Week 17, 2016

played in Carolina, NC

38 degrees, rain, 6 mph wind

Atlanta Falcons	14	3	3	10	-	30
Carolina Panthers	3	3	0	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:19 CAR - Graham Gano 29 field goal
1Q: 04:05 ATL - Devonta Freeman 13 pass from Matt Ryan (Lance Clayton extra point)
1Q: 02:43 ATL - Mike Jenkins 45 interception return (Lance Clayton extra point)
2Q: 07:12 ATL - Lance Clayton 18 field goal
2Q: 00:38 CAR - Graham Gano 38 field goal
3Q: 06:35 ATL - Lance Clayton 38 field goal
4Q: 14:08 ATL - Lance Clayton 37 field goal
4Q: 05:19 ATL - Devonta Freeman 23 run (Lance Clayton extra point)

Scoring Summary
1Q: 07:19 CAR - Graham Gano 29 field goal
1Q: 04:05 ATL - Devonta Freeman 13 pass from Matt Ryan (Lance Clayton extra point)
1Q: 02:43 ATL - Mike Jenkins 45 interception return (Lance Clayton extra point)
2Q: 07:12 ATL - Lance Clayton 18 field goal
2Q: 00:38 CAR - Graham Gano 38 field goal
3Q: 06:35 ATL - Lance Clayton 38 field goal
4Q: 14:08 ATL - Lance Clayton 37 field goal
4Q: 05:19 ATL - Devonta Freeman 23 run (Lance Clayton extra point)

Team Statistics ATL CAR
Record 8-8 5-11
First Downs 17 17
- by Rushing 4 3
- by Passing 12 9
- by Penalty 1 5
Total Net Yards 314 165
- Offensive Plays 60 67
- Yards per Play 5.23 2.46
Net Rushing Yards 59 51
- Rushing Attempts 26 25
- Yards per Rush 2.27 2.04
Net Passing Yards 255 114
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 33 - 26 - 0 33 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 259 179
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 9/65
- Yards per Pass Play 7.50 2.71
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 4/12 3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 10.3 12.3
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/2
Penalties/Yards 10/57 3/16
Punt Returns/Yards 1/16 4/26
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 6/155
Interception Ret./Yards 1/45 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/3 0/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 32
Time of Possession 32:32 27:28

Team Statistics	ATL	CAR
Record	8-8	5-11
First Downs	17	17
- by Rushing	4	3
- by Passing	12	9
- by Penalty	1	5
Total Net Yards	314	165
- Offensive Plays	60	67
- Yards per Play	5.23	2.46
Net Rushing Yards	59	51
- Rushing Attempts	26	25
- Yards per Rush	2.27	2.04
Net Passing Yards	255	114
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	33 - 26 - 0	33 - 13 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	259	179
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	9/65
- Yards per Pass Play	7.50	2.71
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	4/12	3/15
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	10.3	12.3
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/2
Penalties/Yards	10/57	3/16
Punt Returns/Yards	1/16	4/26
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	6/155
Interception Ret./Yards	1/45	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/3	0/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 32
Time of Possession	32:32	27:28

Drive Charts

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:09	OWN 20	3	-4	Punt
1	7:14	3:15	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
1	0:40	2:14	OWN 31	5	4	Punt
2	11:12	4:08	OWN 45	8	54	Field Goal
2	4:37	2:36	OWN 1	5	11	Punt
2	0:33	0:33	OWN 20	2	-1	Half
3	11:22	4:53	OWN 38	9	41	Field Goal
3	4:26	5:24	OWN 1	12	79	Field Goal
4	10:43	1:43	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
4	6:51	1:46	OPP 43	3	43	Touchdown
4	4:03	1:53	OPP 44	3	-1	Punt

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:51	6:37	OWN 38	14	50	Field Goal
1	3:59	1:25	OWN 39	3	-1	Interception
1	2:34	1:54	OWN 15	3	6	Punt
2	13:26	2:14	OWN 18	3	-7	Punt
2	7:04	2:27	OWN 33	5	24	Punt
2	2:01	1:28	OWN 46	7	33	Field Goal
3	15:00	3:38	OWN 46	6	23	Missed FG
3	6:29	2:03	OWN 46	3	3	Punt
4	14:02	3:19	OWN 24	7	33	Punt
4	9:00	2:09	OWN 38	7	5	Downs
4	5:05	1:02	OWN 44	4	0	Downs
4	2:10	2:10	OWN 3	7	42	Game

Game MVP: Haloti Ngata, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Devonta Freeman	18	60	3.33	23	3	1
Tevin Coleman	8	-1	-0.13	5	0	0

