Week 16, 1997

played in Carolina, NC

56 degrees, fair, 1 mph wind

New Jersey Jets	7	0	3	3	-	13
Carolina Panthers	7	10	0	3	-	20

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:16 CAR - Robb Thomas 18 pass from Steve McNair (John Kasay extra point)
1Q: 05:33 NJY - Robert Clark 30 pass from Dave Schnell (Michele Akers extra point)
2Q: 12:18 CAR - Robert Green 1 run (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 00:03 CAR - John Kasay 44 field goal
3Q: 04:19 NJY - Michele Akers 46 field goal
4Q: 04:46 CAR - John Kasay 43 field goal
4Q: 02:34 NJY - Michele Akers 34 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 13:16 CAR - Robb Thomas 18 pass from Steve McNair (John Kasay extra point)
1Q: 05:33 NJY - Robert Clark 30 pass from Dave Schnell (Michele Akers extra point)
2Q: 12:18 CAR - Robert Green 1 run (John Kasay extra point)
2Q: 00:03 CAR - John Kasay 44 field goal
3Q: 04:19 NJY - Michele Akers 46 field goal
4Q: 04:46 CAR - John Kasay 43 field goal
4Q: 02:34 NJY - Michele Akers 34 field goal

Team Statistics NJY CAR
Record 2-13 10-5
First Downs 16 22
- by Rushing 1 8
- by Passing 15 13
- by Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 288 316
- Offensive Plays 69 62
- Yards per Play 4.17 5.10
Net Rushing Yards 56 140
- Rushing Attempts 21 34
- Yards per Rush 2.67 4.12
Net Passing Yards 232 176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 43 - 28 - 1 27 - 19 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards 271 180
- Sacks/Yards Lost 5/39 1/4
- Yards per Pass Play 4.83 6.29
Fumbles/Lost 0/0 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 7/18 4/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.6 9.2
4th Down Conversions 1/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/36 3/25
Punt Returns/Yards 2/-4 4/33
Kick Returns/Yards 0/0 2/97
Interception Ret./Yards 3/36 1/6
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 1/0
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 36
Time of Possession 30:09 29:51

Team Statistics	NJY	CAR
Record	2-13	10-5
First Downs	16	22
- by Rushing	1	8
- by Passing	15	13
- by Penalty	0	1
Total Net Yards	288	316
- Offensive Plays	69	62
- Yards per Play	4.17	5.10
Net Rushing Yards	56	140
- Rushing Attempts	21	34
- Yards per Rush	2.67	4.12
Net Passing Yards	232	176
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	43 - 28 - 1	27 - 19 - 3
- Gross Passing Yards	271	180
- Sacks/Yards Lost	5/39	1/4
- Yards per Pass Play	4.83	6.29
Fumbles/Lost	0/0	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	7/18	4/10
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.6	9.2
4th Down Conversions	1/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/36	3/25
Punt Returns/Yards	2/-4	4/33
Kick Returns/Yards	0/0	2/97
Interception Ret./Yards	3/36	1/6
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	1/0
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 36
Time of Possession	30:09	29:51

Drive Charts

New Jersey Jets
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	13:10	4:16	OWN 20	8	37	Punt
1	7:20	1:59	OPP 43	6	43	Touchdown
1	3:25	2:53	OWN 30	6	2	Punt
2	13:02	0:44	OWN 2	2	0	Interception
2	12:10	1:54	OWN 20	3	8	Punt
2	5:29	1:51	OWN 41	3	3	Punt
3	15:00	2:32	OWN 20	6	9	Punt
3	8:05	3:54	OWN 36	7	35	Field Goal
3	2:08	2:20	OWN 38	5	14	Punt
4	11:42	2:55	OWN 9	6	11	Punt
4	4:40	2:11	OWN 20	8	63	Field Goal
4	1:50	1:50	OWN 29	9	49	Game

