15	OWN 20	6	24	Punt
1	7:04	5:31	OWN 28	10	72	Touchdown
2	14:21	5:23	OWN 30	9	60	Missed FG
2	7:30	4:27	OWN 15	7	46	Punt
2	1:46	1:46	OWN 16	4	26	Half
3	13:37	1:55	OWN 30	3	2	Punt
3	8:44	3:59	OWN 21	6	19	Punt
3	2:13	2:01	OWN 5	3	9	Punt
4	14:01	6:41	OWN 20	11	37	Punt
4	5:29	1:52	OPP 49	4	26	Interception

Game MVP: Lenny McKnight, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Lenny McKnight	17	110	6.47	45	3	1
Frankie Copeland	10	30	3.00	7	0	0
Terry Sawyer	1	-1	-1.00	-1	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Tom Fox	19	81	4.26	21	2
Robert Clark	14	57	4.07	19	2
Dwight Prior	4	21	5.25	8	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Terry Sawyer	16	10	71	2/15	0	22	0	72.6

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dwight Prior	25	21	177	1/5	1	29	1	92.8

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Lenny McKnight	3	4	29	9.67	14	16
RB Frankie Copeland	2	3	6	3.00	0	4
TE Brandon Westbrook	1	1	10	10.00	2	10
WR William Lundberg	1	4	22	22.00	0	22
TE George Sharpton	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
RB Emmanuel McCarthy	1	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Ernie Summerfield	1	1	1	1.00	0	1
WR Jesse Marshall	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Jose Scott	7	7	57	8.14	4	12	0
RB Robert Clark	3	3	39	13.00	1	29	1
WR J.T. Peterson	3	4	16	5.33	2	9	0
WR Tyrus Humphrey	3	4	32	10.67	6	12	0
WR Erik Springer	2	3	19	9.50	1	11	0
TE Brant Armstrong	1	1	3	3.00	0	3	0
FB Graham Jaffe	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0
WR Cary Bielby	1	1	7	7.00	1	7	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Lorenzo Varney	1	9	9.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Maurice Pomeroy	0	0	1	0

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
J.T. Peterson	1	0	0	0
Jon Tatum	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bruce Hopper	7	348	49.7	45.3	60	4

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Devin Price	6	253	42.2	35.3	52	3

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Andy Schultz	1/1	0/0	0/0	31	1/1

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Cris Bates	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	1/1

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
William Lundberg	2	19	9.5	0
Raymond Vance	1	2	2.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
J.T. Peterson	5	23	4.6	0
Erik Springer	1	8	8.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jesse Marshall	1	19	19.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Adrian Cotchery	1	27	27.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Billy Joe Woodard	13	4	1.0	35	26
S Lorenzo Varney	8	1	0.0	32	24
OLB Maurice Barber	6	1	0.0	31	19
DT Zach Burns	5	2	0.0	34	26
S Cris Shepard	5	1	0.0	30	22
OLB Harold McBeal	4	1	0.0	24	12
CB Dennis Toney	4	1	0.0	20	17
CB Raymond Vance	4	0	0.0	28	24
DE Justin Alexander	3	3	0.0	30	24
DT Donovan Samsel	2	1	0.0	24	16
CB Donald Jones	2	1	0.0	31	26
ILB Jerris Yoder	1	0	0.0	2	0
DT Rex Quinn	1	0	0.0	11	3
S Carl Menoskey	0	3	0.0	9	8
DE Colin Bush	0	2	0.0	34	25
ILB Maurice Pomeroy	0	1	0.0	3	3

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
DT Broderick Carter	6	1	1.5	20	14
DT Claude Hodges	6	2	0.0	22	16
S Adrian Cotchery	3	5	0.0	27	18
CB Clarence Cassidy	3	2	0.0	19	17
OLB Charles Sawyer	3	1	0.0	28	18
CB Willie Netter	3	0	0.0	23	15
ILB Kent O'Donnell	3	0	0.0	6	2
ILB Marty Everett	2	1	0.5	16	15
CB Darryl Troy	2	0	0.0	22	17
S Austin Hitchcock	2	0	0.0	10	4
OLB Geoff Brazell	2	0	0.0	9	2
S Edward Evans	1	2	0.0	23	17
DT Marshall Carroll	1	1	0.0	10	3
DE Charles Henderson	1	1	0.0	25	17
FB Graham Jaffe	1	0	---	---	---
DE Karl Jarvis	0	1	0.0	23	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
ILB Billy Joe Woodard	1.0	0	0	0	26

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Broderick Carter	1.5	1	0	3	14
ILB Marty Everett	0.5	0	0	0	15
DE James Harden	0.0	0	1	0	3
S Adrian Cotchery	0.0	0	1	0	18

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Billy Joe Woodard	5	0	0	26
S Lorenzo Varney	3	1	1	24
CB Raymond Vance	3	0	0	24
CB Donald Jones	2	0	0	26
OLB Harold McBeal	2	0	0	12
CB Dennis Toney	2	0	0	17
S Cris Shepard	1	0	0	22
DE Justin Alexander	1	0	0	24
OLB Maurice Barber	1	0	0	19
DT Rex Quinn	1	0	0	3

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Willie Netter	2	0	15
DT Claude Hodges	2	0	16
CB Clarence Cassidy	2	0	17
CB Darryl Troy	1	0	17
DT Broderick Carter	1	0	14
OLB Charles Sawyer	1	0	18
DE Charles Henderson	1	0	17
ILB Marty Everett	0	1	15
S Adrian Cotchery	0	1	18

