2nd NFC South (7-9-0)
Founded: 1995
Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Panthers | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 328 | 325 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 123 - 171 - 34 | 98 - 195 - 32 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 88/204 | 73/202 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 3/9 | 10/19 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5771 | 5329 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 988 - 5.8 | 1010 - 5.3 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 2088 | 1761 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 462 - 4.5 | 416 - 4.2 |
| Total Passing Yds | 3683 | 3568 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 284 - 490 - 12 - 8.0 | 371 - 555 - 11 - 6.9 |
| Sacks | 39 | 36 |
| Field Goals | 16/21 | 35/37 |
| Touchdowns | 44 | 37 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 21 - 19 - 0 - 4 | 11 - 22 - 1 - 3 |
| Time of Possession | 29:51 | 30:24 |
| Turnover Ratio | +1 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Cam Newton | 485 | 280 | 3869 | 57.7 | 8.0 | 19 | 3.9 | 12 | 2.5 | 82 | 36 | 244 | 86.2 |
| Derek Anderson | 4 | 4 | 58 | 100.0 | 14.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Armanti Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| DeAngelo Williams | 173 | 737 | 4.3 | 65 | 5 |
| Cam Newton | 127 | 741 | 5.8 | 72 | 8 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 93 | 336 | 3.6 | 21 | 1 |
| Mike Tolbert | 54 | 183 | 3.4 | 13 | 7 |
| Brandon LaFell | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 25 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Adams | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Armond Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Louis Murphy | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Haruki Nakamura | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Steve Smith | 73 | 1174 | 16.1 | 66 | 4 |
| Greg Olsen | 69 | 843 | 12.2 | 47 | 5 |
| Brandon LaFell | 44 | 677 | 15.4 | 62 | 4 |
| Mike Tolbert | 27 | 268 | 9.9 | 26 | 0 |
| Louis Murphy | 25 | 336 | 13.4 | 55 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 17 | 157 | 9.2 | 30 | 1 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 13 | 187 | 14.4 | 53 | 2 |
| Gary Barnidge | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 24 | 1 |
| Armanti Edwards | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 82 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 36 | 1 |
| Ben Hartsock | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Adams | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Graham Gano | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Justin Medlock | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Brad Nortman | 76 | 43.0 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 76 | 42.4 | 7 | 20 | 63 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 67 | 45.9 | 5 | 31 | 65 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 14 | 5 | 5.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Joe Adams | 11 | 11 | 11.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Armanti Edwards | 2 | 2 | 38.5 | 69 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 27 | 18 | 10.2 | 69 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 37 | 20 | 8.6 | 76 | 1 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Armanti Edwards | 12 | 260 | 21.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 9 | 216 | 24.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Adams | 9 | 208 | 23.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Armond Smith | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 26 | 0 |
| Mike Tolbert | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sione Fua | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 39 | 867 | 22.2 | 35 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 39 | 739 | 18.9 | 45 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Luke Kuechly | 164 | 103 | 61 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Thomas Davis | 105 | 70 | 35 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Josh Norman | 73 | 52 | 21 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 61 | 48 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Charles Godfrey | 69 | 44 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greg Hardy | 61 | 41 | 20 | 11.0 | 2 |
| James Anderson | 73 | 39 | 34 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Haruki Nakamura | 54 | 34 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Charles Johnson | 41 | 30 | 11 | 12.5 | 7 |
| Dwan Edwards | 52 | 27 | 25 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Josh Thomas | 35 | 27 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sherrod Martin | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Jason Phillips | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Jon Beason | 28 | 16 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| James Dockery | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Frank Alexander | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Colin Jones | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| D.J. Campbell | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Gamble | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Frank Kearse | 13 | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Ron Edwards | 14 | 7 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Jordan Senn | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Sione Fua | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Andre Neblett | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Doug Hogue | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gary Barnidge | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mario Addison | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Nate Chandler | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Byron Bell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kenny Onatolu | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Thomas Keiser | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Byers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon LaFell | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Armond Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Antwan Applewhite | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Richie Brockel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jason Williams | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jordan Gross | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| DeAngelo Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Kalil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1084 | 723 | 361 | 39 | 16 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 975 | 723 | 252 | 36 | 17 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Captain Munnerlyn | 2 | 107 | 53.5 | 74 | 2 |
| Haruki Nakamura | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Luke Kuechly | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Charles Godfrey | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Josh Norman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jon Beason | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Thomas Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 11 | 181 | 16.5 | 74 | 3 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 12 | 200 | 16.7 | 44 | 3 |