| Played in Detroit, MI, weather: 68 degrees, fair, calm. |
| Detroit won the toss and elected to receive. |
| Start of first quarter. |
| (1Q: 15:00) Ethan Hutton kicked off 68 yards from the CAR30. Charlie Galasinski returned the ball 24 yards to the DET26. Tackled by Terrell Leibforth. |
| 1-10-DET26 (1Q: 14:44) Travis Payton ran around left end for 12 yards. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth, assisted by DT Dontari Poe. Key block delivered by Shannon Weinke. |
| 1-10-DET38 (1Q: 14:15) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Travis Payton for 4 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard, assisted by CB Tim Cardwell. |
| 2-6-DET42 (1Q: 13:38) Travis Payton ran around right end for 1 yard. Tackled by OLB Seth Gozinsky, assisted by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| 3-5-DET43 (1Q: 13:08) J.J. Sutton pass completed to WR AJ Green for 10 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Archie Thies. |
| 1-10-CAR47 (1Q: 12:34) J.J. Sutton pass completed to TE Bruce Brizzolara for 16 yards. Tackled by CB Tim Cardwell. Brizzolara gained 6 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR31 (1Q: 12:06) J.J. Sutton pass was dropped by WR AJ Green. |
| 2-10-CAR31 (1Q: 11:56) Ray Rasmussen ran around right end for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Toby Sheldon, assisted by S Terrell Leibforth. |
| 3-7-CAR28 (1Q: 11:26) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Bruce Brizzolara. DT Toby Sheldon hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-7-CAR28 (1Q: 11:22) Justin Branch attempted a 45 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 3, Carolina 0 |
| (1Q: 11:16) Justin Branch kicked off 59 yards from the DET30. Albert Meadows returned the ball 11 yards to the CAR22. Tackled by Kevin Delgado. |
| 1-10-CAR22 (1Q: 10:49) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Danny Cranford. OLB William Backstrom hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-CAR22 (1Q: 10:43) Bernard Pierce ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by DT Percy Press, assisted by ILB Juan May. |
| 3-3-CAR29 (1Q: 10:02) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 19 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Cranford gained 5 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR48 (1Q: 09:36) Ralph Troutman ran inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Moe Mason, assisted by DE Austin Tomei. |
| 2-8-DET50 (1Q: 09:01) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DT Kent Vaughn hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-8-DET50 (1Q: 08:57) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Casey Sanderson. DE Junior Harden hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-8-DET50 (1Q: 08:50) Rod Francis punted 44 yards. The ball was downed at the DET06. |
| 1-10-DET06 (1Q: 08:40) J.J. Sutton pass completed to TE Bruce Brizzolara for 28 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Clyde Kieffer. Brizzolara gained 7 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-DET34 (1Q: 07:55) Travis Payton ran around left end for 44 yards. Tackled by S Jerald Boggs. Key block delivered by Bruce Brizzolara. |
| 1-10-CAR22 (1Q: 07:15) Bruce Brizzolara ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by CB Tyrone Richmond, assisted by OLB Ronald Kournikova. |
| 2-9-CAR21 (1Q: 06:43) Dwayne George ran a trap outside the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by OLB Zach Brown, assisted by DT Dontari Poe. |
| 3-5-CAR17 (1Q: 06:12) J.J. Sutton pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR AJ Green. |
| 4-5-CAR17 (1Q: 06:04) Justin Branch attempted a 34 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 6, Carolina 0 |
| (1Q: 05:56) Justin Branch kicked off 63 yards from the DET30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 16 yards to the CAR23. Tackled by Claude McNeil. |
| 1-10-CAR23 (1Q: 05:37) Tom Matthews ran around the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski, assisted by S Kevin Delgado. |
| 2-6-CAR27 (1Q: 05:07) Tom Matthews ran inside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by DE Austin Tomei. |
