Week 14, 2037

played in Carolina, NC

41 degrees, fair, 6 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	7	7	6	-	20
Carolina Panthers	7	0	7	3	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:00 CAR - Terry Browning 14 pass from Geno Smith (Ethan Hutton extra point)
2Q: 09:19 NED - Casey Greer 36 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 08:29 NED - R.J. Austin 6 run (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 08:22 CAR - Cris Ciervo 100 kickoff return (Ethan Hutton extra point)
4Q: 13:29 NED - Richard Burgess 35 field goal
4Q: 02:35 CAR - Ethan Hutton 49 field goal
4Q: 00:01 NED - Richard Burgess 53 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 03:00 CAR - Terry Browning 14 pass from Geno Smith (Ethan Hutton extra point)
2Q: 09:19 NED - Casey Greer 36 pass from Jimmie Matock (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 08:29 NED - R.J. Austin 6 run (Richard Burgess extra point)
3Q: 08:22 CAR - Cris Ciervo 100 kickoff return (Ethan Hutton extra point)
4Q: 13:29 NED - Richard Burgess 35 field goal
4Q: 02:35 CAR - Ethan Hutton 49 field goal
4Q: 00:01 NED - Richard Burgess 53 field goal

Team Statistics NED CAR
Record 13-0 3-10
First Downs 22 11
- by Rushing 7 1
- by Passing 14 10
- by Penalty 1 0
Total Net Yards 412 205
- Offensive Plays 66 57
- Yards per Play 6.24 3.60
Net Rushing Yards 126 52
- Rushing Attempts 34 21
- Yards per Rush 3.71 2.48
Net Passing Yards 286 153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 22 - 0 34 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 298 162
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/12 2/9
- Yards per Pass Play 8.94 4.25
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 5/14 5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.8 7.9
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/60 7/63
Punt Returns/Yards 2/23 2/5
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 3/172
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 23
Time of Possession 36:24 23:36

Team Statistics	NED	CAR
Record	13-0	3-10
First Downs	22	11
- by Rushing	7	1
- by Passing	14	10
- by Penalty	1	0
Total Net Yards	412	205
- Offensive Plays	66	57
- Yards per Play	6.24	3.60
Net Rushing Yards	126	52
- Rushing Attempts	34	21
- Yards per Rush	3.71	2.48
Net Passing Yards	286	153
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 22 - 0	34 - 18 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	298	162
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/12	2/9
- Yards per Pass Play	8.94	4.25
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	5/14	5/16
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.8	7.9
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/60	7/63
Punt Returns/Yards	2/23	2/5
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	3/172
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 23
Time of Possession	36:24	23:36

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:41	1:40	OWN 28	3	8	Punt
1	10:22	4:02	OWN 38	6	29	Missed FG
1	2:52	4:21	OWN 20	9	42	Punt
2	11:13	2:10	OWN 32	5	68	Touchdown
2	6:38	3:08	OWN 18	6	43	Punt
2	2:15	1:30	OWN 18	3	4	Punt
3	15:00	6:38	OWN 17	12	83	Touchdown
3	8:07	2:00	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	4:19	5:56	OWN 9	10	73	Field Goal
4	11:43	3:37	OWN 16	6	23	Punt
4	2:28	0:36	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
4	0:01	0:01	OPP 36	0	0	Field Goal

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:19	OWN 20	3	6	Punt
1	12:01	1:39	OWN 12	3	-6	Punt
1	6:20	3:28	OWN 40	12	60	Touchdown
2	13:31	2:18	OWN 20	5	13	Punt
2	9:03	2:25	OWN 40	3	6	Punt
2	3:30	1:15	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	0:45	0:45	OWN 39	5	18	Half
3	6:07	1:48	OWN 22	3	7	Punt
4	13:23	1:40	OWN 31	3	8	Punt
4	8:06	5:38	OWN 10	13	58	Field Goal
4	1:52	1:51	OWN 8	5	10	Punt

Game MVP: Jimmie Matock, New England Patriots

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Jared Rayburn	25	88	3.52	15	2	0
R.J. Austin	7	33	4.71	11	1	1
Keith Wirthel	2	5	2.50	3	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Pete Bates	12	51	4.25	13	2
Alfred Robbins	7	-7	-1.00	2	0
Cris Ciervo	1	3	3.00	3	0
Geno Smith	1	5	5.00	5	0

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jimmie Matock	30	22	298	2/12	1	39	0	115.7

