NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL SAN FRANCISCO 14 CAROLINA 31 1:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR SFO BALL ON SFO 20 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL SAN FRANCISCO 14 CAROLINA 31 1:13 LEFT, 4TH QTR CAR BALL ON SFO 17 YD LINE 1ST AND 10</div>
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 14 0 14 CAROLINA 3 14 7 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 19 YD, 13:31. Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards in 5:15. Key plays: Lewis recovery of fumble at Carolina 47; Testaverde 23-yard pass to Foster on 3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 30; Williams 16-yard run to San Francisco 14; Smith 5-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 3. CAROLINA 3-0 2ND QUARTER: CAR - TD, DANTE ROSARIO 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK), 4:57. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Testaverde 29-yard pass to Smtih on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 16-yard run to San Francisco 12. CAROLINA 10-0 CAR - TD, RICHARD MARSHALL 67 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 8:28. CAROLINA 17-0 3RD QUARTER: SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 20 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 3:41. Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Lewis interception at Carolina 38; Dilfer 19-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 18. CAROLINA 17-7 SFO - TD, DELANIE WALKER 21 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK), 6:31. Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Clements 41-yard punt return to Carolina 35; 5-yard offside penalty on Panthers' Jenkins on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 21. CAROLINA 17-14 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 10:08. Drive: 4 plays, 11 yards in 2:04. Key plays: Rosario recovery of muffed punt at San Francisco 11. CAROLINA 24-14 4TH QUARTER: CAR - TD, JEFF KING 1 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK), 4:34. Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 8:44. Key plays: Williams 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 30; Testaverde 30-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 40; Testaverde 5-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 28; 5-yard neutral zone infraction on 49ers' Banta-Cain on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 15; Williams 8-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 2. CAROLINA 31-14 ATT: 56,617</div>
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">** CONFIRMED ** NFL SAN FRANCISCO 14 CAROLINA 31 FINAL</div>
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 14 0 14 CAROLINA 3 14 7 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 13:31 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 19 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards in 5:15. Key plays: Lewis recovery of fumble at Carolina 47; Testaverde 23-yard pass to Foster on 3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 30; Williams 16-yard run to San Francisco 14; Smith 5-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 3. CAROLINA 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 4:57 CAR - TD, DANTE ROSARIO 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Testaverde 29-yard pass to Smtih on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 16-yard run to San Francisco 12. CAROLINA 10-0. 8:28 CAR - TD, RICHARD MARSHALL 67 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN KASAY KICK). CAROLINA 17-0. 3RD QUARTER: 3:41 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 20 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Lewis interception at Carolina 38; Dilfer 19-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 18. CAROLINA 17-7. 6:31 SFO - TD, DELANIE WALKER 21 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Clements 41-yard punt return to Carolina 35; 5-yard offside penalty on Panthers' Jenkins on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 21. CAROLINA 17-14. 10:08 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 11 yards in 2:04. Key plays: Rosario recovery of muffed punt at San Francisco 11. CAROLINA 24-14. 4TH QUARTER: 4:34 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 1 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 8:44. Key plays: Williams 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 30; Testaverde 30-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 40; Testaverde 5-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 28; 5-yard neutral zone infraction on 49ers' Banta-Cain on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 15; Williams 8-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 2. CAROLINA 31-14. SAN FRANCISCO - CAROLINA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA FIRST DOWNS 12 20 Rushing 3 9 Passing 7 9 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11-27% 9-18-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 195 307 Total offensive plays 52 72 Average gain per play 3.8 4.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 59 166 Rushing attempts 17 44 Average gain per rush 3.5 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 1-3 2-6 NET YARDS PASSING 136 141 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-35 2-12 Gross passing yards 171 153 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-4 26-17-2 Avg gain per pass play 3.9 5.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 6-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.2 7-44.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 39.2 43.