Week 1, 2063

played in Carolina, NC

60 degrees, fair, 3 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	14	7	0	13	-	34
Carolina Panthers	7	0	7	0	-	14

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:51 ATL - Micah Lightfoot 87 run (Camden Bradford extra point)
1Q: 04:53 ATL - Micah Lightfoot 17 run (Camden Bradford extra point)
1Q: 03:57 CAR - Brady Washington 78 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
2Q: 01:27 ATL - Cory Atkins 2 pass from Gregory Eppright (Camden Bradford extra point)
3Q: 02:43 CAR - Harvey Fulton 14 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
4Q: 04:24 ATL - Alexis Tanner 0 blocked punt return (Camden Bradford extra point failed)
4Q: 02:00 ATL - Cedric Murray 39 run (Camden Bradford extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:51 ATL - Micah Lightfoot 87 run (Camden Bradford extra point)
1Q: 04:53 ATL - Micah Lightfoot 17 run (Camden Bradford extra point)
1Q: 03:57 CAR - Brady Washington 78 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
2Q: 01:27 ATL - Cory Atkins 2 pass from Gregory Eppright (Camden Bradford extra point)
3Q: 02:43 CAR - Harvey Fulton 14 pass from Jonathan Rackers (Artie Tedeschi extra point)
4Q: 04:24 ATL - Alexis Tanner 0 blocked punt return (Camden Bradford extra point failed)
4Q: 02:00 ATL - Cedric Murray 39 run (Camden Bradford extra point)

Team Statistics ATL CAR
Record 1-0 0-1
First Downs 22 25
- by Rushing 12 5
- by Passing 10 18
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 430 465
- Offensive Plays 69 65
- Yards per Play 6.23 7.15
Net Rushing Yards 271 75
- Rushing Attempts 37 21
- Yards per Rush 7.32 3.57
Net Passing Yards 159 390
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 30 - 17 - 0 40 - 24 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 166 418
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/7 4/28
- Yards per Pass Play 4.97 8.86
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 2/1
3rd Down Conversions 8/15 2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.3 8.2
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/47 6/40
Punt Returns/Yards 1/16 1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards 1/22 4/63
Interception Ret./Yards 3/25 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2/0 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 25 OWN 22
Time of Possession 31:09 28:51

Team Statistics	ATL	CAR
Record	1-0	0-1
First Downs	22	25
- by Rushing	12	5
- by Passing	10	18
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	430	465
- Offensive Plays	69	65
- Yards per Play	6.23	7.15
Net Rushing Yards	271	75
- Rushing Attempts	37	21
- Yards per Rush	7.32	3.57
Net Passing Yards	159	390
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	30 - 17 - 0	40 - 24 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	166	418
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/7	4/28
- Yards per Pass Play	4.97	8.86
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	2/1
3rd Down Conversions	8/15	2/9
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.3	8.2
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/47	6/40
Punt Returns/Yards	1/16	1/-1
Kick Returns/Yards	1/22	4/63
Interception Ret./Yards	3/25	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	2	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	2/0	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 25	OWN 22
Time of Possession	31:09	28:51

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:31	OWN 25	3	75	Touchdown
1	9:54	5:20	OWN 22	10	78	Touchdown
1	3:42	1:26	OWN 25	3	5	Punt
2	14:37	0:54	OWN 20	3	-3	Punt
2	10:39	1:40	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
2	7:09	1:52	OWN 5	4	13	Punt
2	3:50	2:32	OWN 40	10	60	Touchdown
3	10:48	5:03	OWN 8	11	65	Missed FG
3	2:36	5:25	OWN 32	10	45	Missed FG
4	10:39	3:21	OPP 46	6	2	Punt
4	3:24	1:41	OWN 38	6	62	Touchdown
4	0:03	0:03	OWN 20	1	-1	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:29	4:35	OWN 25	10	55	Interception
1	4:34	0:52	OWN 22	1	78	Touchdown
1	2:16	2:39	OWN 5	7	61	Punt
2	13:43	3:04	OWN 36	5	21	Punt
2	8:59	1:50	OWN 39	5	23	Punt
2	5:17	1:27	OWN 27	3	0	Punt
2	1:18	1:18	OWN 21	3	10	Half
3	15:00	4:12	OWN 6	7	44	Punt
3	5:45	3:09	OWN 34	7	66	Touchdown
4	12:11	1:32	OWN 30	4	16	Fumble
4	7:18	3:07	OWN 1	6	9	Punt
4	4:11	0:47	OWN 23	2	20	Interception
4	1:43	1:40	OWN 17	5	57	Interception

