Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 30, Atlanta 20
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 9, 2012
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 70°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 73292
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Atlanta 0071320
Carolina 797730
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:49
Carolina TD Carolina 7 - Atlanta 0
Greg Olsen 25 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:55
Carolina FG Carolina 10 - Atlanta 0
Graham Gano 24 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:58
Carolina FG Carolina 13 - Atlanta 0
Graham Gano 41 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:00
Carolina FG Carolina 16 - Atlanta 0
Graham Gano 31 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:01
Carolina TD Carolina 23 - Atlanta 0
Cam Newton 72 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:48
Atlanta TD Carolina 23 - Atlanta 7
Roddy White 4 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Matt Bryant kick)
4th Quarter - 13:57
Atlanta TD Carolina 23 - Atlanta 13
Julio Jones 11 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (pass failed)
4th Quarter - 4:11
Carolina TD Carolina 30 - Atlanta 13
DeAngelo Williams 53 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 0:53
Atlanta TD Carolina 30 - Atlanta 20
Michael Turner 1 yd. run (Matt Bryant kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Atlanta Carolina
1st Downs 26 23
Rushing 2 10
Passing 23 12
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 2-8 9-15
4th Down Conversions 1-2 1-1
Punts-Average 4-42.0 2-44.0
Return Yards 49 54
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 3-49 3-54
Int - Returns 0-0 1-0
Penalties-Yards 3-15 3-10
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0
Time of Possession 24:13 35:47
Total Net Yards 362 475
Total Plays 62 68
Average Gain 5.8 7.0
Net Yards Rushing 35 195
Rushes 11 32
Average/Rush 3.2 6.1
Net Yards Passing 327 280
Comp-Att 34-49 23-35
Yards/Pass 6.4 7.8
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-15 1-7
Had Intercepted 1 0
Touchdowns 3 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 2 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-3 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 3-3-100% 0-2-0%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-2-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Atlanta Falcons (11-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 34/49 342 2 1
Carolina Panthers (4-9)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 23/35 287 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Rodgers 4 21 5.2 0 6
M. Turner 7 14 2.0 1 5
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Newton 9 116 12.9 1 72
D. Williams 17 56 3.3 0 13
M. Tolbert 5 20 4.0 0 7
J. Adams 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
R. White 11 9 117 13.0 1 18
J. Jones 11 5 66 13.2 1 21
T. Gonzalez 9 8 61 7.6 0 16
J. Rodgers 7 6 43 7.2 0 9
H. Douglas 3 2 28 14.0 0 19
C. Coffman 1 1 12 12.0 0 11
D. Davis 2 1 6 6.0 0 6
J. Snelling 2 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Palmer 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
K. Cone 1 0 0 0 0 0
A. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
S. Smith 12 7 109 15.6 0 22
D. Williams 3 2 56 28.0 1 53
G. Olsen 5 4 55 13.8 1 25
L. Murphy 9 5 36 7.2 0 16
M. Tolbert 3 3 18 6.0 0 8
A. Edwards 2 1 7 7.0 0 7
G. Barnidge 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Davis 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Walker 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
F. Kearse 1.0 8.0
G. Hardy 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
R. McClain 7 1
D. Robinson 6 2
A. Dent 4 4
S. Nicholas 4 5
K. Biermann 3 1
C. Owens 3 2
V. Walker 2 0
C. Peters 2 0
T. DeCoud 2 2
S. Weatherspoon 2 5
J. Abraham 1 0
C. Hope 1 1
P. Jerry 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
L. Kuechly 11 5
C. Munnerlyn 5 0
J. Dockery 4 2
D. Campbell 3 0
T. Davis 3 4
J. Thomas 2 0
J. Norman 1 0
S. Fua 1 0
C. Jones 1 1
F. Kearse 1 1
H. Nakamura 1 2
G. Hardy 1 3
C. Johnson 0 1
J. Phillips 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. McClain 1.0
V. Walker 1.0
T. DeCoud 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
G. Hardy 1.0
F. Kearse 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
L. Murphy 1