Week 17, 1986

played in Atlanta, GA

55 degrees, fair, calm

Carolina Panthers	3	0	0	3	-	6
Atlanta Falcons	7	10	0	0	-	17

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:12 CAR - John Lee 18 field goal
1Q: 04:30 ATL - John Jefferson 13 pass from Tommy Kramer (Chris Bahr extra point)
2Q: 13:51 ATL - Marcus Allen 9 run (Chris Bahr extra point)
2Q: 00:43 ATL - Chris Bahr 18 field goal
4Q: 12:11 CAR - John Lee 31 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:12 CAR - John Lee 18 field goal
1Q: 04:30 ATL - John Jefferson 13 pass from Tommy Kramer (Chris Bahr extra point)
2Q: 13:51 ATL - Marcus Allen 9 run (Chris Bahr extra point)
2Q: 00:43 ATL - Chris Bahr 18 field goal
4Q: 12:11 CAR - John Lee 31 field goal

Team Statistics CAR ATL
Record 7-9 10-6
First Downs 19 22
- by Rushing 3 11
- by Passing 14 11
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 310 340
- Offensive Plays 63 63
- Yards per Play 4.92 5.40
Net Rushing Yards 74 171
- Rushing Attempts 18 36
- Yards per Rush 4.11 4.75
Net Passing Yards 236 169
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 21 - 1 26 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards 249 176
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2/13 1/7
- Yards per Pass Play 5.24 6.26
Fumbles/Lost 1/0 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/15 5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.8 6.1
4th Down Conversions 0/3 0/0
Penalties/Yards 4/25 5/40
Punt Returns/Yards 2/27 1/6
Kick Returns/Yards 2/30 1/23
Interception Ret./Yards 1/20 1/9
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/2 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 21
Time of Possession 26:21 33:39

Team Statistics	CAR	ATL
Record	7-9	10-6
First Downs	19	22
- by Rushing	3	11
- by Passing	14	11
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	310	340
- Offensive Plays	63	63
- Yards per Play	4.92	5.40
Net Rushing Yards	74	171
- Rushing Attempts	18	36
- Yards per Rush	4.11	4.75
Net Passing Yards	236	169
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 21 - 1	26 - 18 - 1
- Gross Passing Yards	249	176
- Sacks/Yards Lost	2/13	1/7
- Yards per Pass Play	5.24	6.26
Fumbles/Lost	1/0	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/15	5/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.8	6.1
4th Down Conversions	0/3	0/0
Penalties/Yards	4/25	5/40
Punt Returns/Yards	2/27	1/6
Kick Returns/Yards	2/30	1/23
Interception Ret./Yards	1/20	1/9
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/2	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 29	OWN 21
Time of Possession	26:21	33:39

Drive Charts

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:55	OWN 20	7	79	Field Goal
1	4:24	2:05	OWN 20	4	38	Punt
2	13:45	6:37	OWN 27	11	41	Interception
2	0:35	0:35	OWN 29	2	23	Half
3	7:28	0:54	OWN 47	3	-6	Punt
3	3:54	0:48	OWN 31	3	5	Punt
3	1:41	4:36	OWN 35	10	51	Field Goal
4	9:14	4:16	OWN 29	9	41	Downs
4	3:06	1:57	OWN 20	11	58	Downs
4	0:34	0:34	OWN 38	4	0	Downs

Atlanta Falcons
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:05	6:41	OWN 26	12	74	Touchdown
1	2:19	3:34	OWN 20	7	80	Touchdown
2	7:08	6:33	OWN 22	11	77	Field Goal
3	15:00	7:32	OWN 20	13	48	Interception
3	6:34	2:40	OWN 3	5	26	Punt
3	3:06	1:25	OWN 30	3	4	Punt
4	12:05	2:51	OWN 20	5	15	Punt
4	4:58	1:52	OWN 30	4	18	Punt
4	1:09	0:35	OWN 22	3	3	Punt

Game MVP: Marcus Allen, Atlanta Falcons

Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Lorenzo Hampton	13	60	4.62	16	1
Herman Heard	3	12	4.00	7	0
Bill Kenney	1	1	1.00	1	0
Steve Folsom	1	1	1.00	1	0

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Marcus Allen	20	86	4.30	22	3	1
Dalton Hilliard	16	85	5.31	24	1	0

Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Bill Kenney	43	21	249	2/13	0	31	1	57.2

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Tommy Kramer	26	18	176	1/7	1	43	1	84.7

Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB Ted Brown	5	10	53	10.60	3	31
WR Freddie Solomon	4	5	58	14.50	12	31
WR Dave Preston	4	8	57	14.25	29	19
WR Carlos Carson	2	9	18	9.00	0	10
TE Trey Junkin	2	2	23	11.50	0	15
TE Steve Folsom	1	1	13	13.00	12	13
WR Byron Franklin	1	3	11	11.00	0	11
RB Herman Heard	1	1	4	4.00	1	4
RB Lorenzo Hampton	1	2	12	12.00	0	12
TE Dan Ross	0	2	0	0.00	0	0

Atlanta	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR John Jefferson	6	8	78	13.00	28	43	1
RB Marcus Allen	5	6	36	7.20	3	11	0
TE Kellen Winslow	2	4	13	6.50	0	10	0
TE Manute Bol	2	2	30	15.00	0	19	0
WR Jerry Butler	1	1	8	8.00	2	8	0
WR Zach Thomas	1	2	6	6.00	0	6	0
WR Hassan Jones	1	2	5	5.00	0	5	0
WR Clint Sampson	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Lester Lyles	1	20	20.00	0

Atlanta	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Darrol Ray	1	9	9.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Bill Kenney	1	0	0	0
Dave Lutz	0	1	0	0

Atlanta	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Lawrence Pillers	0	0	1	0

Punting Statistics

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Luke Prestridge	3	138	46.0	37.3	56	1

Atlanta	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	5	223	44.6	35.2	54	1

Kicking Statistics

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Lee	2/2	0/0	0/0	31	0/0

Atlanta	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Chris Bahr	1/1	0/0	0/0	18	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rick Upchurch	2	27	13.5	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Jefferson	1	6	6.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lorenzo Hampton	2	30	15.0	0

Atlanta	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
John Jefferson	1	23	23.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Carlton Williamson	7	3	0.0	34	26
DE Sean Jones	5	0	1.0	30	25
OLB John Rade	5	3	0.0	27	24
CB Dwayne Woodruff	5	0	0.0	18	19
OLB Howard Carson	4	1	0.0	23	10
ILB Craig Shaffer	3	2	0.0	25	17
CB Perry Williams	3	1	0.0	16	17
CB Bobby Watkins	3	0	0.0	18	8
CB Harvey Clayton	3	0	0.0	28	18
S Lester Lyles	3	0	0.0	26	25
DT Mark Shumate	3	0	0.0	29	19
DE Bruce Smith	3	0	0.0	25	22
ILB Jackie Shipp	2	2	0.0	9	3
ILB Anthony Griggs	2	0	0.0	11	10
DT Bob Nelson	1	1	0.0	31	18
WR Carlos Carson	1	0	---	---	---
DE Walt Bowyer	1	0	0.0	11	5
OLB Gary Plummer	0	1	0.0	4	2

Atlanta	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Darrol Ray	11	2	0.0	16	42
OLB Gary Cobb	4	1	0.0	16	34
CB Bobby Humphrey	3	1	0.0	11	25
OLB Terry Rennaker	3	0	0.0	3	10
S Deron Cherry	3	0	0.0	15	40
CB William Judson	3	0	0.0	14	31
DE Lawrence Pillers	2	2	1.0	16	34
ILB Tim Lucas	2	2	0.0	18	33
OLB Mel Owens	2	0	0.0	8	17
CB Jim Burroughs	2	0	0.0	6	14
DT Charlie Johnson	1	0	1.0	8	25
CB Dwight Hicks	1	2	0.0	13	37
DT Joe Klecko	1	1	0.0	13	19
TE Kellen Winslow	1	0	---	---	---
DE Rulon Jones	1	0	0.0	15	31
CB Sam Seale	1	0	0.0	4	16
DE Don Fielder	1	0	0.0	5	27

Pass Rush Statistics

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Sean Jones	1.0	0	0	1	25
DE Barry Bennett	0.0	1	0	0	8
DE Walt Bowyer	0.0	0	1	0	5

Atlanta	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Lawrence Pillers	1.0	1	2	1	34
DT Charlie Johnson	1.0	0	0	0	25
DE Don Fielder	0.0	1	1	0	27
DE Rulon Jones	0.0	0	2	1	31
DT Joe Klecko	0.0	0	1	1	19
ILB Tim Lucas	0.0	0	1	0	33

Pass Defense Statistics

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Lester Lyles	3	0	1	25
S Carlton Williamson	3	0	0	26
CB Dwayne Woodruff	2	1	0	19
CB Bobby Watkins	2	0	0	8
OLB John Rade	2	0	0	24
CB Perry Williams	2	0	0	17
OLB Howard Carson	1	0	0	10
ILB Anthony Griggs	1	0	0	10
ILB Craig Shaffer	1	0	0	17
CB Harvey Clayton	1	0	0	18

