Week 9, 1981

played in Detroit, MI

59 degrees, rain, 14 mph wind

Carolina Panthers	14	7	10	0	-	31
Detroit Lions	0	3	3	0	-	6

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 CAR - Drew Pearson 12 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
1Q: 04:10 CAR - Carlos Spencer 27 run (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CAR - Carlos Carson 11 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 10:11 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 43 field goal
3Q: 09:53 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 36 field goal
3Q: 04:57 CAR - Dave Preston 3 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
3Q: 02:04 CAR - Don Cockroft 48 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 09:43 CAR - Drew Pearson 12 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
1Q: 04:10 CAR - Carlos Spencer 27 run (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 15:00 CAR - Carlos Carson 11 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
2Q: 10:11 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 43 field goal
3Q: 09:53 DET - Uwe Von Schamann 36 field goal
3Q: 04:57 CAR - Dave Preston 3 pass from Bill Kenney (Don Cockroft extra point)
3Q: 02:04 CAR - Don Cockroft 48 field goal

Team Statistics CAR DET
Record 7-2 1-7
First Downs 24 10
- by Rushing 7 7
- by Passing 17 3
- by Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 465 198
- Offensive Plays 69 54
- Yards per Play 6.74 3.67
Net Rushing Yards 119 95
- Rushing Attempts 38 17
- Yards per Rush 3.13 5.59
Net Passing Yards 346 103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 31 - 26 - 0 34 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 346 123
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0/0 3/20
- Yards per Pass Play 11.16 2.78
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 8/14 2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.4 7.8
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/1
Penalties/Yards 5/35 2/15
Punt Returns/Yards 4/-3 0/0
Kick Returns/Yards 2/36 4/110
Interception Ret./Yards 1/4 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 4 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3/0 0/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 23 OWN 28
Time of Possession 35:56 24:04

Team Statistics	CAR	DET
Record	7-2	1-7
First Downs	24	10
- by Rushing	7	7
- by Passing	17	3
- by Penalty	0	0
Total Net Yards	465	198
- Offensive Plays	69	54
- Yards per Play	6.74	3.67
Net Rushing Yards	119	95
- Rushing Attempts	38	17
- Yards per Rush	3.13	5.59
Net Passing Yards	346	103
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	31 - 26 - 0	34 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	346	123
- Sacks/Yards Lost	0/0	3/20
- Yards per Pass Play	11.16	2.78
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	8/14	2/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.4	7.8
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/1
Penalties/Yards	5/35	2/15
Punt Returns/Yards	4/-3	0/0
Kick Returns/Yards	2/36	4/110
Interception Ret./Yards	1/4	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	4	1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	3/0	0/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 23	OWN 28
Time of Possession	35:56	24:04

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	5:26	OWN 26	10	74	Touchdown
1	7:44	3:46	OWN 10	8	90	Touchdown
1	2:13	2:24	OWN 20	5	80	Touchdown
2	10:06	2:02	OWN 13	3	9	Punt
2	7:39	5:11	OWN 8	12	70	Missed FG
2	1:50	1:50	OWN 21	5	16	Half
3	9:48	4:59	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
3	3:26	1:30	OPP 33	3	2	Field Goal
4	12:56	3:11	OWN 5	6	17	Punt
4	7:10	2:26	OWN 40	3	3	Punt
4	4:04	2:11	OPP 45	3	9	Missed FG
4	0:07	0:07	OWN 2	1	0	Game

Detroit Lions
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	9:34	1:50	OWN 35	3	8	Punt
1	3:58	1:45	OWN 27	3	4	Punt
2	14:49	4:43	OWN 20	8	54	Field Goal
2	8:04	0:25	OWN 48	3	0	Punt
2	2:28	0:38	OWN 29	3	-4	Punt
3	15:00	5:12	OWN 28	10	53	Field Goal
3	4:49	1:23	OWN 23	3	8	Interception
3	1:56	4:00	OWN 20	7	26	Punt
4	9:45	2:35	OWN 32	6	28	Downs
4	4:44	0:40	OWN 5	3	5	Punt
4	1:53	1:46	OWN 43	5	11	Punt

Game MVP: Bill Kenney, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Carlos Spencer	22	90	4.09	27	3	1
Po James	8	5	0.63	5	0	0
Cleo Montgomery	3	5	1.67	3	0	0
Curtis Brown	2	4	2.00	5	0	0
Dave Preston	1	4	4.00	4	0	0
Bill Kenney	1	2	2.00	2	0	0
Junior Miller	1	9	9.00	9	0	0