| 3-5-CAR28 (1Q: 04:42) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 6 yards. Tackled by S Robert Blanton. Cranford gained 5 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-CAR34 (1Q: 04:17) Howie Barrett scrambled for 4 yards. Tackled by DE Bruce Delgado and assisted by OLB Lavonte David. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Illegal Use of the Hands. |
| 1-20-CAR24 (1Q: 04:09) Bernard Pierce ran inside the right guard for 14 yards. Tackled by DE Austin Tomei, assisted by OLB William Backstrom. Key block delivered by Rickey Stoole. |
| 2-6-CAR38 (1Q: 03:35) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Cheshire Kit Claussen for 3 yards. Tackled by DT Kent Vaughn. |
| 3-3-CAR41 (1Q: 02:49) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Albert Meadows. DT Antoine Sellers hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-3-CAR41 (1Q: 02:42) Rod Francis punted 41 yards. Charlie Galasinski returned the kick 24 yards to the DET42. Tackled by Tim Cardwell. |
| 1-10-DET42 (1Q: 02:31) Dwayne George ran around the left tackle for -3 yards. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth. |
| 2-13-DET39 (1Q: 01:52) J.J. Sutton pass completed to TE Bruce Brizzolara for 7 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 3-6-DET46 (1Q: 01:21) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Cedric Allison. DT Dontari Poe hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-6-DET46 (1Q: 01:11) R.J. Lyons punted 45 yards. Tommie Woodard returned the kick 8 yards to the CAR17. Tackled by Roger Losman. |
| 1-10-CAR17 (1Q: 01:04) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil, assisted by CB Charlie Galasinski. Cranford gained 7 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 2-5-CAR22 (1Q: 00:36) Bernard Pierce ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by OLB Lavonte David. ILB Kurt Walsh knocked down Tracy Unverzagt to break up the play. |
| 3-4-CAR23 (1Q: 00:10) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 9 yards. Tackled by OLB William Backstrom. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Woodard gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| Start of second quarter. |
| 1-10-CAR32 (2Q: 15:00) PENALTY: Carolina was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-CAR27 (2Q: 14:51) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Bernard Pierce for 2 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil, assisted by OLB Lavonte David. |
| 2-13-CAR29 (2Q: 14:10) Howie Barrett pass was intended for WR Casey Sanderson and was intercepted by S Vincent Schwartz at the CAR36. The interception was returned 9 yards. Tackled by Ladarius Green. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-CAR27 (2Q: 13:58) AJ Green ran around the left tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by DT Dontari Poe, assisted by S Jerald Boggs. |
| 2-10-CAR27 (2Q: 13:20) J.J. Sutton pass completed to WR AJ Green for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Tim Cardwell. |
| 3-7-CAR24 (2Q: 12:51) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Travis Payton. CB Archie Thies defended the pass. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-7-CAR24 (2Q: 12:43) Justin Branch attempted a 41 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 9, Carolina 0 |
| (2Q: 12:36) Justin Branch kicked off 79 yards from the DET30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CAR20 (2Q: 12:36) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 9 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil, assisted by ILB Kurt Walsh. |
| 2-1-CAR29 (2Q: 12:05) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Zach Fajardo for 0 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil. |
| 3-1-CAR29 (2Q: 11:36) Bernard Pierce ran around the left tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado. Key block delivered by Philip Blake. |
| 1-10-CAR30 (2Q: 11:12) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Tom Matthews for 4 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by OLB Renaldo Sims. Matthews gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 2-6-CAR34 (2Q: 10:50) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Ladarius Green for 9 yards. Tackled by DE Bruce Delgado. Green gained 2 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR43 (2Q: 10:06) PENALTY: Carolina was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-CAR38 (2Q: 09:57) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. |
