2002 Carolina Panthers

2002 Carolina Panthers Statistics

Passing
Player	Att	Cmp	Pct	Yds	Avg	Lg	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Sack	Loss	Rating
Rodney Peete	381	223	58.5	2630	6.90	69	15	3.9	14	3.7	31	192	77.4
Randy Fasani	44	15	34.1	171	3.89	27	0	0.0	4	9.1	7	60	8.8
Chris Weinke	38	17	44.7	180	4.74	24	0	0.0	3	7.9	6	35	26.2
Dee Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0.00	0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0.0
TOTALS	464	255	55.0	2981	6.42	69	15	3.2	22	4.7	0	0	65.7

Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg TD Lg Muhsin Muhammad 63 823 13.1 3 42 Steve Smith 54 872 16.1 3 69 Lamar Smith 20 167 8.3 0 58 Wesley Walls 19 241 12.7 4 27 Nick Goings 18 91 5.1 0 14 Brad Hoover 17 187 11.0 2 33 Dee Brown 17 86 5.1 1 15 Kris Mangum 16 159 9.9 0 35 Isaac Byrd 14 164 11.7 1 31t Karl Hankton 9 146 16.2 0 31 Jermaine Wiggins 8 45 5.6 1 17 TOTALS 255 2981 11.7 15 69

Rushing Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Lamar Smith 209 737 3.5 7 59 Dee Brown 102 360 3.5 4 24 Nick Goings 50 188 3.8 0 20 Brad Hoover 31 129 4.2 0 11 Randy Fasani 18 95 5.3 0 19 Muhsin Muhammad 3 40 13.3 0 20 Joe Montgomery 7 20 2.9 0 5 Rodney Peete 22 14 0.6 0 10 Chris Weinke 5 9 1.8 0 13 Rod Smart 1 2 2.0 0 2 Isaac Byrd 1 0 0.0 0 0 Karl Hankton 2 -4 -2.0 0 2 Steve Smith 1 -4 -4.0 0 -4 TOTALS 452 1586 3.5 11 59

Kickoff Returns Player Att Yds Avg TD Lg Steve Smith 26 571 22.0 0 51 Isaac Byrd 14 294 21.0 0 35 Dee Brown 13 253 19.5 0 27 Nathan Black 3 44 14.7 0 15 Jermaine Wiggins 1 18 18.0 0 18 Al Wallace 1 13 13.0 0 13 Kris Mangum 1 12 12.0 0 12 Keith Heinrich 1 3 3.0 0 3 TOTALS 60 1208 20.1 0 51

Punt Returns Player Att Yds Avg FC TD Lg Steve Smith 55 470 8.5 13 2 87t Isaac Byrd 2 17 8.5 3 0 17 TOTALS 57 487 8.5 16 2 87t

Punting
Player	Punts	Yds	Avg	Lg	TB	In20	Blk	Ret	Yds	Net
Todd Sauerbrun	104	4735	45.5	67	12	31	1	63	554	37.5
TOTALS	104	4735	45.5	67	12	31	1	63	554	37.5

Kicking
Player	0-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	All	Lg	PAT	Pts
Shayne Graham	1/1	2/4	2/3	6/8	2/2	13/18	50	21/21	60
John Kasay	0/0	2/2	0/0	0/2	0/1	2/5	27	5/5	11
Jon Hilbert	0/0	0/0	0/1	0/1	0/0	0/2	0	3/3	3
TOTALS	1/1	4/6	2/4	6/11	2/3	15/25	50	29/29	74

Defense
Player	Sacks	Loss	Ints	Yds	Avg	TDs	Lg
Brentson Buckner	5.0	33.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Shane Burton	1.0	6.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Terry Cousin	1.0	8.0	2	4	2.0	0	4
Mark Fields	7.5	47.0	1	37	37.0	0	30
Sean Gilbert	1.0	9.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Deon Grant	0.0	0.0	3	16	5.3	0	10
Reggie Howard	1.0	1.0	2	19	9.5	0	13
Kris Jenkins	7.0	43.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Emmanuel McDaniel	0.0	0.0	2	13	6.5	0	13
Mike Minter	1.0	7.0	4	125	31.3	1	62
Dan Morgan	1.0	9.0	2	26	13.0	0	22
Julius Peppers	12.0	78.0	1	21	21.0	0	21
Mike Rucker	10.0	64.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Al Wallace	3.0	14.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Will Witherspoon	1.5	17.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	52.0	336.0	17	261	15.4	1	62

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.