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lawrence Gaines	7	46	6.57	17	2
Mike Franckowiak	5	18	3.60	7	0
Terdell Middleton	4	28	7.00	12	1
Preston Dennard	1	3	3.00	3	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Kenney	31	26	346	0/0	3	35	0	145.4

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Eric Hipple	34	18	123	3/20	0	35	1	49.0

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Dave Preston	7	7	71	10.14	30	32	1
WR Drew Pearson	5	6	54	10.80	11	14	1
WR Carlos Carson	5	5	96	19.20	49	28	1
TE David Hill	4	4	61	15.25	27	35	0
WR Steve Rivera	3	4	37	12.33	16	19	0
WR Eddie Bell	1	2	11	11.00	1	11	0
TE M.L. Harris	1	1	16	16.00	7	16	0
FB Curtis Brown	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0
TE Junior Miller	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Detroit	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
TE Ozzie Newsome	5	9	32	6.40	9	13
WR Jim Robinson	4	6	24	6.00	0	12
RB Lawrence Gaines	3	4	18	6.00	9	7
RB Terdell Middleton	2	2	31	15.50	26	35
WR Jim Jensen	2	6	6	3.00	0	3
WR Preston Dennard	1	4	9	9.00	0	9
FB Mosi Tatupu	1	1	3	3.00	0	3
WR Ken Margerum	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
DT Jim Wolf	1	4	4.00	0

Detroit	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Detroit	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	3	128	42.7	42.7	52	1

Detroit	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Russell Erxleben	7	312	44.6	45.0	51	4

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Don Cockroft	1/3	1/2	0/1	48	4/4

Detroit	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Uwe Von Schamann	2/2	1/1	0/0	43	0/0

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Danny Colbert	3	-6	-2.0	0
Glen Edwards	1	3	3.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Po James	2	36	18.0	0

Detroit	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Norm Thompson	4	110	27.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Steve King	7	0	1.0	16	36
ILB Terry Beeson	5	3	0.0	14	28
S Dave Waymer	4	0	0.0	11	26
OLB Guy Frazier	4	0	0.0	9	18
DE Billy Howard	2	2	0.0	10	26
S Glen Edwards	2	1	0.0	13	24
CB Danny Colbert	2	0	0.0	6	19
CB J.T. Thomas	2	0	0.0	15	31
S Tom Hannon	2	0	0.0	15	34
CB Dwayne Woodruff	2	0	0.0	15	29
DT Jim Wolf	1	2	1.5	14	27
DE George Martin	1	1	0.5	6	19
DE Dennis Johnson	1	1	0.0	13	23
OLB Andy Selfridge	1	1	0.0	5	11
OLB Steve Towle	1	1	0.0	3	7
ILB Skip Wilcox	1	0	0.0	0	1

Detroit	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Ronnie Lott	8	5	0.0	37	28
CB Bobby Butler	8	2	0.0	33	25
S Ralph McGill	8	1	0.0	29	21
ILB Matt Millen	6	1	0.0	25	23
CB Herb Williams	5	0	0.0	20	20
OLB Mike McGraw	4	1	0.0	18	7
S Billy Thompson	4	0	0.0	12	18
DE Gary Hrivnak	3	0	0.0	25	19
OLB Ed O'Neil	2	2	0.0	33	28
DT Herb Orvis	2	0	0.0	20	12
DE Mike St. Clair	2	0	0.0	18	11
DE Dennis Boyd	2	0	0.0	28	24
CB Wyatt Henderson	2	0	0.0	22	22
DT Dino Mangiero	1	1	0.0	19	20
ILB Jeff Siemon	1	0	0.0	25	14
DE Barry Bennett	1	0	0.0	22	8
DE Jacob Green	1	0	0.0	16	23
WR Ken Margerum	1	0	---	---	---
CB Norm Thompson	0	1	0.0	15	18

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Jim Wolf	1.5	0	0	0	27
OLB Steve King	1.0	0	4	1	36
DE George Martin	0.5	0	0	0	19
DE Dennis Johnson	0.0	2	2	0	23
DE Billy Howard	0.0	1	2	0	26

Detroit	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jacob Green	0.0	1	2	0	23
DE Dennis Boyd	0.0	0	1	0	24

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
ILB Terry Beeson	5	0	0	28
S Dave Waymer	4	1	0	26
OLB Guy Frazier	3	0	0	18
CB Dwayne Woodruff	2	0	0	29
S Tom Hannon	1	1	0	34
CB Danny Colbert	1	0	0	19
S Glen Edwards	1	0	0	24
ILB Skip Wilcox	1	0	0	1
DT Jim Wolf	0	0	1	27

