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 […]
Panthers narrowly edged by Peterson’s Vikings 24-21
Ryan Longwell’s 31-yard tie-breaking field goal with 2:43 left could not be countered by Panthers’ kicker Olindo Mare’s 31-yard attempt, which went wide left with 26 seconds remaining, preventing the Panthers the chance to take the Vikings into overtime, as they lost 24-21 to Minnesota in Charlotte on Sunday. Adrian Peterson piled up 162 yards […]