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geno Smith	34	18	162	2/9	1	16	0	75.8

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Casey Greer	6	7	126	21.00	65	39	1
TE Zach Ertz	6	7	55	9.17	16	16	0
WR Keith Wirthel	5	7	67	13.40	24	17	0
WR Pat Carr	3	7	32	10.67	0	18	0
RB Jared Rayburn	1	1	11	11.00	8	11	0
WR Wesley Jeffries	1	1	7	7.00	0	7	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dixon Edwards	5	9	37	7.40	7	10	0
RB Pete Bates	3	4	13	4.33	5	5	0
WR Cris Ciervo	3	5	37	12.33	0	15	0
WR AJ Green	2	5	21	10.50	0	15	0
WR Tommie Woodard	2	3	21	10.50	2	16	0
TE Terry Browning	1	3	14	14.00	7	14	1
TE Stanley Conley	1	3	8	8.00	6	8	0
RB Alfred Robbins	1	2	11	11.00	10	11	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Larry Mirkovich	7	333	47.6	41.1	63	3

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jared Francis	8	378	47.3	44.4	62	4

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Richard Burgess	2/3	1/2	1/2	53	2/2

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ethan Hutton	1/1	1/1	0/0	49	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bart Stanton	2	23	11.5	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Barry Abrams	2	5	2.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Casey Greer	2	36	18.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cris Ciervo	2	131	65.5	1
Dixon Edwards	1	41	41.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Kenyon Kennedy	8	3	0.0	19	30
OLB Devin Keung	5	1	0.0	19	27
CB Bart Stanton	5	0	0.0	19	30
DE Bucky Melnick	3	1	1.0	18	28
CB Kris Schwantes	3	2	0.0	18	28
DT Ricardo Merrell	2	2	1.0	10	20
S Luther Riazi	2	1	0.0	19	29
S Brant Bryant	2	0	0.0	19	25
CB Demarcus Van Dyke	1	1	0.0	15	23
DE Mitch Harper	1	1	0.0	9	21
DE Dwayne Branch	1	1	0.0	2	4
DE Quinton Coples	1	0	0.0	13	19
ILB Levon Bass	1	0	0.0	4	14
ILB Xavier Sheriff	1	0	0.0	6	13
ILB Percy Chustz	1	0	0.0	2	6
OLB Jon Welch	1	0	0.0	14	20
CB Casey McPherson	1	0	0.0	10	19
S Carlos Bryant	0	1	0.0	4	24

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Zach Brown	8	5	0.0	31	26
CB Trevor Briel	6	0	0.0	23	23
CB Barry Abrams	5	0	0.0	25	24
DE George Carter	4	0	0.5	23	22
DT Rex Hogue	4	1	0.0	26	21
DT Derek Wolfe	4	0	0.0	9	11
S Jerald Boggs	3	2	0.0	28	28
ILB Bart Graham	3	2	0.0	16	14
CB Vernon Warren	3	1	0.0	22	16
S Junior Barker	3	0	0.0	13	17
OLB Grady Sanders	2	1	1.0	20	17
ILB Brenden Richard	2	4	0.0	25	29
ILB Derrick Bryant	2	3	0.0	7	7
S Kim Guthrie	2	1	0.0	21	15
DE Star Latulelei	2	1	0.0	32	32
OLB Andy Henderson	2	0	0.0	5	7
DE Dustin Baxter	1	0	0.0	11	10
OLB Tom Everett	0	2	0.5	12	15
S Vincent Whittington	0	2	0.0	7	5

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Bucky Melnick	1.0	0	0	28
DT Ricardo Merrell	1.0	0	0	20
DE Mitch Harper	0.0	3	1	21
OLB Devin Keung	0.0	1	1	27
DE Quinton Coples	0.0	1	0	19
DT Brock Scott	0.0	1	0	16
ILB Xavier Sheriff	0.0	1	0	13

Carolina	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Grady Sanders	1.0	0	17
OLB Tom Everett	0.5	1	15
DE George Carter	0.5	0	22
OLB Zach Brown	0.0	1	26
DT Rex Hogue	0.0	1	21

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Devin Keung	5	0	27
ILB Kenyon Kennedy	3	2	30
CB Kris Schwantes	3	0	28
CB Bart Stanton	3	0	30
S Brant Bryant	2	0	25
DE Bucky Melnick	1	0	28
CB Casey McPherson	1	0	19
S Luther Riazi	0	1	29
ILB Xavier Sheriff	0	1	13

