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Published: Saturday, Oct. 06, 2012 / Updated: Saturday, Oct. 06, 2012 05:23 PM

Carolina Panthers at a glance 10.07.12

Carolina Panthers

Coach: Ron Rivera

Key Stats

0 Number of interceptions by Panthers’ cornerbacks. Only three teams have fewer takeaways than Carolina, which has three in four games.

4 Number of times, following the Falcons’ comeback last week against Carolina, in the past 20 years that a team has started a game-winning drive inside its 5-yard line with fewer than two minutes remaining.

9.47 Average yards per passing attempt for Cam Newton, which ranks first in the league. Newton also averages a team-best 5.1 yards per rushing attempt.

28 Days between road games for the Panthers, who have a bye next week before hosting Dallas on Sept. 21. The Panthers’ next away game is Sept. 28 at Chicago.

Starting Lineup

Offense

WR189 Steve Smith
LT69 Jordan Gross
LG61 Amini Silatolu
C67 Ryan Kalil
RG65 Garry Williams
RT77 Byron Bell
TE88 Greg Olsen
WR211 Brandon LaFell
QB1 Cam Newton
FB35 Mike Tolbert
RB34 DeAngelo Williams

Defense

LDE76 Greg Hardy
DT92 Dwan Edwards
NT96 Ron Edwards
RDE95 Charles Johnson
WLB59 Luke Kuechly
MLB52 Jon Beason
SLB50 James Anderson
LCB20 Chris Gamble
RCB41 Captain Munnerlyn
SS30 Charles Godfrey
FS43 Haruki Nakamura

Special Teams

K6 Justin Medlock
P8 Brad Nortman
H8 Brad Nortman
PR41 Captain Munnerlyn
KR81 Kealoha Pilares
LS44 J.J. Jansen

Injuries

DNP: DE Frank Alexander (back), LB Jon Beason (knee), CB Chris Gamble (shoulder), C Geoff Hangartner (knee), S Colin Jones (shoulder). LIMITED: G Mike Pollak (shoulder). FULL: DE Antwan Applewhite (knee).

Schedule/Results

OpponentTimeTV
September
9At Tampa BayL 16-10
16New OrleansW 35-27
20N.Y. GiantsL 36-7
30At AtlantaL 30-27
October
7Seattle4:05FOX
14Bye
21Dallas1 FOX
28At Chicago1 FOX
November
4At Washington1 FOX
11Denver1 CBS
18Tampa Bay1* FOX
26At Philadelphia8:30 ESPN
December
2At Kansas City1*FOX
9Atlanta1* FOX
16At San Diego4:05*FOX
23Oakland1*CBS
30At New Orleans1*FOX

*–Subject to change