Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings

September 9, 2001

Quarter	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Carolina Panthers	7	3	7	7	24
Minnesota Vikings	0	0	13	0	13

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
0:17	Car	TD	Steve Smith 93 kickoff return (John Kasay Kick)	Car 7, Min 0
2nd Quarter
3:17	Car	FG	FG John Kasay 23	Car 10, Min 0
3rd Quarter
5:51	Min	TD	Daunte Culpepper 7 run (Gary Anderson Kick)	Car 10, Min 7
8:55	Min	TD	Cris Carter 12 pass from Daunte Culpepper (Kick failed)	Min 13, Car 10
12:07	Car	TD	Muhsin Muhammad 16 pass from Chris Weinke (John Kasay Kick)	Car 17, Min 13
4th Quarter
5:08	Car	TD	Chris Weinke 1 run (John Kasay Kick)	Car 24, Min 13

Missed Field Goals: Min - Gary Anderson 41

Attendance: 64,108

Team Statistics

Carolina Panthers Minnesota Vikings

First downs 15 19

Rushes - yards 38 - 91 26 - 109

Passing 200 234

Punt returns 3 - 25 5 - 37

Kickoff returns 3 - 134 5 - 93

Interception returns 3 - 0 1 - 2

Pass attempts - Completions - Had Intercepted 13 - 22 - 1 22 - 38 - 3

Sacked - yards lost 2 - 23 1 - 2

Punts 6 - 49.0 5 - 46.8

Fumbles - lost 2 - 1 3 - 2

Penalties - yards 7 - 57 7 - 40

Time of possession 33:25 26:35

Passing

Carolina Panthers Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Chris Weinke 22 13 223 10.14 1 1 43 2 23 89.8

Minnesota Vikings Att Cmp Yds Avg TD Int Lg Sack Loss Rating

Daunte Culpepper 38 22 236 6.21 1 3 28 1 2 52.1

Rushing

Carolina Panthers Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Nick Goings 25 86 3.4 15 0

Tim Biakabutuka 5 7 1.4 5 0

Chris Hetherington 2 1 0.5 1 0

Chris Weinke 6 -3 -0.5 1t 1

Minnesota Vikings Att Yds Avg Lg TD

Daunte Culpepper 12 57 4.8 10 1

Michael Bennett 11 37 3.4 7 0

Doug Chapman 3 15 5.0 8 0

Receiving

Carolina Panthers Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Muhsin Muhammad 4 69 17.3 43 1

Wesley Walls 3 74 24.7 25 0

Tim Biakabutuka 2 12 6.0 8 0

Isaac Byrd 1 31 31.0 31 0

Steve Smith 1 16 16.0 16 0

Donald Hayes 1 13 13.0 13 0

Chris Hetherington 1 8 8.0 8 0

Minnesota Vikings Rec Yds Avg Lg TD

Byron Chamberlain 7 83 11.9 27 0

Cris Carter 5 44 8.8 13 1

Jim Kleinsasser 3 22 7.3 14 0

Michael Bennett 2 18 9.0 12 0

Harold Morrow 2 18 9.0 10 0

Randy Moss 1 28 28.0 28 0

Jake Reed 1 26 26.0 26 0

Doug Chapman 1 -3 -3.0 -3 0

Kickoff Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 3 134 44.7 0 93t 1

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nate Jacquet 5 93 18.6 0 21 0

Punt Returns

Carolina Panthers Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Steve Smith 3 25 8.3 0 20 0

Minnesota Vikings Num Yds Avg FC Lg TD

Nate Jacquet 5 37 7.4 0 16 0

Punting

Carolina Panthers Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Todd Sauerbrun 6 294 49.0 59 0 2 0 42.8 5 37

Minnesota Vikings Punts Yds Avg Lg TB In20 Blk Net OppRet RetYds

Mitch Berger 5 234 46.8 55 0 2 0 41.8 3 25

Defense

Carolina Panthers Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Deon Grant 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Jimmy Hitchcock 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Rashard Anderson 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Sean Gilbert 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 2.0

Minnesota Vikings Ints Yds Avg Lg TD Sacks Loss

Talance Sawyer 1 2 2.0 2 0 0.0 0.0

Ed McDaniel 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 6.0

Chris Hovan 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.5 6.0

Fred Robbins 0 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 11.0

2001 NFL Scoreboard
Week 1

Sun, Sep 9, 2001

Seattle
Cleveland 9
6 Final

Indianapolis
NY Jets 45
24 Final

Carolina
Minnesota 24
13 Final

Oakland
Kansas City 27
24 Final

Pittsburgh
Jacksonville 3
21 Final

Detroit
Green Bay 6
28 Final

Tampa Bay
Dallas 10
6 Final

New England
Cincinnati 17
23 Final

New Orleans
Buffalo 24
6 Final

Chicago
Baltimore 6
17 Final

Atlanta
San Francisco 13
16 F/OT

Washington
San Diego 3
30 Final

St. Louis
Philadelphia 20
17 F/OT

Miami
Tennessee 31
23 Final

Mon, Sep 10, 2001

NY Giants
Denver 20
31 Final

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