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 83 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-45 3-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-142 2-41 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 4-73 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-55 7-65 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 3-5-60% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 21:38 38:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 12 58 4.8 11 0 D WILLIAMS 17 82 4.8 23 0 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 D FOSTER 21 58 2.8 11 1 T DILFER 3 -1 -0.3 0 0 S SMITH 2 21 10.5 16 0 A BATTLE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 B HOOVER 2 7 3.5 5 0 V TESTAVER 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T DILFER 14-29-171 4 2 22 V TESTAVER 17-26-153 2 2 30 Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 6-35. Sacked-Yards Lost: V TESTAVER 2-12. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 5 53 10.6 22 0 S SMITH 8 64 8.0 29 0 A BATTLE 4 51 12.8 20 1 D FOSTER 3 35 11.7 23 0 D WALKER 1 21 21.0 21 1 D CARTER 2 15 7.5 10 0 V DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0 J KING 2 4 2.0 3 1 D JACKSON 1 12 12.0 12 0 D WILLIAMS 1 46 46.0 30 0 A LELIE 1 8 8.0 8 0 D ROSARIO 1 5 5.0 5 1 M HICKS 1 7 7.0 7 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- N CLEMENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 R MARSHALL 1 67 67.0 67 1 M LEWIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 M MANUEL 1 4 4.0 4 0 C GAMBLE 1 2 2.0 2 0 J BEASON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A LEE 5 241 48.2 0 3 60 J BAKER 7 311 44.4 2 1 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M LEWIS 3 4 1.3 2 0 R ROBINSON 3 10 3.3 10 0 N CLEMENTS 2 41 20.5 41 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M HICKS 6 142 23.7 41 0 R ROBINSON 2 41 20.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J NEDNEY 2/2 0/0 J KASAY 4/4 1/1 Dist.: 19 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ A BATTLE 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 0 0 1 0-0 E HEITMANN 1 0 0 0-0 D LEWIS 0 0 0 0-1 T DILFER 1 0 0 2-0 D ROSARIO 0 0 0 0-1 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P WILLIS 18 17 1 0-0 J BEASON 7 5 2 0-0 N CLEMENTS 8 7 1 0-0 T DAVIS 5 5 0 1-4 T BANTA-CAIN 6 6 0 1-5 C HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 M LEWIS 6 4 2 0-0 M RUCKER 4 3 11.5-10 D SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 K JENKINS 3 2 1 .5-2.5 M ROMAN 5 3 2 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 S MCCLOVER 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 3 3 0 0-0 N DIGGS 2 1 1 .5-2.5 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 1 1 .5-1 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 1-7 D LEWIS 1 1 0 1-4 R FIELDS 1 1 0 0-0 M MANUEL 1 1 0 1-11 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 K LUCAS 1 1 0 0-0 D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 1 1 0 0-0 B MOORE 1 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 0 1 0-0 Att: 56,617</div>
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Carolina Panthers canexhale. Vinny Testaverde threw two touchdowns, and cornerback RichardMarshall returned an interception for a score as the Pantherspicked up their first home win of the season, 31-14, over thehapless San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. DeAngelo Williams carried 17 times for 81 yards for Carolina,which racked up 168 yards on the ground en route to snapping afive-game skid. The 43-year-old Testaverde missed last week's 31-6 loss here toNew Orleans because of back spasms, but his return seemed togive the Panthers' offense some life. The league's oldest quarterback completed 17-of-26 passes for169 yards with two touchdowns and a pair of interceptions tohelp the Panthers notch their first home win since November 19,2006 - span of seven games. Testaverde put the game out of reach with a 1-yard touchdownpass to Jeff King with 10:26 to play after the 49ers nearlyrallied from a 17-point second half deficit. While the Carolina offense showed signs of life, the defensebenefited from playing the worst offense in the league. Trent Dilfer was just 14-of-29 for 171 yards with twotouchdowns. He tied a career-high with four interceptions forthe 49ers, who had just 195 total yards of offense. Carolina, which sacked Dilfer seven times, turned three SanFrancisco (3-9) turnovers into 17 points in the first half. Itcould have been more, but Testaverde was picked off by NateClements at the 2-yard line to end the half. Leading 3-0 in the second quarter, Testaverde hit rookie tightend Dante Rosario for a 3-yard touchdown that snapped Carolina's12-quarter touchdown drought here. The 49ers got a good kick return from Maurice Hicks to the 46yard-line and drove to the Carolina 33. However, Marshallpicked off Dilfer and returned it 67 yards down the leftsideline for a 17-0 lead with 6:32 remaining in the second. San Francisco tried to rally as Michael M. Lewis intercepted apass at the Carolina 31. The turnover helped set up a 20-yardtouchdown pass from Dilfer to Arnaz Battle, which cut the leadto 17-7 with 11:19 left in the third. Less than two minutes later Clements' 41-yard punt return helpedthe 49ers pull closer. The return put the ball at thePanthers' 35 and it took just four plays for Dilfer to hitDelanie Walker for a 21-yard score that made it a one score gameat 17-14 with 8:29 left. But San Francisco continued to be plagued by sloppy play asMichael Lewis muffed at punt at his own 11-yard line. Fourplays later DeShaun Foster scored from 1-yard out to make thescore 24-14 with 4:52 remaining in the third. Testaverde then led a 14-play, 83-yard drive which was capped byhis touchdown to King.