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Todd Gurley	17	38	2.24	10	1
Zach Zenner	6	3	0.50	7	0
E.J. Manuel	1	6	6.00	6	0
Geoff Howard	1	4	4.00	4	0

Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Matt Ryan	33	26	259	1/4	1	40	0	109.4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Geoff Howard	30	11	152	9/65	0	32	1	39.8
E.J. Manuel	3	2	27	0/0	0	18	0	95.1

Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Julio Jones	5	7	96	19.20	65	37	0
WR Roddy White	4	5	42	10.50	33	40	0
WR Terrence Fayo	4	5	36	9.00	1	17	0
TE Owen Daniels	3	4	27	9.00	5	14	0
FB John Kuhn	3	3	20	6.67	5	9	0
RB Devonta Freeman	3	4	17	5.67	7	13	1
WR Justin Hardy	3	4	13	4.33	6	12	0
TE Tyrus Westbrook	1	1	8	8.00	3	8	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Kelvin Benjamin	4	9	61	15.25	13	25
WR Martavis Bryant	3	8	33	11.00	1	14
RB Todd Gurley	2	2	51	25.50	52	32
WR Ted Ginn	1	6	13	13.00	0	13
WR Devin Funchess	1	2	18	18.00	4	18
RB Zach Zenner	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1
TE Cory Bishop	1	1	4	4.00	0	4
TE Greg Olsen	0	2	0	0.00	0	0
WR Jordan Matthews	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
CB Mike Jenkins	1	45	45.00	1

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force
Devonta Freeman	1	0	0
John Kuhn	0	1	0
Haloti Ngata	0	0	1

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Geoff Howard	1	1	0	0
Cory Bishop	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Matt Bosher	5	242	48.4	43.2	57	2

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Vince Knight	5	243	48.6	41.4	60	2

Kicking Statistics

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Lance Clayton	3/3	0/0	0/0	38	3/3

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Graham Gano	2/3	0/1	0/0	38	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Devonta Freeman	1	16	16.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Todd Gurley	4	26	6.5	0

Kick Return Statistics

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Todd Gurley	5	141	28.2	0
Kelvin Benjamin	1	14	14.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Kendrick Forbes	7	5	0.0	25	35
ILB Paul Worrilow	6	1	0.0	24	34
DT Ra'Shede Hageman	5	0	1.0	17	19
DT Haloti Ngata	4	1	3.5	8	15
S William Moore	4	1	0.0	25	40
CB Robert Alford	4	0	0.0	21	39
DE Vic Beasley	3	2	2.0	24	40
CB Desmond Trufant	3	2	0.5	24	32
DT Jonathan Babineaux	3	0	0.0	20	28
DE Adrian Clayborn	2	1	0.5	19	23
CB Mike Jenkins	2	0	0.0	15	33
DE Malliciah Goodman	1	0	1.0	6	19
OLB Todd Caldwell	1	2	0.0	2	4
OLB Justin Durant	1	0	0.0	3	13
S Ricardo Allen	1	0	0.0	2	12
OLB Brooks Reed	0	1	0.5	22	29
OLB Vincent Rey	0	1	0.0	9	3

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Senquez Golson	8	1	0.0	21	32
OLB Anthony Chickillo	6	3	0.0	19	28
OLB DeAndre Levy	5	3	0.0	17	26
S Harrison Smith	5	3	0.0	22	31
S Tre Boston	4	1	0.0	20	33
ILB David Mayo	4	0	0.0	9	7
DT Herman Dresslar	3	2	0.0	17	10
DE Charles Johnson	3	0	0.0	26	34
DT Kawann Short	2	1	1.0	18	28
OLB Thomas Davis	2	3	0.0	12	14
DT Tucker Simms	2	2	0.0	13	27
CB Dwayne Gratz	2	1	0.0	12	23
ILB Kony Ealy	2	0	0.0	18	31
CB DeAngelo Hall	1	0	0.0	23	26
OLB A.J. Klein	1	0	0.0	9	8
S Devin Gray	1	0	0.0	4	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Haloti Ngata	3.5	0	0	0	15
DE Vic Beasley	2.0	1	2	2	40
DE Malliciah Goodman	1.0	0	2	0	19
DT Ra'Shede Hageman	1.0	0	0	0	19
DE Adrian Clayborn	0.5	0	0	0	23
OLB Brooks Reed	0.5	0	0	0	29
CB Desmond Trufant	0.5	0	0	0	32
DE Tyson Jackson	0.0	1	0	0	14
DT Jonathan Babineaux	0.0	0	1	0	28

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Kawann Short	1.0	0	2	5	28
ILB Kony Ealy	0.0	1	0	1	31
DE Charles Johnson	0.0	0	0	1	34

Pass Defense Statistics

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Robert Alford	3	1	0	39
ILB Paul Worrilow	3	0	0	34
CB Desmond Trufant	1	2	0	32
S William Moore	1	1	0	40
CB Mike Jenkins	1	0	1	33
OLB Justin Durant	1	0	0	13
S Ricardo Allen	1	0	0	12
OLB Todd Caldwell	1	0	0	4
S Kendrick Forbes	1	0	0	35
CB Leon Hall	0	1	0	10

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Senquez Golson	5	0	32
OLB Anthony Chickillo	4	1	28
S Harrison Smith	4	0	31
CB Dwayne Gratz	2	0	23
S Tre Boston	2	0	33
ILB David Mayo	2	0	7
DT Tucker Simms	2	0	27
OLB Thomas Davis	1	0	14
DE Charles Johnson	1	0	34
OLB DeAndre Levy	1	0	26
ILB Kony Ealy	1	0	31
DT Herman Dresslar	1	0	10
S Abel Crane	0	1	4

Blocking Statistics

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Monty Keys	2	8	26	0	34
Andy Levitre	1	4	26	0	34
Jake Matthews	1	4	26	0	34
Eric Harrison	1	3	23	1	34
John Kuhn	1	2	17	0	19
Mike Person	0	2	24	0	27
Owen Daniels	0	1	18	0	20
Jake Long	0	1	2	0	7
James Stone	0	1	3	0	0

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Andrew Norwell	2	5	25	3	42
Cory Bishop	1	1	20	0	28
Trai Turner	0	5	25	1	40
Michael Oher	0	4	25	5	42
Ryan Kalil	0	3	25	0	39
Cyrus Kouandjio	0	2	25	0	35
Grady Hopper	0	2	14	0	18
Greg Olsen	0	1	6	0	9

Special Teams Tackles

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Justin Durant	4	26
Kemal Ishmael	3	16
Terrence Fayo	1	14
John Kuhn	1	11
Ricardo Allen	1	10

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Cory Bishop	1	16

Participation

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Robert Alford	---	---	21	39	10	70
William Moore	---	---	25	40	3	68
Andy Levitre	26	34	---	---	7	67
Vic Beasley	---	---	24	40	3	67
Eric Harrison	23	34	---	---	7	64
Kendrick Forbes	---	---	25	35	3	63
Paul Worrilow	---	---	24	34	3	61
Jake Matthews	26	34	---	---	1	61
Matt Ryan	26	34	---	---	---	60
Monty Keys	26	34	---	---	---	60
Mike Person	24	27	---	---	8	59
Desmond Trufant	---	---	24	32	3	59
Julio Jones	23	34	---	---	---	57
Brooks Reed	---	---	22	29	4	55
Jonathan Babineaux	---	---	20	28	4	52
Devonta Freeman	18	27	---	---	6	51
Mike Jenkins	---	---	15	33	1	49
John Kuhn	17	19	---	---	11	47
Roddy White	19	20	---	---	5	44
Adrian Clayborn	---	---	19	23	2	44
Justin Durant	---	---	3	13	26	42
Owen Daniels	18	20	---	---	2	40
Ra'Shede Hageman	---	---	17	19	2	38
Tevin Coleman	8	7	---	---	23	38
Justin Hardy	7	18	---	---	12	37
Tyrus Westbrook	9	8	---	---	18	35
Kemal Ishmael	---	---	4	14	16	34
Terrence Fayo	7	13	---	---	14	34
Malliciah Goodman	---	---	6	19	7	32
Haloti Ngata	---	---	8	15	4	27
Ricardo Allen	---	---	2	12	10	24
Tyson Jackson	---	---	4	14	---	18
Leon Hall	---	---	1	10	6	17
Vincent Rey	---	---	9	3	5	17
Terron Ward	3	2	---	---	10	15
Vincent Dole	---	---	0	6	9	15
James Stone	3	0	---	---	8	11
Jake Long	2	7	---	---	1	10
Lance Clayton	0	0	---	---	10	10
Todd Caldwell	---	---	2	4	4	10
J.J. Jansen	0	0	---	---	8	8
Michael Crabtree	1	2	---	---	2	5
Matt Bosher	0	0	---	---	5	5
Thad Lewis	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sean Renfree	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Andrew Norwell	25	42	---	---	8	75
Martavis Bryant	23	36	---	---	12	71
Michael Oher	25	42	---	---	---	67
Geoff Howard	24	39	---	---	3	66
Trai Turner	25	40	---	---	---	65
Charles Johnson	---	---	26	34	4	64
Ryan Kalil	25	39	---	---	---	64
Cory Bishop	20	28	---	---	16	64
Cyrus Kouandjio	25	35	---	---	---	60
Todd Gurley	18	23	---	---	18	59
Harrison Smith	---	---	22	31	4	57
Senquez Golson	---	---	21	32	4	57
Tre Boston	---	---	20	33	3	56
Kelvin Benjamin	15	28	---	---	12	55
Kawann Short	---	---	18	28	8	54
Zach Zenner	9	24	---	---	20	53
DeAngelo Hall	---	---	23	26	3	52
Kony Ealy	---	---	18	31	3	52
Anthony Chickillo	---	---	19	28	4	51
DeAndre Levy	---	---	17	26	5	48
Grady Hopper	14	18	---	---	16	48
Ted Ginn	10	24	---	---	11	45
Tucker Simms	---	---	13	27	3	43
Dwayne Gratz	---	---	12	23	2	37
Thomas Davis	---	---	12	14	10	36
A.J. Klein	---	---	9	8	19	36
Demetrius McCray	---	---	8	6	16	30
Herman Dresslar	---	---	17	10	1	28
Greg Olsen	6	9	---	---	11	26
Jordan Matthews	8	15	---	---	---	23
David Mayo	---	---	9	7	2	18
Abel Crane	---	---	10	4	4	18
Chris Olevao	0	7	---	---	8	15
Collin Harper	---	---	0	0	14	14
Donte Schneider	0	5	---	---	8	13
Datone Jones	---	---	8	3	1	12
Devin Funchess	2	5	---	---	4	11
John Denney	0	0	---	---	8	8
Devin Gray	---	---	4	3	1	8
Kenneth Kirk	0	0	---	---	8	8
Graham Gano	0	0	---	---	6	6
Vince Knight	0	0	---	---	5	5
E.J. Manuel	1	3	---	---	---	4
Shaq Thompson	---	---	0	0	1	1
Jonathan Stewart	0	0	---	---	---	0
Korey Hambrick	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	-9	-1.1
Middle	15	58	3.9
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	8	11	1.4
Middle	13	33	2.5
Right	4	7	1.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Matt Ryan	33	26	3	2	0	2	2	7	0

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Geoff Howard	30	11	2	5	1	5	5	2	1
E.J. Manuel	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	13	1.9
Short (0-8 Yds)	17	16	192	11.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	4	54	9.0
Long (19+ Yds)	3	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	51	25.5
Short (0-8 Yds)	3	3	12	4.0
Medium (9-18 Yds)	23	8	116	5.0
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Julio Jones	7	5	96	2	34
WR Roddy White	5	4	42	1	20
WR Terrence Fayo	5	4	36	0	13
TE Owen Daniels	4	3	27	0	20
RB Devonta Freeman	4	3	17	0	27
WR Justin Hardy	4	3	13	0	18
FB John Kuhn	3	3	20	0	19
TE Tyrus Westbrook	1	1	8	0	8

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Kelvin Benjamin	9	4	0	61	1	28
WR Martavis Bryant	8	3	1	33	0	36
WR Ted Ginn	6	1	0	13	0	24
TE Greg Olsen	2	0	1	0	0	9
WR Jordan Matthews	2	0	0	0	0	15
WR Devin Funchess	2	1	0	18	0	5
RB Todd Gurley	2	2	0	51	1	23
RB Zach Zenner	1	1	0	-1	0	24
TE Cory Bishop	1	1	0	4	0	28

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Devonta Freeman	2	-7	-3.50	3.33
Tevin Coleman	2	1	0.50	-0.13

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Todd Gurley	3	-1	-0.33	2.24
Zach Zenner	1	-2	-2.00	0.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Matt Ryan	5	5	32	6.40	7.85

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Devonta Freeman	2	2	18	9.00	4.25
WR Terrence Fayo	2	2	9	4.50	7.20
WR Roddy White	1	1	5	5.00	8.40

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Tevin Coleman	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Todd Gurley	3	1
Zach Zenner	2	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Matt Ryan	11	8	4

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Geoff Howard	9	4	2

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Justin Hardy	3	2	1
WR Terrence Fayo	3	3	1
WR Julio Jones	2	1	1
WR Roddy White	1	0	0
FB John Kuhn	1	1	1
RB Devonta Freeman	1	1	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ted Ginn	3	1	0
RB Todd Gurley	2	2	2
WR Kelvin Benjamin	1	0	0
WR Martavis Bryant	1	0	0
WR Devin Funchess	1	0	0
TE Cory Bishop	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 36,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 10,700 (21,400)
End Zone 4,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine 8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 6,300 (13,600)
Club Seats 3,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 1,900 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	36,200 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	10,700 (21,400)
End Zone	4,900 (15,400)
Mezzanine	8,800 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	6,300 (13,600)
Club Seats	3,600 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	1,900 (3,300)