Week 16, 2038

played in Pittsburgh, PA

25 degrees, snow, 9 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	3	3	3	0	-	9
Pittsburgh Steelers	0	3	0	3	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:05 CAR - Sammie Harden 44 field goal
2Q: 04:25 CAR - Sammie Harden 23 field goal
2Q: 00:41 PIT - Deon Prior 21 field goal
3Q: 08:09 CAR - Sammie Harden 36 field goal
4Q: 07:40 PIT - Deon Prior 25 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 00:05 CAR - Sammie Harden 44 field goal
2Q: 04:25 CAR - Sammie Harden 23 field goal
2Q: 00:41 PIT - Deon Prior 21 field goal
3Q: 08:09 CAR - Sammie Harden 36 field goal
4Q: 07:40 PIT - Deon Prior 25 field goal

Team Statistics CAR PIT
Record 10-5 8-7
First Downs 6 12
- by Rushing 1 5
- by Passing 4 6
- by Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 159 230
- Offensive Plays 53 73
- Yards per Play 3.00 3.15
Net Rushing Yards 37 44
- Rushing Attempts 33 29
- Yards per Rush 1.12 1.52
Net Passing Yards 122 186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 19 - 11 - 1 42 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 128 209
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/23
- Yards per Pass Play 6.10 4.23
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 2/15 6/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 7.9 9.1
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 3/19 4/28
Punt Returns/Yards 6/46 2/19
Kick Returns/Yards 2/55 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/7
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 34 OWN 22
Time of Possession 28:26 31:34

Team Statistics	CAR	PIT
Record	10-5	8-7
First Downs	6	12
- by Rushing	1	5
- by Passing	4	6
- by Penalty	1	1
Total Net Yards	159	230
- Offensive Plays	53	73
- Yards per Play	3.00	3.15
Net Rushing Yards	37	44
- Rushing Attempts	33	29
- Yards per Rush	1.12	1.52
Net Passing Yards	122	186
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	19 - 11 - 1	42 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	128	209
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/23
- Yards per Pass Play	6.10	4.23
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	2/15	6/20
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	7.9	9.1
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	3/19	4/28
Punt Returns/Yards	6/46	2/19
Kick Returns/Yards	2/55	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/7
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 34	OWN 22
Time of Possession	28:26	31:34

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:11	0:50	OWN 20	2	7	Interception
1	10:05	1:45	OWN 35	3	-3	Punt
1	4:03	1:20	OWN 20	3	-8	Punt
1	2:43	2:43	50	5	23	Field Goal
2	13:09	2:05	OWN 28	3	9	Punt
2	8:56	4:36	OWN 27	7	67	Field Goal
2	3:50	0:55	OWN 26	3	-1	Punt
2	0:36	0:36	OWN 20	1	-11	Half
3	15:00	3:03	OWN 33	4	9	Punt
3	10:21	2:20	OPP 43	4	24	Field Goal
3	5:55	1:15	OWN 35	3	6	Punt
3	3:47	1:14	OWN 47	3	2	Punt
3	0:22	1:02	OWN 30	3	5	Punt
4	7:34	4:56	OWN 37	6	18	Punt
4	0:59	0:30	OPP 46	3	8	Punt

Pittsburgh Steelers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:49	OWN 20	6	14	Punt
1	11:21	1:16	OPP 28	3	0	Missed FG
1	8:20	4:17	OWN 22	8	42	Punt
2	15:00	1:51	OWN 20	3	9	Punt
2	11:04	2:08	OWN 6	5	19	Punt
2	4:20	0:30	OWN 20	3	0	Punt
2	2:55	2:19	OWN 33	8	63	Field Goal
3	11:57	1:36	OWN 2	3	-1	Punt
3	8:01	2:06	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
3	4:40	0:53	OWN 3	3	3	Punt
3	2:33	2:11	OWN 10	4	-9	Punt
4	14:20	1:46	OWN 18	3	7	Punt
4	12:34	5:00	OPP 29	9	21	Field Goal
4	2:38	1:39	OWN 6	9	40	Downs
4	0:29	0:29	OWN 20	3	10	Game

Game MVP: Jared Francis, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Pete Bates	23	23	1.00	10	1
Levi Scialabba	6	4	0.67	6	0
Ronald Chae	3	8	2.67	7	0
Rueben Randle	1	2	2.00	2	0

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Junior Hoosier	13	9	0.69	5	0
Cristian Willis	12	19	1.58	13	1
Cam Newton	3	16	5.33	6	0
Mel Davey	1	0	0.00	0	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ronald Chae	19	11	128	1/6	0	45	1	56.4