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Barry Abrams	5	0	24
CB Trevor Briel	4	0	23
S Jerald Boggs	3	0	28
OLB Zach Brown	2	0	26
S Junior Barker	2	0	17
CB Vernon Warren	2	0	16
ILB Bart Graham	1	0	14
S Kim Guthrie	1	0	15
DT Rex Hogue	1	0	21
OLB Andy Henderson	1	0	7
CB Shaun Perkins	0	1	13

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Danny Breckterfield	2	7	0	25	0	20
Jessie Shea	2	5	1	29	0	28
Howard Wilson	2	5	0	32	0	26
Brant Tyler	1	4	0	17	0	22
Kim Burks	1	2	0	22	1	19
Corey Edwards	1	2	0	28	0	26
Lance Harding	1	2	0	24	0	26
Jimmy Newman	0	4	0	11	1	13
Joey Daughtry	0	2	0	6	0	6
Zach Ertz	0	1	0	34	0	29

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Billy Joe Sellers	1	3	1	19	0	32
Lamar Holmes	1	3	0	18	0	32
Ellis Covill	0	5	0	18	0	29
Alonzo Tripp	0	4	0	19	1	32
J.B. Terry	0	2	0	8	0	15
Earl Fulton	0	2	0	14	0	19
Donald Banks	0	1	0	15	1	28

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
R.J. Austin	1	24
Lance Harding	1	18
J.B. Heath	1	18
Pat Carr	1	13

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Josh Phillips	2	16
Alfred Robbins	1	24
Lamar Miller	1	10

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Lance Harding	24	26	---	---	18	68
Casey Greer	29	30	---	---	8	67
Jessie Shea	29	28	---	---	10	67
Jimmie Matock	34	32	---	---	---	66
Zach Ertz	34	29	---	---	1	64
Bart Stanton	---	---	19	30	13	62
Howard Wilson	32	26	---	---	---	58
Corey Edwards	28	26	---	---	---	54
Danny Breckterfield	25	20	---	---	9	54
Jared Rayburn	26	25	---	---	1	52
Pat Carr	19	20	---	---	13	52
Casey McPherson	---	---	10	19	23	52
Kim Burks	22	19	---	---	10	51
Kenyon Kennedy	---	---	19	30	1	50
Luther Riazi	---	---	19	29	1	49
Bucky Melnick	---	---	18	28	3	49
Kris Schwantes	---	---	18	28	2	48
Devin Keung	---	---	19	27	1	47
Brant Bryant	---	---	19	25	2	46
Xavier Sheriff	---	---	6	13	24	43
Brant Tyler	17	22	---	---	3	42
Quinton Coples	---	---	13	19	8	40
Keith Wirthel	23	17	---	---	---	40
Demarcus Van Dyke	---	---	15	23	1	39
R.J. Austin	8	7	---	---	24	39
Carlos Bryant	---	---	4	24	8	36
Ricardo Merrell	---	---	10	20	5	35
Jon Welch	---	---	14	20	1	35
Levon Bass	---	---	4	14	15	33
Mitch Harper	---	---	9	21	2	32
Wesley Jeffries	6	4	---	---	21	31
Jimmy Newman	11	13	---	---	6	30
Brock Scott	---	---	11	16	---	27
J.B. Heath	0	0	---	---	18	18
Frankie Hill	0	0	---	---	18	18
Percy Chustz	---	---	2	6	7	15
Joey Daughtry	6	6	---	---	2	14
Larry Mirkovich	0	0	---	---	7	7
Richard Burgess	0	0	---	---	7	7
Dwayne Branch	---	---	2	4	1	7
Shane Shelton	0	0	---	---	3	3
Skip Heilprin	1	2	---	---	---	3
Nate Santana	0	0	---	---	---	0
Drew Donovan	0	0	---	---	---	0
Monty Summers	---	---	0	0	---	0
O.J. Hamilton	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Star Latulelei	---	---	32	32	4	68
Jerald Boggs	---	---	28	28	3	59
Zach Brown	---	---	31	26	2	59
Brenden Richard	---	---	25	29	4	58
Lamar Holmes	18	32	---	---	8	58
Barry Abrams	---	---	25	24	9	58
Dixon Edwards	18	34	---	---	5	57
Geno Smith	21	36	---	---	---	57
Billy Joe Sellers	19	32	---	---	4	55
Grady Sanders	---	---	20	17	15	52
Alonzo Tripp	19	32	---	---	---	51
Terry Browning	17	18	---	---	15	50
Rex Hogue	---	---	26	21	3	50
Alfred Robbins	9	16	---	---	24	49
Ellis Covill	18	29	---	---	1	48
Donald Banks	15	28	---	---	5	48
Trevor Briel	---	---	23	23	2	48
George Carter	---	---	23	22	2	47
Vernon Warren	---	---	22	16	9	47
Earl Fulton	14	19	---	---	13	46
Bart Graham	---	---	16	14	10	40
Shaun Perkins	---	---	16	13	9	38
Cris Ciervo	6	17	---	---	15	38
Kim Guthrie	---	---	21	15	1	37
Tom Everett	---	---	12	15	6	33
J.B. Terry	8	15	---	---	9	32
Pete Bates	12	20	---	---	---	32
Junior Barker	---	---	13	17	2	32
Andy Henderson	---	---	5	7	19	31
Jon Senter	8	12	---	---	9	29
Dustin Baxter	---	---	11	10	8	29
AJ Green	5	18	---	---	4	27
Derek Wolfe	---	---	9	11	6	26
Stanley Conley	10	16	---	---	---	26
Tommie Woodard	8	15	---	---	---	23
Josh Phillips	4	2	---	---	16	22
Vincent Whittington	---	---	7	5	8	20
Derrick Bryant	---	---	7	7	6	20
Donnie Anthony	1	1	---	---	17	19
Lamar Miller	1	4	---	---	10	15
Jared Francis	0	0	---	---	8	8
Ethan Hutton	0	0	---	---	5	5
Curtis Tanner	---	---	2	0	---	2
Leland Hill	0	0	---	---	1	1
Ronald Chae	0	0	---	---	---	0
Donnie Wile	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	40	4.0
Middle	14	52	3.7
Right	10	34	3.4
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	10	1.7
Middle	11	36	3.3
Right	4	6	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jimmie Matock	30	22	2	3	1	1	3	0	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geno Smith	34	18	0	3	2	4	7	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	1	1	11	11.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	14	170	8.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	6	99	16.5
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	18	4.5