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Patrick Petrolis	3	5	1	24	0	17
George Coffey	2	7	0	25	0	17
Mitch Hughes	2	5	0	23	1	18
Reggie Wagner	2	4	0	24	0	17
Cole Jordan	1	1	0	7	0	3
Curtis Nichols	0	4	0	25	1	16
George Sharpton	0	1	0	12	0	3

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Randy Quimby	4	8	0	34	1	23
Terrell Forbes	3	6	0	37	0	25
Larry Jagger	2	5	0	37	0	26
Brad Blades	1	4	0	26	0	23
Gerald Madison	1	4	0	11	0	3
Graham Jaffe	1	2	1	19	0	12
Donny Cavazos	0	3	0	24	0	20
Jermaine Lynn	0	1	0	13	0	7
Eric Lester	0	1	0	3	0	3

Special Teams Statistics

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Frankie Copeland	2	14
Maurice Pomeroy	1	16
Jorge McKnight	1	13
Brandon Westbrook	1	12
Luther Cote	1	10
Ernie Summerfield	1	8
Carl Chedsey	0	16
George Sharpton	0	11
Martin Orbik	0	11
Emmanuel McCarthy	0	10
Lorenzo Thomas	0	8
William Lundberg	0	8
Carl Katzenmoyer	0	8
Cole Jordan	0	8
Mitch Hughes	0	7
Bruce Hopper	0	7
Colin Bush	0	7
Raymond Vance	0	7
Jerris Yoder	0	5
Andy Schultz	0	4
Jesse Marshall	0	4
Harold McBeal	0	4
George Coffey	0	3
Lorenzo Varney	0	2
Patrick Petrolis	0	2
Mercury Rodriguez	0	2
Donovan Samsel	0	2
Maurice Barber	0	2
Carl Menoskey	0	1
Ty Gibson	0	1
Cris Shepard	0	1
Justin Alexander	0	1
Aaron Terwey	0	1
Billy Joe Woodard	0	1
Donald Jones	0	1
Zach Burns	0	1
Dennis Toney	0	1

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Steven Kerns	3	16
Larry Jagger	1	6
Jon Tatum	0	18
Graham Jaffe	0	15
Brant Armstrong	0	12
Robert Clark	0	12
Tyrus Humphrey	0	12
Marty Everett	0	11
Austin Hitchcock	0	9
Clarence Cassidy	0	9
Mo Rodriguez	0	7
Bo Randle	0	7
Cary Bielby	0	7
Gerald Madison	0	7
Charles Sawyer	0	6
Marshall Carroll	0	6
Devin Price	0	6
J.T. Peterson	0	6
Johnny Gardner	0	6
Adrian Cotchery	0	6
Donny Cavazos	0	5
James Harden	0	4
Broderick Carter	0	3
Cris Bates	0	3
Erik Springer	0	3
Darryl Troy	0	2
Jermaine Lynn	0	2
Tom Fox	0	2
Claude Hodges	0	2
Karl Jarvis	0	2
Morris Blubaum	0	2
Charles Henderson	0	2
Jose Scott	0	1
Geoff Brazell	0	1
Edward Evans	0	1
Johnnie Lyon	0	1

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	20	3.3
Middle	16	61	3.8
Right	5	59	11.8
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	39	3.9
Middle	15	90	6.0
Right	12	30	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Terry Sawyer	16	10	1	1	0	2	2	3	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dwight Prior	25	21	1	1	1	1	0	0	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	1	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	9	7	38	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	5	1	10	2.0
Long (19+ Yds)	1	1	22	22.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	15	99	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	49	8.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	29	14.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR William Lundberg	4	1	22	1	14
RB Lenny McKnight	4	3	29	0	10
RB Frankie Copeland	3	2	6	0	8
TE Brandon Westbrook	1	1	10	0	10
TE George Sharpton	1	1	3	0	3
RB Emmanuel McCarthy	1	1	0	0	3
FB Ernie Summerfield	1	1	1	0	9
WR Jesse Marshall	1	0	0	0	12

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Jose Scott	7	7	0	57	0	19
WR J.T. Peterson	4	3	1	16	0	9
WR Tyrus Humphrey	4	3	0	32	0	12
RB Robert Clark	3	3	0	39	1	19
WR Erik Springer	3	2	0	19	0	15
FB Graham Jaffe	2	1	0	4	0	12
TE Brant Armstrong	1	1	0	3	0	17
WR Cary Bielby	1	1	0	7	0	2

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Clark	2	8	4.00	4.07
Tom Fox	1	7	7.00	4.26

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Terry Sawyer	3	2	6	2.00	4.44

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dwight Prior	3	2	12	4.00	7.08

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Lenny McKnight	2	1	3	1.50	7.25
TE George Sharpton	1	1	3	3.00	3.00

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jose Scott	1	1	9	9.00	8.14
RB Robert Clark	1	1	3	3.00	13.00
WR J.T. Peterson	1	0	0	0.00	4.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Frankie Copeland	2	1
Terry Sawyer	1	0
Lenny McKnight	1	1

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Robert Clark	4	1
Dwight Prior	1	0
Tom Fox	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Terry Sawyer	6	2	1

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dwight Prior	8	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR William Lundberg	3	0	0
RB Lenny McKnight	2	1	1
FB Ernie Summerfield	1	1	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jose Scott	4	4	3
FB Graham Jaffe	1	0	0
RB Robert Clark	1	1	1
WR Erik Springer	1	1	0
WR Cary Bielby	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 46,100 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,100 (19,600)
End Zone 9,900 (14,200)
Mezzanine 5,700 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 9,000 (12,500)
Club Seats 5,300 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 2,100 (3,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	46,100 (65,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,100 (19,600)
End Zone	9,900 (14,200)
Mezzanine	5,700 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	9,000 (12,500)
Club Seats	5,300 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	2,100 (3,500)