Carolina Panthers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	1:50	OPP 14	5	14	Touchdown
1	8:54	1:34	OWN 22	3	15	Interception
1	5:21	1:56	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
1	0:32	2:30	OWN 26	5	18	Punt
2	12:18	0:08	OPP 1	1	1	Touchdown
2	10:16	4:47	OWN 26	10	57	Interception
2	3:38	3:38	OWN 14	7	59	Field Goal
3	12:28	4:23	OWN 34	8	37	Missed FG
3	4:11	2:03	OWN 32	4	26	Interception
4	14:48	3:06	OWN 20	7	35	Punt
4	8:47	4:07	OWN 34	7	40	Field Goal
4	2:29	0:39	OWN 20	3	2	Punt

Game MVP: Hardy Nickerson, Carolina Panthers

Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	LG
Rudy Koncar	11	30	2.73	7
Moe Williams	7	16	2.29	8
Dave Schnell	2	11	5.50	8
Derrick Cullors	1	-1	-1.00	-1

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Robert Green	17	43	2.53	15	1	1
Antowain Smith	13	67	5.15	10	3	0
Steve McNair	4	30	7.50	11	1	0

Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Dave Schnell	43	28	271	5/39	1	32	1	80.7

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Steve McNair	27	19	180	1/4	1	24	3	61.2

Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Leroy Thompson	7	11	67	9.57	9	32	0
TE Brian Kozlowski	6	9	71	11.83	19	20	0
WR Isaac Byrd	5	5	27	5.40	3	8	0
WR Robert Clark	3	5	47	15.67	17	30	1
FB Jim Branson	3	3	36	12.00	25	20	0
WR Derrick Alexander	3	6	14	4.67	1	10	0
RB Rudy Koncar	1	3	9	9.00	7	9	0

Carolina	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Robb Thomas	6	7	72	12.00	25	18	1
WR Calvin Williams	3	4	35	11.67	7	13	0
WR Louis Davis	3	4	23	7.67	12	15	0
RB Antowain Smith	2	3	26	13.00	24	24	0
TE Darryl Ingram	1	1	-1	-1.00	0	-1	0
TE Andrew Glover	1	1	17	17.00	5	17	0
RB Robert Green	1	1	1	1.00	0	1	0
WR Eric Blount	1	4	4	4.00	2	4	0
TE Troy Drayton	1	2	3	3.00	0	3	0

Interception Statistics

New Jersey	Ints	Yards	Avg
CB Deion Sanders	1	2	2.00
ILB Damon Jordan	1	0	0.00
CB Antonio Langham	1	34	34.00

Carolina	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
DT Glenn Montgomery	1	6	6.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New Jersey	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Damon Jordan	0	0	1	0

Carolina	Fumb	Recov	Force	TD
Antowain Smith	1	0	0	0
Steve McNair	0	1	0	0

Punting Statistics

New Jersey	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Sean Landeta	7	315	45.0	37.4	50	3

Carolina	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Mark Royals	4	176	44.0	45.0	54	2

Kicking Statistics

New Jersey	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Michele Akers	2/2	1/1	0/0	46	1/1

Carolina	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
John Kasay	2/3	2/3	0/0	44	2/2

Punt Return Statistics

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Derrick Alexander	2	-4	-2.0	0

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Eric Blount	4	33	8.3	0

Kick Return Statistics

New Jersey	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Carolina	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lemuel Stinson	1	22	22.0	0
Clayton Holmes	1	75	75.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New Jersey	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Damon Jordan	11	2	0.0	33	28
S Joey Tribbiani	10	0	0.0	34	26
S Zack de la Rocha	5	3	0.0	30	26
CB Antonio Langham	5	3	0.0	32	26
CB Deion Sanders	5	1	0.0	30	28
DT Pat Williams	3	0	0.0	22	21
ILB Jon Hesse	2	1	0.0	18	14
OLB Derrick Rodgers	2	1	0.0	27	14
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	2	0	0.0	28	21
ILB Percy Snow	2	0	0.0	4	8
DT William Perry	1	2	1.0	26	21
DE Regan Upshaw	1	2	0.0	21	18
DE David Grant	1	1	0.0	19	14
TE Brian Kozlowski	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Vernon Crawford	1	0	0.0	8	7
S DeAuntea Brown	1	0	0.0	1	4
CB Tyrone Poole	0	1	0.0	10	14
CB Chris Canty	0	1	0.0	7	2

