Sunday, October 4, 1998
Carolina Panthers 23, Atlanta Falcons 51| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers (0-4-0) | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| Atlanta Falcons (3-1-0) | 14 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 51 |
| CAR | ATL | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Tim Dwight 93 yard kickoff return (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 7 |
| ATL | Tony Martin 30 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 0 | 14 |
| CAR | John Kasay 28 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 23 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| ATL | Bob Christian 1 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 24 |
| ATL | O.J. Santiago 26 yard pass from Chris Chandler (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 31 |
| ATL | William White 18 yard fumble return (Morten Andersen kick) | 3 | 38 |
| CAR | Wesley Walls 24 yard pass from Kerry Collins (kick failed) | 9 | 38 |
| CAR | Mark Carrier 5 yard pass from Kerry Collins (pass failed) | 15 | 38 |
| ATL | Jamal Anderson 20 yard rush (Morten Andersen kick) | 15 | 45 |
| CAR | Muhsin Muhammad 72 yard pass from Kerry Collins (Kerry Collins run) | 23 | 45 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 25 yard field goal | 23 | 48 |
| ATL | Morten Andersen 28 yard field goal | 23 | 51 |
| CAR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 18 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 17-57-0 | 42-130-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 20-38-302-3-2 | 14-23-221-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-13 | 2-28 |
| Net pass yards | 289 | 193 |
| Total yards | 346 | 323 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-4 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 6 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-47 | 6-53 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Kerry Collins | CAR | 20 | 38 | 302 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||
| Muhsin Muhammad | CAR | 4 | 104 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fred Lane | CAR | 15 | 48 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Mark Carrier | CAR | 3 | 37 | 1 | ||||||||
| Wesley Walls | CAR | 2 | 35 | 1 | ||||||||
| William Floyd | CAR | 4 | 19 | 0 | ||||||||
| Luther Broughton | CAR | 1 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| Anthony Johnson | CAR | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | |
| Jamal Anderson | ATL | 31 | 117 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Chris Chandler | ATL | 12 | 20 | 189 | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Terance Mathis | ATL | 3 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||
| O.J. Santiago | ATL | 2 | 38 | 1 | ||||||||
| ATL | 2 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Oxendine | ATL | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gary Downs | ATL | 2 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | ATL | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Christian | ATL | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||