Week 3, 2034

played in Minnesota, MN

44 degrees, rain, 3 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	0	0	0	3	-	3
Minnesota Vikings	7	20	10	3	-	40

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:19 MIN - Caleb Greathouse 11 run (J.R. Hardy extra point)
2Q: 12:02 MIN - J.R. Hardy 21 field goal
2Q: 06:59 MIN - J.R. Hardy 32 field goal
2Q: 03:07 MIN - Robert Franz 10 pass from Caleb Greathouse (J.R. Hardy extra point)
2Q: 00:33 MIN - Melvin Austin 5 pass from Caleb Greathouse (J.R. Hardy extra point)
3Q: 11:16 MIN - Tre Villasenor 8 run (J.R. Hardy extra point)
3Q: 06:16 MIN - J.R. Hardy 23 field goal
4Q: 11:50 CAR - Wade Benson 53 field goal
4Q: 05:04 MIN - J.R. Hardy 46 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:19 MIN - Caleb Greathouse 11 run (J.R. Hardy extra point)
2Q: 12:02 MIN - J.R. Hardy 21 field goal
2Q: 06:59 MIN - J.R. Hardy 32 field goal
2Q: 03:07 MIN - Robert Franz 10 pass from Caleb Greathouse (J.R. Hardy extra point)
2Q: 00:33 MIN - Melvin Austin 5 pass from Caleb Greathouse (J.R. Hardy extra point)
3Q: 11:16 MIN - Tre Villasenor 8 run (J.R. Hardy extra point)
3Q: 06:16 MIN - J.R. Hardy 23 field goal
4Q: 11:50 CAR - Wade Benson 53 field goal
4Q: 05:04 MIN - J.R. Hardy 46 field goal

Team Statistics CAR MIN
Record 0-3 3-0
First Downs 12 22
- by Rushing 2 4
- by Passing 10 17
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 273 443
- Offensive Plays 56 67
- Yards per Play 4.88 6.61
Net Rushing Yards 59 110
- Rushing Attempts 17 33
- Yards per Rush 3.47 3.33
Net Passing Yards 214 333
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 36 - 22 - 2 33 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 234 340
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3/20 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 5.49 9.79
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 3/13 6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.0 6.6
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/25 5/45
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 3/46
Kick Returns/Yards 5/104 0/0
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 2/43
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 0 7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 4/3
Avg. Drive Start OWN 24 OWN 43
Time of Possession 25:31 34:29

Team Statistics	CAR	MIN
Record	0-3	3-0
First Downs	12	22
- by Rushing	2	4
- by Passing	10	17
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	273	443
- Offensive Plays	56	67
- Yards per Play	4.88	6.61
Net Rushing Yards	59	110
- Rushing Attempts	17	33
- Yards per Rush	3.47	3.33
Net Passing Yards	214	333
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	36 - 22 - 2	33 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	234	340
- Sacks/Yards Lost	3/20	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	5.49	9.79
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	3/13	6/14
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.0	6.6
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/25	5/45
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	3/46
Kick Returns/Yards	5/104	0/0
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	2/43
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	0	7
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	4/3
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 24	OWN 43
Time of Possession	25:31	34:29

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	2:05	OWN 27	5	28	Interception
1	9:07	2:48	OWN 25	4	40	Missed FG
1	5:03	4:09	OWN 20	8	47	Missed FG
2	11:57	2:03	OWN 25	3	3	Punt
2	6:53	2:15	OWN 25	3	-4	Punt
2	2:59	1:02	OWN 27	3	18	Interception
2	0:22	0:22	OWN 39	2	13	Half
3	11:05	1:17	OWN 25	3	8	Punt
3	6:09	1:51	OWN 38	3	5	Punt
3	0:38	3:54	OWN 20	6	44	Field Goal
4	10:03	2:44	OWN 7	7	36	Fumble
4	4:59	2:43	OWN 39	6	25	Missed FG
4	0:19	0:19	OWN 1	3	0	Punt

