NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL CAROLINA 24 ATLANTA 17 13:25 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON CAR 12 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FG CAR JOHN KASAY 49 YD CAROLINA 27 ATLANTA 17 7:41 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL CAROLINA 27 ATLANTA 17 7:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR ATL BALL ON ATL 32 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FG ATL MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD CAROLINA 27 ATLANTA 20 3:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FG ATL MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD CAROLINA 27 ATLANTA 20 3:03 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL TWO MINUTE WARNING, 2ND HALF CAROLINA 27 ATLANTA 20 CAR BALL ON CAR 48 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 0 10 14 3 27 ATLANTA 0 10 7 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 45 YD, 4:07. Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 3:25. Key plays: Delhomme 17-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 44; Foster 12-yard run to Atlanta 44; Williams 13-yard run to Atlanta 26. CAROLINA 3-0 ATL - TD, RODDY WHITE 69 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:41. Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 1:34. ATLANTA 7-3 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 13 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 10:28. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:47. Key plays: Delhomme 19-yard pass to King to Atlanta 44; Foster 11-yard run to Atlanta 34. CAROLINA 10-7 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 24 YD, 14:46. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards in 4:21. Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins to Atlanta 45; Harrington 16-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 38; Harrington 21-yard pass to Crumpler on 3rd-and-7 to Carolina 14. CAROLINA 10-10 3RD QUARTER: ATL - TD, ALGE CRUMPLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 5:51. Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards in 2:27. Key plays: Norwood 26-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Panther's Morgan to Carolina 21. ATLANTA 17-10 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 5 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 7:45. Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 1:56. Key plays: 37-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 43; Williams 6-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 22; 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct on Falcons Hall on 3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 14. CAROLINA 17-17 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 10 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 14:13. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Foster 10-yard run to Carolina 29; Delhomme 29-yard pass to King to Atlanta 40; Williams 11-yard run to Atlanta 29; Carr 8-yard pass to Fauria plus 9-yard roughing the passer penalty on Falcons' Anderson to Atlanta 10. CAROLINA 24-17 4TH QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 49 YD, 7:24. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards in 5:49. Key plays: Carr 38-yard pass to Colbert to Atlanta 47; Carr 10-yard pass to Smith to Atlanta 24. CAROLINA 27-17 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD, 11:57. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Harrington 19-yard pass to Horn to Carolina 49; Harrington 15-yard pass to Norwood to Carolina 24. CAROLINA 27-20 ATT: 68,175</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 0 10 14 3 27 ATLANTA 0 10 7 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 4:07 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 45 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 3:25. Key plays: Delhomme 17-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 44; Foster 12-yard run to Atlanta 44; Williams 13-yard run to Atlanta 26. CAROLINA 3-0. 5:41 ATL - TD, RODDY WHITE 69 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 1:34. ATLANTA 7-3. 10:28 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 13 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:47. Key plays: Delhomme 19-yard pass to King to Atlanta 44; Foster 11-yard run to Atlanta 34. CAROLINA 10-7. 14:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 24 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards in 4:21. Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins to Atlanta 45; Harrington 16-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 38; Harrington 21-yard pass to Crumpler on 3rd-and-7 to Carolina 14. CAROLINA 10-10. 3RD QUARTER: 5:51 ATL - TD, ALGE CRUMPLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards in 2:27. Key plays: Norwood 26-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Panther's Morgan to Carolina 21. ATLANTA 17-10. 7:45 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 5 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 1:56. Key plays: 37-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 43; Williams 6-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 22; 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct on Falcons Hall on 3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 14. CAROLINA 17-17. 14:13 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 10 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Foster 10-yard run to Carolina 29; Delhomme 29-yard pass to King to Atlanta 40; Williams 11-yard run to Atlanta 29; Carr 8-yard pass to Fauria plus 9-yard roughing the passer penalty on Falcons' Anderson to Atlanta 10. CAROLINA 24-17. 4TH QUARTER: 7:24 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards in 5:49. Key plays: Carr 38-yard pass to Colbert to Atlanta 47; Carr 10-yard pass to Smith to Atlanta 24. CAROLINA 27-17. 11:57 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Harrington 19-yard pass to Horn to Carolina 49; Harrington 15-yard pass to Norwood to Carolina 24. CAROLINA 27-20. CAROLINA - ATLANTA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA ATLANTA FIRST DOWNS 24 21 Rushing 11 4 Passing 8 15 Penalty 5 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10-30% 6-13-46% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 313 442 Total offensive plays 61 64 Average gain per play 5.1 6.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 175 91 Rushing attempts 36 19 Average gain per rush 4.9 4.8 Tackles for loss-yards 3-3 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 138 351 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-27 1-10 Gross passing yards 165 361 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-13-0 44-31-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.5 7.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-4-0 5-3-3 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-44.8 4-43.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.5 42.5 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 9 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-9 2-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-37 6-173 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-45 10-135 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 2 Rushing 1 0 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-3-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:47 29:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CAROLINA ATLANTA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D FOSTER 20 122 6.1 13 1 W DUNN 11 55 5.0 17 0 D WILLIAMS 11 47 4.3 13 0 J NORWOOD 6 32 5.3 26 0 S SMITH 1 6 6.0 6 0 J HARRINGT 1 4 4.0 4 0 J DELHOMME 2 1 0.5 2 0 M KOENEN 1 0 0.0 0 0 D CARR 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DELHOMME 10-18-109 0 2 29 J HARRINGT 31-44-361 0 2 69 D CARR 3- 4- 56 0 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: J DELHOMME 2-17, Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-10. D CARR 1-10. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J KING 4 56 14.0 29 1 R WHITE 7 127 18.1 69 1 K COLBERT 3 52 17.3 38 0 M JENKINS 6 76 12.7 29 0 B HOOVER 2 9 4.5 7 0 A CRUMPLER 6 63 10.5 21 1 D CARTER 1 17 17.0 17 0 W DUNN 4 13 3.3 6 0 D FOSTER 1 13 13.0 13 1 J HORN 3 36 12.0 19 0 S SMITH 1 10 10.0 10 0 J NORWOOD 3 34 11.3 15 0 C FAURIA 1 8 8.0 8 0 M MILNER 1 7 7.0 7 0 O MUGHELLI 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J BAKER 4 179 44.8 0 0 48 M KOENEN 4 175 43.8 1 1 55 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 A JENNINGS 2 5 2.5 6 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- N GOINGS 1 20 20.0 20 0 J NORWOOD 5 145 29.0 46 0 R ROBINSON 1 17 17.0 17 0 A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J KASAY 3/3 2/2 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2 Dist.: 45 49 Dist.: 24 25 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-1 W DUNN 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 0 0 0 0-1 M KOENEN 1 1 0 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MORGAN 9 8 1 0-0 M BOLEY 8 7 1 0-0 T DAVIS 8 7 1 0-0 L MILLOY 6 6 0 0-0 C HARRIS 7 7 0 0-0 C CROCKER 6 5 1 1-10 R MARSHALL 6 5 1 0-0 L SANDERS 4 4 0 0-0 M MANUEL 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 4 3 1 0-0 K LUCAS 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 K JENKINS 3 3 0 1-10 G JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 3 2 1 0-0 C DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 M RUCKER 3 1 2 0-0 J ANDERSON 3 3 0 0-0 J BEASON 2 2 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 2-17 D LEWIS 2 1 1 0-0 J BABINEAUX 2 2 0 0-0 D COOPER 1 1 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M KEMOEATU 1 1 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 0 1 0-0 M KOENEN 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 68,175</div>
ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Carolina Panthers might have lost aquarterback but discovered their dormant running game. Despite losing quarterback Jake Delhomme to an elbow injury, thePanthers rallied behind the running of DeShaun Foster to post a27-20 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Delhomme hurt his right elbow late in the third quarter shortlyafter throwing a 5-yard touchdown Jeff King to tie the score at17-17. The Panthers (2-1) went ahead to stay on their nextpossession despite losing Delhomme. Foster capped a nine-play,80-yard scoring drive with a 10-yard burst up the middle to makeit 24-17 with 47 seconds left in the third quarter. Foster, who had rushed for 116 yards in the Panthers' first twogames, surpassed that total against the Falcons (0-3) bycarrying 20 times for 122 yards. Delhomme, who had throw for six TDs in his first two games,finished 10-of-18 for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Superstarreceiver Steve Smith managed just one reception for 10 yards. David Carr replaced Delhommer and was 3-of-4 for 56 yards. John Kasay's second field goal of the game, from 49 yards out,widened Carolina's lead to 27-17 midway through the finalquarter. The Falcons, who fell to 0-3 for the first time in eightseasons, drove inside the Panthers' 10-yard line in the finalminutes, but could manage only a 25-yard field goal by MortenAndersen. Joey Harrington had a solid game for the Falcons, completing31-of-44 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns, including a59-yard scoring pass Roddy White, who had seven receptions for127 yards. Nonetheless, Harrington dropped to 23-46 as a starter in theNFL.
NFL: CAROLINA at ATLANTA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 0 10 14 3 27 ATLANTA 0 10 7 3 20 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: NONE 2ND QUARTER: 4:07 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 45 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 3:25. Key plays: Delhomme 17-yard pass to Carter to Carolina 44; Foster 12-yard run to Atlanta 44; Williams 13-yard run to Atlanta 26. CAROLINA 3-0. 5:41 ATL - TD, RODDY WHITE 69 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 1:34. ATLANTA 7-3. 10:28 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 13 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:47. Key plays: Delhomme 19-yard pass to King to Atlanta 44; Foster 11-yard run to Atlanta 33. CAROLINA 10-7. 14:46 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 24 YD. Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards in 4:21. Key plays: Harrington 29-yard pass to Jenkins to Atlanta 45; Harrington 16-yard pass to Jenkins on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 38; Harrington 21-yard pass to Crumpler on 3rd-and-7 to Carolina 14. CAROLINA 10-10. 3RD QUARTER: 5:51 ATL - TD, ALGE CRUMPLER 13 YD PASS FROM JOEY HARRINGTON (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK). Drive: 5 plays, 67 yards in 2:27. Key plays: Norwood 26-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Panther's Morgan to Carolina 21. ATLANTA 17-10. 7:45 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 5 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards in 1:56. Key plays: 37-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 43; Williams 6-yard run plus 15-yard personal foul penalty on Falcons' Hall to Atlanta 22; 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct on Falcons Hall on 3rd-and-8 to Atlanta 14. CAROLINA 17-17. 14:13 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 10 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 4:44. Key plays: Foster 10-yard run to Carolina 29; Foster 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 31; Delhomme 29-yard pass to King to Atlanta 40; Williams 11-yard run to Atlanta 29; Carr 8-yard pass to Fauria plus 9-yard roughing the passer penalty on Falcons' Anderson to Atlanta 10. CAROLINA 24-17. 4TH QUARTER: 7:24 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 49 YD. Drive: 10 plays, 57 yards in 5:49. Key plays: Carr 38-yard pass to Colbert to Atlanta 47; Carr 10-yard pass to Smith to Atlanta 24. CAROLINA 27-17. 11:57 ATL - FG, MORTEN ANDERSEN 25 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 62 yards in 4:33. Key plays: Harrington 19-yard pass to Horn to Carolina 49; Harrington 15-yard pass to Norwood to Carolina 24. CAROLINA 27-20. CAROLINA - ATLANTA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA ATLANTA FIRST DOWNS 24 21 Rushing 11 4 Passing 8 15 Penalty 5 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-10-30% 6-13-46% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 0-1-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 313 442 Total offensive plays 61 64 Average gain per play 5.1 6.9 NET YARDS RUSHING 175 91 Rushing attempts 36 19 Average gain per rush 4.9 4.8 Tackles for loss-yards 3-3 2-5 NET YARDS PASSING 138 351 Times sacked: Number-Yards 3-27 1-10 Gross passing yards 165 361 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 22-13-0 44-31-0 Avg gain per pass play 5.5 7.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-4-0 5-3-3 PUNTS: Number and Average 4-44.8 4-43.8 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 42.5 42.5 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 9 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 1-9 2-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 2-37 6-173 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 3-45 10-135 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 0-0 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 2 Rushing 1 0 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 2-2 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-2 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 3-3-100% 1-4-25% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 0-1-0% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 30:47 29:13 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CAROLINA ATLANTA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D FOSTER 20 122 6.1 13 1 W DUNN 11 55 5.0 17 0 D WILLIAMS 11 47 4.3 13 0 J NORWOOD 6 32 5.3 26 0 S SMITH 1 6 6.0 6 0 J HARRINGT 1 4 4.0 4 0 J DELHOMME 2 1 0.5 2 0 M KOENEN 1 0 0.0 0 0 D CARR 2 -1 -0.5 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DELHOMME 10-18-109 0 2 29 J HARRINGT 31-44-361 0 2 69 D CARR 3- 4- 56 0 0 38 Sacked-Yards Lost: J DELHOMME 2-17, Sacked-Yards Lost: J HARRINGT 1-10. D CARR 1-10. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J KING 4 56 14.0 29 1 R WHITE 7 127 18.1 69 1 K COLBERT 3 52 17.3 38 0 M JENKINS 6 76 12.7 29 0 B HOOVER 2 9 4.5 7 0 A CRUMPLER 6 63 10.5 21 1 D CARTER 1 17 17.0 17 0 W DUNN 4 13 3.3 6 0 D FOSTER 1 13 13.0 13 1 J HORN 3 36 12.0 19 0 S SMITH 1 10 10.0 10 0 J NORWOOD 3 34 11.3 15 0 C FAURIA 1 8 8.0 8 0 M MILNER 1 7 7.0 7 0 O MUGHELLI 1 5 5.0 5 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Interceptions: None PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J BAKER 4 179 44.8 0 0 48 M KOENEN 4 175 43.8 1 1 55 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 1 9 9.0 9 0 A JENNINGS 2 5 2.5 6 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- N GOINGS 1 20 20.0 20 0 J NORWOOD 5 145 29.0 46 0 R ROBINSON 1 17 17.0 17 0 A JENNINGS 1 28 28.0 28 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J KASAY 3/3 2/2 M ANDERSEN 2/2 2/2 Dist.: 45 49 Dist.: 24 25 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-1 W DUNN 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 0 0 0 0-1 M KOENEN 1 1 0 0-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MORGAN 9 8 1 0-0 M BOLEY 8 7 1 0-0 T DAVIS 8 7 1 0-0 L MILLOY 6 6 0 0-0 C HARRIS 7 7 0 0-0 C CROCKER 6 5 1 1-10 R MARSHALL 6 5 1 0-0 L SANDERS 4 4 0 0-0 M MANUEL 5 5 0 0-0 K BROOKING 4 3 1 0-0 K LUCAS 4 4 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 4 3 1 0-0 K JENKINS 3 3 0 1-10 G JACKSON 3 3 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 3 2 1 0-0 C DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 M RUCKER 3 1 2 0-0 J ANDERSON 3 3 0 0-0 J BEASON 2 2 0 0-0 J ABRAHAM 2 2 0 2-17 D LEWIS 2 1 1 0-0 J BABINEAUX 2 2 0 0-0 D COOPER 1 1 0 0-0 S NICHOLAS 2 2 0 0-0 M KEMOEATU 1 1 0 0-0 C HOUSTON 2 2 0 0-0 J ANDERSON 1 1 0 0-0 M STANLEY 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 0 1 0-0 M KOENEN 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Larry Nemmers, Umpire-Undrey Wash, Head Linesman-Mark Baltz, Line Judge-Michael Spanier, Field Judge-Eddie Powers, Side Judge-Cartlon Cheffers, Back Judge-Dino Paganelli. Att: 68,175 Time of Game: 3:01</div>
ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Carolina Panthers might have lost aquarterback but discovered their dormant running game. Despite losing quarterback Jake Delhomme to an elbow injury, thePanthers rallied behind the running of DeShaun Foster to post a27-20 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. "Anytime you have a division game on the road it is a big game,"Carolina coach John Fox said. "We don't look at records, welook at the tape. It is tough to win in this league and I don'tcare who it is. Road wins are hard to come by." Foster made it a bit easier by rushing for 122 yards and atouchdown as the Panthers bounced back from a surprising 34-21home loss to Houston a week ago. "The offensive line did a great job," Foster said. "We're goingto try to keep running hard." It was the eighth career 100-yard game for the oft-injuredFoster, four of which have come against the Falcons. "He was a guy that we relied on highly this week," Fox said."We know what type of game it was going to be and I thought hereally stepped up big." Delhomme hurt his right elbow late in the third quarter shortlyafter throwing a 5-yard touchdown Jeff King to tie the score at17-17. There was no definitive diagnosis on Delhomme, who will bere-evaluated on Monday. "Something didn't feel right and I strained it," Delhomme said."It didn't happened that particular play. It happened theseries before when I got sacked on third down." The Panthers (2-1) went ahead to stay on their next possessiondespite losing Delhomme. Foster capped a nine-play, 80-yardscoring drive with a 10-yard burst up the middle to make it24-17 with 47 seconds left in the third quarter. Foster, who had rushed for 116 yards in the Panthers' first twogames, surpassed that total against the Falcons (0-3) byaveraging six yards on 20 carries. Delhomme, who had throw for six TDs in his first two games,finished 10-of-18 for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Superstarreceiver Steve Smith managed just one reception for 10 yards. David Carr, who was signed as a free agent in the offseason,replaced Delhommer and was 3-of-4 for 56 yards. "It was good to get out there and it was fun," Carr said. "Itwas 15 seconds of chaos (as Delhomme came off the field)." John Kasay's second field goal of the game, from 49 yards out,widened Carolina's lead to 27-17 midway through the finalquarter. The Falcons, who fell to 0-3 for the first time in eightseasons, drove inside the Panthers' 10-yard line in the finalminutes, but could manage only a 25-yard field goal by MortenAndersen. Joey Harrington had a solid game for the Falcons, completing31-of-44 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns, including a59-yard scoring pass Roddy White, who had seven receptions for127 yards. "I thought we did very well (offensively)," Harrington said."We improved on some things from the Minnesota and Jacksonvillegames. ... We needed to make a couple more plays today. Whenyou lose the game, there are always things that can be worked onto get better." Nonetheless, Harrington dropped to 23-46 as a starter in theNFL.
ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Carolina Panthers might have lost aquarterback but discovered their dormant running game. Despite losing quarterback Jake Delhomme to an elbow injury, thePanthers rallied behind the running of DeShaun Foster to post a27-20 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. "Anytime you have a division game on the road it is a big game,"Carolina coach John Fox said. "We don't look at records, welook at the tape. It is tough to win in this league and I don'tcare who it is. Road wins are hard to come by." Foster made it a bit easier by rushing for 122 yards and atouchdown as the Panthers bounced back from a surprising 34-21home loss to Houston a week ago. He also caught a 13-yard TDpass from Delhomme. "The offensive line did a great job," Foster said. "We're goingto try to keep running hard." It was the eighth career 100-yard game for the oft-injuredFoster, four of which have come against the Falcons. "He was a guy that we relied on highly this week," Fox said. "Weknow what type of game it was going to be and I thought hereally stepped up big." Delhomme hurt his right elbow late in the third quarter shortlyafter throwing a 5-yard touchdown Jeff King to tie the score at17-17. There was no definitive diagnosis on Delhomme, who will bere-evaluated on Monday. "Something didn't feel right and I strained it," Delhomme said."It didn't happened that particular play. It happened theseries before when I got sacked on third down." The Panthers (2-1) went ahead to stay on their next possessiondespite losing Delhomme. Foster capped a nine-play, 80-yardscoring drive with a 10-yard burst up the middle to make it24-17 with 47 seconds left in the third quarter. Foster, who had rushed for 116 yards in the Panthers' first twogames, surpassed that total against the Falcons (0-3) byaveraging six yards on 20 carries. Delhomme, who had throw for six TDs in his first two games,finished 10-of-18 for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Superstarreceiver Steve Smith managed just one reception for 10 yards. David Carr, who was signed as a free agent in the offseason,replaced Delhommer and was 3-of-4 for 56 yards. "It was good to get out there and it was fun," Carr said. "Itwas 15 seconds of chaos (as Delhomme came off the field)." John Kasay's second field goal of the game, from 49 yards out,widened Carolina's lead to 27-17 midway through the finalquarter. The Falcons, who fell to 0-3 for the first time in eightseasons, drove inside the Panthers' 10-yard line in the finalminutes, but could manage only a 25-yard field goal by MortenAndersen. Joey Harrington had a solid game for the Falcons, completing31-of-44 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns, including a59-yard scoring pass Roddy White, who had seven receptions for127 yards. "I thought we did very well (offensively)," Harrington said. "Weimproved on some things from the Minnesota and Jacksonvillegames. ... We needed to make a couple more plays today. Whenyou lose the game, there are always things that can be worked onto get better." Nonetheless, Harrington dropped to 23-46 as a starter in theNFL.
Re: NFL: CAROLINA (1-1) at ATLANTA (0-2) Well, a win's a win. It was good to see what Carr is capable of, but I hope Delhomme's injury isn't too bad.</p>
Re: NFL: CAROLINA (1-1) at ATLANTA (0-2) The recievers sucked when Vick was there, and they suck now...whats sad is..it's the QB who's always blamed.</p>
Re: NFL: CAROLINA (1-1) at ATLANTA (0-2) The recievers sucked when Vick was there, and they suck now...whats sad is..it's the QB who's always blamed.</p>