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Cam Newton	42	20	209	2/23	0	42	0	62.5

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Pete Bates	4	6	14	3.50	0	8
WR Sherman Shaw	2	4	14	7.00	0	11
RB Levi Scialabba	2	3	28	14.00	23	21
WR Tommie Woodard	1	3	45	45.00	39	45
WR Rueben Randle	1	1	6	6.00	0	6
WR Cris Ciervo	1	1	21	21.00	11	21
TE Josh Phillips	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Pittsburgh	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Eddie Dawkins	8	15	131	16.38	27	42
WR John Hamilton	5	9	33	6.60	3	10
WR Kendrick Zolak	3	6	18	6.00	0	9
TE Darrell Gil	2	4	10	5.00	0	11
WR Devon Wylie	1	3	5	5.00	0	5
RB Junior Hoosier	1	2	12	12.00	4	12
TE Richard Foltz	0	1	0	0.00	0	0
FB Mel Davey	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Pittsburgh	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
ILB Wes Richmond	1	7	7.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force
Ronald Chae	1	0	0
Cris Ciervo	1	0	0
Earl Fulton	0	1	0
Levi Scialabba	0	1	0
Rueben Randle	0	0	1

Pittsburgh	Fumb	Recov	Force
Kendrick Zolak	1	0	1
Al Bryant	0	1	0
Melvin Ingram	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Jared Francis	10	478	47.8	43.9	57	7

Pittsburgh	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Joe Lowe	10	534	53.4	44.8	71	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Sammie Harden	3/3	1/1	0/0	44	0/0

Pittsburgh	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Deon Prior	2/3	0/1	0/0	25	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cris Ciervo	6	46	7.7	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Kendrick Zolak	2	19	9.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Cris Ciervo	2	55	27.5	0

Pittsburgh	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Zach Brown	9	1	1.0	25	38
ILB Brenden Richard	7	6	0.0	29	41
DE Star Latulelei	5	2	0.0	27	39
CB Trevor Briel	5	2	0.0	25	40
S Jerald Boggs	3	2	0.0	27	44
DT Derek Wolfe	3	2	0.0	14	18
S Dejon Gomes	3	1	0.0	21	37
CB Barry Abrams	3	1	0.0	29	44
S Kim Guthrie	3	0	0.0	10	8
CB Vernon Warren	2	1	0.0	16	36
ILB Derrick Bryant	2	0	0.0	10	7
DT Rex Hogue	1	0	1.0	16	26
OLB Bob Guest	1	2	0.0	21	27
DE George Carter	1	1	0.0	21	34
TE Terry Browning	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Tom Everett	1	0	0.0	5	5
DE Curtis Tanner	1	0	0.0	3	5
S Kevin Hindman	1	0	0.0	3	12
CB Antoine Holko	0	1	0.0	5	8

Pittsburgh	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Russell Harvey	11	4	0.0	32	19
S Corey Turner	4	4	0.0	31	20
OLB Roman Guthrie	4	0	0.0	25	17
DE Nick Lujan	4	0	0.0	12	8
DE Melvin Ingram	3	0	1.0	24	10
ILB Wes Richmond	3	1	0.0	19	11
DT Renaldo Jeffries	3	1	0.0	26	15
S Colin Ramirez	3	1	0.0	28	17
OLB Akeem Ayers	2	0	0.0	20	12
DE Herman Turnbull	2	0	0.0	23	15
CB D.J. Hayden	2	0	0.0	13	10
CB Kent Wheeler	1	1	0.0	32	20
CB Al Bryant	1	1	0.0	29	20
DT Walter Bryant	1	0	0.0	8	5
DE Edward May	0	1	0.0	15	13
CB Neal Baxter	0	1	0.0	1	0
S Jesse McKenzie	0	1	0.0	5	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	PPlay
OLB Zach Brown	1.0	0	0	38
DT Rex Hogue	1.0	0	0	26
DE Star Latulelei	0.0	1	2	39
DE George Carter	0.0	1	1	34
DE Isaac Eatherton	0.0	1	0	10
OLB Bob Guest	0.0	0	3	27
DT Derek Wolfe	0.0	0	1	18
OLB Tom Everett	0.0	0	1	5

Pittsburgh	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Melvin Ingram	1.0	1	0	10
DT Renaldo Jeffries	0.0	3	0	15
DE Herman Turnbull	0.0	2	0	15
OLB Roman Guthrie	0.0	1	1	17

