January 2nd, 2012 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Drew Brees passed for 389 yards and five touchdowns, and the Saints set a slew of NFL and club records in a 45-17 blowout of the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. The Panthers (6-10), which had won four of five, kept up for much of the first half but wilted over the final two quarters while the Saints [...]
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Newton, Williams Help Panthers Pound Bucs 48-16
Cam Newton broke Peyton Manning’s rookie record for yards passing in a season and set a franchise record with a 91-yard touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell as the Panthers handed the Bucs their ninth straight defeat, 48-16 on Saturday. Newton threw for 171 yards and three touchdowns and scored on a remarkable 49-yard run up the middle in which [...]
Timely Defense, Newton Execution Elevates Panthers over Houston 28-13
Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes, DeAngelo Williams ran for a score and the Carolina Panthers ended Houston’s seven-game winning streak with a 28-13 win over the Texans on Sunday. Newton completed 13 of 23 passes for 149 yards, outplaying opposing rookie quarterback T.J. Yates. The Panthers (5-9) built a 21-0 halftime lead, then ended Houston’s second-half rally when linebacker James Anderson intercepted [...]
Ryan outplays Newton as Panthers lose to Atlanta; 31-23
Matt Ryan led Atlanta to a comeback victory over the Carolina Panthers, keeping the Falcons in the playoff chase. Ryan threw two of his four touchdown passes in the fourth-quarter to rookie Julio Jones and the Falcons erased a 16-point deficit for a 31-23 victory on Sunday. Ryan finished with 320 yards and his four TD passes matched a [...]
Cam Newton carries Panthers past Bucs; 38-19
Cam Newton ran for three touchdowns to set the NFL single-season record for rushing TDs by a quarterback, leading the Carolina Panthers to a 38-19 stomping of the struggling Buccaneers on Sunday. The nimble Newton scored the 11th, 12th and 13th scores on the ground via a trio of 1-yard runs. He also had a [...]
Panthers defense yields big Lions comeback; fall 49-35
Matthew Stafford threw his fifth touchdown pass to Brandon Pettigrew with 2:32 left to help the Lions rally to beat the Panthers, 49-35 Sunday. Detroit (7-3) became the first NFL team since at least 1950 to win three games in a season after trailing by at least 17 points, according to STATS, LLC. Carolina (2-8) led 24-7 in the second quarter. The [...]
Panthers pounded by Titans; 30-3
The rookie finally looked like a rookie. Chris Johnson ran for a season-high 130 yards and a touchdown, and the Titans used a suffocating defense to contain Cam Newton as the Panthers got stomped 30-3 on Sunday. The Titans (5-4) sacked Newton five times and limited Carolina’s big-play aerial attack. Carolina (2-7) came in ranked [...]
Cam Newton: “Don’t classify us as a good team”
The Panthers lost Sunday in Charlotte to the Vikings to drop to 2-6 on the season. Cam Newton is evaluating his offense – and is quiet harsh in his assessment of the unit he’s leading, despite good numbers. “At the end of the day, you still have to look in the mirror and ask yourself, [...]
