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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.

Coached by John Fox (7-9-0)

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

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week 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

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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 4.5 447 293 522 2993 18 17 5.2 155 448 1653 12 3.7 271 33 16 21
Lg Rank Offense 30 31 30 29 30 30 25 28 13 25 21 31 29 27
Lg Rank Defense 5 2 4 11 4 7 15 3 19 8 6 1 7 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Rodney Peete 36 QB 14 14 223 381 58.5 2630 15 3.9 14 3.7 69 6.9 5.6 11.8 187.9 77.4 31 192 5.9 4.8 7.5
Randy Fasani 24 4 1 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
Chris Weinke 30 6 1 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
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 16 255 464 55.0 2981 15 3.2 22 4.7 69 6.4 4.6 11.7 186.3 65.7 44 287 5.3 3.6 8.7
Opp Total 16 293 522 56.1 2993 18 3.4 17 3.3 5.7 4.6 10.2 187.1 70.7 52 336 5.2 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
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
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
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
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
Rodney Peete 36 QB 14 14 22 14 0 10 0.6 1.0 1.6 14 0 10
Randy Fasani 24 4 1 18 95 0 19 5.3 23.8 4.5 95 0 2
Joe Montgomery 26 3 0 7 20 0 5 2.9 6.7 2.3 20 0 0
Chris Weinke 30 6 1 5 9 0 13 1.8 1.5 0.8 9 0 0
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
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
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
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
Rod Smart 25 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
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
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
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(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Steve Smith 23 WR 15 13 55 470 2 87 8.5 26 571 0 51 22.0 1909
Isaac Byrd 28 13 3 2 17 0 17 8.5 14 294 0 35 21.0 475
Dee Brown 24 14 3 13 253 0 27 19.5 699
Nathan Black 24 5 0 3 44 0 15 14.7 44
Keith Heinrich 23 4 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
Kris Mangum 29 te 16 8 1 12 0 12 12.0 171
Al Wallace 28 16 4 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
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(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Todd Sauerbrun*+ 29 P 16 0 104 4735 67 1 45.5
Shayne Graham 25 K 11 0 1 1 4 2 3 2 8 6 2 2 18 13 72.2% 21 21 100.0%
John Kasay 33 2 0 2 2 2 1 5 2 40.0% 5 5 100.0%
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(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Julius Peppers 22 LDE 12 12 12.0 1 21 0 21 6 5 0 0 0 0 29 7
Rodney Peete 36 QB 14 14 10 1 -9 0
Mike Rucker 27 RDE 16 15 10.0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0 1 0 0 58 10 1
Mark Fields 30 LLB 15 15 7.5 1 37 0 30 0 0 0 2 0 0 75 28
Kris Jenkins*+ 23 RDT 16 16 7.0 0 0 0 0 3 36 8
Steve Smith 23 WR 15 13 5 2 0 0
Dee Brown 24 14 3 4 2 0 0
Brentson Buckner 31 LDT 12 12 5.0 0 0 1 10 0 24 8
Mike Minter 28 SS 16 16 1.0 4 125 1 62 9 0 0 1 0 0 66 20
Reggie Howard 25 RCB 14 14 1.0 2 19 0 13 0 0 0 2 6 0 75 9
Al Wallace 28 16 4 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 25 4
Terry Cousin 27 LCB 16 16 1.0 2 4 0 4 18 0 0 1 19 0 46 16
Deon Grant 23 FS 16 16 3 16 0 10 16 1 0 1 0 0 54 14
Emmanuel McDaniel 30 cb 16 5 2 13 0 13 0 0 0 2 1 0 23 5
Dan Morgan 24 MLB 8 8 1.0 2 26 0 22 4 1 0 0 0 0 39 15
Lamar Smith 32 RB 11 11 2 1 0 0
Will Witherspoon 22 mlb 15 8 1.5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 57 14
Randy Fasani 24 4 1 2 0 0 0
Nick Goings 24 14 2 2 0 -21 0
Shane Burton 28 16 4 1.0 16 6
Isaac Byrd 28 13 3 1 0 0 0
Sean Gilbert 32 8 0 1.0 5 0
Brad Hoover 26 FB 16 10 1 0 0 0
Jason Kyle 30 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2
Jeff Mitchell 28 C 16 16 1 0 -3 0
Hannibal Navies 25 RLB 12 9 0 0 1 4 0 21 11
Todd Steussie 32 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
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(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Shayne Graham 25 K 11 0 21 13 60
Lamar Smith 32 RB 11 11 7 42
Dee Brown 24 14 3 4 1 30
Steve Smith 23 WR 15 13 3 2 30
Wesley Walls 36 TE 15 14 4 24
Muhsin Muhammad 29 WR 14 14 3 18
Brad Hoover 26 FB 16 10 2 12
John Kasay 33 2 0 5 2 11
Isaac Byrd 28 13 3 1 6
Mike Minter 28 SS 16 16 1 6
Al Wallace 28 16 4 1 6
Jermaine Wiggins 27 11 1 1 6
Jon Hilbert 27 1 0 3 3
Nick Goings 24 14 2 1 2
Mike Rucker 27 RDE 16 15 1 2
Team Total 27.0 16 11 15 2 1 1 1 29 15 1 258
Opp Total 16 12 18 32 24 302