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Zach Brown	6	0	38
CB Trevor Briel	4	1	40
CB Barry Abrams	2	2	44
S Dejon Gomes	2	1	37
S Jerald Boggs	2	0	44
OLB Tom Everett	1	0	5
S Kim Guthrie	1	0	8
CB Vernon Warren	1	0	36
S Kevin Hindman	1	0	12
ILB Brenden Richard	0	1	41

Pittsburgh	Caught	Intrcp	PPlay
OLB Roman Guthrie	3	0	17
ILB Russell Harvey	2	0	19
ILB Wes Richmond	1	1	11
OLB Akeem Ayers	1	0	12
CB Kent Wheeler	1	0	20
DE Herman Turnbull	1	0	15
CB D.J. Hayden	1	0	10
S Corey Turner	1	0	20

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Alonzo Tripp	1	7	33	1	20
Billy Joe Sellers	1	7	33	0	20
Ellis Covill	0	8	33	0	20
Donald Banks	0	4	33	0	20
Lamar Holmes	0	2	33	0	20
Earl Fulton	0	1	20	0	8
Stanley Conley	0	1	26	0	13

Pittsburgh	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Peter Kowal	2	10	0	29	0	44
Harry Soliday	1	6	0	29	0	44
Anthony Castonzo	1	3	1	29	0	44
Darrell Gil	1	1	0	20	0	22
Antoine Ross	0	3	0	29	0	44
Frank Gibson	0	2	0	29	1	44
Mel Davey	0	1	0	19	1	22

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Dejon Gomes	1	20
Rueben Randle	1	17

Pittsburgh	Tackles	STPlays
Kendrick Zolak	4	22
Al Bryant	3	16
Frank Gibson	1	13

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dejon Gomes	---	---	21	37	20	78
Jerald Boggs	---	---	27	44	5	76
Barry Abrams	---	---	29	44	3	76
Brenden Richard	---	---	29	41	3	73
Star Latulelei	---	---	27	39	2	68
Trevor Briel	---	---	25	40	3	68
Zach Brown	---	---	25	38	4	67
Vernon Warren	---	---	16	36	15	67
Lamar Holmes	33	20	---	---	13	66
Billy Joe Sellers	33	20	---	---	13	66
Donald Banks	33	20	---	---	13	66
Sherman Shaw	25	15	---	---	20	60
George Carter	---	---	21	34	2	57
Earl Fulton	20	8	---	---	29	57
Cris Ciervo	22	16	---	---	17	55
Ronald Chae	33	20	---	---	---	53
Ellis Covill	33	20	---	---	---	53
Alonzo Tripp	33	20	---	---	---	53
Pete Bates	27	15	---	---	10	52
Bob Guest	---	---	21	27	4	52
Stanley Conley	26	13	---	---	11	50
Rex Hogue	---	---	16	26	6	48
Rueben Randle	13	14	---	---	17	44
Derek Wolfe	---	---	14	18	6	38
Terry Browning	14	5	---	---	19	38
Isaac Eatherton	---	---	8	10	11	29
Rodney Gonzalez	---	---	4	5	18	27
Derrick Bryant	---	---	10	7	8	25
Kim Guthrie	---	---	10	8	6	24
Antoine Holko	---	---	5	8	7	20
Tom Everett	---	---	5	5	9	19
Josh Phillips	5	2	---	---	11	18
Kevin Hindman	---	---	3	12	1	16
Tommie Woodard	7	7	---	---	---	14
Donnie Anthony	0	0	---	---	13	13
Allen Roberts	0	0	---	---	13	13
Levi Scialabba	6	5	---	---	---	11
Jared Francis	0	0	---	---	10	10
Curtis Tanner	---	---	3	5	1	9
Sammie Harden	0	0	---	---	7	7
Corwin McEwen	---	---	0	0	7	7
Ricky Stanzi	0	0	---	---	3	3
Cedric Hancock	---	---	0	0	3	3
Ronnie Garcia	0	0	---	---	---	0
Donnie Wile	0	0	---	---	---	0
Eric Tanner	0	0	---	---	---	0