Detroit	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
S Ralph McGill	6	0	21
ILB Matt Millen	4	0	23
CB Herb Williams	4	0	20
CB Bobby Butler	3	1	25
S Billy Thompson	2	0	18
CB Wyatt Henderson	2	0	22
OLB Ed O'Neil	1	0	28
OLB Mike McGraw	1	0	7
DE Mike St. Clair	1	0	11
DE Dennis Boyd	1	0	24
S Ronnie Lott	1	0	28

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	PPly
Jeff Williams	2	8	0	34	29
Noah Jackson	2	7	1	33	29
Quinn Hoffman	2	5	0	33	28
Curtis Brown	2	4	0	24	14
Dan Peiffer	1	2	0	3	2
Bob Kuziel	0	6	0	35	29
Lionel Antoine	0	3	0	25	25
Kenny Frame	0	1	0	18	9
Dan Nugent	0	1	0	9	4

Detroit	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Anthony Munoz	4	7	17	0	33
Rufus Mayes	2	2	14	1	24
Jesse Burgess	1	5	16	0	28
Mosi Tatupu	1	1	11	0	21
Cody Risien	0	2	17	1	34
Steve Young	0	0	9	1	17

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Curtis Brown	1	21
Eddie Bell	1	12
Guy Frazier	1	11
Ray Brown	1	10

Detroit	Tackles	STPlays
Norm Thompson	2	17
Lawrence Gaines	1	21
Leo Lewis	1	15
Jerome Moriarty	1	12
Ken Mendenhall	1	9

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bill Kenney	38	31	---	---	---	69
Jeff Williams	34	29	---	---	5	68
Bob Kuziel	35	29	---	---	2	66
Noah Jackson	33	29	---	---	2	64
David Hill	27	22	---	---	14	63
Quinn Hoffman	33	28	---	---	---	61
J.T. Thomas	---	---	15	31	14	60
Curtis Brown	24	14	---	---	21	59
Junior Miller	27	20	---	---	9	56
Steve King	---	---	16	36	1	53
Tom Hannon	---	---	15	34	2	51
Lionel Antoine	25	25	---	---	---	50
Terry Beeson	---	---	14	28	3	45
Dave Preston	24	20	---	---	1	45
Dwayne Woodruff	---	---	15	29	1	45
Dennis Johnson	---	---	13	23	7	43
Jim Wolf	---	---	14	27	2	43
Po James	12	15	---	---	15	42
Danny Colbert	---	---	6	19	16	41
Carlos Spencer	24	16	---	---	1	41
Glen Edwards	---	---	13	24	3	40
Andy Selfridge	---	---	5	11	24	40
Billy Howard	---	---	10	26	2	38
Steve Rivera	12	10	---	---	16	38
Guy Frazier	---	---	9	18	11	38
Dave Waymer	---	---	11	26	---	37
Carlos Carson	17	15	---	---	2	34
Kenny Frame	18	9	---	---	6	33
Carlton Williamson	---	---	10	23	---	33
Drew Pearson	15	17	---	---	---	32
Floyd Tongue	---	---	8	16	7	31
George Martin	---	---	6	19	2	27
Ray Brown	---	---	3	8	10	21
M.L. Harris	5	3	---	---	12	20
Dan Nugent	9	4	---	---	6	19
Eddie Bell	0	3	---	---	12	15
Steve Towle	---	---	3	7	4	14
Dan Peiffer	3	2	---	---	6	11
Don Cockroft	0	0	---	---	9	9
Gary Weaver	---	---	1	1	4	6
Skip Wilcox	---	---	0	1	4	5
Cleo Montgomery	3	0	---	---	2	5
Will Cureton	0	0	---	---	3	3
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dan Ryczek	0	0	---	---	---	0
Dennis McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0

