Spokesman-Review
National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Atlanta 20, Carolina 13
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 27, 2015
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 70981
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 703313
Atlanta 077620
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:18
Carolina TD Atlanta 0 - Carolina 7
Cam Newton 8 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:55
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - Carolina 7
Devonta Freeman 4 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:26
Carolina FG Atlanta 7 - Carolina 10
Graham Gano 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:12
Atlanta TD Atlanta 14 - Carolina 10
Julio Jones 70 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 7:59
Carolina FG Atlanta 14 - Carolina 13
Graham Gano 47 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:23
Atlanta FG Atlanta 17 - Carolina 13
Shayne Graham 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:30
Atlanta FG Atlanta 20 - Carolina 13
Shayne Graham 54 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Atlanta
1st Downs 18 21
Rushing 11 6
Passing 7 13
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 9-15
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 3-43.3 1-25.0
Return Yards 0 29
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 1-29
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-40 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Time of Possession 24:22 35:38
Total Net Yards 268 373
Total Plays 52 62
Average Gain 5.2 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 155 77
Rushes 20 30
Average/Rush 7.8 2.6
Net Yards Passing 113 296
Comp-Att 17-30 23-30
Yards/Pass 3.5 9.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-29 2-10
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 1 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 2-2
Field Goals 2-2 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (14-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 17/30 142 0 0
Atlanta Falcons (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 23/30 306 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Artis-Payne 5 49 9.8 0 31
C. Newton 7 46 6.6 1 18
F. Whittaker 5 32 6.4 0 16
J. Cotchery 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Tolbert 2 12 6.0 0 6
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Freeman 22 73 3.3 1 14
T. Ward 2 3 1.5 0 6
M. Ryan 6 1 0.2 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 6 4 40 10.0 0 15
P. Brown 6 3 39 13.0 0 19
J. Cotchery 5 4 24 6.0 0 11
M. Tolbert 3 2 17 8.5 0 12
T. Ginn 3 1 9 9.0 0 9
C. Artis-Payne 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
F. Whittaker 2 2 6 3.0 0 4
E. Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Funchess 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jones 11 9 178 19.8 1 70
R. White 6 5 67 13.4 0 17
J. Tamme 4 4 29 7.2 0 12
D. Freeman 5 3 17 5.7 0 12
J. Hardy 3 2 15 7.5 0 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Short 2.0 10.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Beasley 1.0 13.0
J. Babineaux 0.5 8.0
K. Biermann 0.5 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Short 7 0
L. Kuechly 7 1
K. Coleman 7 1
R. Harper 5 1
J. Norman 4 0
C. Tillman 4 0
S. Thompson 4 1
S. Lotulelei 2 0
M. Addison 2 0
T. Davis 2 1
J. Allen 1 0
C. Johnson 1 1
D. Edwards 0 1
C. Finnegan 0 2
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Alford 6 1
V. Beasley 4 0
D. Trufant 3 0
R. Allen 3 0
N. Stupar 3 1
P. Adams 3 1
P. Wheeler 2 1
J. Durant 2 3
R. Hageman 1 0
P. Worrilow 1 0
O. Schofield 1 0
C. Godfrey 1 0
K. Ishmael 1 1
K. Biermann 1 2
J. Babineaux 0 1
M. Goodman 0 1
T. Jackson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
K. Short 3.0
J. Allen 1.0
S. Lotulelei 1.0
J. Norman 1.0
L. Kuechly 1.0
S. Thompson 1.0
C. Johnson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
R. Hageman 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Newton 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Person 1
M. Ryan 1