Pittsburgh	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Frank Gibson	29	44	---	---	13	86
Cam Newton	29	44	---	---	---	73
Anthony Castonzo	29	44	---	---	---	73
Antoine Ross	29	44	---	---	---	73
Peter Kowal	29	44	---	---	---	73
Harry Soliday	29	44	---	---	---	73
Kendrick Zolak	18	31	---	---	22	71
Cristian Willis	13	24	---	---	29	66
John Hamilton	26	39	---	---	---	65
Al Bryant	---	---	29	20	16	65
Eddie Dawkins	25	36	---	---	---	61
Kent Wheeler	---	---	32	20	5	57
Mel Davey	19	22	---	---	15	56
Russell Harvey	---	---	32	19	3	54
Corey Turner	---	---	31	20	3	54
Darrell Gil	20	22	---	---	11	53
Renaldo Jeffries	---	---	26	15	8	49
Colin Ramirez	---	---	28	17	4	49
Roman Guthrie	---	---	25	17	6	48
Akeem Ayers	---	---	20	12	9	41
Herman Turnbull	---	---	23	15	2	40
Nick Lujan	---	---	12	8	20	40
Edward May	---	---	15	13	11	39
Junior Hoosier	14	19	---	---	5	38
Melvin Ingram	---	---	24	10	3	37
Devon Wylie	5	14	---	---	16	35
Wes Richmond	---	---	19	11	1	31
D.J. Hayden	---	---	13	10	6	29
Herb Gamroth	---	---	9	2	18	29
Richard Foltz	1	5	---	---	16	22
Walter Bryant	---	---	8	5	5	18
Willie Joyner	---	---	9	3	6	18
Jesse McKenzie	---	---	5	3	8	16
Cary Woodson	4	8	---	---	4	16
Rusty Gothe	0	0	---	---	13	13
Freddie Hoover	0	0	---	---	13	13
Bubba Bell	0	0	---	---	13	13
Lamar Pendergraft	0	0	---	---	13	13
Billy Joe Lowe	0	0	---	---	10	10
Toby Sermon	0	0	---	---	10	10
Neal Baxter	---	---	1	0	7	8
Kim Poole	---	---	2	0	6	8
Deon Prior	0	0	---	---	6	6
Rodney Umenyiora	0	0	---	---	4	4
Rickey Gordon	0	0	---	---	3	3
Bruce Kosier	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	28	3.5
Middle	17	14	0.8
Right	7	-3	-0.4
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	-4	-2.0
Middle	25	43	1.7
Right	2	5	2.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ronald Chae	19	11	3	0	0	0	7	1	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Cam Newton	42	20	3	2	3	5	8	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	4	2	20	5.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	8	97	8.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	3	1	11	3.7
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	20	11	46	2.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	9	6	59	6.6
Long (19+ Yds)	12	3	104	8.7

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Pete Bates	6	4	14	0	15
WR Sherman Shaw	4	2	14	0	15
WR Tommie Woodard	3	1	45	1	7
RB Levi Scialabba	3	2	28	1	5
WR Rueben Randle	1	1	6	0	14
WR Cris Ciervo	1	1	21	1	16
TE Josh Phillips	1	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Eddie Dawkins	15	8	1	131	3	36
WR John Hamilton	9	5	0	33	0	39
WR Kendrick Zolak	6	3	1	18	0	31
TE Darrell Gil	4	2	1	10	0	22
WR Devon Wylie	3	1	0	5	0	14
RB Junior Hoosier	2	1	0	12	0	19
TE Richard Foltz	1	0	0	0	0	5
FB Mel Davey	1	0	0	0	0	22

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Pete Bates	2	5	2.50	1.00
Ronald Chae	1	3	3.00	2.67

Pittsburgh	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Cristian Willis	3	2	0.67	1.58
Junior Hoosier	3	4	1.33	0.69
Cam Newton	2	11	5.50	5.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ronald Chae	1	1	-1	-1.00	6.74

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Cam Newton	2	2	3	1.50	4.98

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Pete Bates	1	1	-1	-1.00	2.33

Pittsburgh	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Darrell Gil	1	1	-1	-1.00	2.50
WR Eddie Dawkins	1	1	4	4.00	8.73

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Pete Bates	5	1

Pittsburgh	Rushes	Conversions
Cristian Willis	4	2
Cam Newton	1	1
Mel Davey	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ronald Chae	9	5	1

Pittsburgh	Att	Comp	Conversions
Cam Newton	14	9	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Pete Bates	4	3	0
WR Sherman Shaw	3	1	0
WR Tommie Woodard	1	0	0
WR Rueben Randle	1	1	1

Pittsburgh	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Eddie Dawkins	7	3	3
WR Kendrick Zolak	2	2	0
WR John Hamilton	2	1	0
TE Darrell Gil	2	2	0
WR Devon Wylie	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 64,500 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,800 (18,800)
End Zone 13,700 (13,700)
Mezzanine 7,900 (7,900)
Sideline Seats 12,100 (12,100)
Club Seats 7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes 5,000 (5,000)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	64,500 (64,500 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,800 (18,800)
End Zone	13,700 (13,700)
Mezzanine	7,900 (7,900)
Sideline Seats	12,100 (12,100)
Club Seats	7,000 (7,000)
Luxury Boxes	5,000 (5,000)