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Carolina Panthers
Coach: Ron Rivera
Key Stats
1 Defensive scores needed for the Panthers to set single-season team record. Panthers also had three defensive TDs in 1995, 1996, 2003, 2004 and 2005.
6 Forced fumbles for DE Charles Johnson, who is tied for second in the league. Johnson caused one of three second-half fumbles for Philadelphia last week in the Panthers’ win.
11 Field goals attempted by Carolina in 11 games. The team low for a season is 25 attempts in 1997 and 2004.
152 Projected tackles total for LB Luke Kuechly, which would rank as fourth-highest mark by a rookie since 1991. Patrick Willis (174), DeMeco Ryans (156) and Zach Thomas (154) have top 3 totals among rookies.
Starting Lineup
Offense
| WR1 | 89 Steve Smith |
| LT | 69 Jordan Gross |
| LG | 61 Amini Silatolu |
| C | 63 Geoff Hangartner |
| RG | 65 Garry Williams |
| RT | 77 Byron Bell |
| TE | 88 Greg Olsen |
| WR2 | 11 Brandon LaFell |
| QB | 1 Cam Newton |
| FB | 35 Mike Tolbert |
| RB | 28 Jonathan Stewart |
Defense
| LDE | 76 Greg Hardy |
| DT | 92 Dwan Edwards |
| NT | 96 Ron Edwards |
| RDE | 95 Charles Johnson |
| WLB | 58 Thomas Davis |
| MLB | 59 Luke Kuechly |
| SLB | 50 James Anderson |
| LCB | 24 Josh Norman |
| RCB | 41 Captain Munnerlyn |
| SS | 30 Charles Godfrey |
| FS | 43 Haruki Nakamura |
Special Teams
| K | 9 Graham Gano |
| P | 8 Brad Nortman |
| H | 8 Brad Nortman |
| PR | 15 Joe Adams |
| KR | 14 Armanti Edwards |
| LS | 44 J.J. Jansen |
Injuries
DOUBTFUL: DE Antwan Applewhite (hamstring), RB Jonathan Stewart (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: CB Captain Munnerlyn (hamstring). PROBABLE: QB Cam Newton (right wrist).
Schedule/Results
| Opponent | Time | TV | |
| September | |||
| 9 | At Tampa Bay | L 16-10 | |
| 16 | New Orleans | W 35-27 | |
| 20 | N.Y. Giants | L 36-7 | |
| 30 | At Atlanta | L 30-27 | |
| October | |||
| 7 | Seattle | L 16-12 | |
| 14 | Bye | ||
| 21 | Dallas | L 19-14 | |
| 28 | At Chicago | L 23-22 | |
| November | |||
| 4 | At Washington | W 21-13 | |
| 11 | Denver | L 36-14 | |
| 18 | Tampa Bay | L 27-21 (OT) | |
| 26 | At Philadelphia | W 30-22 | |
| December | |||
| 2 | At Kansas City | 1 | FOX |
| 9 | Atlanta | 1 | FOX |
| 16 | At San Diego | 4:05 | FOX |
| 23 | Oakland | 1* | CBS |
| 30 | At New Orleans | 1* | FOX |
*–Subject to change
