Sunday, September 7, 1997
Carolina Panthers 9, Atlanta Falcons 6| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers (1-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Atlanta Falcons (0-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| CAR | ATL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Morten Andersen 25 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 28 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| CAR | John Kasay 31 yard field goal | 3 | 6 |
| CAR | John Kasay 31 yard field goal | 6 | 6 |
| CAR | John Kasay 39 yard field goal | 9 | 6 |
| CAR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 8 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 28-93-0 | 27-48-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 21-35-268-0-0 | 11-23-162-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-40 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 228 | 162 |
| Total yards | 321 | 210 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 4-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-55 | 5-39 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 7 | 147 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve Beuerlein | CAR | 21 | 35 | 268 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 24 | 86 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 8 | 71 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rocket Ismail | CAR | 2 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||
| Rae Carruth | CAR | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scott Greene | CAR | 2 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 17 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Bert Emanuel | ATL | 3 | 50 | 0 | ||||||||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 2 | 47 | 0 | ||||||||
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 4 | 6 | 83 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 1 | 26 | 0 | ||||||||
| Harold Green | ATL | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Byron Hanspard | ATL | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||