Sunday, August 31, 1997
Washington Redskins 24, Carolina Panthers 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins (1-0-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Carolina Panthers (0-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| WAS | CAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | John Kasay 52 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| WAS | Scott Blanton 38 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| WAS | Terry Allen 1 yard rush (Scott Blanton kick) | 10 | 3 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 24 yard pass from Steve Beuerlein (John Kasay kick) | 10 | 10 |
| WAS | Terry Allen 1 yard rush (Scott Blanton kick) | 17 | 10 |
| WAS | Leslie Shepherd 5 yard pass from Gus Frerotte (Scott Blanton kick) | 24 | 10 |
| WAS | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-198-2 | 29-158-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-29-144-1-0 | 12-26-108-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-19 | 1-4 |
| Net pass yards | 125 | 104 |
| Total yards | 323 | 262 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-19 | 10-101 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Terry Allen | WAS | 25 | 141 | 2 | ||||||||
| Gus Frerotte | WAS | 10 | 27 | 147 | 1 | 2 | -2 | |||||
| Stephen Davis | WAS | 12 | 55 | |||||||||
| Leslie Shepherd | WAS | 4 | 2 | 48 | 1 | |||||||
| Brian Mitchell | WAS | 2 | 37 | |||||||||
| Jamie Asher | WAS | 4 | 35 | |||||||||
| Larry Bowie | WAS | 2 | 27 | |||||||||
| Jeff Hostetler | WAS | 1 | 2 | -3 | ||||||||
| Marc Logan | WAS | 1 | -3 | |||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 20 | 134 | 2 | 11 | |||||||
| Steve Beuerlein | CAR | 12 | 26 | 108 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 40 | 1 | ||||||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 3 | 10 | 3 | 22 | |||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 17 | |||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 6 | 14 | |||||||||
| Winslow Oliver | CAR | 2 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 1 | 6 | |||||||||