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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Jon Kitna | CIN | 25 | 37 | 295 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 1 | ||||
| Chad Johnson | CIN | 6 | 114 | |||||||||
| Corey Dillon | CIN | 18 | 55 | 4 | 30 | |||||||
| Peter Warrick | CIN | 3 | 52 | 2 | ||||||||
| T.J. Houshmandzadeh | CIN | 3 | 43 | |||||||||
| Ron Dugans | CIN | 4 | 28 | |||||||||
| Rudi Johnson | CIN | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 | |||||||
| Matt Schobel | CIN | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| Danny Farmer | CIN | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Neal | CIN | 1 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Rodney Peete | CAR | 21 | 29 | 319 | 3 | 1 | 2 | -1 | ||||
| Steve Smith | CAR | 5 | 144 | 1 | ||||||||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 1 | 3 | 8 | 106 | 1 | ||||||
| Dee Brown | CAR | 17 | 45 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||
| Nick Goings | CAR | 4 | 23 | 2 | 9 | |||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 29 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kris Mangum | CAR | 2 | 22 | |||||||||
| Brad Hoover | CAR | 5 | 12 | |||||||||