National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 27, Arizona 16
When: 4:35 PM ET, Saturday, January 3, 2015
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 51°
Head Official: Ed Hochuli
Attendance: 71849
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Arizona 0140216
Carolina 10314027
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:27
Carolina FG Carolina 3 - Arizona 0
Graham Gano 47 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 5:21
Carolina TD Carolina 10 - Arizona 0
Jonathan Stewart 13 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:56
Arizona TD Carolina 10 - Arizona 7
Darren Fells 1 yd. pass from Ryan Lindley (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:50
Arizona TD Carolina 10 - Arizona 14
Marion Grice 1 yd. run (Chandler Catanzaro kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:15
Carolina FG Carolina 13 - Arizona 14
Graham Gano 39 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 5:36
Carolina TD Carolina 20 - Arizona 14
Foswhitt Whittaker 39 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:04
Carolina TD Carolina 27 - Arizona 14
Mike Tolbert 1 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
4th Quarter - 0:03
Arizona S Carolina 27 - Arizona 16
Brad Nortman tackled in end zone by Justin Bethel for a safety
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Arizona Carolina
1st Downs 8 25
Rushing 2 12
Passing 5 9
Penalty 1 4
3rd Down Conversions 3-12 5-15
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Punts-Average 9-34.8 4-37.3
Return Yards 109 32
Punts-Returns 0-0 1-0
Kickoffs-Returns 2-59 1-20
Int - Returns 1-50 2-12
Penalties-Yards 7-38 8-80
Fumbles-Lost 3-1 3-2
Time of Possession 22:54 37:06
Total Net Yards 78 386
Total Plays 47 74
Average Gain 1.7 5.2
Net Yards Rushing 27 188
Rushes 15 41
Average/Rush 1.8 4.6
Net Yards Passing 51 198
Comp-Att 16-28 18-32
Yards/Pass 1.6 6.0
Sacked-Yards Lost 4-31 1-0
Had Intercepted 2 1
Touchdowns 2 3
Rushing 1 1
Passing 1 2
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 3-3
Field Goals 0-0 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-67% 2-3-67%
Goal To Go Efficiency 2-3-67% 1-1-100%
Safeties 1 0
PLAYER STATS
Arizona Cardinals (11-6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
R. Lindley 16/28 82 1 2
Carolina Panthers (8-8-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 18/32 198 2 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
K. Williams 10 23 2.3 0 9
S. Taylor 3 3 1.0 0 2
M. Grice 1 1 1.0 1 1
R. Hughes 1 0 0.0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
J. Stewart 24 123 5.1 1 35
C. Newton 7 35 5.0 0 13
D. Williams 4 16 4.0 0 12
M. Tolbert 2 7 3.5 0 6
J. Cotchery 1 5 5.0 0 5
F. Whittaker 1 4 4.0 0 4
B. Nortman 2 -2 -1.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Brown 5 4 34 8.5 0 21
L. Fitzgerald 8 3 31 10.3 0 14
J. Carlson 4 3 25 8.3 0 14
R. Hughes 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
S. Taylor 0 0 2 0 0 2
D. Fells 1 1 1 1.0 1 1
T. Ginn 1 0 0 0 0 0
J. Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Housler 2 0 0 0 0 0
K. Williams 3 3 0 0.0 0 2
L. Sendlein 0 0 -5 0 0 -5
M. Floyd 2 1 -12 -12.0 0 9
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
F. Whittaker 1 1 39 39.0 1 39
G. Olsen 5 3 37 12.3 0 16
P. Brown 6 3 37 12.3 0 23
E. Dickson 4 1 34 34.0 0 34
K. Benjamin 7 4 33 8.2 0 11
J. Cotchery 5 3 14 4.7 0 10
B. Bersin 1 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Tolbert 2 1 1 1.0 1 1
J. Stewart 1 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
A. Cromartie 1 50 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Boston 1 11 0
L. Kuechly 1 1 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
S. Acho 1.0 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
C. Johnson 2.0 17.0
D. Edwards 1.0 8.0
K. Short 1.0 6.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Johnson 6 2
D. Bucannon 5 1
P. Peterson 4 0
F. Rucker 3 1
A. Cromartie 3 1
L. Foote 3 1
A. Okafor 3 2
D. Williams 3 3
T. Jefferson 3 4
K. Minter 2 0
S. Acho 2 5
J. Mauro 1 0
J. Powers 1 0
J. Bethel 1 0
M. Shaughnessy 1 0
T. Mathieu 1 0
M. Benard 0 1
T. Kelly 0 3
C. Campbell 0 4
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 6 4
T. Davis 4 3
S. Lotulelei 3 1
C. Johnson 2 1
J. Norman 2 2
C. Jones 2 3
D. Edwards 1 0
K. Short 1 0
B. Benwikere 1 0
T. Boston 1 1
C. Cole 0 1
W. Horton 0 1
K. Ealy 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Foote 2.0
F. Rucker 1.0
J. Bethel 1.0
M. Shaughnessy 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
C. Johnson 2.0
T. Davis 2.0
C. Jones 1.0
D. Edwards 1.0
J. Norman 1.0
K. Short 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Floyd 1
T. Ginn 1
R. Lindley 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Nortman 1
C. Newton 1
B. Bersin 1