| 2-9-CAR44 (2Q: 09:19) Howie Barrett sacked by OLB William Backstrom and OLB Lavonte David for a loss of 7 yards. Sack allowed by Ethan Brown. |
| 3-16-CAR37 (2Q: 08:42) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Cheshire Kit Claussen for 12 yards. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Claussen gained 1 yard after the catch. |
| 4-4-CAR49 (2Q: 07:57) Rod Francis punted 48 yards. The ball was downed at the DET03. |
| 1-10-DET03 (2Q: 07:48) Ray Rasmussen ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 4 yards. Tackled by S Jerald Boggs. |
| 2-6-DET07 (2Q: 07:03) J.J. Sutton pass completed to WR Roger Losman for 7 yards. Tackled by CB Tim Cardwell. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 1-10-DET14 (2Q: 06:31) PENALTY: Detroit was called for a False Start. |
| 1-15-DET09 (2Q: 06:24) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Ray Rasmussen for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. |
| 2-13-DET11 (2Q: 05:50) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Travis Payton. S Sam Moss defended the pass. |
| 3-13-DET11 (2Q: 05:43) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Travis Payton for 7 yards. Tackled by CB Archie Thies. |
| 4-6-DET18 (2Q: 05:20) R.J. Lyons punted 56 yards. Tommie Woodard returned the kick 7 yards to the CAR33. Tackled by Rickey Johnstone. |
| 1-10-CAR33 (2Q: 05:11) Howie Barrett scrambled for 6 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil and assisted by OLB William Backstrom. |
| 2-4-CAR39 (2Q: 04:52) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 9 yards. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado. |
| 1-10-CAR48 (2Q: 04:30) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Albert Meadows for 11 yards. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado. Meadows gained 4 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 1-10-DET41 (2Q: 04:11) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 8 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil, assisted by OLB William Backstrom. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-CAR49 (2Q: 04:01) Howie Barrett pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Casey Sanderson. DE Austin Tomei blocked the pass. PENALTY: Detroit was called for Defensive Holding. |
| 1-10-DET46 (2Q: 03:51) Howie Barrett sacked by DT Kent Vaughn and DE Junior Harden for a loss of 5 yards. Sack allowed by Grant Lechler. The ball was fumbled and recovered by DET Austin Tomei on the CAR49. |
| 1-10-CAR49 (2Q: 03:32) Dwayne George ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by S Sam Moss, assisted by OLB Leland Kimbrell. |
| 2-9-CAR48 (2Q: 03:13) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for FB Dwayne George. DT Dontari Poe hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-9-CAR48 (2Q: 03:06) Ray Rasmussen ran inside the left tackle for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Tim Cardwell. |
| 4-4-CAR43 (2Q: 02:49) R.J. Lyons punted 37 yards. The ball was marked out of bounds at the CAR06. |
| 1-10-CAR06 (2Q: 02:41) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 0 yards. Tackled by OLB Lavonte David. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-10-CAR06 (2Q: 02:12) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Casey Sanderson. DT Percy Press hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-10-CAR06 (2Q: 02:03) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. OLB William Backstrom hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 4-10-CAR06 (2Q: 01:55) Rod Francis punted 37 yards. Charlie Galasinski returned the kick 15 yards to the CAR28. PENALTY: Detroit was called for an Illegal Block on the Punt Return. |
| 1-10-DET45 (2Q: 01:44) Travis Payton ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 6 yards. Tackled by DE Melvin Dennis, assisted by DT Dontari Poe. Key block delivered by Bruce Brizzolara. |
| 2-4-CAR49 (2Q: 01:25) Travis Payton ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for 17 yards. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth. Key block delivered by Ricky Carpenter. |
