National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 20, Carolina 13
Sunday, December 27, 2015 1:00 PM
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 27, 2015
Where: Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: John Parry
Attendance: 70981
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 703313
Atlanta 077620
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 9:18
Carolina TD Atlanta 0 - Carolina 7
Cam Newton 8 yd. run (Graham Gano kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:55
Atlanta TD Atlanta 7 - Carolina 7
Devonta Freeman 4 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:26
Carolina FG Atlanta 7 - Carolina 10
Graham Gano 33 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 2:12
Atlanta TD Atlanta 14 - Carolina 10
Julio Jones 70 yd. pass from Matt Ryan (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 7:59
Carolina FG Atlanta 14 - Carolina 13
Graham Gano 47 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:23
Atlanta FG Atlanta 17 - Carolina 13
Shayne Graham 37 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 1:30
Atlanta FG Atlanta 20 - Carolina 13
Shayne Graham 54 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Atlanta
1st Downs 18 21
Rushing 11 6
Passing 7 13
Penalty 0 2
3rd Down Conversions 4-10 9-15
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-0
Punts-Average 3-43.3 1-25.0
Return Yards 0 29
Punts-Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 1-29
Int-Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 4-40 3-20
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1
Time of Possession 24:22 35:38
Total Net Yards 268 373
Total Plays 52 62
Average Gain 5.2 6.0
Net Yards Rushing 155 77
Rushes 20 30
Average/Rush 7.8 2.6
Net Yards Passing 113 296
Comp-Att 17-30 23-30
Yards/Pass 3.5 9.2
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-29 2-10
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 1 2
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 2-2
Field Goals 2-2 2-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 1-2-50%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (14-1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Newton 17/30 142 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Artis-Payne 5 49 9.8 0 31
C. Newton 7 46 6.6 1 18
F. Whittaker 5 32 6.4 0 16
J. Cotchery 1 16 16.0 0 16
M. Tolbert 2 12 6.0 0 6
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
G. Olsen 6 4 40 10.0 0 15
P. Brown 6 3 39 13.0 0 19
J. Cotchery 5 4 24 6.0 0 11
M. Tolbert 3 2 17 8.5 0 12
T. Ginn 3 1 9 9.0 0 9
C. Artis-Payne 1 1 7 7.0 0 7
F. Whittaker 2 2 6 3.0 0 4
E. Dickson 1 0 0 0 0 0
D. Funchess 1 0 0 0 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Short 2.0 10.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
K. Short 7 0
L. Kuechly 7 1
K. Coleman 7 1
R. Harper 5 1
J. Norman 4 0
C. Tillman 4 0
S. Thompson 4 1
S. Lotulelei 2 0
M. Addison 2 0
T. Davis 2 1
J. Allen 1 0
C. Johnson 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Newton 1
Atlanta Falcons (8-7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Ryan 23/30 306 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
D. Freeman 22 73 3.3 1 14
T. Ward 2 3 1.5 0 6
M. Ryan 6 1 0.2 0 7
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
J. Jones 11 9 178 19.8 1 70
R. White 6 5 67 13.4 0 17
J. Tamme 4 4 29 7.2 0 12
D. Freeman 5 3 17 5.7 0 12
J. Hardy 3 2 15 7.5 0 8
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
V. Beasley 1.0 13.0
J. Babineaux 0.5 8.0
K. Biermann 0.5 8.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
R. Alford 6 1
V. Beasley 4 0
D. Trufant 3 0
R. Allen 3 0
N. Stupar 3 1
P. Adams 3 1
P. Wheeler 2 1
J. Durant 2 3
R. Hageman 1 0
P. Worrilow 1 0
O. Schofield 1 0
C. Godfrey 1 0
K. Ishmael 1 1
K. Biermann 1 2
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Person 1
M. Ryan 1