National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
New England 17, Carolina 16
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, August 28, 2015
Where: Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina
Temperature: 85°
Head Official: Clete Blakeman
Attendance: 71801
Final Scoring Summary
 
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New England 0701017
Carolina 3310016
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 3:00
Carolina FG Carolina 3 - New England 0
Graham Gano 20 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 2:13
Carolina FG Carolina 6 - New England 0
Graham Gano 30 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:50
New England TD Carolina 6 - New England 7
Scott Chandler 18 yd. pass from Tom Brady (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
3rd Quarter - 10:37
Carolina TD Carolina 13 - New England 7
Mike Tolbert 2 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:41
Carolina FG Carolina 16 - New England 7
Graham Gano 39 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:11
New England TD Carolina 16 - New England 14
Dion Lewis 9 yd. pass from Jimmy Garoppolo (Stephen Gostkowski kick)
4th Quarter - 6:14
New England FG Carolina 16 - New England 17
Stephen Gostkowski 53 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  New England Carolina
1st Downs 18 18
Rushing 5 6
Passing 12 11
Penalty 1 1
3rd Down Conversions 3-10 7-17
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 5-47.6 6-45.0
Return Yards 61 120
Punts-Returns 3-31 4-38
Kickoffs-Returns 1-30 1-37
Int - Returns 0-0 2-45
Penalties-Yards 5-39 7-54
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Time of Possession 25:38 34:08
Total Net Yards 302 274
Total Plays 57 68
Average Gain 5.3 4.0
Net Yards Rushing 100 84
Rushes 26 27
Average/Rush 3.8 3.1
Net Yards Passing 202 190
Comp-Att 20-30 21-39
Yards/Pass 6.5 4.6
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 2-19
Had Intercepted 2 0
Touchdowns 2 1
Rushing 0 0
Passing 2 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 2-2 1-1
Field Goals 1-1 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 1-4-25%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 0-1-0%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
New England Patriots (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Garoppolo 13/17 126 1 0
T. Brady 7/13 84 1 2
Carolina Panthers (2-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 17/28 160 1 0
D. Anderson 4/5 49 0 0
J. Webb 0/6 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
L. Blount 7 29 4.1 0 11
T. Brady 2 18 9.0 0 9
J. Garoppolo 4 18 4.5 0 12
D. Lewis 3 12 4.0 0 8
B. Bolden 5 12 2.4 0 9
J. Gray 5 11 2.2 0 9
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
F. Whittaker 3 19 6.3 0 11
C. Artis-Payne 6 15 2.5 0 7
J. Todman 4 14 3.5 0 6
J. Stewart 7 12 1.7 0 11
J. Webb 3 11 3.7 0 8
B. Wegher 2 7 3.5 0 4
M. Tolbert 1 4 4.0 0 4
C. Newton 1 2 2.0 0 2
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
A. Dobson 5 2 51 25.5 0 40
S. Chandler 4 3 40 13.3 1 18
D. Amendola 2 1 25 25.0 0 25
D. Lewis 4 4 20 5.0 1 10
J. Develin 2 2 17 8.5 0 10
M. Hoomanawanui 2 2 16 8.0 0 10
J. Krause 3 2 14 7.0 0 12
A. Cleveland 2 2 13 6.5 0 10
Z. D'Orazio 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
C. Harper 3 1 6 6.0 0 6
B. Bolden 1 0 0 0 0 0
R. Wayne 1 0 0 0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 9 6 51 8.5 0 23
J. Cotchery 4 4 38 9.5 0 18
T. Ginn 6 3 30 10.0 0 13
B. Bersin 1 1 27 27.0 0 27
J. Boykin 4 2 24 12.0 0 17
M. Lucas 1 1 20 20.0 0 20
F. Whittaker 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
S. Simonson 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
P. Brown 7 1 5 5.0 0 5
M. Tolbert 1 1 2 2.0 1 2
J. Todman 1 0 0 0 0 0
B. Wegher 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Tillman 1 37 0
K. Coleman 1 8 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Easley 1.0 12.0
C. Jones 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Ealy 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. McClain 5 0
P. Chung 3 1
B. Fletcher 3 1
J. Collins 3 2
D. Easley 2 1
D. Harmon 2 1
J. Morris 2 5
D. Fleming 1 0
L. Ryan 1 0
X. Dickson 1 0
R. Ninkovich 1 0
D. Hightower 1 0
J. Sheard 1 0
N. Ebner 1 0
D. Swanson 1 0
S. Siliga 1 0
C. Jones 1 0
J. Freeny 1 1
T. Flowers 1 3
J. Richards 1 4
C. Walker 0 1
Z. Moore 0 1
M. Brown 0 1
A. Branch 0 1
T. Wilson 0 1
D. McCourty 0 2
J. Mayo 0 4
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Kuechly 4 2
D. Edwards 3 0
A. Glanton 2 0
D. Marlowe 2 0
S. Thompson 2 0
M. Addison 2 0
D. Mayo 2 1
B. Benwikere 2 1
T. Boston 2 2
A. Klein 2 2
T. Heath 1 0
R. Lester 1 0
M. White 1 0
K. Horsley 1 1
T. Williams 1 1
K. Ealy 1 1
C. Tillman 1 1
K. Coleman 1 2
S. Miller 0 1
C. Alecxih 0 1
A. Miley 0 1
J. Norman 0 1
W. Horton 0 1
C. Cole 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
D. Easley 2.0
T. Flowers 1.0
C. Jones 1.0
J. Richards 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
L. Kuechly 2.0
A. Glanton 1.0
K. Ealy 1.0
D. Edwards 1.0
M. Addison 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles