2001 Carolina Panthers

2001 Carolina Panthers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Chris Weinke	540	293	54.3	2931	5.43	48	11	2.0	19	3.5	26	177	62.0
Matt Lytle	30	17	56.7	133	4.43	28	1	3.3	3	10.0	3	24	39.3
Dameyune Craig	8	4	50.0	34	4.25	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	15	61.5
Richard Huntley	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0	39.6
TOTALS	579	314	54.2	3098	5.35	48	12	2.1	22	3.8	0	0	60.6

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Donald Hayes 52 597 11.5 2 48 Muhsin Muhammad 50 585 11.7 1 43 Wesley Walls 43 452 10.5 5 25 Isaac Byrd 37 492 13.3 1 42 Brad Hoover 26 185 7.1 0 19 Chris Hetherington 23 124 5.4 0 15 Richard Huntley 21 101 4.8 1 23 Kris Mangum 15 89 5.9 2 11 Patrick Jeffers 14 127 9.1 0 21 Tim Biakabutuka 12 121 10.1 0 47 Steve Smith 10 154 15.4 0 33 Nick Goings 8 39 4.9 0 11 Luther Broughton 2 22 11.0 0 13 Casey Crawford 1 10 10.0 0 10 TOTALS 314 3098 9.9 12 48

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Richard Huntley 165 665 4.0 2 25 Tim Biakabutuka 53 230 4.3 1 27 Nick Goings 66 197 3.0 0 16 Chris Weinke 37 128 3.5 6 23 Brad Hoover 17 71 4.2 0 10 Steve Smith 4 43 10.8 0 39 Dameyune Craig 3 20 6.7 0 13 Chris Hetherington 5 12 2.4 0 8 Matt Lytle 2 8 4.0 0 4 Todd Sauerbrun 1 0 0.0 0 0 Isaac Byrd 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 TOTALS 354 1372 3.9 9 39

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Steve Smith 56 1431 25.6 2 99t Isaac Byrd 10 225 22.5 0 26 Luther Broughton 3 46 15.3 0 26 Chris Hetherington 4 31 7.8 0 12 Richard Huntley 1 20 20.0 0 20 Brad Hoover 1 8 8.0 0 8 Casey Crawford 1 8 8.0 0 8 TOTALS 76 1769 23.3 2 99t

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Steve Smith 34 364 10.7 10 1 70t Isaac Byrd 5 56 11.2 2 0 22 TOTALS 39 420 10.8 12 1 70t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Todd Sauerbrun	93	4419	47.5	73	17	35	1	42	425	38.9
TOTALS	93	4419	47.5	73	17	35	1	42	425	38.9

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
John Kasay	0/0	10/10	4/4	7/9	2/5	23/28	52	22/23	91
TOTALS	0/0	10/10	4/4	7/9	2/5	23/28	52	22/23	91

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Rashard Anderson	0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Brentson Buckner	4.5	21.5	1	29	29.0	0	29
Larry Chester	0.5	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Doug Evans	0.0	0.0	8	126	15.8	1	49
Sean Gilbert	2.0	3.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Deon Grant	1.0	11.0	5	96	19.2	0	43
Jimmy Hitchcock	0.0	0.0	3	65	21.7	0	35
Reggie Howard	1.0	10.0	1	16	16.0	0	16
Kris Jenkins	2.0	8.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Albert Lucas	1.0	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Minter	0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	0	30
Dan Morgan	1.0	9.0	1	10	10.0	0	10
Mike Rucker	9.0	63.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Slade	2.5	9.5	0	0	0.0	0	0
Lester Towns	0.0	0.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Jay Williams	1.0	11.0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gillis Wilson	0.5	7.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	26.0	167.0	24	374	15.6	1	49

Falcons' playoff hopes run through Panthers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 21, 2008
The Falcons know this is a must-win game. They are 6-4 overall, 1-2 in the NFC South. Carolina is 8-2, 2-1. A Panthers victory would put them three games ahead of the Falcons with five to play.

Falcons look to strike early against Panthers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 21, 2008
Flowery Branch — If the Falcons were a boxer, they'd be known for the early TKO.

Panthers game may be key to Falcons' season
Atlanta Journal-Constitution | November 20, 2008
Flowery Branch — Most of the Falcons see the elephant sitting in their locker room.