Atlanta	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Darrol Ray	7	0	1	42
CB William Judson	3	3	0	31
OLB Terry Rennaker	2	0	0	10
OLB Mel Owens	2	0	0	17
CB Jim Burroughs	2	0	0	14
CB Dwight Hicks	1	1	0	37
S Deron Cherry	1	1	0	40
ILB Tim Lucas	1	1	0	33
OLB Gary Cobb	1	0	0	34
CB Bobby Humphrey	1	0	0	25
OLB Alex Moyer	0	1	0	5

Blocking Statistics

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Terry Tausch	2	3	0	14	1	37
Dave Lutz	1	5	0	18	1	43
Mike Baab	1	4	0	14	0	39
Marsharne Graves	1	3	0	15	0	37
Trey Junkin	1	1	1	15	0	26
Keith Uecker	0	1	0	17	0	40

Atlanta	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Derrel Gofourth	4	11	0	33	0	25
Hardy Dillon	3	5	0	29	1	23
Curt Marsh	3	4	0	34	0	25
Buddy Cutler	2	5	0	15	0	11
Damian Johnson	2	3	0	25	0	20
Dean Steinkuhler	1	3	1	27	0	21
Charles Alexander	1	2	0	25	0	15
Karl Baldischwiler	0	1	0	7	0	4
Manute Bol	0	1	0	14	0	13
Tom Baugh	0	1	0	10	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Rick Upchurch	1	16
Herman Heard	1	12

Atlanta	Tackles	STPlays
Clint Sampson	1	11
Sam Seale	1	10
Dalton Hilliard	1	9
Buddy Cutler	1	5

Participation

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bill Kenney	18	45	---	---	---	63
Lorenzo Hampton	15	35	---	---	13	63
Carlton Williamson	---	---	34	26	1	61
Dave Lutz	18	43	---	---	---	61
Mike Baab	14	39	---	---	5	58
Keith Uecker	17	40	---	---	---	57
Marsharne Graves	15	37	---	---	5	57
Sean Jones	---	---	30	25	1	56
Mark Shumate	---	---	29	19	6	54
Trey Junkin	15	26	---	---	12	53
John Rade	---	---	27	24	1	52
Terry Tausch	14	37	---	---	---	51
Lester Lyles	---	---	26	25	---	51
Bob Nelson	---	---	31	18	1	50
Harvey Clayton	---	---	28	18	3	49
Craig Shaffer	---	---	25	17	6	48
Bruce Smith	---	---	25	22	1	48
Dwayne Woodruff	---	---	18	19	7	44
Steve Folsom	10	20	---	---	12	42
Carlos Carson	3	24	---	---	12	39
Howard Carson	---	---	23	10	6	39
Ted Brown	10	27	---	---	1	38
Dan Ross	11	21	---	---	5	37
Freddie Solomon	8	20	---	---	8	36
Perry Williams	---	---	16	17	---	33
Herman Heard	4	15	---	---	12	31
Dave Preston	5	24	---	---	---	29
Jackie Shipp	---	---	9	3	15	27
Geoff Reece	7	14	---	---	5	26
Bobby Watkins	---	---	18	8	---	26
Greg Meisner	---	---	13	11	1	25
Rick Upchurch	4	4	---	---	16	24
Barry Bennett	---	---	9	8	5	22
Anthony Griggs	---	---	11	10	---	21
Tom Hannon	---	---	3	8	8	19
Karl Swanke	4	8	---	---	5	17
Walt Bowyer	---	---	11	5	---	16
Byron Franklin	5	9	---	---	---	14
Dave Waymer	---	---	6	2	5	13
Ben Akbar	1	5	---	---	5	11
Gary Plummer	---	---	4	2	5	11
Luke Prestridge	0	0	---	---	6	6
Tim Gray	0	0	---	---	2	2
Dan McQuaid	0	2	---	---	---	2
John Lee	0	0	---	---	2	2
John Witkowski	0	0	---	---	---	0

