2002 Carolina Panthers

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 4th in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 258 points (16.1/g), 30th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 302 points (18.9/g), 5th.
Differential of -44 points (-2.8/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 6.5-9.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -7 (-0.4/g), 23rd.

Simple Rating System: Total -3.3, Offense: -6.0, Defense: 2.8, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by John Fox (7-9-0)

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2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 8	box	W	1-0		Baltimore Ravens	10	7	15	265	120	145		15	289	212	77	1
2	Sun	September 15	box	W	2-0		Detroit Lions	31	7	20	385	310	75		12	122	49	73	3
3	Sun	September 22	box	W	3-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	21	14	20	370	206	164	2	13	250	177	73	5
4	Sun	September 29	box	L	3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	14	17	18	332	193	139	3	17	298	199	99	1
5	Sun	October 6	box	L	3-2		Arizona Cardinals	13	16	12	244	186	58	4	18	312	221	91	1
6	Sun	October 13	box	L	3-3	@	Dallas Cowboys	13	14	14	308	198	110		17	311	174	137	2
7	Sun	October 20	box	L	3-4	@	Atlanta Falcons	0	30	12	205	104	101	1	25	393	206	187
8	Sun	October 27	box	L	3-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	12	9	130	20	110	4	14	226	155	71	2
9							Bye Week
10	Sun	November 10	box	L	3-6		New Orleans Saints	24	34	21	396	296	100	2	17	345	248	97
11	Sun	November 17	box	L	3-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	23	14	231	168	63	4	19	314	247	67	2
12	Sun	November 24	box	L	3-8		Atlanta Falcons	0	41	10	122	51	71	6	25	426	277	149	1
13	Sun	December 1	box	W	4-8	@	Cleveland Browns	13	6	11	234	89	145	2	14	258	118	140	5
14	Sun	December 8	box	W	5-8		Cincinnati Bengals	52	31	23	401	319	82	3	25	340	257	83	1
15	Sun	December 15	box	L	5-9	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	14	30	11	131	81	50	4	19	332	203	129	2
16	Sun	December 22	box	W	6-9		Chicago Bears	24	14	15	253	165	88	2	8	186	131	55	4
17	Sun	December 29	box	W	7-9	@	New Orleans Saints	10	6	13	273	188	85	3	13	244	119	125	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	258	4280	960	4.5	238	255	464	2694	15	22	5.3	133	452	1586	11	3.5	82	40	18	23
Team Defense	302	4646	1022	4.5	271	293	522	2993	18	17	5.2	155	448	1653	12	3.7	95	33	16	21
Lg Rank Offense	30	31			30		29	30	30	25	27		13	25	21	31		29	27
Lg Rank Defense	5	2			3		11	4	7	15	4		19	8	6	1		7	7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
9	Rodney Peete	36	QB	14	14	7-7-0	223	381	58.5	2630	15	3.9	14	3.7	69	6.9	6.0	11.8	187.9	77.4	31	192	5.9	5.1	7.5
12	Randy Fasani	24		4	1	0-1-0	15	44	34.1	171	0	0.0	4	9.1	27	3.9	-0.2	11.4	42.8	8.8	7	60	2.2	-1.4	13.7
16	Chris Weinke	30		6	1	0-1-0	17	38	44.7	180	0	0.0	3	7.9	24	4.7	1.2	10.6	30.0	26.2	6	35	3.3	0.2	13.6
22	Dee Brown	24		14	3		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	-45.0		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	-45.0	0.0
	Team Total	27.0		16		7-9-0	255	464	55.0	2981	15	3.2	22	4.7	69	6.4	4.9	11.7	186.3	65.7	44	287	5.3	3.9	8.7
	Opp Total			16			293	522	56.1	3329	18	3.4	17	3.3		6.4	5.6	11.4	208.1	73.4	52	336	5.2	4.5

