Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 24, Houston 17
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 20, 2015
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 88°
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 73254
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 307717
Carolina 0107724
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 7:57
Houston FG Carolina 0 - Houston 3
Randy Bullock 43 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 11:22
Carolina TD Carolina 7 - Houston 3
Ted Ginn 25 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:26
Carolina FG Carolina 10 - Houston 3
Graham Gano 28 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 8:29
Houston TD Carolina 10 - Houston 10
Garrett Graham 7 yd. pass from Ryan Mallett (Randy Bullock kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:04
Carolina TD Carolina 17 - Houston 10
Cam Newton 2 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 8:53
Carolina TD Carolina 24 - Houston 10
Philly Brown 36 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 6:31
Houston TD Carolina 24 - Houston 17
Ryan Mallett 6 yd. run (Randy Bullock kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Houston Carolina
1st Downs 21 25
Rushing 5 9
Passing 11 13
Penalty 5 3
3rd Down Conversions 5-19 4-13
4th Down Conversions 2-4 0-0
Punts-Average 8-48.5 7-53.9
Return Yards 102 85
Punts-Returns 6-58 4-44
Kickoffs-Returns 1-27 1-33
Int - Returns 1-17 1-8
Penalties-Yards 10-70 10-92
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Time of Possession 27:31 32:29
Total Net Yards 300 350
Total Plays 82 72
Average Gain 3.7 4.9
Net Yards Rushing 61 172
Rushes 23 33
Average/Rush 2.7 5.2
Net Yards Passing 239 178
Comp-Att 27-58 18-37
Yards/Pass 4.1 4.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 2-17
Had Intercepted 1 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 1-1 1-2
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 0-0-0% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Houston Texans (0-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Mallett 27/58 244 1 1
Carolina Panthers (2-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 18/37 195 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Polk 14 38 2.7 0 13
J. Grimes 2 7 3.5 0 4
R. Mallett 1 6 6.0 1 6
A. Blue 5 6 1.2 0 4
J. Prosch 1 4 4.0 0 4
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Newton 10 76 7.6 1 19
J. Stewart 17 62 3.6 0 11
M. Tolbert 5 31 6.2 0 13
F. Whittaker 1 3 3.0 0 3
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
N. Washington 8 3 63 21.0 0 48
D. Hopkins 11 5 53 10.6 0 16
J. Grimes 7 6 40 6.7 0 14
C. Shorts 12 6 34 5.7 0 16
C. Fiedorowicz 1 1 19 19.0 0 19
C. Worthy 2 2 15 7.5 0 12
C. Polk 8 2 9 4.5 0 6
G. Graham 5 1 7 7.0 1 7
A. Blue 1 1 4 4.0 0 4
K. Mumphery 2 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 14 6 70 11.7 0 27
P. Brown 4 3 57 19.0 1 36
T. Ginn 9 4 41 10.2 1 25
D. Funchess 4 1 15 15.0 0 15
J. Cotchery 1 1 11 11.0 0 11
M. Tolbert 3 2 4 2.0 0 7
K. Norwood 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Stewart 1 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Moore 1 17 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Klein 1 8 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Watt 1.0 4.0
E. Pleasant 0.5 6.5
Q. Demps 0.5 6.5
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Edwards 1.0 5.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Watt 4 1
J. Joseph 4 1
B. Cushing 4 3
R. Moore 3 0
J. Tuggle 3 1
K. Jackson 3 1
J. Crick 3 4
K. Johnson 2 0
J. Clowney 2 0
W. Mercilus 2 2
Q. Demps 2 6
B. McKinney 1 1
A. Dent 1 1
E. Pleasant 0 1
V. Wilfork 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Harper 5 1
T. Davis 5 3
K. Coleman 5 4
S. Thompson 4 1
J. Norman 4 1
B. Benwikere 3 2
D. Edwards 2 1
C. Tillman 2 2
A. Klein 2 2
K. Love 1 1
C. Cole 0 1
W. Horton 0 1
M. Addison 0 1
C. Johnson 0 2
K. Ealy 0 2
K. Short 0 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Tuggle 1.0
J. Watt 1.0
B. McKinney 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
B. Benwikere 1.0
D. Edwards 1.0
J. Norman 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Moore 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles