NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL FG CAR JOHN KASAY 32 YD CAROLINA 27 ST LOUIS 13 1:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL CAROLINA 27 ST LOUIS 13 1:04 LEFT, 4TH QTR STL BALL ON STL 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 7 0 7 13 27 ST LOUIS 7 3 3 0 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 10 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 5:40. Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 5:40. Key plays: Delhomme 11-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 30; 29-yard pass-interference penalty on Rams' Atogwe on 3rd-and-2 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 11-yard run to St. Louis 24. CAROLINA 7-0 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK), 13:00. Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 7:20. Key plays: Bulger 9-yd pass to Holt on 3rd-and-4 to St. Louis 48; Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 35; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 24; Bulger 12-yard pass to Hall on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 8. CAROLINA 7-7 2ND QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 42 YD, 15:00. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 1:50. Key plays: 22-yard pass interference on Panthers' Lucas to Carolina 36; Bulger 14-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 18. ST LOUIS 10-7 3RD QUARTER: STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 28 YD, 2:09. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Hall 84-yard kickoff return to Carolina 17. ST LOUIS 13-7 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 68 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 6:27. Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards in 0:46. Key plays: Peppers recovery of Jackson fumble at Carolina 26. CAROLINA 14-13 4TH QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 34 YD, 0:04. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Delhomme 12-yard pass to Jing on 3rd-and-5 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 16-yard pass to Smith to St. Louis 25. CAROLINA 17-13 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 9 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK), 7:45. Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 6:32. Key plays: Williams 10-yard run to Rams 42; Williams 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Rams 41; Delhomme 10-yard pass to Smith to Rams 28; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 17; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 6. CAROLINA 24-13 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 32 YD, 13:56. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards in 4:03. Key plays: Williams 12-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 43; Williams 10-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Carriker to St. Louis 18. CAROLINA 27-13 ATT: 65,307</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 7 0 7 13 27 ST LOUIS 7 3 3 0 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:40 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 10 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 5:40. Key plays: Delhomme 11-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 30; 29-yard pass-interference penalty on Rams' Atogwe on 3rd-and-2 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 11-yard run to St. Louis 24. CAROLINA 7-0. 13:00 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 7:20. Key plays: Bulger 9-yd pass to Holt on 3rd-and-4 to St. Louis 48; Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 35; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 24; Bulger 12-yard pass to Hall on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 8. CAROLINA 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 15:00 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 42 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 1:50. Key plays: 22-yard pass interference on Panthers' Lucas to Carolina 36; Bulger 14-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 18. ST LOUIS 10-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Hall 84-yard kickoff return to Carolina 17. ST LOUIS 13-7. 6:27 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 68 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards in 0:46. Key plays: Peppers recovery of Jackson fumble at Carolina 26. CAROLINA 14-13. 4TH QUARTER: 0:04 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 34 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Delhomme 12-yard pass to Jing on 3rd-and-5 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 16-yard pass to Smith to St. Louis 25. CAROLINA 17-13. 7:45 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 9 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 6:32. Key plays: Williams 10-yard run to Rams 42; Williams 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Rams 41; Delhomme 10-yard pass to Smith to Rams 28; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 17; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 6. CAROLINA 24-13. 13:56 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 32 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards in 4:03. Key plays: Williams 12-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 43; Williams 10-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Carriker to St. Louis 18. CAROLINA 27-13. CAROLINA - ST LOUIS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS FIRST DOWNS 21 16 Rushing 13 4 Passing 6 9 Penalty 2 3 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16-44% 4-12-33% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 387 239 Total offensive plays 65 63 Average gain per play 6.0 3.8 NET YARDS RUSHING 186 77 Rushing attempts 38 20 Average gain per rush 4.9 3.9 Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 4-7 NET YARDS PASSING 201 162 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-5 Gross passing yards 201 167 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-18-0 42-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 7.4 3.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-2-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-52.7 5-47.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 45.7 46.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 21 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-21 2-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-64 5-146 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-75 8-82 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 3 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:07 25:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D FOSTER 17 94 5.5 20 0 S JACKSON 18 58 3.2 13 0 D WILLIAMS 15 62 4.1 12 0 M BULGER 2 19 9.5 14 0 B HOOVER 2 16 8.0 10 0 J DELHOMME 3 12 4.0 11 0 S SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DELHOMME 18-27-201 0 3 68 M BULGER 22-42-167 0 1 18 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 1-5. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S SMITH 7 118 16.9 68 1 T HOLT 8 73 9.1 18 1 J KING 5 35 7.0 12 0 I BRUCE 3 20 6.7 15 0 D CARTER 3 19 6.3 10 2 B LEONARD 3 12 4.0 8 0 D WILLIAMS 1 13 13.0 13 0 R MCMICHAE 2 24 12.0 16 0 K COLBERT 1 9 9.0 9 0 D HALL 2 18 9.0 12 0 D FOSTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D LOOKER 2 10 5.0 10 0 M HEDGECOC 1 7 7.0 7 0 S JACKSON 1 3 3.0 3 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 3 158 52.7 0 1 58 D JONES 5 236 47.2 0 2 57 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 21 7.0 14 0 D HALL 2 5 2.5 6 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 64 21.3 25 0 D HALL 5 146 29.2 84 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J KASAY 3/3 2/3 J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 Dist.: (47) 34 32 Dist.: 42 28 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D FOSTER 1 1 0 0-0 S JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 0 0 1 0-0 J HARTWIG 1 0 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 0 0 1 0-1 D COOPER 0 0 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 0 0 0 0-1 J PEPPERS 0 0 0 0-1 J DELHOMME 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MORGAN 7 5 2 0-0 O ATOGWE 10 10 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 6 6 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 8 6 2 0-0 C HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0 T HILL 7 7 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 4 4 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 7 4 3 0-0 D COOPER 4 3 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 6 6 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 4 3 1 0-0 L LITTLE 5 4 1 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 3 3 0 1-5 J HALL 5 1 4 0-0 K LUCAS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 4 4 0 0-0 T DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 3 2 1 0-0 J BEASON 3 3 0 0-0 P TINOISAMOA 3 2 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0 K JENKINS 1 1 0 0-0 T JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 D LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0 A CARRIKER 2 1 1 0-0 M RUCKER 1 0 1 0-0 A WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 C RYAN 1 1 0 0-0 Att: 65,307</div>
By Chip Solotar PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer ST. LOUIS (Ticker) - Steve Smith felt right at home Sundayagainst the St. Louis Rams. Smith had a 68-yard touchdown catch and Drew Carter added a pairof receiving scores as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Rams,27-13, on Sunday. The last time the Panthers played here was in the 2003 NFCdivisional playoffs, a game in which Smith scored on a 69-yardtouchdown in overtime to give Carolina a 29-23 victory. On Sunday, Smith gave the Panthers a 14-13 lead midway throughthe third quarter when he beat Rams cornerback Tye Hill inone-on-one coverage down the left sideline for the 68-yardscore. Smith said during the mid-week conference call with the St.Louis media that he felt disrepected by Hill in last season'sgame against the Rams. Panthers running back DeAngelo Williamshad overheard Hill saying he shut down the Pro Bowl receiver inCarolina's 15-0 win. Smith clearly was not shut down in this one, finishing with 118yards on seven receptions. Jake Delhomme looked sharp on the Panthers' opening drive,completing all six of his passes for 35 yards to orchestrate anine-play, 78-yard march. Delhomme threw a 10-yard touchdownstrike over the middle to Carter to cap the drive. The Rams answered with a 15-play, 67-yard drive that resultedwith Marc Bulger flipping a 3-yard pass to Torry Holt to tie thescore, 7-7. St. Louis' Jeff Wilkins drilled a 42-yard field goal to make it10-7 three seconds before halftime and chipped in a 28-yardertwo minutes into the third quarter to give the Rams a six-pointcushion. But the Panthers tallied 20 unanswered points to end thecontest, starting with Smith's 68-yard score and ending withJohn Kasay's 32-yard field goal with 1:08 remaining. Delhomme hooked up with Carter for another score - this one for9 yards - in the fourth quarter and finished 18-of-27 for 201yards and three TDs. DeShaun Foster and Williams joined forces to form a potentrushing attack for the Panthers, combining for 156 yards on theground. Bulger struggled in this one, completing 22-of-42 passes forjust 167 yards. His favorite target was Holt, who hauled ineight receptions for 73 yards. The Rams (0-1) received an awful performance from star runningback Steven Jackson, who ran for just 58 yards on 18 carries.The 2006 Pro Bowler also lost two fumbles - including a costlyone at the Panthers' 26-yard line with 9:19 left in the thirdquarter. Two plays later, Delhomme hit Smith for the decisive 68-yardstrike to give Carolina the lead for good. St. Louis All-Pro tackle Orlando Pace left the game in thesecond quarter with an injury to his right shoulder and did notreturn.
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 7 0 7 13 27 ST LOUIS 7 3 3 0 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:40 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 10 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 5:40. Key plays: Delhomme 11-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 30; 29-yard pass-interference penalty on Rams' Atogwe on 3rd-and-2 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 11-yard run to St. Louis 24. CAROLINA 7-0. 13:00 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 7:20. Key plays: Bulger 9-yd pass to Holt on 3rd-and-4 to St. Louis 48; Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 35; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 24; Bulger 12-yard pass to Hall on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 8. CAROLINA 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 15:00 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 42 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 1:50. Key plays: 22-yard pass interference on Panthers' Lucas to Carolina 36; Bulger 14-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 18. ST LOUIS 10-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Hall 84-yard kickoff return to Carolina 17. ST LOUIS 13-7. 6:27 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 68 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards in 0:46. Key plays: Peppers recovery of Jackson fumble at Carolina 26. CAROLINA 14-13. 4TH QUARTER: 0:04 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 34 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Delhomme 12-yard pass to Jing on 3rd-and-5 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 16-yard pass to Smith to St. Louis 25. CAROLINA 17-13. 7:45 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 9 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 6:32. Key plays: Williams 10-yard run to Rams 42; Williams 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Rams 41; Delhomme 10-yard pass to Smith to Rams 28; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 17; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 6. CAROLINA 24-13. 13:56 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 32 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards in 4:03. Key plays: Williams 12-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 43; Williams 10-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Carriker to St. Louis 18. CAROLINA 27-13. CAROLINA - ST LOUIS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS FIRST DOWNS 21 16 Rushing 13 4 Passing 6 9 Penalty 2 3 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16-44% 4-12-33% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 387 238 Total offensive plays 65 64 Average gain per play 6.0 3.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 186 76 Rushing attempts 38 21 Average gain per rush 4.9 3.6 Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 4-7 NET YARDS PASSING 201 162 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-5 Gross passing yards 201 167 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-18-0 42-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 7.4 3.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-2-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-52.7 5-47.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 45.7 46.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 21 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-21 2-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-64 5-146 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-75 8-82 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 3 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:07 25:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D FOSTER 17 94 5.5 20 0 S JACKSON 18 58 3.2 13 0 D WILLIAMS 15 62 4.1 12 0 M BULGER 3 18 6.0 14 0 B HOOVER 2 16 8.0 10 0 J DELHOMME 3 12 4.0 11 0 S SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DELHOMME 18-27-201 0 3 68 M BULGER 22-42-167 0 1 18 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 1-5. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S SMITH 7 118 16.9 68 1 T HOLT 8 73 9.1 18 1 J KING 5 35 7.0 12 0 I BRUCE 3 20 6.7 15 0 D CARTER 3 19 6.3 10 2 B LEONARD 3 12 4.0 8 0 D WILLIAMS 1 13 13.0 13 0 R MCMICHAE 2 24 12.0 16 0 K COLBERT 1 9 9.0 9 0 D HALL 2 18 9.0 12 0 D FOSTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D LOOKER 2 10 5.0 10 0 M HEDGECOC 1 7 7.0 7 0 S JACKSON 1 3 3.0 3 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 3 158 52.7 0 1 58 D JONES 5 236 47.2 0 2 57 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 21 7.0 14 0 D HALL 2 5 2.5 6 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 64 21.3 25 0 D HALL 5 146 29.2 84 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J KASAY 3/3 2/3 J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 Dist.: (47) 34 32 Dist.: 42 28 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D FOSTER 1 1 0 0-0 S JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 0 0 1 0-0 J HARTWIG 1 0 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 0 0 1 0-1 D COOPER 0 0 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 0 0 0 0-1 J PEPPERS 0 0 0 0-1 J DELHOMME 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MORGAN 7 5 2 0-0 O ATOGWE 10 10 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 6 6 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 8 6 2 0-0 C HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0 T HILL 7 7 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 4 4 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 7 4 3 0-0 D COOPER 4 3 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 6 6 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 4 3 1 0-0 L LITTLE 5 4 1 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 3 3 0 1-5 J HALL 5 1 4 0-0 K LUCAS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 4 4 0 0-0 J BEASON 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 3 2 1 0-0 T DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 P TINOISAMOA 3 2 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0 K JENKINS 1 1 0 0-0 T JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 C DELOATCH 1 1 0 0-0 A CARRIKER 2 1 1 0-0 D LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0 A WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 1 0 1 0-0 C RYAN 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Bill Leavy, Umpire-Richard Hall, Head Linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line Judge-Darryl Lewis, Field Judge-Rob Vernatchi, Side Judge-Mike Weatherford, Back Judge-Kirk Dornan. Att: 65,307 Time of Game: 3:10</div>
By Chip Solotar PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Steve Smith felt right at home Sundayagainst the St. Louis Rams. Smith had a 68-yard touchdown catch and Drew Carter added a pairof receiving scores as the Carolina Panthers defeated the Rams,27-13, on Sunday. The last time the Panthers played here was in the 2003 NFCdivisional playoffs, a game in which Smith scored on a 69-yardtouchdown in overtime to give Carolina a 29-23 victory. On Sunday, Smith gave the Panthers a 14-13 lead midway throughthe third quarter when he beat Rams cornerback Tye Hill inone-on-one coverage down the left sideline for the 68-yardscore. "I make plays," Smith said. "That's what I'm here to do." "We finally got a one-on-one opportunity," quarterback JakeDelhomme said. "I knew (Smith) was a go route. I just wantedto get a good fake and throw it as far as I could. Obviously hecan do the rest." Smith said during the mid-week conference call with the St.Louis media that he felt disrespected by Hill in last season'sgame against the Rams. Panthers running back DeAngelo Williamshad overheard Hill saying he shut down the Pro Bowl receiver inCarolina's 15-0 win. Smith clearly was not shut down in this one, finishing with 118yards on seven receptions. "I'm not going to stoop to that level," Smith said when askedabout Hill. "All I'm going to do is congratulate my adversariesand my teammates. That's all I need to do. People that talkreally don't have much to talk about." "(Smith) is a playmaker," Rams defensive end Leonard Littlesaid. "He doesn't need anyone to say anything about him to befueled. He's one of the best receivers in the league." Delhomme looked sharp on the Panthers' opening drive, completingall six of his passes for 35 yards to orchestrate a nine-play,78-yard march. Delhomme threw a 10-yard touchdown strike overthe middle to Carter to cap the drive. "(The opening drive) was scripted," Delhomme said. "It goesback to guys knowing what is going to happen. We felt very goodabout we were doing. We dinked and dunked a little bit andtook what (St. Louis) gave us." The Rams answered with a 15-play, 67-yard drive that resultedwith Marc Bulger flipping a 3-yard pass to Torry Holt to tie thescore, 7-7. St. Louis' Jeff Wilkins drilled a 42-yard field goal to make it10-7 three seconds before halftime and chipped in a 28-yardertwo minutes into the third quarter to give the Rams a six-pointcushion. "For 2 1/2 quarters, we were in fairly good position," Ramscoach Scott Linehan said. But the Panthers tallied 20 unanswered