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 14 0 14 CAROLINA 3 14 7 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 13:31 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 19 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards in 5:15. Key plays: Lewis recovery of Battle fumble at Carolina 47; Testaverde 23-yard pass to Foster on 3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 30; Williams 22-yard run to San Francisco 14; Smith 5-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 3. CAROLINA 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 4:57 CAR - TD, DANTE ROSARIO 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Testaverde 29-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 16-yard run to San Francisco 12. CAROLINA 10-0. 8:28 CAR - TD, RICHARD MARSHALL 67 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN KASAY KICK). CAROLINA 17-0. 3RD QUARTER: 3:41 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 20 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Lewis interception at Carolina 38; Dilfer 19-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 18. CAROLINA 17-7. 6:31 SFO - TD, DELANIE WALKER 21 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Clements 41-yard punt return to Carolina 35; 5-yard offside penalty on Panthers' Jenkins on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 21. CAROLINA 17-14. 10:08 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 11 yards in 2:04. Key plays: Rosario recovery of muffed punt at San Francisco 11. CAROLINA 24-14. 4TH QUARTER: 4:34 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 1 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 8:44. Key plays: Williams 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 30; Testaverde 30-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 40; Testaverde 5-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 28; 5-yard neutral zone infraction on 49ers' Banta-Cain on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 15; Williams 8-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 2. CAROLINA 31-14. SAN FRANCISCO - CAROLINA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA FIRST DOWNS 12 20 Rushing 3 9 Passing 7 9 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11-27% 9-18-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 195 307 Total offensive plays 52 72 Average gain per play 3.8 4.3 NET YARDS RUSHING 59 166 Rushing attempts 17 44 Average gain per rush 3.5 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 1-3 2-6 NET YARDS PASSING 136 141 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-35 2-12 Gross passing yards 171 153 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-4 26-17-2 Avg gain per pass play 3.9 5.0 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 6-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.2 7-44.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 39.2 43.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 83 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-45 3-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-142 2-41 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 4-73 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-55 7-65 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 3-5-60% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 21:38 38:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 12 58 4.8 11 0 D WILLIAMS 17 82 4.8 23 0 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 D FOSTER 21 58 2.8 11 1 T DILFER 3 -1 -0.3 0 0 S SMITH 2 21 10.5 16 0 A BATTLE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 B HOOVER 2 7 3.5 5 0 V TESTAVER 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T DILFER 14-29-171 4 2 22 V TESTAVER 17-26-153 2 2 30 Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 6-35. Sacked-Yards Lost: V TESTAVER 2-12. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 5 53 10.6 22 0 S SMITH 8 64 8.0 29 0 A BATTLE 4 51 12.8 20 1 D FOSTER 3 35 11.7 23 0 D WALKER 1 21 21.0 21 1 D CARTER 2 15 7.5 10 0 V DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0 J KING 2 4 2.0 3 1 D JACKSON 1 12 12.0 12 0 D WILLIAMS 1 46 46.0 30 0 A LELIE 1 8 8.0 8 0 D ROSARIO 1 5 5.0 5 1 M HICKS 1 7 7.0 7 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- N CLEMENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 R MARSHALL 1 67 67.0 67 1 M LEWIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 M MANUEL 1 4 4.0 4 0 C GAMBLE 1 2 2.0 2 0 J BEASON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A LEE 5 241 48.2 0 3 60 J BAKER 7 311 44.4 2 1 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M LEWIS 4 4 1.0 2 0 R ROBINSON 3 10 3.3 10 0 N CLEMENTS 1 41 41.0 41 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M HICKS 6 142 23.7 41 0 R ROBINSON 2 41 20.