Detroit	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ronnie Lott	---	---	37	28	3	68
Ed O'Neil	---	---	33	28	3	64
Bobby Butler	---	---	33	25	6	64
Wyatt Henderson	---	---	22	22	16	60
Matt Millen	---	---	25	23	7	55
Dennis Boyd	---	---	28	24	2	54
Eric Hipple	17	37	---	---	---	54
Ralph McGill	---	---	29	21	2	52
Cody Risien	17	34	---	---	---	51
Norm Thompson	---	---	15	18	17	50
Anthony Munoz	17	33	---	---	---	50
Jesse Burgess	16	28	---	---	5	49
Herb Williams	---	---	20	20	9	49
Rufus Mayes	14	24	---	---	9	47
Gary Hrivnak	---	---	25	19	2	46
Ken Long	11	27	---	---	8	46
Ozzie Newsome	13	29	---	---	3	45
Jacob Green	---	---	16	23	4	43
Lawrence Gaines	8	13	---	---	21	42
Jeff Siemon	---	---	25	14	2	41
Mosi Tatupu	11	21	---	---	9	41
Dino Mangiero	---	---	19	20	2	41
Herb Orvis	---	---	20	12	3	35
Steve Young	9	17	---	---	9	35
Preston Dennard	9	24	---	---	2	35
Barry Bennett	---	---	22	8	4	34
Jim Jensen	8	16	---	---	10	34
Billy Thompson	---	---	12	18	2	32
Mike McGraw	---	---	18	7	6	31
Jerome Moriarty	7	11	---	---	12	30
Mike St. Clair	---	---	18	11	1	30
Jim Robinson	8	20	---	---	---	28
Ken Margerum	7	21	---	---	---	28
Mike Franckowiak	5	10	---	---	12	27
Terdell Middleton	4	16	---	---	7	27
Ken Mendenhall	1	13	---	---	9	23
J.T. Galles	3	2	---	---	18	23
Leo Lewis	2	2	---	---	15	19
Curtis Townsend	---	---	1	0	9	10
Russell Erxleben	0	0	---	---	9	9
Kent Uribe	0	7	---	---	---	7
Uwe Von Schamann	0	0	---	---	5	5
Ron Wooten	0	2	---	---	1	3
Bill Demory	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tom MacLeod	---	---	0	0	---	0
Mike Nott	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	17	41	2.4
Middle	9	31	3.4
Right	12	47	3.9
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	75	6.8
Middle	3	10	3.3
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Kenney	31	26	4	0	0	1	3	0	0

Detroit	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Eric Hipple	34	18	1	1	1	2	8	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	0	0	0	0.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	19	16	191	10.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	10	155	12.9
Long (19+ Yds)	0	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	4	6	1.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	15	11	87	5.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	3	30	3.8
Long (19+ Yds)	6	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Dave Preston	7	7	71	1	20
WR Drew Pearson	6	5	54	0	17
WR Carlos Carson	5	5	96	2	15
TE David Hill	4	4	61	1	22
WR Steve Rivera	4	3	37	0	10
WR Eddie Bell	2	1	11	0	3
FB Curtis Brown	1	0	0	0	14
TE M.L. Harris	1	1	16	0	3
TE Junior Miller	1	0	0	0	20

Detroit	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
TE Ozzie Newsome	9	5	0	32	0	29
WR Jim Robinson	6	4	0	24	0	20
WR Jim Jensen	6	2	0	6	0	16
RB Lawrence Gaines	4	3	1	18	0	13
WR Preston Dennard	4	1	0	9	0	24
RB Terdell Middleton	2	2	0	31	1	16
WR Ken Margerum	2	0	0	0	0	21
FB Mosi Tatupu	1	1	0	3	0	21

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Po James	2	-3	-1.50	0.63
Carlos Spencer	1	6	6.00	4.09

Detroit	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Kenney	3	3	26	8.67	11.16

Detroit	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Eric Hipple	1	0	0	0.00	3.62

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Drew Pearson	1	1	12	12.00	9.00
WR Dave Preston	1	1	3	3.00	10.14
WR Carlos Carson	1	1	11	11.00	19.20

Detroit	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Jim Jensen	1	0	0	0.00	1.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Carlos Spencer	3	1
Cleo Montgomery	3	2
Po James	1	0

Detroit	Rushes	Conversions
Mike Franckowiak	1	0
Terdell Middleton	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Kenney	7	6	5

Detroit	Att	Comp	Conversions
Eric Hipple	10	4	1

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Drew Pearson	2	2	2
WR Carlos Carson	2	2	2
WR Eddie Bell	1	1	0
TE David Hill	1	1	1
WR Steve Rivera	1	0	0

Detroit	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Jim Robinson	2	1	0
RB Lawrence Gaines	2	2	0
TE Ozzie Newsome	2	0	0
WR Jim Jensen	2	0	0
RB Terdell Middleton	1	1	1
WR Preston Dennard	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 53,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 16,400 (21,400)
End Zone 11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	53,400 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	16,400 (21,400)
End Zone	11,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	10,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,000 (3,300)