Game MVP: Micah Lightfoot, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Micah Lightfoot	25	176	7.04	87	4	2
RB O.J. Stiltner	6	35	5.83	13	1	0
QB Gregory Eppright	4	15	3.75	6	0	0
FB Cedric Murray	2	45	22.50	39	1	1

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Chester Turner	20	65	3.25	13	3	0
RB Kris Santiago	1	10	10.00	10	1	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Gregory Eppright	30	17	166	2/7	1	25	0	83.4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jonathan Rackers	40	24	418	4/28	2	78	3	81.0

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Cory Atkins	6	12	63	10.50	28	25	1
WR Dixon Hamner	2	5	28	14.00	16	21	0
WR Deion Mayes	2	3	28	14.00	5	17	0
TE Alec Sherman	2	3	12	6.00	1	8	0
WR Wyatt Codie	2	2	18	9.00	9	11	0
RB O.J. Stiltner	2	3	13	6.50	0	11	0
RB Micah Lightfoot	1	2	4	4.00	0	4	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
TE Bryson Urquoila	9	15	114	12.67	9	23	0
WR Brady Washington	4	7	138	34.50	71	78	1
WR Jameson Gohs	4	7	82	20.50	1	30	0
WR Bubba Stahl	2	4	32	16.00	2	19	0
RB Chester Turner	2	3	11	5.50	0	6	0
WR Harvey Fulton	1	1	14	14.00	0	14	1
TE Zane Winters	1	2	19	19.00	0	19	0
FB Sammy Pitre	1	1	8	8.00	0	8	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Christian Linquist	2	13	6.50	0
OLB Charlie Hammond	1	12	12.00	0

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Recov	Force	TD
DE Nate LaBorde	1	1	0
DT Carter Gougeon	0	1	0
S Alexis Tanner	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
QB Jonathan Rackers	2	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Edwin Wayne	5	239	47.8	48.0	61	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Norman Banks	6	201	33.5	24.2	49	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Camden Bradford	0/2	0/2	0/0	0	4/5

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

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Allen Lane	1	16	16.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devan Crews	1	-1	-1.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Austin Cote	1	22	22.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Darrell Mahoney	4	63	15.8	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tyrus Perez	8	1	0.0	21	44
CB Dean Gaines	7	1	0.0	19	44
CB Christian Linquist	6	3	0.0	16	43
OLB Charlie Hammond	6	1	0.0	21	40
DE Steven Coles	4	1	1.5	21	37
DE Nate LaBorde	3	2	1.0	21	44
CB Aaron Harrison	3	2	0.0	14	24
S Mo Reed	3	0	0.0	21	44
DT Tracy Sivigny	2	1	0.5	21	32
DT Carter Gougeon	1	1	1.0	9	32
DT Britt Shuger	1	3	0.0	12	20
OLB Alexander Robbins	1	2	0.0	8	28
ILB Sebastian Goodwin	1	2	0.0	15	16
CB Allen Lane	1	0	0.0	2	0

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Cedric Powell	10	0	0.0	27	26
OLB Miles Hammer	8	2	0.0	31	21
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	5	0	0.0	20	17
S Andrew Ottesen	5	0	0.0	34	30
ILB Bill Norris	5	0	0.0	11	11
DE Edwin Fragomeni	3	1	2.0	34	28
CB Demetrius Gionfriddo	3	6	0.0	36	32
DT Edwin Cobb	3	2	0.0	17	15
CB Phillip Thurston	2	2	0.0	31	24
WR Brady Washington	2	0	---	---	---
DE Mo Lukacic	2	0	0.0	25	15
S Trevor Oliver	2	0	0.0	24	18
DT Mark Bryant	1	3	0.0	17	9
CB Brendan Gervasi	1	1	0.0	8	15
OLB Levon Linquist	1	1	0.0	13	8
QB Jonathan Rackers	1	0	---	---	---
CB Gabriel Stevens	0	3	0.0	26	20
DT Willie Carach	0	2	0.0	20	24
S Rickey Honaker	0	1	0.0	15	14

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Steven Coles	1.5	0	0	1	37
DT Carter Gougeon	1.0	1	0	0	32
DE Nate LaBorde	1.0	0	3	0	44
DT Tracy Sivigny	0.5	0	0	0	32
OLB Alexander Robbins	0.0	0	1	0	28

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Edwin Fragomeni	2.0	0	4	1	28
OLB Miles Hammer	0.0	0	2	0	21

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Dean Gaines	7	0	0	44
CB Christian Linquist	6	0	2	43
OLB Charlie Hammond	3	0	1	40
S Tyrus Perez	3	0	0	44
CB Aaron Harrison	2	0	0	24
ILB Sebastian Goodwin	2	0	0	16
S Mo Reed	1	3	0	44