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J NEDNEY 2/2 0/0 J KASAY 4/4 1/1 Dist.: 19 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ A BATTLE 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 0 0 1 0-0 M LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0 D LEWIS 0 0 0 0-1 E HEITMANN 1 0 0 0-0 D ROSARIO 0 0 0 0-1 T DILFER 1 0 0 2-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P WILLIS 18 17 1 0-0 J BEASON 7 5 2 0-0 N CLEMENTS 8 7 1 0-0 T DAVIS 5 5 0 1-4 T BANTA-CAIN 6 6 0 1-5 C HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 M LEWIS 6 4 2 0-0 M RUCKER 4 3 11.5-10 D SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 K JENKINS 3 2 1 .5-2.5 M ROMAN 5 3 2 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 S MCCLOVER 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 3 3 0 0-0 N DIGGS 2 1 1 .5-2.5 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 1 1 .5-1 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 1-7 D LEWIS 1 1 0 1-4 R FIELDS 1 1 0 0-0 M MANUEL 1 1 0 1-11 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 K LUCAS 1 1 0 0-0 D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 1 1 0 0-0 B MOORE 1 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer. Att: 56,617 Time of Game: 3:02</div>
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- The Carolina Panthers canexhale. Vinny Testaverde threw two touchdowns and cornerback RichardMarshall returned an interception for a score as the Pantherspicked up their first home win of the season, 31-14, over thehapless San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. DeAngelo Williams carried 17 times for 82 yards for Carolina,which racked up 166 yards on the ground en route to snapping afive-game skid. The 44-year-old Testaverde missed last week's 31-6 loss here toNew Orleans because of back spasms, but his return seemed togive the Panthers' offense some life. The league's oldest quarterback completed 17-of-26 passes for153 yards with two touchdowns and a pair of interceptions tohelp the Panthers notch their first home win since November 19,2006 - a span of seven games. "That is not one of those streaks that you are excited about,"Carolina coach John Fox said. "We finally got that monkey offour back. Sometimes we can press too hard. I'm real happy forour fans because they have been real patient. This has been along time coming for them, too." Testaverde put the game out of reach with a 1-yard touchdownpass to tight end Jeff King with 10:26 to play after the 49ersnearly rallied from a 17-point second half deficit. "We were able to mix the pass and the rush," Testaverde said."It's always good when you have a balance. Anytime you haveearly success, it gives you confidence. It's good to winperiod. But when you have a dry spell like we've had, it's goodto get that monkey off our backs. "It hasn't fixed everything, but it certainly makes you feelbetter." While the Carolina offense showed signs of life, the defensebenefited from playing the worst offense in the league. Trent Dilfer was just 14-of-29 for 171 yards with twotouchdowns. He tied a career-high with four interceptions forthe 49ers, who had just 195 total yards of offense. Carolina, which sacked Dilfer seven times, turned three SanFrancisco (3-9) turnovers into 17 points in the first half. Itcould have been more, but Testaverde was picked off by NateClements at the 2-yard line to end the half. "When your offense puts points on the board and your defense isplaying well, that's when you can tee off on it," said defensiveend Mike Rucker, who had 1 1/2 sacks. "We were able to getpressure back there in his face. Hopefully we can keep thisgoing into next week and the next. It has been tough." In all, the 49ers had five turnovers and could not follow up onlast week's 37-31 overtime win over Arizona. "It's hard to win a football game when you turn the ball overfive times," San Francisco coach Mike Nolan said. "We had ourchances and did not do what was necessary. This was a verydifficult loss ... because we did make a big step last week. Ithought we were making a big one today when we came back (tomake it) 17-14." With the Panthers leading, 3-0, in the second quarter,Testaverde hit rookie tight end Dante Rosario for a 3-yardtouchdown that snapped Carolina's 12-quarter touchdown droughthere. The 49ers got a good kick return from Maurice Hicks to the46-yard line and drove to Carolina's 33. However, Marshallpicked off Dilfer and returned it 67 yards down the leftsideline for a 17-0 lead with 6:32 remaining in the second. San Francisco tried to rally as Michael M. Lewis intercepted apass at the Carolina 31. The turnover helped set up a 20-yardtouchdown pass from Dilfer to Arnaz Battle, which cut the leadto 17-7 with 11:19 left in the third. Less than two minutes later, Clements' 41-yard punt returnhelped the 49ers pull closer. It took just four plays forDilfer to hit Delanie Walker for a 21-yard score that made it17-14 with 8:29 left. But San Francisco continued to be plagued by sloppy play asMichael Lewis muffed at punt at his own 11-yard line. Fourplays later, DeShaun Foster scored from 1-yard out to make thescore 24-14 with 4:52 remaining in the third. Testaverde then led a 14-play, 83-yard drive which was capped byhis touchdown to King. "We made mistakes and we didn't capitalize on the plays thedefense made," said 49ers tailback Frank Gore, who ran for 58yards on 12 carries. "Coming down to Carolina, I thought we hada good chance to win. We had bad breaks and many times thingshaven't gone our way this year. That's a disappointment. "We just have to capitalize on every opportunity we get and Ithink we'll have a good chance."