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	18	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	10	75	4.2
Medium (9-18 Yds)	11	5	69	6.3
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Casey Greer	7	6	0	126	2	30
WR Pat Carr	7	3	1	32	0	20
TE Zach Ertz	7	6	0	55	0	29
WR Keith Wirthel	7	5	0	67	0	17
RB Jared Rayburn	1	1	0	11	0	25
WR Wesley Jeffries	1	1	0	7	0	4

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Dixon Edwards	9	5	0	37	34
WR AJ Green	5	2	1	21	18
WR Cris Ciervo	5	3	1	37	17
RB Pete Bates	4	3	0	13	20
WR Tommie Woodard	3	2	0	21	15
TE Terry Browning	3	1	0	14	18
TE Stanley Conley	3	1	0	8	16
RB Alfred Robbins	2	1	0	11	16

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Jared Rayburn	3	8	2.67	3.52
R.J. Austin	2	9	4.50	4.71

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jimmie Matock	1	0	0	0.00	9.93

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Geno Smith	3	2	18	6.00	4.76

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Keith Wirthel	1	0	0	0.00	9.57

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Tommie Woodard	1	0	0	0.00	7.00
RB Pete Bates	1	1	4	4.00	3.25
TE Terry Browning	1	1	14	14.00	4.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Jared Rayburn	7	3
R.J. Austin	2	1

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Pete Bates	1	0
Geno Smith	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jimmie Matock	4	4	1

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geno Smith	13	8	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Casey Greer	1	1	1
WR Pat Carr	1	1	0
TE Zach Ertz	1	1	0
WR Keith Wirthel	1	1	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Dixon Edwards	6	2	1
WR Cris Ciervo	2	2	1
WR AJ Green	1	1	1
RB Pete Bates	1	0	0
TE Terry Browning	1	1	1
TE Stanley Conley	1	1	0
RB Alfred Robbins	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,900 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 15,400 (21,400)
End Zone 11,100 (15,500)
Mezzanine 6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,400 (13,700)
Club Seats 8,500 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,900 (77,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	15,400 (21,400)
End Zone	11,100 (15,500)
Mezzanine	6,500 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,400 (13,700)
Club Seats	8,500 (13,000)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (5,000)