points to end thecontest, starting with Smith's 68-yard score and ending withJohn Kasay's 32-yard field goal with 1:08 remaining. Delhomme hooked up with Carter for another score - this one for9 yards - in the fourth quarter and finished 18-of-27 for 201yards and three TDs. "It's a little bit of a new system for (Delhomme)," Pantherscoach John Fox said. "It puts a lot more on his shoulders. Heprobably had a couple he would have liked back, but all in all Ithought he executed well." "Obviously, (Smith) is the guy," said Carter, who finished withthree catches for 19 yards. "That's how it's going to be, but Ijust want to try to come in and help out the team as much as Ican." DeShaun Foster and Williams joined forces to form a potentrushing attack for the Panthers, combining for 156 yards on theground. "You get the opportunity to choose your own hole in thisparticular offense," said Williams, who had 62 yards on 15carries. "We have the offensive linemen to do it. They openedup gaping holes, and you can't do anything but run throughthem." Bulger struggled in this one, completing 22-of-42 passes forjust 167 yards. His favorite target was Holt, who hauled ineight receptions for 73 yards. "We got our (tails) kicked, and it doesn't feel good," Bulgersaid. "We can make all the excuses in the world, but we justdidn't play good today." The Rams (0-1) received an awful performance from star runningback Steven Jackson, who ran for just 58 yards on 18 carries.The 2006 Pro Bowler also lost two fumbles - including a costlyone at the Panthers' 26-yard line with 9:19 left in the thirdquarter. Two plays later, Delhomme hit Smith for the decisive 68-yardstrike to give Carolina the lead for good. "You just have to be able to withstand the storm," said Jackson,who had 2,314 total yards from scrimmage last season. "Ididn't intend for my season to start off like this, but since itdid, I will not back down." "We were in a position in the third quarter to win the game,"Bulger added. "That's when (Carolina) took it over. We justdidn't make plays." St. Louis All-Pro tackle Orlando Pace left the game in thesecond quarter with an injury to his right shoulder and did notreturn.
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- CAROLINA 7 0 7 13 27 ST LOUIS 7 3 3 0 13 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 5:40 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 10 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards in 5:40. Key plays: Delhomme 11-yard pass to Smith to Carolina 30; 29-yard pass-interference penalty on Rams' Atogwe on 3rd-and-2 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 11-yard run to St. Louis 24. CAROLINA 7-0. 13:00 STL - TD, TORRY HOLT 3 YD PASS FROM MARC BULGER (JEFF WILKINS KICK). Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards in 7:20. Key plays: Bulger 9-yd pass to Holt on 3rd-and-4 to St. Louis 48; Jackson 8-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 35; Jackson 2-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 24; Bulger 12-yard pass to Hall on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 8. CAROLINA 7-7. 2ND QUARTER: 15:00 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 42 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards in 1:50. Key plays: 22-yard pass interference on Panthers' Lucas to Carolina 36; Bulger 14-yard run on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 18. ST LOUIS 10-7. 3RD QUARTER: 2:09 STL - FG, JEFF WILKINS 28 YD. Drive: 4 plays, 7 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Hall 84-yard kickoff return to Carolina 17. ST LOUIS 13-7. 6:27 CAR - TD, STEVE SMITH 68 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 2 plays, 74 yards in 0:46. Key plays: Peppers recovery of Jackson fumble at Carolina 26. CAROLINA 14-13. 4TH QUARTER: 0:04 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 34 YD. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Delhomme 12-yard pass to Jing on 3rd-and-5 to St. Louis 41; Delhomme 16-yard pass to Smith to St. Louis 25. CAROLINA 17-13. 7:45 CAR - TD, DREW CARTER 9 YD PASS FROM JAKE DELHOMME (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 12 plays, 65 yards in 6:32. Key plays: Williams 10-yard run to Rams 42; Williams 1-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Rams 41; Delhomme 10-yard pass to Smith to Rams 28; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 17; Williams 11-yard run to Rams 6. CAROLINA 24-13. 13:56 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 32 YD. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards in 4:03. Key plays: Williams 12-yard run on 3rd-and-10 to St. Louis 43; Williams 10-yard run plus 15-yard facemask penalty on Rams' Carriker to St. Louis 18. CAROLINA 27-13. CAROLINA - ST LOUIS Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS FIRST DOWNS 21 16 Rushing 13 4 Passing 6 9 Penalty 2 3 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 7-16-44% 4-12-33% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 385 238 Total offensive plays 65 64 Average gain per play 5.9 3.7 NET YARDS RUSHING 186 76 Rushing attempts 38 21 Average gain per rush 4.9 3.6 Tackles for loss-yards 5-11 4-7 NET YARDS PASSING 199 162 Times sacked: Number-Yards 0-0 1-5 Gross passing yards 199 167 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 27-18-0 42-22-0 Avg gain per pass play 7.4 3.8 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 6-2-1 3-1-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 3-52.7 5-47.2 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 45.7 46.2 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 21 5 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 3-21 2-5 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 3-64 5-146 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 0-0 0-0 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-75 8-82 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 2-2 TOUCHDOWNS 3 1 Rushing 0 0 Passing 3 1 Interceptions 0 0 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Kicking: Made-Attempts 3-3 1-1 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 2-3 2-2 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 2-5-40% 1-3-33% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 1-2-50% 1-1-100% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 34:07 25:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS CAROLINA ST LOUIS RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- D FOSTER 17 94 5.5 20 0 S JACKSON 18 58 3.2 13 0 D WILLIAMS 15 62 4.1 12 0 M BULGER 3 18 6.0 14 0 B HOOVER 2 16 8.0 10 0 J DELHOMME 3 12 4.0 11 0 S SMITH 1 2 2.0 2 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- J DELHOMME 18-27-199 0 3 68 M BULGER 22-42-167 0 1 18 Sacked-Yards Lost: None Sacked-Yards Lost: M BULGER 1-5. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- S SMITH 7 118 16.9 68 1 T HOLT 8 73 9.1 18 1 J KING 5 35 7.0 12 0 I BRUCE 3 20 6.7 15 0 D CARTER 3 19 6.3 10 2 B LEONARD 3 12 4.0 8 0 D WILLIAMS 1 11 11.0 11 0 R MCMICHAEL 2 24 12.0 16 0 K COLBERT 1 9 9.0 9 0 D HALL 2 18 9.0 12 0 D FOSTER 1 7 7.0 7 0 D LOOKER 2 10 5.0 10 0 M HEDGECOCK 1 7 7.0 7 0 S JACKSON 1 3 3.0 3 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 3 158 52.7 0 1 58 D JONES 5 236 47.2 0 2 57 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 21 7.0 14 0 D HALL 2 5 2.5 6 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- R ROBINSON 3 64 21.3 25 0 D HALL 5 146 29.2 84 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J KASAY 3/3 2/3 J WILKINS 1/1 2/2 Dist.: (47) 34 32 Dist.: 42 28 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D FOSTER 1 1 0 0-0 S JACKSON 2 2 0 0-0 D WILLIAMS 1 1 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 0 0 1 0-0 J HARTWIG 1 0 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 0 0 1 0-1 D COOPER 0 0 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 0 0 0 0-1 C HARRIS 0 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 0 0 0 0-1 J PEPPERS 0 0 0 0-1 J DELHOMME 0 0 0 1-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ D MORGAN 7 5 2 0-0 O ATOGWE 10 10 0 0-0 C GAMBLE 6 6 0 0-0 B CHILLAR 8 6 2 0-0 C HARRIS 5 4 1 0-0 T HILL 7 7 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 4 4 0 0-0 C CHAVOUS 7 4 3 0-0 D COOPER 4 3 1 0-0 W WITHERSPOON 6 6 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 4 3 1 0-0 L LITTLE 5 4 1 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 3 3 0 1-5 J HALL 5 1 4 0-0 K LUCAS 3 3 0 0-0 R BARTELL 4 4 0 0-0 J BEASON 3 3 0 0-0 C DRAFT 3 2 1 0-0 T DAVIS 3 3 0 0-0 P TINOISAMOA 3 2 1 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 L WALLS 2 2 0 0-0 K JENKINS 1 1 0 0-0 T JOHNSON 2 2 0 0-0 C DELOATCH 1 1 0 0-0 A CARRIKER 2 1 1 0-0 D LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0 A WALKER 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 1 0 1 0-0 C RYAN 1 1 0 0-0 Officials: Referee-Bill Leavy, Umpire-Richard Hall, Head Linesman-Gary Slaughter, Line Judge-Darryl Lewis, Field Judge-Rob Vernatchi, Side Judge-Mike Weatherford, Back Judge-Kirk Dornan. Att: 65,307 Time of Game: 3:10</div>
NFL: CAROLINA at ST LOUIS <div class="pre">NFL CAROLINA AT ST LOUIS NOTE: RESENDING TO CORRECT PASSING YARDS FOR DELHOMME AND RECEIVING YARDS FOR WILLIAMS.</div>