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Rushing							Receiving
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
26	Lamar Smith	32	RB	11	11	209	737	7	59	3.5	67.0	19.0	20	167	8.4	0	58	1.8	15.2	904	7	2
22	Dee Brown	24		14	3	102	360	4	24	3.5	25.7	7.3	17	86	5.1	1	15	1.2	6.1	446	5	4
36	Nick Goings	24		14	2	50	188	0	20	3.8	13.4	3.6	18	91	5.1	0	14	1.3	6.5	279	0	2
45	Brad Hoover	26	FB	16	10	31	129	0	11	4.2	8.1	1.9	17	187	11.0	2	33	1.1	11.7	316	2	1
9	Rodney Peete	36	QB	14	14	22	14	0	10	0.6	1.0	1.6								14	0	10
12	Randy Fasani	24		4	1	18	95	0	19	5.3	23.8	4.5								95	0	2
33	Joe Montgomery	26		3	0	7	20	0	5	2.9	6.7	2.3								20	0	0
16	Chris Weinke	30		6	1	5	9	0	13	1.8	1.5	0.8								9	0	0
87	Muhsin Muhammad	29	WR	14	14	3	40	0	20	13.3	2.9	0.2	63	823	13.1	3	42	4.5	58.8	863	3	0
88	Karl Hankton	32		16	1	2	-4	0	2	-2.0	-0.3	0.1	9	146	16.2	0	31	0.6	9.1	142	0	0
89	Steve Smith	23	WR	15	13	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	54	872	16.1	3	69	3.6	58.1	868	3	5
82	Isaac Byrd	28		13	3	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.1	14	164	11.7	1	31	1.1	12.6	164	1	1
32	Rod Smart	25		16	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1								2	0	0
85	Wesley Walls	36	TE	15	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	19	241	12.7	4	27	1.3	16.1	241	4	0
86	Kris Mangum	29	te	16	8	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	16	159	9.9	0	35	1.0	9.9	159	0	0
84	Jermaine Wiggins	27		11	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	8	45	5.6	1	17	0.7	4.1	45	1	0
	Team Total	27.0		16		452	1586	11	59	3.5	99.1	28.3	255	2981	11.7	15	69	15.9	186.3	4567	26	28
	Opp Total			16		448	1653	12		3.7	103.3	28.0	293	2993	10.2	18		18.3	187.1	4646	30	36