NFL: SAN FRANCISCO at CAROLINA <div class="pre">NFL FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL --- --- --- --- ----- SAN FRANCISCO 0 0 14 0 14 CAROLINA 3 14 7 7 31 FINAL SCORING SUMMARY 1ST QUARTER: 13:31 CAR - FG, JOHN KASAY 19 YD. Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards in 5:15. Key plays: Lewis recovery of Battle fumble at Carolina 47; Testaverde 23-yard pass to Foster on 3rd-and-10 to San Francisco 30; Williams 22-yard run to San Francisco 14; Smith 5-yard run on 3rd-and-4 to San Francisco 3. CAROLINA 3-0. 2ND QUARTER: 4:57 CAR - TD, DANTE ROSARIO 5 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards in 4:57. Key plays: Testaverde 29-yard pass to Smith on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 44; Smith 16-yard run to San Francisco 12. CAROLINA 10-0. 8:28 CAR - TD, RICHARD MARSHALL 67 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (JOHN KASAY KICK). CAROLINA 17-0. 3RD QUARTER: 3:41 SFO - TD, ARNAZ BATTLE 20 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 6 plays, 38 yards in 2:11. Key plays: Lewis interception at Carolina 38; Dilfer 19-yard pass to Davis on 3rd-and-9 to Carolina 18. CAROLINA 17-7. 6:31 SFO - TD, DELANIE WALKER 21 YD PASS FROM TRENT DILFER (JOE NEDNEY KICK). Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards in 1:17. Key plays: Clements 41-yard punt return to Carolina 35; 5-yard offside penalty on Panthers' Jenkins on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 21. CAROLINA 17-14. 10:08 CAR - TD, DESHAUN FOSTER 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 4 plays, 11 yards in 2:04. Key plays: Rosario recovery of muffed punt at San Francisco 11. CAROLINA 24-14. 4TH QUARTER: 4:34 CAR - TD, JEFF KING 1 YD PASS FROM VINNY TESTAVERDE (JOHN KASAY KICK). Drive: 14 plays, 83 yards in 8:44. Key plays: Williams 5-yard run on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 30; Testaverde 30-yard pass to Williams to San Francisco 40; Testaverde 5-yard pass to Carter on 3rd-and-3 to San Francisco 28; 5-yard neutral zone infraction on 49ers' Banta-Cain on 3rd-and-2 to San Francisco 15; Williams 8-yard run on 3rd-and-5 to San Francisco 2. CAROLINA 31-14. SAN FRANCISCO - CAROLINA Final Statistics TEAM STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA FIRST DOWNS 12 20 Rushing 3 9 Passing 7 9 Penalty 2 2 THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 3-11-27% 9-18-50% FOURTH DOWN EFFICIENCY 0-1-0% 0-0-0% TOTAL NET YARDS 195 323 Total offensive plays 52 72 Average gain per play 3.8 4.5 NET YARDS RUSHING 59 166 Rushing attempts 17 44 Average gain per rush 3.5 3.8 Tackles for loss-yards 1-3 2-6 NET YARDS PASSING 136 157 Times sacked: Number-Yards 6-35 2-12 Gross passing yards 171 169 PASS ATTEMPTS-COMPLETIONS-HAD INTERCEPTED 29-14-4 26-17-2 Avg gain per pass play 3.9 5.6 KICKOFFS: Number-In End Zone-Touchbacks 3-1-1 6-0-0 PUNTS: Number and Average 5-48.2 7-44.4 Had blocked 0 0 Net punting average 39.2 43.0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE (Not including kickoffs) 45 83 Number-Yards: Punt Returns 5-45 3-10 Number-Yards: Kickoff Returns 6-142 2-41 Number-Yards: Interception Returns 2-0 4-73 PENALTIES: Number-Yards 7-55 7-65 FUMBLES: Number-Lost 4-2 0-0 TOUCHDOWNS 2 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 2 Interceptions 0 1 Other (blocked kicks, etc.) 0 0 EXTRA POINTS: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Kicking: Made-Attempts 2-2 4-4 Passing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 Rushing: Made-Attempts 0-0 0-0 FIELD GOALS: Made-Attempts 0-0 1-1 FGs - PATs had blocked 0-0 0-0 RED ZONE EFFICIENCY 1-1-100% 3-5-60% GOAL TO GO EFFICIENCY 0-0-0% 2-3-67% SAFETIES 0 0 TIME OF POSSESSION 21:38 38:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS SAN FRANCISCO CAROLINA RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD RUSHING ATT YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 12 58 4.8 11 0 D WILLIAMS 17 82 4.8 23 0 M HICKS 1 5 5.0 5 0 D FOSTER 21 58 2.8 11 1 T DILFER 3 -1 -0.3 0 0 S SMITH 2 21 10.5 16 0 A BATTLE 1 -3 -3.0 0 0 B HOOVER 2 7 3.5 5 0 V TESTAVER 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG PASSING CM-AT-YDS IN TD LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- T DILFER 14-29-171 4 2 22 V TESTAVER 17-26-169 2 2 30 Sacked-Yards Lost: T DILFER 6-35. Sacked-Yards Lost: V TESTAVER 2-12. RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD RECEIVING NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- F GORE 5 53 10.6 22 0 S SMITH 8 64 8.0 29 0 A BATTLE 4 51 12.8 20 1 D FOSTER 3 35 11.7 23 0 D WALKER 1 21 21.0 21 1 D CARTER 2 15 7.5 10 0 V DAVIS 1 19 19.0 19 0 J KING 2 4 2.0 3 1 D JACKSON 1 12 12.0 12 0 D WILLIAMS 1 46 46.0 30 0 A LELIE 1 8 8.0 8 0 D ROSARIO 1 5 5.0 5 1 M HICKS 1 7 7.0 7 0 INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD INTERCEPTIONS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- N CLEMENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 R MARSHALL 1 67 67.0 67 1 M LEWIS 1 0 0.0 0 0 M MANUEL 1 4 4.0 4 0 C GAMBLE 1 2 2.0 2 0 J BEASON 1 0 0.0 0 0 PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG PUNTING NO YDS AVG T I LG -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- A LEE 5 241 48.2 0 3 60 J BAKER 7 311 44.4 2 1 59 T = Touchbacks, I = Inside 20 PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD PUNT RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M LEWIS 4 4 1.0 2 0 R ROBINSON 3 10 3.3 10 0 N CLEMENTS 1 41 41.0 41 0 KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD KICKOFF RETURNS NO YDS AVG LG TD -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- M HICKS 6 142 23.7 41 0 R ROBINSON 2 41 20.5 23 0 KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA KICKING XP/XPA FG/FGA ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------- J NEDNEY 2/2 0/0 J KASAY 4/4 1/1 Dist.: 19 O-D O-D FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC FUMBLES NO LOST FF REC ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ A BATTLE 1 1 0 0-0 M RUCKER 0 0 1 0-0 M LEWIS 1 1 0 0-0 D LEWIS 0 0 0 0-1 E HEITMANN 1 0 0 0-0 D ROSARIO 0 0 0 0-1 T DILFER 1 0 0 2-0 DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD DEFENSE TK SO AS SK-YD ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ P WILLIS 18 17 1 0-0 J BEASON 7 5 2 0-0 N CLEMENTS 8 7 1 0-0 T DAVIS 5 5 0 1-4 T BANTA-CAIN 6 6 0 1-5 C HARRIS 4 4 0 0-0 M LEWIS 6 4 2 0-0 M RUCKER 4 3 11.5-10 D SMITH 5 4 1 0-0 K JENKINS 3 2 1 .5-2.5 M ROMAN 5 3 2 0-0 M KEMOEATU 2 2 0 0-0 B YOUNG 3 3 0 0-0 S MCCLOVER 2 2 0 0-0 M DOUGLAS 3 3 0 0-0 N DIGGS 2 1 1 .5-2.5 W HARRIS 3 3 0 0-0 J PEPPERS 2 1 1 .5-1 I SOPOAGA 2 2 0 1-7 D LEWIS 1 1 0 1-4 R FIELDS 1 1 0 0-0 M MANUEL 1 1 0 1-11 A FRANKLIN 1 1 0 0-0 K LUCAS 1 1 0 0-0 D GOLDSON 1 1 0 0-0 R MARSHALL 1 1 0 0-0 B MOORE 1 0 1 0-0 C GAMBLE 1 1 0 0-0 K MOOREHEAD 1 0 1 0-0 Officials: Referee-Scott Green, Umpire-Scott Dawson, Head Linesman-Tony Veteri, Line Judge-Ron Marinucci, Field Judge-Boris Cheek, Side Judge-Larry Rose, Back Judge-Lee Dyer. Att: 56,617 Time of Game: 3:02</div>
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