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Miles Hammer	6	0	21
ILB Cedric Powell	4	1	26
ILB Bill Norris	2	1	11
CB Phillip Thurston	1	1	24
CB Demetrius Gionfriddo	1	1	32
S Trevor Oliver	1	1	18
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	1	0	17
CB Brendan Gervasi	1	0	15

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
C Melvin Lowrey	4	9	0	37	0	32
T Harold Grooms	3	6	1	37	0	32
G Dean Whiteford	2	7	1	37	0	32
G Mercury Waddell	2	5	0	37	2	32
T Elias Newhart	2	4	0	37	0	32
FB Cedric Murray	2	2	0	9	0	4

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Kirk Atwood	3	8	21	0	44
T Courtney Johnson	1	5	21	0	44
T Gene Valdez	1	2	5	1	9
G Kenny Weaver	1	2	21	1	44
G Camden Gallery	1	2	21	0	44
TE Zane Winters	1	1	8	0	24
C Tristan Dawkins	0	1	16	2	35

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
O.J. Stiltner	2	15
Cedric Murray	1	17
Harold Grooms	1	13
Wyatt Codie	1	13

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Harvey Fulton	2	20

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Harold Grooms	37	32	---	---	13	82
G Dean Whiteford	37	32	---	---	7	76
G Mercury Waddell	37	32	---	---	7	76
T Elias Newhart	37	32	---	---	7	76
CB Dean Gaines	---	---	19	44	8	71
QB Gregory Eppright	37	32	---	---	---	69
S Tyrus Perez	---	---	21	44	4	69
C Melvin Lowrey	37	32	---	---	---	69
DE Nate LaBorde	---	---	21	44	---	65
S Mo Reed	---	---	21	44	---	65
WR Dixon Hamner	32	31	---	---	1	64
OLB Charlie Hammond	---	---	21	40	2	63
CB Christian Linquist	---	---	16	43	1	60
DT Tracy Sivigny	---	---	21	32	6	59
TE Alec Sherman	32	26	---	---	1	59
DE Steven Coles	---	---	21	37	---	58
WR Cory Atkins	28	28	---	---	---	56
WR Deion Mayes	27	27	---	---	---	54
RB Micah Lightfoot	30	20	---	---	1	51
DT Carter Gougeon	---	---	9	32	---	41
ILB Sebastian Goodwin	---	---	15	16	9	40
CB Aaron Harrison	---	---	14	24	---	38
OLB Alexander Robbins	---	---	8	28	---	36
WR Clifton Blackwell	12	7	---	---	17	36
RB O.J. Stiltner	7	12	---	---	15	34
DT Britt Shuger	---	---	12	20	---	32
FB Cedric Murray	9	4	---	---	17	30
CB James Joyner	---	---	5	8	12	25
WR Wyatt Codie	8	4	---	---	13	25
OLB Craig Stone	---	---	5	17	---	22
TE Wes Huggins	0	0	---	---	21	21
OLB Marcus Anwar	---	---	0	0	18	18
S Alexis Tanner	---	---	0	0	14	14
DE Dean Upshaw	---	---	0	7	6	13
CB Allen Lane	---	---	2	0	6	8
K Camden Bradford	0	0	---	---	8	8
C Ezra Walker	0	0	---	---	7	7
P Edwin Wayne	0	0	---	---	7	7
WR Cary Young	0	0	---	---	6	6
C Nicholas Shelton	0	0	---	---	5	5
DE J.C. Caldwell	---	---	0	4	---	4
WR Austin Cote	0	0	---	---	3	3
TE Rodney Mendenhall	0	1	---	---	---	1
G Elias Kelley	0	0	---	---	---	0
QB Otis Zimmerman	0	0	---	---	---	0
RB Greg Wickes	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
T Courtney Johnson	21	44	---	---	6	71
G Kenny Weaver	21	44	---	---	6	71
G Camden Gallery	21	44	---	---	6	71
T Kirk Atwood	21	44	---	---	6	71
CB Demetrius Gionfriddo	---	---	36	32	2	70
CB Gabriel Stevens	---	---	26	20	20	66
S Andrew Ottesen	---	---	34	30	2	66
QB Jonathan Rackers	21	44	---	---	---	65
DE Edwin Fragomeni	---	---	34	28	2	64
WR Jameson Gohs	18	43	---	---	---	61
WR Brady Washington	20	40	---	---	---	60
TE Bryson Urquoila	19	41	---	---	---	60
RB Chester Turner	20	38	---	---	---	58
CB Phillip Thurston	---	---	31	24	2	57
ILB Cedric Powell	---	---	27	26	2	55
OLB Miles Hammer	---	---	31	21	1	53
C Tristan Dawkins	16	35	---	---	---	51
DT Willie Carach	---	---	20	24	2	46
S Trevor Oliver	---	---	24	18	2	44
DT Antoine Johanningmeier	---	---	20	17	5	42
DE Mo Lukacic	---	---	25	15	---	40
OLB Levon Linquist	---	---	13	8	19	40
CB Brendan Gervasi	---	---	8	15	16	39
ILB Bill Norris	---	---	11	11	13	35
DT Edwin Cobb	---	---	17	15	2	34
TE Zane Winters	8	24	---	---	---	32
WR Bubba Stahl	11	17	---	---	4	32
WR Harvey Fulton	4	7	---	---	20	31
DE Cory Elliott	---	---	11	17	2	30
S Rickey Honaker	---	---	15	14	---	29
DT Mark Bryant	---	---	17	9	---	26
RB Kris Santiago	3	7	---	---	15	25
CB Darrell Mahoney	---	---	3	4	14	21
TE Harrison Buckley	0	0	---	---	20	20
FB Sammy Pitre	2	3	---	---	14	19
T Gene Valdez	5	9	---	---	---	14
WR Devan Crews	0	0	---	---	13	13
DE Dwayne O'Malley	---	---	1	2	5	8
C Maurice Wiggins	0	0	---	---	6	6
P Norman Banks	0	0	---	---	6	6
WR Heath Lane	0	0	---	---	6	6
DE Abel Boller	---	---	3	2	---	5
K Artie Tedeschi	0	0	---	---	3	3
QB Justics Chelius	0	0	---	---	---	0
ILB Kody Gehrls	---	---	0	0	---	0
G Donnie Richmond	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	9	45	5.0
Middle	23	213	9.3
Right	4	14	3.5
None	1	-1	-1.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	5	12	2.4
Middle	11	43	3.9
Right	5	20	4.0
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Gregory Eppright	30	17	2	0	2	5	6	1	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jonathan Rackers	40	24	8	1	4	3	4	1	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	33	6.6
Short (0-8 Yds)	14	8	75	5.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	5	58	5.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	1	6	3.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	7	5	27	3.9
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	10	191	10.6
Long (19+ Yds)	13	8	194	14.9

