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National Football League
BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Carolina 24, Houston 9
When: 8:20 PM ET, Thursday, September 23, 2021
Where: NRG Stadium, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Dome
Head Official: Alex Kemp
Attendance: 68320
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Carolina 7071024
Houston 06039
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 6:36
Carolina TD Houston 0 - Carolina 7
Sam Darnold 5 yd. run (Zane Gonzalez kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:25
Houston TD Houston 6 - Carolina 7
Anthony Miller 1 yd. pass from Davis Mills (kick failed)
3rd Quarter - 6:20
Carolina TD Houston 6 - Carolina 14
Tommy Tremble 7 yd. run (Zane Gonzalez kick)
4th Quarter - 12:44
Carolina FG Houston 6 - Carolina 17
Zane Gonzalez 21 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 9:09
Houston FG Houston 9 - Carolina 17
Joey Slye 53 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 4:07
Carolina TD Houston 9 - Carolina 24
Sam Darnold 1 yd. run (Zane Gonzalez kick)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Carolina Houston
1st Downs 28 14
Rushing 10 2
Passing 15 10
Penalty 3 2
3rd Down Conversions 5-11 1-9
4th Down Conversions 0-1 0-1
Punts-Average 3-37.0 6-44.5
Return Yards 17 53
Punts-Returns 2-17 1--4
Kickoffs-Returns 0-0 2-57
Int - Returns 0-0 0-0
Penalties-Yards 8-64 7-51
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-0
Time of Possession 35:45 24:15
Total Net Yards 407 193
Total Plays 70 49
Average Gain 5.8 3.9
Net Yards Rushing 117 42
Rushes 33 17
Average/Rush 3.5 2.5
Net Yards Passing 290 151
Comp-Att 23-34 19-28
Yards/Pass 7.8 4.7
Sacked-Yards Lost 3-14 4-17
Had Intercepted 0 0
Touchdowns 3 1
Rushing 3 0
Passing 0 1
Other 0 0
Extra Points 3-3 0-1
Field Goals 1-1 1-1
Red Zone Efficiency 3-5-60% 1-1-100%
Goal To Go Efficiency 3-3-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers (3-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
S. Darnold 23/34 304 0 0
Houston Texans (1-2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Mills 19/28 168 1 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
C. Hubbard 11 52 4.7 0 14
C. McCaffrey 7 31 4.4 0 10
R. Freeman 5 17 3.4 0 13
S. Darnold 8 11 1.4 2 5
T. Tremble 1 7 7.0 1 7
D. Moore 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Ingram II 6 21 3.5 0 6
D. Johnson 2 11 5.5 0 7
B. Cooks 1 5 5.0 0 5
P. Lindsay 7 5 0.7 0 3
D. Mills 1 0 0.0 0 0
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
D. Moore 12 8 126 15.8 0 29
T. Marshall Jr. 5 4 48 12.0 0 23
T. Tremble 1 1 30 30.0 0 30
C. Hubbard 5 3 27 9.0 0 10
A. Erickson 1 1 25 25.0 0 25
D. Arnold 4 2 23 11.5 0 12
C. McCaffrey 2 2 9 4.5 0 8
R. Anderson 2 1 8 8.0 0 8
R. Freeman 1 1 8 8.0 0 8
Receiving
  TAR REC YDS AVG TD LG
B. Cooks 11 9 112 12.4 0 30
J. Akins 5 4 32 8.0 0 12
A. Miller 6 4 20 5.0 1 10
R. Burkhead 1 1 5 5.0 0 5
C. Conley 1 0 0 0 0 0
M. Ingram II 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
H. Reddick 1.5 4.0
F. Luvu 1.0 9.0
B. Burns 1.0 4.0
M. Fox 0.5 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
W. Mercilus 1.0 7.0
R. Blacklock 1.0 6.0
J. Greenard 1.0 1.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
D. Jackson 5 1
S. Thompson 5 1
R. Melvin 3 1
J. Chinn 3 2
J. Burris 2 0
D. Brown 2 0
H. Reddick 2 1
M. Fox 2 1
B. Burns 2 1
J. Carter 2 2
D. Jones 1 0
S. Franklin 1 0
F. Luvu 1 0
S. Chandler 1 1
J. Horn 1 1
D. Nixon 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Kirksey 7 3
V. Hargreaves III 6 2
Z. Cunningham 6 8
M. Collins 3 1
E. Murray 3 1
L. Johnson Jr. 3 4
R. Blacklock 2 0
T. Smith 2 1
J. Greenard 2 2
R. Lopez 1 0
D. Walker 1 1
C. Omenihu 1 1
W. Mercilus 1 1
D. King II 1 1
J. Martin 1 2
J. Thomas 1 2
J. Johnson 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
H. Reddick 2.0
D. Brown 1.0
B. Burns 1.0
F. Luvu 1.0
D. Jackson 1.0
S. Thompson 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO.
J. Martin 1.0
J. Greenard 1.0
W. Mercilus 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Darnold 2
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Britt 1
A. Roberts 1