| 1-10-CAR32 (2Q: 01:06) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR AJ Green. CB Archie Thies defended the pass. |
| 2-10-CAR32 (2Q: 00:56) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR AJ Green. CB Archie Thies defended the pass. The quarterback threw into double coverage. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Illegal Contact. |
| 1-10-CAR27 (2Q: 00:49) Travis Payton ran a counterplay inside the left tackle for -1 yards. Tackled by DE Melvin Dennis. |
| Detroit called a time out. |
| 2-11-CAR28 (2Q: 00:37) J.J. Sutton pass completed to WR AJ Green for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Tyrone Richmond. |
| Detroit called a time out. |
| 3-6-CAR23 (2Q: 00:27) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Travis Payton for 11 yards. Tackled by DT Dontari Poe. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Payton gained 2 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| Detroit called a time out. |
| 1-10-CAR12 (2Q: 00:17) Justin Branch attempted a 29 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 12, Carolina 0 |
| (2Q: 00:09) Justin Branch kicked off 54 yards from the DET30. Casey Sanderson returned the ball 12 yards to the CAR28. Tackled by Charlie Galasinski. |
| 1-10-CAR28 (2Q: 00:01) Howie Barrett dropped to one knee for -1 yards. |
| Start of third quarter. |
| (3Q: 15:00) Justin Branch kicked off 79 yards from the DET30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CAR20 (3Q: 15:00) Tom Matthews ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 18 yards. Tackled by ILB Kurt Walsh. Key block delivered by Ethan Brown. |
| 1-10-CAR38 (3Q: 14:20) Tom Matthews ran outside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado, assisted by CB Lonnie Denyer. |
| 2-7-CAR41 (3Q: 13:36) Bernard Pierce ran inside the left guard for 5 yards. Tackled by ILB Kurt Walsh, assisted by DE Junior Harden. |
| 3-2-CAR46 (3Q: 13:09) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 9 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. PENALTY: Detroit was called for Defensive Holding. The penalty was declined. |
| 1-10-DET45 (3Q: 12:58) Tom Matthews ran outside the right tackle for 13 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. Key block delivered by Lamar Holmes. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-20-CAR45 (3Q: 12:49) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Ladarius Green. S Robert Blanton defended the pass. |
| 2-20-CAR45 (3Q: 12:45) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. S Kevin Delgado defended the pass. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-20-CAR45 (3Q: 12:40) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Danny Cranford. DT Antoine Sellers hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-20-CAR45 (3Q: 12:30) Rod Francis punted 39 yards. Charlie Galasinski called for a fair catch at the DET16. |
| 1-10-DET16 (3Q: 12:21) Ray Rasmussen ran a draw inside the right guard for 2 yards. Tackled by DT Toby Sheldon. |
| 2-8-DET18 (3Q: 11:41) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Travis Payton for 0 yards. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth, assisted by OLB Ronald Kournikova. |
| 3-8-DET18 (3Q: 10:59) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for TE Bruce Brizzolara. DE E.J. Wilson hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-8-DET18 (3Q: 10:53) R.J. Lyons punted 37 yards. Tommie Woodard returned the kick 15 yards to the DET40. PENALTY: Carolina was called for an Illegal Use of Hands on the Punt Return. |
| 1-10-CAR35 (3Q: 10:46) Bernard Pierce ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by ILB Ross Donohue, assisted by DE Bruce Delgado. |
| 2-9-CAR36 (3Q: 10:03) PENALTY: Carolina was called for a False Start. |
| 2-14-CAR31 (3Q: 09:57) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Danny Cranford for 8 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. |
| 3-6-CAR39 (3Q: 09:21) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Lonnie Denyer, assisted by OLB William Backstrom. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-1-CAR44 (3Q: 08:45) Rod Francis punted 36 yards. Charlie Galasinski returned the kick 5 yards to the DET25. Tackled by Tim Cardwell. |