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Cory Atkins	12	6	2	63	1	28
WR Dixon Hamner	5	2	0	28	1	31
WR Deion Mayes	3	2	0	28	0	27
TE Alec Sherman	3	2	0	12	0	26
RB O.J. Stiltner	3	2	0	13	0	12
RB Micah Lightfoot	2	1	0	4	0	20
WR Wyatt Codie	2	2	0	18	0	4

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Bryson Urquoila	15	9	3	114	3	41
WR Brady Washington	7	4	0	138	3	40
WR Jameson Gohs	7	4	1	82	2	43
WR Bubba Stahl	4	2	0	32	0	17
RB Chester Turner	3	2	0	11	0	38
TE Zane Winters	2	1	0	19	0	24
WR Harvey Fulton	1	1	0	14	0	7
FB Sammy Pitre	1	1	0	8	0	3

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Micah Lightfoot	2	19	9.50	7.04
QB Gregory Eppright	1	4	4.00	3.75

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Gregory Eppright	5	3	15	3.00	5.53

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Jonathan Rackers	3	2	19	6.33	10.45

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Cory Atkins	3	2	4	1.33	5.25
WR Dixon Hamner	1	0	0	0.00	5.60
RB O.J. Stiltner	1	1	11	11.00	4.33

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Brady Washington	1	0	0	0.00	19.71
WR Harvey Fulton	1	1	14	14.00	14.00
RB Chester Turner	1	1	5	5.00	3.67

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
RB Micah Lightfoot	3	2
RB O.J. Stiltner	3	2

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Chester Turner	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Gregory Eppright	8	4	4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jonathan Rackers	7	1	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Cory Atkins	3	1	1
TE Alec Sherman	2	1	1
RB O.J. Stiltner	2	1	1
WR Deion Mayes	1	1	1

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Bryson Urquoila	4	1	1
WR Brady Washington	2	0	0
WR Jameson Gohs	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,000 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck 13,600 (21,400)
End Zone 9,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine 5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats 7,300 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes 3,500 (3,900)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,000 (73,300 capacity)
Upper Deck	13,600 (21,400)
End Zone	9,800 (15,400)
Mezzanine	5,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,100 (13,600)
Club Seats	7,300 (10,100)
Luxury Boxes	3,500 (3,900)