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	12:55	3:48	OPP 37	7	37	Touchdown
1	6:19	1:16	OWN 42	3	4	Punt
1	0:54	3:57	OWN 40	11	56	Field Goal
2	9:54	3:01	OWN 29	6	56	Field Goal
2	4:38	1:39	50	6	50	Touchdown
2	1:57	1:35	OWN 48	6	52	Touchdown
3	15:00	3:55	OWN 25	6	75	Touchdown
3	9:48	3:39	OPP 37	7	31	Field Goal
3	4:18	3:40	OWN 23	7	39	Punt
4	11:44	1:41	OWN 25	3	7	Punt
4	7:19	2:20	OPP 31	3	2	Field Goal
4	2:16	1:57	OWN 43	3	4	Punt

Game MVP: Caleb Greathouse, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
RB Corwin Cowley	9	24	2.67	9	0
RB Cory Pefley	6	21	3.50	11	1
QB Eduardo Boswell	1	8	8.00	8	0
WR James Boswell	1	6	6.00	6	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
RB Reuben Thompson	15	39	2.60	12	1	0
RB Earnest Newman	9	33	3.67	9	0	0
QB Caleb Greathouse	5	23	4.60	11	1	1
FB Steven McDaniel	2	0	0.00	0	0	0
WR Tre Villasenor	2	15	7.50	8	0	1

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Reuben Croteau	21	14	138	1/6	0	31	2	45.4
Eduardo Boswell	15	8	96	2/14	0	33	0	73.2

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Caleb Greathouse	33	25	340	1/7	2	45	0	128.3

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
RB Corwin Cowley	8	14	42	5.25	16	18
WR Floyd Finch	3	4	42	14.00	4	23
WR James Boswell	3	3	78	26.00	34	33
TE Rufus Kiser	2	3	26	13.00	0	21
WR Miles Smith	2	4	23	11.50	0	14
WR William Lester	2	3	18	9.00	3	13
TE Geoff Foreman	1	4	6	6.00	0	6
RB Cory Pefley	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Robert Franz	7	10	118	16.86	50	45	1
WR Melvin Austin	5	7	54	10.80	11	20	1
WR Dominic Richard	5	6	57	11.40	23	25	0
RB Earnest Newman	4	4	55	13.75	0	32	0
RB Reuben Thompson	2	2	29	14.50	22	24	0
TE Wade Cuviello	2	3	27	13.50	6	21	0
TE Jacob Schrader	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Craig Hopper	1	0	0.00	0
S Clyde Morley	1	43	43.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov
QB Eduardo Boswell	1	0
WR Miles Smith	1	0
CB Alexander Pardo	0	1

Minnesota	Recov	Force
ILB Roderick Downs	1	0
S Clyde Morley	0	1
OLB Wes Stokley	0	1

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Derrick Wolf	5	187	37.4	28.2	43	0

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bradley Figures	4	205	51.3	41.3	61	2

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Wade Benson	1/4	1/4	1/4	53	0/0

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
J.R. Hardy	4/4	1/1	0/0	46	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Jerome Lindsay	3	46	15.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
James Boswell	4	85	21.3	0
Miles Smith	1	19	19.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Monty Gauthier	11	3	0.0	33	34
DE Stephen Lillis	5	5	0.0	33	34
ILB Ken Collins	5	2	0.0	11	4
CB Korey Erickson	5	0	0.0	25	27
CB Alexander Pardo	5	0	0.0	29	33
DE Burt Witten	4	1	1.0	32	28
CB Dustin Thomason	4	2	0.0	32	34
DT Jared Young	3	0	0.0	28	28
CB Corbin Dole	2	3	0.0	33	34
S Herman Null	2	0	0.0	10	16
S Lance Pearson	2	0	0.0	10	11
ILB Brayden Grant	1	3	0.0	17	23
CB Abraham Sneller	1	1	0.0	13	11
DE Axel Damm	1	0	0.0	15	11
TE Geoff Foreman	1	0	---	---	---
WR Floyd Finch	1	0	---	---	---
G Lionel Grasmanis	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Devon Grebene	1	0	0.0	13	10
DT Jeffery Messinna	1	0	0.0	5	6
CB K.C. Holmes	1	0	0.0	4	1

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
CB Tony Ramsey	8	1	0.0	16	36
S Christian Franz	6	1	0.0	15	30
S Clyde Morley	6	1	0.0	17	39
ILB Peter Plyler	5	1	0.0	16	25
DE Dashawn Holmes	4	2	0.0	10	21
OLB Wes Stokley	3	0	2.0	9	20
OLB Fernando Scales	2	2	0.0	14	31
CB Julian Gunderson	2	0	0.0	8	22
DE Branden Hayes	1	0	1.0	16	38
S Craig Hopper	1	0	0.0	15	39
DT Desmond Newton	1	0	0.0	8	13
DT Glenn Stephens	1	0	0.0	16	33
ILB Roderick Downs	1	0	0.0	3	13
CB Mitchell Box	1	0	0.0	6	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Burt Witten	1.0	1	2	1	28
DT Jared Young	0.0	0	2	0	28
ILB Evan Oliver	0.0	0	1	1	23

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Wes Stokley	2.0	0	0	0	20
DE Branden Hayes	1.0	0	1	3	38
DE Dashawn Holmes	0.0	1	0	0	21
DT Glenn Stephens	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Alexander Pardo	5	0	33
CB Korey Erickson	4	0	27
ILB Monty Gauthier	3	0	34
ILB Brayden Grant	3	0	23
S Herman Null	2	0	16
CB Dustin Thomason	2	0	34
DT Jared Young	1	0	28
ILB Ken Collins	1	0	4
OLB Devon Grebene	1	0	10
CB Abraham Sneller	1	0	11
S Lance Pearson	1	0	11
CB K.C. Holmes	1	0	1
DE Stephen Lillis	0	1	34

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Tony Ramsey	7	1	0	36
S Clyde Morley	5	0	1	39
ILB Peter Plyler	3	1	0	25
CB Julian Gunderson	2	1	0	22
S Christian Franz	2	0	0	30
S Craig Hopper	1	1	1	39
OLB Fernando Scales	1	0	0	31
CB Mitchell Box	1	0	0	18
DE Branden Hayes	0	1	0	38
ILB Roderick Downs	0	1	0	13

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
T Ken Terry	2	3	17	0	39
G Reid Scioli	1	4	17	0	39
G Lionel Grasmanis	1	3	17	3	39
T Melvin Blanchard	1	3	17	0	39
C Cristian Flannery	0	3	16	0	27

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
G Ike Maloney	2	6	0	33	0	34
T Dale Bennett	1	9	0	33	0	34
G Bobby Dodge	1	5	0	33	0	34
C Bryson Fannon	1	4	1	27	0	34
FB Steven McDaniel	1	1	0	10	0	0
T Ramon Hatch	0	3	0	27	1	34
TE Reggie McKnight	0	1	0	16	0	4
C Perry Andrews	0	1	0	6	0	0
TE Wade Cuviello	0	1	0	18	0	33

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Cristian Flannery	2	11
Barry Maru	1	9

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Adam Bernard	2	20
Steven McDaniel	1	24
Robert Franz	1	24
Clyde Morley	1	20