| 1-10-DET25 (3Q: 08:35) J.J. Sutton sacked by OLB Zach Brown and DE Melvin Dennis for a loss of 4 yards. Sack allowed by Julio Koepke. The ball was fumbled and recovered by DET Mike Iupati on the DET21. |
| 2-14-DET21 (3Q: 07:57) J.J. Sutton pass completed to RB Ray Rasmussen for 7 yards. Tackled by DT Toby Sheldon, assisted by CB Archie Thies. Rasmussen gained 7 yards after the catch. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Unnecessary Roughness. |
| 1-10-DET43 (3Q: 07:50) Ray Rasmussen ran a trap outside the left tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard, assisted by CB Clyde Kieffer. |
| 2-8-DET45 (3Q: 07:23) J.J. Sutton sacked by OLB Seth Gozinsky for a loss of 7 yards. Sack allowed by Zachary Williams. |
| 3-15-DET38 (3Q: 06:41) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Cedric Allison. OLB Zach Brown hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. PENALTY: Detroit was called for Offensive Holding. The penalty was declined. |
| 4-15-DET38 (3Q: 06:31) R.J. Lyons punted 41 yards. Tommie Woodard returned the kick 17 yards to the CAR38. Tackled by Jason Slowey. Ball was fumbled and recovered by CAR Ronald Kournikova at the CAR38. |
| 1-10-CAR38 (3Q: 06:21) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Cheshire Kit Claussen for 10 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by CB Lonnie Denyer. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-CAR48 (3Q: 05:48) Tom Matthews ran around right end for 3 yards. Tackled by ILB Kurt Walsh. |
| 2-7-DET49 (3Q: 05:14) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Bernard Pierce for 3 yards. Tackled by DE Austin Tomei. |
| 3-4-DET46 (3Q: 04:42) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 12 yards. Tackled by ILB Ross Donohue. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-DET34 (3Q: 04:05) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Cheshire Kit Claussen. OLB William Backstrom hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-DET34 (3Q: 03:59) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Tom Matthews for 5 yards. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz. Matthews gained 2 yards after the catch. |
| 3-5-DET29 (3Q: 03:19) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 7 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil. Sanderson gained 7 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-DET22 (3Q: 02:40) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 1 yard. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by ILB Ross Donohue. |
| 2-9-DET21 (3Q: 01:53) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. S Kevin Delgado knocked the ball out of his grasp. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-9-DET21 (3Q: 01:49) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DT Kent Vaughn hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-9-DET21 (3Q: 01:42) Jason Burroughs attempted a 38 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 12, Carolina 3 |
| (3Q: 01:37) Ethan Hutton kicked off 66 yards from the CAR30. Roger Losman returned the ball 31 yards to the DET35. Tackled by Sam Moss. |
| 1-10-DET35 (3Q: 01:14) J.J. Sutton pass completed to FB Dwayne George for 12 yards. Tackled by OLB Leland Kimbrell. George gained 6 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-DET47 (3Q: 00:49) J.J. Sutton pass completed to FB Dwayne George for 8 yards. Tackled by ILB Brenden Richard. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. |
| 2-2-CAR45 (3Q: 00:21) Ray Rasmussen ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Don Wolf, assisted by OLB Ronald Kournikova. Key block delivered by Zachary Williams. |
| Start of fourth quarter. |
| 1-10-CAR38 (4Q: 15:00) J.J. Sutton pass was dropped by RB Travis Payton. |
| 2-10-CAR38 (4Q: 14:53) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR AJ Green. DE E.J. Wilson drove right through Wendell Gaylor to hurry the quarterback. |
| 3-10-CAR38 (4Q: 14:49) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Cedric Allison. OLB Zach Brown hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 4-10-CAR38 (4Q: 14:40) R.J. Lyons punted 38 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-CAR20 (4Q: 14:34) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DE Austin Tomei drove right through Ethan Brown to hurry the quarterback. |