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
89	Steve Smith	23	WR	15	13	55	470	2	87	8.5	26	571	0	51	22.0	1909
82	Isaac Byrd	28		13	3	2	17	0	17	8.5	14	294	0	35	21.0	475
22	Dee Brown	24		14	3						13	253	0	27	19.5	699
18	Nathan Black	24		5	0						3	44	0	15	14.7	44
80	Keith Heinrich	23		4	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
86	Kris Mangum	29	te	16	8						1	12	0	12	12.0	171
96	Al Wallace	28		16	4						1	13	0	13	13.0	13
84	Jermaine Wiggins	27		11	1						1	18	0	18	18.0	63
	Team Total	27.0		16		57	487	2	87	8.5	60	1208	0	51	20.1	6262
	Opp Total			16		63		0			50	926	0		18.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
10	Todd Sauerbrun*+	29	P	16	0																	104	4735	67	1	45.5
11	Shayne Graham	25	K	11	0	1	1	4	2	3	2	8	6	2	2	18	13	72.2%	21	21	100.0%
4	John Kasay	33		2	0			2	2			2		1		5	2	40.0%	5	5	100.0%
5	Jon Hilbert	27		1	0					1		1				2		0.0%	3	3	100.0%
	Team Total	27.0		16		1	1	6	4	4	2	11	6	3	2	25	15	60.0%	29	29	100.0%	104	4735	67	1	45.5
	Opp Total			16												29	24	82.8%	33	32	97.0%	103	4254			41.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
58	Mark Fields	30	LLB	15	15	7.5	1	37	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	75	28
23	Reggie Howard	25	RCB	14	14	1.0	2	19	0	13	0	0	0	2	6	0	75	9
30	Mike Minter	28	SS	16	16	1.0	4	125	1	62	9	0	0	1	0	0	66	20
93	Mike Rucker	27	RDE	16	15	10.0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	1	0	0	58	10	1
54	Will Witherspoon	22	mlb	15	8	1.5	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	57	14
27	Deon Grant	23	FS	16	16		3	16	0	10	16	1	0	1	0	0	54	14
21	Terry Cousin	27	LCB	16	16	1.0	2	4	0	4	18	0	0	1	19	0	46	16
55	Dan Morgan	24	MLB	8	8	1.0	2	26	0	22	4	1	0	0	0	0	39	15
77	Kris Jenkins*+	23	RDT	16	16	7.0	0	0	0	0	3						36	8
90	Julius Peppers	22	LDE	12	12	12.0	1	21	0	21	6	5	0	0	0	0	29	7
99	Brentson Buckner	31	LDT	12	12	5.0						0	0	1	10	0	24	8
52	Brian L. Allen	24	rlb	16	5												27	6
96	Al Wallace	28		16	4	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	25	4
25	Emmanuel McDaniel	30	cb	16	5		2	13	0	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	23	5
53	Hannibal Navies	25	RLB	12	9							0	0	1	4	0	21	11
98	Shane Burton	28		16	4	1.0											16	6
29	Dante Wesley	23		13	1		0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	15	3
40	Jarrod Cooper	24		6	0												7	1
97	Kemp Rasmussen	23		10	0												7	1
94	Sean Gilbert	32		8	0	1.0											5	0
50	Brad Jackson	27		11	0												5	1
9	Rodney Peete	36	QB	14	14								10	1	-9	0
39	Damien Richardson	26		16	0												5	1
91	Josh Taves	30		5	0												3	2
56	Jason Kyle	30		16	0							0	0	1	0	0	2	2
89	Steve Smith	23	WR	15	13							0	5	2	0	0
22	Dee Brown	24		14	3								4	2	0	0
57	Lester Towns	25		8	0												2	1
35	Deke Cooper	25		10	0												2	0
26	Lamar Smith	32	RB	11	11								2	1	0	0
12	Randy Fasani	24		4	1								2	0	0	0
36	Nick Goings	24		14	2							0	2	0	-21	0
82	Isaac Byrd	28		13	3								1	0	0	0
45	Brad Hoover	26	FB	16	10							0	1	0	0	0
60	Jeff Mitchell	28	C	16	16								1	0	-3	0
59	Terrance Simmons	26		2	0												0	1
75	Todd Steussie	32	LT	16	16								0	1	0	0
73	Melvin Tuten	31	rt	14	7								0	1	0	0
	Team Total	27.0		16		52.0	17	261	1	62	78	14	28	24	7	1	724	194	1
	Opp Total			16		44							36	20

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	2PM	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
11	Shayne Graham	25	K	11	0								21	13		60
26	Lamar Smith	32	RB	11	11	7					7					42
22	Dee Brown	24		14	3	4	1				5					30
89	Steve Smith	23	WR	15	13		3	2			5					30
85	Wesley Walls	36	TE	15	14		4				4					24
87	Muhsin Muhammad	29	WR	14	14		3				3					18
45	Brad Hoover	26	FB	16	10		2				2					12
4	John Kasay	33		2	0								5	2		11
82	Isaac Byrd	28		13	3		1				1					6
30	Mike Minter	28	SS	16	16					1	1					6
96	Al Wallace	28		16	4				1		1					6
84	Jermaine Wiggins	27		11	1		1				1					6
5	Jon Hilbert	27		1	0								3			3
36	Nick Goings	24		14	2							1				2
93	Mike Rucker	27	RDE	16	15										1	2
	Team Total	27.0		16		11	15	2	1	1	30	1	29	15	1	258
	Opp Total			16		12	18						32	24		302

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