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Carolina Panthers
Coach: Ron Rivera
Key Stats
7 Winning streaks of four games or more in Panthers 18-year history. Carolina has won three in a row entering Sundays game.
18 Players placed on injured reserve, tying last seasons team record.
23 Receiving yards needed by Greg Olsen to pass Wesley Walls (822 yards in 1999) for the single-season record by a Panthers tight end. Olsen topped Walls season receptions record last week with 65.
40 Career sacks for defensive end Charles Johnson, who needs one to move past Kevin Greene into third place on the teams all-time sacks list.
Starting Lineup
Offense
| WR1 | 89 Steve Smith |
| LT | 69 Jordan Gross |
| LG | 71 Thomas Austin |
| C | 62 Jeff Byers |
| RG | 65 Garry Williams |
| RT | 77 Byron Bell |
| TE | 88 Greg Olsen |
| WR2 | 11 Brandon LaFell |
| QB | 1 Cam Newton |
| FB | 35 Mike Tolbert |
| RB | 34 DeAngelo Williams |
Defense
| LDE | 76 Greg Hardy |
| DT | 92 Dwan Edwards |
| NT | 99 Frank Kearse |
| RDE | 95 Charles Johnson |
| WLB | 58 Thomas Davis |
| MLB | 59 Luke Kuechly |
| SLB | 53 Jason Phillips |
| LCB | 22 Josh Thomas |
| RCB | 41 Captain Munnerlyn |
| SS | 26 D.J. Campbell |
| FS | 30 Charles Godfrey |
Special Teams
| K | 9 Graham Gano |
| P | 8 Brad Nortman |
| H | 8 Brad Nortman |
| PR | 14 Armanti Edwards |
| KR | 36 Armond Smith |
| LS | 44 J.J. Jansen |
Injuries
QUESTIONABLE: WR Joe Adams (ankle), LB James Anderson (back), C Geoff Hangartner (foot), RB Jonathan Stewart (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Thomas Davis (not injury related), DT Dwan Edwards (not injury related), T Jordan Gross (not injury related), DE Greg Hardy (not injury related), DE Charles Johnson (not injury related), WR Brandon LaFell (toe), TE Greg Olsen (not injury related), WR Steve Smith (not injury related), RB DeAngelo Williams (not injury related).
Schedule/Results
| Opponent | Time | TV | |
| September | |||
| 9 | At Tampa Bay | L 16-10 | |
| 16 | New Orleans | W 35-27 | |
| 20 | N.Y. Giants | L 36-7 | |
| 30 | At Atlanta | L 30-28 | |
| October | |||
| 7 | Seattle | L 16-12 | |
| 14 | Bye | ||
| 21 | Dallas | L 19-14 | |
| 28 | At Chicago | L 23-22 | |
| November | |||
| 4 | At Washington | W 21-13 | |
| 11 | Denver | L 36-14 | |
| 18 | Tampa Bay | L 27-21 (OT) | |
| 26 | At Philadelphia | W 30-22 | |
| December | |||
| 2 | At Kansas City | L 27-21 | |
| 9 | Atlanta | W 30-20 | |
| 16 | At San Diego | W 31-7 | |
| 23 | Oakland | W 17-6 | |
| 30 | At New Orleans | 1 | FOX |