Carolina	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Tommy Carlisle	10	4	1.0	19	46
ILB Hardy Nickerson	8	3	1.0	21	45
OLB Johnny Holland	6	0	0.0	7	17
CB Jimmy Spencer	5	3	0.0	13	38
S Robert Tate	5	1	0.0	18	42
CB Lemuel Stinson	4	0	1.0	20	44
DT Reggie White	3	1	1.0	14	29
OLB Britt Hager	3	1	0.0	9	33
CB Ray Buchanan	2	0	0.0	20	45
S Ron Rice	2	0	0.0	6	15
DT Grady Jackson	1	1	1.0	7	17
DE Elijah Alexander	1	1	0.0	16	37
CB Clayton Holmes	1	1	0.0	3	7
WR Robb Thomas	1	0	---	---	---
RB Robert Green	1	0	---	---	---
OLB Daved Benefield	1	0	0.0	3	2
ILB John Holecek	1	0	0.0	0	3
RB Antowain Smith	1	0	---	---	---
DT Glenn Montgomery	0	1	0.0	18	40
DE Chuck Smith	0	1	0.0	6	14

Pass Rush Statistics

New Jersey	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT William Perry	1.0	0	21
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	0.0	1	21
ILB Percy Snow	0.0	1	8

Carolina	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
S Tommy Carlisle	1.0	1	0	0	46
DT Reggie White	1.0	0	1	0	29
ILB Hardy Nickerson	1.0	0	0	0	45
CB Lemuel Stinson	1.0	0	0	0	44
DT Grady Jackson	1.0	0	0	0	17
DE Chuck Smith	0.0	0	1	1	14
DE Elijah Alexander	0.0	0	1	0	37
DE Tracy Scroggins	0.0	0	1	0	36

Pass Defense Statistics

New Jersey	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Deion Sanders	5	0	1	28
CB Antonio Langham	3	1	1	26
ILB Damon Jordan	3	0	1	28
S Zack de la Rocha	2	1	0	26
ILB Percy Snow	2	0	0	8
S Joey Tribbiani	2	0	0	26
OLB Vernon Crawford	1	0	0	7
S DeAuntea Brown	1	0	0	4
OLB Jerry Olsavsky	0	1	0	21

Carolina	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
CB Jimmy Spencer	5	1	0	38
S Tommy Carlisle	5	0	0	46
ILB Hardy Nickerson	4	2	0	45
OLB Johnny Holland	3	0	0	17
OLB Britt Hager	3	0	0	33
S Robert Tate	3	0	0	42
CB Ray Buchanan	2	1	0	45
CB Lemuel Stinson	1	0	0	44
ILB John Holecek	1	0	0	3
S Ron Rice	1	0	0	15
ILB Ed Brown	0	1	0	7
DT Glenn Montgomery	0	0	1	40

Blocking Statistics

New Jersey	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Max Lane	2	5	21	2	48
Brian De Marco	1	6	21	1	48
Norm Fowler	1	2	21	1	48
Curtis Lundy	1	2	21	1	48
Brian Kozlowski	1	2	19	0	38
Dermontti Dawson	0	2	21	0	48

Carolina	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Dean Caliguire	3	5	0	34	1	28
Chris Villarrial	2	10	1	34	0	28
Harvey Williams	2	4	0	18	0	17
Gary Ivan Gordon	2	4	0	34	0	28
Marco Rivera	2	3	0	34	0	28
Ed Ellis	0	4	0	34	0	28
Andrew Glover	0	1	0	14	0	4

Special Teams Tackles

New Jersey	Tackles	STPlays
Nate Dingle	3	15
Tyrone Poole	1	19
Moe Williams	1	16
Rudy Koncar	1	4

Carolina	Tackles	STPlays
Greg Werner	1	7
Tim Grunhard	1	7

Participation

New Jersey	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Dermontti Dawson	21	48	---	---	9	78
Norm Fowler	21	48	---	---	9	78
Brian Kozlowski	19	38	---	---	15	72
Dave Schnell	21	48	---	---	---	69
Max Lane	21	48	---	---	---	69
Brian De Marco	21	48	---	---	---	69
Curtis Lundy	21	48	---	---	---	69
Leroy Thompson	17	36	---	---	12	65
Damon Jordan	---	---	33	28	3	64
Joey Tribbiani	---	---	34	26	3	63
Derrick Alexander	19	39	---	---	4	62
Deion Sanders	---	---	30	28	3	61
Antonio Langham	---	---	32	26	3	61
Zack de la Rocha	---	---	30	26	4	60
Rudy Koncar	12	37	---	---	4	53
Jerry Olsavsky	---	---	28	21	3	52
Jim Branson	11	28	---	---	10	49
William Perry	---	---	26	21	---	47
Pat Williams	---	---	22	21	3	46
Derrick Rodgers	---	---	27	14	5	46
Tyrone Poole	---	---	10	14	19	43
David Grant	---	---	19	14	7	40
Jon Hesse	---	---	18	14	8	40
Regan Upshaw	---	---	21	18	---	39
Moe Williams	9	13	---	---	16	38
Isaac Byrd	5	25	---	---	1	31
Patrick Lyons	---	---	16	10	3	29
Robert Clark	4	12	---	---	10	26
Chris Canty	---	---	7	2	12	21
Percy Snow	---	---	4	8	7	19
Antone Vinatieri	4	9	---	---	6	19
Derrick Cullors	5	3	---	---	11	19
Nate Dingle	---	---	3	0	15	18
Vernon Crawford	---	---	8	7	3	18
DeAuntea Brown	---	---	1	4	7	12
Ricky Parker	---	---	5	6	1	12
Charles McRae	0	0	---	---	9	9
Filmel Cowlings	0	0	---	---	9	9
Pellom LeVeck	0	0	---	---	9	9
Sean Landeta	0	0	---	---	7	7
Michele Akers	0	0	---	---	6	6
Jessie Yan	---	---	0	0	4	4
Ken O'Brien	0	0	---	---	2	2
Patrick Hunter	---	---	0	0	2	2
Randall McDaniel	0	0	---	---	---	0
Tony Banks	0	0	---	---	---	0

Carolina	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Hardy Nickerson	---	---	21	45	9	75
Lemuel Stinson	---	---	20	44	10	74
Marco Rivera	34	28	---	---	7	69
Ed Ellis	34	28	---	---	7	69
Ray Buchanan	---	---	20	45	2	67
Tommy Carlisle	---	---	19	46	2	67
Jimmy Spencer	---	---	13	38	14	65
Eric Blount	25	23	---	---	15	63
Robert Tate	---	---	18	42	3	63
Dean Caliguire	34	28	---	---	---	62
Gary Ivan Gordon	34	28	---	---	---	62
Steve McNair	34	28	---	---	---	62
Chris Villarrial	34	28	---	---	---	62
Glenn Montgomery	---	---	18	40	2	60
Antowain Smith	17	19	---	---	22	58
Elijah Alexander	---	---	16	37	2	55
Tracy Scroggins	---	---	15	36	3	54
Troy Drayton	30	19	---	---	4	53
Harvey Williams	18	17	---	---	12	47
Reggie White	---	---	14	29	2	45
Britt Hager	---	---	9	33	2	44
Robb Thomas	15	20	---	---	7	42
Ed Brown	---	---	10	7	17	34
Ron Rice	---	---	6	15	12	33
Alfred Anderson	---	---	6	11	12	29
Johnny Holland	---	---	7	17	4	28
Louis Davis	13	15	---	---	---	28
Darryl Ingram	8	5	---	---	14	27
Robert Green	17	9	---	---	---	26
Andrew Glover	14	4	---	---	7	25
Grady Jackson	---	---	7	17	1	25
Clayton Holmes	---	---	3	7	14	24
Calvin Williams	12	8	---	---	---	20
Chuck Smith	---	---	6	14	---	20
Marvin Harrison	1	1	---	---	11	13
John Holecek	---	---	0	3	8	11
Mike Smith	0	0	---	---	7	7
Greg Werner	0	0	---	---	7	7
Tim Grunhard	0	0	---	---	7	7
John Kasay	0	0	---	---	7	7
Daved Benefield	---	---	3	2	---	5
Mark Royals	0	0	---	---	4	4
Brian Williams	---	---	0	0	4	4
Frank Reich	0	0	---	---	3	3
Sean Salisbury	0	0	---	---	---	0
Kevin Donnalley	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	14	42	3.0
Middle	7	14	2.0
Right	0	0	0.0
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	11	20	1.8
Middle	15	66	4.4
Right	8	54	6.8
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Dave Schnell	43	28	4	1	2	5	4	1	1

