Sunday, December 8, 2002
Cincinnati Bengals 31, Carolina Panthers 52| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (1-12-0) | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Carolina Panthers (5-8-0) | 9 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 52 |
| CIN | CAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Peter Warrick 37 yard pass from Jon Kitna (Neil Rackers kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CAR | Al Wallace 0 yard fumble return (Shayne Graham kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| CAR | Safety, | 7 | 9 | |
| 2nd | CAR | Steve Smith 61 yard punt return (Shayne Graham kick) | 7 | 16 |
| CIN | Peter Warrick 3 yard pass from Jon Kitna (Neil Rackers kick) | 14 | 16 | |
| CIN | Neil Rackers 24 yard field goal | 17 | 16 | |
| 3rd | CAR | Steve Smith 31 yard pass from Rodney Peete (Shayne Graham kick) | 17 | 23 |
| CIN | Takeo Spikes 45 yard fumble return (Neil Rackers kick) | 24 | 23 | |
| CAR | Muhsin Muhammad 2 yard pass from Rodney Peete (Shayne Graham kick) | 24 | 30 | |
| CAR | Steve Smith 87 yard punt return (Shayne Graham kick) | 24 | 37 | |
| CIN | Jon Kitna 12 yard rush (Neil Rackers kick) | 31 | 37 | |
| 4th | CAR | Wesley Walls 2 yard pass from Rodney Peete (Shayne Graham kick) | 31 | 44 |
| CAR | Dee Brown 6 yard rush (Nick Goings run) | 31 | 52 |
| CIN | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 25 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-83-1 | 29-82-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-37-295-2-0 | 21-29-319-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-38 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 257 | 319 |
| Total yards | 340 | 401 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-39 | 10-91 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jon Kitna | CIN | 25 | 37 | 295 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Chad Johnson | CIN | 6 | 114 | 0 | 32 | ||||||||||
| Corey Dillon | CIN | 18 | 55 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Peter Warrick | CIN | 3 | 52 | 2 | 37 | ||||||||||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | CIN | 3 | 43 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Ron Dugans | CIN | 4 | 28 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Rudi Johnson | CIN | 5 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Matt Schobel | CIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Danny Farmer | CIN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Rodney Peete | CAR | 21 | 29 | 319 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 5 | 144 | 1 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 106 | 1 | 26 | ||||||
| Dee Brown | CAR | 17 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Nick Goings | CAR | 4 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 29 | 1 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | CAR | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Brad Hoover | CAR | 5 | 12 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Cory Hall | CIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rudi Johnson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Brentson Buckner | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Isaac Byrd | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mark Fields | CAR | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kris Mangum | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 153 | 51.0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Will Witherspoon | CAR | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||