Atlanta	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tommy Kramer	36	27	---	---	---	63
Derrel Gofourth	33	25	---	---	4	62
Kellen Winslow	32	22	---	---	8	62
Darrol Ray	---	---	16	42	2	60
John Jefferson	27	23	---	---	9	59
Curt Marsh	34	25	---	---	---	59
Deron Cherry	---	---	15	40	2	57
Gary Fair	---	---	14	38	2	54
Hardy Dillon	29	23	---	---	2	54
Dwight Hicks	---	---	13	37	4	54
Tim Lucas	---	---	18	33	3	54
Lawrence Pillers	---	---	16	34	2	52
Gary Cobb	---	---	16	34	1	51
Damian Johnson	25	20	---	---	6	51
Rulon Jones	---	---	15	31	4	50
Dean Steinkuhler	27	21	---	---	---	48
William Judson	---	---	14	31	1	46
Charles Alexander	25	15	---	---	4	44
Marcus Allen	20	18	---	---	3	41
Bobby Humphrey	---	---	11	25	1	37
Don Fielder	---	---	5	27	4	36
Charlie Johnson	---	---	8	25	1	34
Joe Klecko	---	---	13	19	1	33
Buddy Cutler	15	11	---	---	5	31
Dalton Hilliard	16	6	---	---	9	31
Jerry Butler	15	8	---	---	7	30
Clint Sampson	11	8	---	---	11	30
Sam Seale	---	---	4	16	10	30
Manute Bol	14	13	---	---	3	30
Mel Owens	---	---	8	17	4	29
Robert Lavette	9	6	---	---	14	29
Zach Thomas	9	11	---	---	8	28
Jim Burroughs	---	---	6	14	7	27
Tom Baugh	10	6	---	---	6	22
Terry Rennaker	---	---	3	10	8	21
Karl Baldischwiler	7	4	---	---	6	17
Thornton Chandler	2	1	---	---	13	16
Alex Moyer	---	---	1	5	9	15
Hugh Green	---	---	0	10	1	11
Rich Miano	---	---	2	7	2	11
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	6	6
Chris Bahr	0	0	---	---	5	5
Hassan Jones	0	4	---	---	---	4
Larry Swider	0	0	---	---	---	0
Ed Luther	0	0	---	---	---	0
Bradyn Pyle	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	52	4.7
Middle	4	12	3.0
Right	3	10	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	56	4.7
Middle	13	66	5.1
Right	11	49	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Bill Kenney	43	21	2	0	5	7	7	3	1

Atlanta	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Tommy Kramer	26	18	1	1	3	1	1	1	1

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	28	9.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	8	37	3.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	23	9	122	5.3
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	62	12.4

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	2	2	12	6.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	53	4.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	6	92	9.2
Long (19+ Yds)	2	1	19	9.5

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
FB Ted Brown	10	5	1	53	1	27
WR Carlos Carson	9	2	1	18	0	24
WR Dave Preston	8	4	1	57	0	24
WR Freddie Solomon	5	4	1	58	1	20
WR Byron Franklin	3	1	1	11	0	9
TE Dan Ross	2	0	0	0	0	21
TE Trey Junkin	2	2	0	23	0	26
RB Lorenzo Hampton	2	1	0	12	0	35
TE Steve Folsom	1	1	0	13	0	20
RB Herman Heard	1	1	0	4	0	15

Atlanta	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR John Jefferson	8	6	0	78	1	23
RB Marcus Allen	6	5	0	36	0	18
TE Kellen Winslow	4	2	1	13	0	22
WR Zach Thomas	2	1	1	6	0	11
TE Manute Bol	2	2	0	30	0	13
WR Hassan Jones	2	1	1	5	0	4
WR Jerry Butler	1	1	0	8	0	8
WR Clint Sampson	1	0	0	0	0	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Herman Heard	1	7	7.00	4.00
Lorenzo Hampton	1	2	2.00	4.62

Atlanta	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Marcus Allen	4	12	3.00	4.30
Dalton Hilliard	2	2	1.00	5.31

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Bill Kenney	6	1	8	1.33	5.79

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Tommy Kramer	3	3	24	8.00	6.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Dave Preston	2	0	0	0.00	7.13
WR Byron Franklin	2	0	0	0.00	3.67
WR Freddie Solomon	1	1	8	8.00	11.60
TE Dan Ross	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Atlanta	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR John Jefferson	3	3	24	8.00	9.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Lorenzo Hampton	2	2

Atlanta	Rushes	Conversions
Marcus Allen	2	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Bill Kenney	12	6	5

Atlanta	Att	Comp	Conversions
Tommy Kramer	10	4	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Freddie Solomon	4	3	3
WR Carlos Carson	3	0	0
WR Dave Preston	2	0	0
FB Ted Brown	1	1	0
TE Steve Folsom	1	1	1
TE Trey Junkin	1	1	1

Atlanta	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR John Jefferson	3	1	1
TE Kellen Winslow	3	1	1
WR Hassan Jones	2	1	1
RB Marcus Allen	1	1	1
WR Clint Sampson	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,100 (17,100)
End Zone 12,400 (12,400)
Mezzanine 7,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats 10,900 (10,900)
Club Seats 15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes 6,400 (7,500)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	68,900 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,100 (17,100)
End Zone	12,400 (12,400)
Mezzanine	7,100 (7,100)
Sideline Seats	10,900 (10,900)
Club Seats	15,000 (15,000)
Luxury Boxes	6,400 (7,500)