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
CB Alexander Pardo	---	---	29	33	19	81
CB Corbin Dole	---	---	33	34	10	77
ILB Monty Gauthier	---	---	33	34	4	71
DE Stephen Lillis	---	---	33	34	4	71
CB Dustin Thomason	---	---	32	34	4	70
WR Miles Smith	14	34	---	---	16	64
DE Burt Witten	---	---	32	28	2	62
DT Jared Young	---	---	28	28	2	58
T Ken Terry	17	39	---	---	---	56
G Reid Scioli	17	39	---	---	---	56
T Melvin Blanchard	17	39	---	---	---	56
G Lionel Grasmanis	17	39	---	---	---	56
TE Rufus Kiser	9	22	---	---	24	55
CB Korey Erickson	---	---	25	27	2	54
C Cristian Flannery	16	27	---	---	11	54
WR Cooper Wolfe	11	22	---	---	19	52
WR James Boswell	12	24	---	---	13	49
RB Corwin Cowley	11	33	---	---	---	44
ILB Brayden Grant	---	---	17	23	1	41
OLB Ken Walsh	---	---	12	6	21	39
ILB Evan Oliver	---	---	8	23	6	37
TE Geoff Foreman	13	19	---	---	---	32
CB Abraham Sneller	---	---	13	11	7	31
S Lance Pearson	---	---	10	11	10	31
QB Reuben Croteau	9	22	---	---	---	31
DE Axel Damm	---	---	15	11	3	29
S Herman Null	---	---	10	16	1	27
RB Cory Pefley	6	5	---	---	15	26
OLB Devon Grebene	---	---	13	10	2	25
QB Eduardo Boswell	8	17	---	---	---	25
RB Phillip Milburn	0	0	---	---	24	24
G Randal Davis	1	12	---	---	9	22
WR Floyd Finch	5	16	---	---	---	21
WR William Lester	3	16	---	---	---	19
ILB Ken Collins	---	---	11	4	2	17
WR Rod Hall	1	3	---	---	11	15
DT Jeffery Messinna	---	---	5	6	2	13
OLB Robert Hodgins	---	---	0	0	13	13
P Derrick Wolf	0	0	---	---	9	9
C Cornelius Brennan	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Barry Maru	0	0	---	---	9	9
T Alexis Holmes	0	0	---	---	9	9
K Wade Benson	0	0	---	---	6	6
TE Timothy Farr	0	1	---	---	5	6
CB K.C. Holmes	---	---	4	1	---	5
DT Marlon Benton	---	---	0	0	4	4

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
WR Robert Franz	31	34	---	---	24	89
S Clyde Morley	---	---	17	39	20	76
G Bobby Dodge	33	34	---	---	8	75
G Ike Maloney	33	34	---	---	8	75
S Craig Hopper	---	---	15	39	19	73
QB Caleb Greathouse	33	34	---	---	4	71
T Ramon Hatch	27	34	---	---	8	69
T Dale Bennett	33	34	---	---	---	67
C Bryson Fannon	27	34	---	---	---	61
RB Reuben Thompson	22	28	---	---	9	59
DE Branden Hayes	---	---	16	38	4	58
CB Tony Ramsey	---	---	16	36	4	56
TE Wade Cuviello	18	33	---	---	2	53
RB Earnest Newman	23	18	---	---	11	52
DT Glenn Stephens	---	---	16	33	3	52
S Christian Franz	---	---	15	30	3	48
OLB Fernando Scales	---	---	14	31	3	48
ILB Peter Plyler	---	---	16	25	3	44
WR Melvin Austin	14	23	---	---	6	43
TE Jacob Schrader	10	5	---	---	24	39
TE Reggie McKnight	16	4	---	---	19	39
OLB Wes Stokley	---	---	9	20	9	38
WR Dominic Richard	13	24	---	---	---	37
FB Steven McDaniel	10	0	---	---	24	34
DE Dashawn Holmes	---	---	10	21	2	33
CB Julian Gunderson	---	---	8	22	2	32
DT Desmond Newton	---	---	8	13	6	27
CB Mitchell Box	---	---	6	18	2	26
DT Elliot O'Donnell	---	---	7	12	6	25
DT Jermaine Cauthen	---	---	3	19	2	24
OLB Adam Bernard	---	---	1	0	20	21
ILB Roderick Downs	---	---	3	13	1	17
S Bobby Flanigan	---	---	2	10	4	16
OLB Michael Friedman	---	---	5	9	1	15
T Stan Johnson	6	0	---	---	8	14
K J.R. Hardy	0	0	---	---	13	13
WR Tre Villasenor	6	1	---	---	3	10
C Jackie Perkins	0	0	---	---	8	8
DT Shane Kiehl	---	---	0	1	6	7
WR Jerome Lindsay	2	0	---	---	5	7
C Perry Andrews	6	0	---	---	---	6
P Bradley Figures	0	0	---	---	4	4
WR Deion Strickland	0	0	---	---	---	0
C Craig Andrews	0	0	---	---	---	0
CB Ryan Haines	---	---	0	0	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	4	1.0
Middle	6	34	5.7
Right	7	21	3.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	10	35	3.5
Middle	15	63	4.2
Right	8	12	1.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Reuben Croteau	21	14	2	0	0	3	1	2	2
Eduardo Boswell	15	8	2	1	2	3	1	1	0

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Caleb Greathouse	33	25	7	0	1	1	5	2	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	26	5.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	18	9	67	3.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	66	8.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	3	75	15.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	2	0.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	15	166	8.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	7	6	95	13.6
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	77	19.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
RB Corwin Cowley	14	8	2	42	0	33
TE Geoff Foreman	4	1	0	6	0	19
WR Floyd Finch	4	3	0	42	1	16
WR Miles Smith	4	2	0	23	0	34
TE Rufus Kiser	3	2	0	26	1	22
WR James Boswell	3	3	0	78	2	24
WR William Lester	3	2	0	18	0	16
RB Cory Pefley	1	1	0	-1	0	5

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Robert Franz	10	7	0	118	2	34
WR Melvin Austin	7	5	0	54	1	23
WR Dominic Richard	6	5	0	57	1	24
RB Earnest Newman	4	4	0	55	1	18
TE Wade Cuviello	3	2	0	27	1	33
RB Reuben Thompson	2	2	0	29	1	28
TE Jacob Schrader	1	0	1	0	0	5

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
RB Reuben Thompson	3	4	1.33	2.60
QB Caleb Greathouse	2	13	6.50	4.60
RB Earnest Newman	2	6	3.00	3.67
WR Tre Villasenor	1	8	8.00	7.50

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Caleb Greathouse	9	6	41	4.56	10.30

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Wade Cuviello	2	1	6	3.00	9.00
WR Dominic Richard	2	1	8	4.00	9.50
RB Earnest Newman	1	1	7	7.00	13.75
TE Jacob Schrader	1	0	0	0.00	0.00
WR Melvin Austin	1	1	5	5.00	7.71
WR Robert Franz	1	1	10	10.00	11.80
RB Reuben Thompson	1	1	5	5.00	14.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
RB Corwin Cowley	1	0
QB Eduardo Boswell	1	1

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
QB Caleb Greathouse	2	1
FB Steven McDaniel	1	0
RB Reuben Thompson	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Reuben Croteau	6	4	1
Eduardo Boswell	3	1	1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Caleb Greathouse	10	6	5

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Floyd Finch	3	2	1
TE Rufus Kiser	2	2	1
RB Corwin Cowley	2	1	0
TE Geoff Foreman	1	0	0
WR Miles Smith	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Robert Franz	3	2	2
TE Wade Cuviello	2	1	1
RB Earnest Newman	1	1	1
TE Jacob Schrader	1	0	0
WR Melvin Austin	1	0	0
RB Reuben Thompson	1	1	0
WR Dominic Richard	1	1	1

Section Attendance
Stadium 69,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 19,800 (19,800)
End Zone 14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine 8,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats 12,600 (12,600)
Club Seats 7,700 (7,700)
Luxury Boxes 7,400 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	69,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	19,800 (19,800)
End Zone	14,200 (14,200)
Mezzanine	8,200 (8,200)
Sideline Seats	12,600 (12,600)
Club Seats	7,700 (7,700)
Luxury Boxes	7,400 (7,500)