| 2-10-CAR20 (4Q: 14:30) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Albert Meadows for 50 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil. Meadows gained 37 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-DET30 (4Q: 13:45) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 5 yards. Tackled by OLB William Backstrom. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 2-5-DET25 (4Q: 13:02) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Tom Matthews for 3 yards. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. |
| 3-2-DET22 (4Q: 12:35) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Bernard Pierce. ILB Ross Donohue defended the pass. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-2-DET22 (4Q: 12:29) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Cheshire Kit Claussen for 5 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil. |
| 1-10-DET17 (4Q: 11:52) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 0 yards. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz, assisted by OLB Lavonte David. |
| 2-10-DET17 (4Q: 11:17) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. CB Charlie Galasinski defended the pass. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-10-DET17 (4Q: 11:11) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DT Kent Vaughn hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 4-10-DET17 (4Q: 11:04) Jason Burroughs attempted a 34 yard field goal and succeeded. Detroit 12, Carolina 6 |
| (4Q: 10:59) Ethan Hutton kicked off 74 yards from the CAR30. Touchback. |
| 1-10-DET20 (4Q: 10:59) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for RB Ray Rasmussen. OLB Ronald Kournikova defended the pass. |
| 2-10-DET20 (4Q: 10:52) J.J. Sutton pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Cedric Allison. OLB Seth Gozinsky blocked the pass. |
| 3-10-DET20 (4Q: 10:48) J.J. Sutton pass was dropped by TE Bruce Brizzolara. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-10-DET20 (4Q: 10:41) R.J. Lyons punted 45 yards. The ball was downed at the CAR35. |
| 1-10-CAR35 (4Q: 10:32) Tom Matthews ran a counterplay inside the right tackle for 2 yards. Tackled by DE Austin Tomei. |
| 2-8-CAR37 (4Q: 10:00) Tom Matthews ran outside the right tackle for 8 yards. Tackled by CB Lonnie Denyer. Key block delivered by Lamar Holmes. |
| 1-10-CAR45 (4Q: 09:23) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 7 yards. Tackled by ILB Kurt Walsh, assisted by CB Lonnie Denyer. |
| 2-3-DET48 (4Q: 08:42) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Danny Cranford. DE Junior Harden hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 3-3-DET48 (4Q: 08:33) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Danny Cranford. S Kevin Delgado defended the pass. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. |
| 4-3-DET48 (4Q: 08:28) Rod Francis punted 48 yards. Touchback. |
| 1-10-DET20 (4Q: 08:23) Dwayne George ran a trap outside the right tackle for 9 yards. Tackled by DE Courtney Upshaw, assisted by S Terrell Leibforth. Key block delivered by Sedrick Blake. |
| 2-1-DET29 (4Q: 07:42) Ray Rasmussen ran around the left tackle for 7 yards and was forced out of bounds. Tackled by DT Dontari Poe, assisted by CB Tim Cardwell. Key block delivered by Julio Koepke. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Offsides. The penalty was declined. |
| 1-10-DET36 (4Q: 07:35) Ray Rasmussen ran outside the right tackle for 1 yard. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth. |
| 2-9-DET37 (4Q: 06:49) J.J. Sutton pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Roger Losman. OLB Leland Kimbrell defended the pass. |
| 3-9-DET37 (4Q: 06:42) J.J. Sutton pass was dropped by WR Roger Losman. |
| 4-9-DET37 (4Q: 06:35) R.J. Lyons punted 59 yards. The ball was downed at the CAR04. |
| 1-10-CAR04 (4Q: 06:27) Howie Barrett pass was blocked at the line, intended for WR Danny Cranford. DE Austin Tomei blocked the pass. |
| 2-10-CAR04 (4Q: 06:20) Tom Matthews ran a trap outside the right tackle for 7 yards. Tackled by OLB William Backstrom. |