Carolina	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Steve McNair	27	19	1	0	0	3	2	0	3

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	5	46	9.2
Short (0-8 Yds)	21	14	72	3.4
Medium (9-18 Yds)	12	8	121	10.1
Long (19+ Yds)	4	1	32	8.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	4	47	6.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	10	61	5.1
Medium (9-18 Yds)	6	5	72	12.0
Long (19+ Yds)	2	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Leroy Thompson	11	7	2	67	1	36
TE Brian Kozlowski	9	6	0	71	1	38
WR Derrick Alexander	6	3	0	14	0	39
WR Robert Clark	5	3	0	47	1	12
WR Isaac Byrd	5	5	0	27	0	25
FB Jim Branson	3	3	0	36	1	28
RB Rudy Koncar	3	1	0	9	0	37

Carolina	Targt	Caugt	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Robb Thomas	7	6	72	0	20
WR Calvin Williams	4	3	35	0	8
WR Eric Blount	4	1	4	0	23
WR Louis Davis	4	3	23	0	15
RB Antowain Smith	3	2	26	1	19
TE Troy Drayton	2	1	3	0	19
TE Darryl Ingram	1	1	-1	0	5
TE Andrew Glover	1	1	17	0	4
RB Robert Green	1	1	1	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Rudy Koncar	1	0	0.00	2.73
Moe Williams	1	-1	-1.00	2.29

Carolina	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Robert Green	4	8	2.00	2.53

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Dave Schnell	1	0	0	0.00	6.30

Carolina	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Steve McNair	2	1	18	9.00	6.67

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Derrick Alexander	1	0	0	0.00	2.33

Carolina	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Robb Thomas	2	1	18	9.00	10.29

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New Jersey	Rushes	Conversions
Dave Schnell	1	0

Carolina	Rushes	Conversions
Antowain Smith	3	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New Jersey	Att	Comp	Conversions
Dave Schnell	16	9	7

Carolina	Att	Comp	Conversions
Steve McNair	6	5	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New Jersey	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Leroy Thompson	5	2	1
TE Brian Kozlowski	4	3	3
WR Robert Clark	2	1	1
WR Derrick Alexander	2	1	0
WR Isaac Byrd	2	2	2
RB Rudy Koncar	1	0	0

Carolina	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Louis Davis	2	2	1
WR Robb Thomas	1	1	1
TE Andrew Glover	1	1	1
WR Eric Blount	1	0	0
RB Antowain Smith	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 60,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 18,300 (21,300)
End Zone 12,800 (15,300)
Mezzanine 7,700 (8,800)
Sideline Seats 11,300 (13,500)
Club Seats 6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 3,500 (3,700)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	60,100 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	18,300 (21,300)
End Zone	12,800 (15,300)
Mezzanine	7,700 (8,800)
Sideline Seats	11,300 (13,500)
Club Seats	6,500 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	3,500 (3,700)