| 3-3-CAR11 (4Q: 05:50) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 16 yards. Tackled by OLB Lavonte David, assisted by ILB Ross Donohue. Woodard gained 12 yards after the catch. |
| 1-10-CAR27 (4Q: 05:28) Tom Matthews ran around the left tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by OLB Renaldo Sims. |
| 2-7-CAR30 (4Q: 04:42) Tom Matthews ran inside the right guard for 5 yards. Tackled by S Kevin Delgado, assisted by DE Austin Tomei. |
| 3-2-CAR35 (4Q: 04:03) Bernard Pierce ran around right end for 7 yards. Tackled by DT Kent Vaughn. Key block delivered by Lamar Holmes. |
| 1-10-CAR42 (4Q: 03:35) Tom Matthews ran inside the right tackle for 3 yards. Tackled by S Robert Blanton, assisted by ILB Ross Donohue. |
| 2-7-CAR45 (4Q: 02:59) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Tommie Woodard. DE Junior Harden hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. The defense looked very familiar with that play. The quarterback threw into double coverage. |
| 3-7-CAR45 (4Q: 02:55) Howie Barrett pass completed to TE Zach Fajardo for 1 yard. Tackled by CB Charlie Galasinski. |
| 4-6-CAR46 (4Q: 02:39) Howie Barrett pass completed to RB Marvin Buxton for 8 yards. The receiver went out of bounds. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz. Buxton gained 3 yards after the catch. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 1-10-DET46 (4Q: 02:32) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Danny Cranford. DE Austin Tomei hurried the quarterback into a bad throw. |
| 2-10-DET46 (4Q: 02:25) Howie Barrett pass was dropped by WR Danny Cranford. |
| 3-10-DET46 (4Q: 02:18) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Casey Sanderson. CB Charlie Galasinski defended the pass. The defense looked very familiar with that play. PENALTY: Detroit was called for Offsides. |
| 3-5-DET41 (4Q: 02:18) Howie Barrett pass was thrown incomplete, intended for WR Cheshire Kit Claussen. The defense looked extremely familiar with that play. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. |
| 4-5-DET41 (4Q: 02:12) Howie Barrett pass fell incomplete, intended for WR Cheshire Kit Claussen. OLB William Backstrom defended the pass. The defense looked very familiar with that play. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-DET41 (4Q: 02:06) Travis Payton ran inside the right tackle for 0 yards. Tackled by DE Melvin Dennis. |
| Official time out for the two-minute warning. |
| 2-10-DET41 (4Q: 02:00) Dwayne George ran inside the left guard for -1 yards. Tackled by S Terrell Leibforth, assisted by DT Dontari Poe. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 3-11-DET40 (4Q: 01:51) Travis Payton ran a draw inside the left guard for 2 yards. Tackled by OLB Zach Brown. The ball was fumbled and recovered by DET Travis Corbett to the DET42. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 4-9-DET42 (4Q: 01:40) R.J. Lyons punted 40 yards. The ball was marked out of bounds at the CAR18. |
| 1-10-CAR18 (4Q: 01:32) PENALTY: Carolina was called for Delay of Game. |
| 1-15-CAR13 (4Q: 01:32) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Tommie Woodard for 41 yards. Tackled by OLB William Backstrom. Woodard gained 24 yards after the catch. PENALTY: Carolina was called for Offensive Holding. |
| 1-21-CAR07 (4Q: 01:10) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 26 yards. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz. The receiver ran his route right over the middle of the field. Sanderson gained 15 yards after the catch. |
| Carolina called a time out. |
| 1-10-CAR33 (4Q: 01:01) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Cheshire Kit Claussen for 23 yards. Tackled by CB Bryant McNeil. |
| 1-10-DET44 (4Q: 00:45) Howie Barrett spiked the ball to stop the clock. |
| 2-10-DET44 (4Q: 00:42) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for 6 yards. Tackled by ILB Sean Spence, assisted by CB Charlie Galasinski. |
| 3-4-DET38 (4Q: 00:24) Howie Barrett spiked the ball to stop the clock. |
| 4-4-DET38 (4Q: 00:20) Howie Barrett pass completed to WR Casey Sanderson for -1 yards. Tackled by S Vincent Schwartz. The quarterback threw away from the double coverage. The ball goes over on downs. |
| 1-10-DET39 (4Q: 00:12) J.J. Sutton dropped to one knee for -1 yards. |
| Final Score: Detroit Lions 12, Carolina Panthers 6 |