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Carolina Panthers vs LAS VEGAS RAIDERS MEDIA INFORMATION WEEK 1 • SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 • 1:00 P.M. ET Carolina Panthers (0-0) vs LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (0-0) CHARLOTTE, NC • BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 • 1:00 P.M. ET PANTHERS VS RAIDERS DEBUT AT HOME • The Carolina Panthers kick off the 2020 season at home Carolina’s Week 1 matchup with Las Vegas marks the as they play host to the Las Vegas Raiders. debut of Panthers head coach Matt Rhule and quarter- • The Panthers and Raiders have only faced off six times back Teddy Bridgewater. prior to 2020. The all-time series is split with three wins Rhule was named the fifth head coach in franchise apiece. The Panthers are 2-1 against the Raiders in history on Jan. 8, 2020. Rhule joined Carolina following games played in Charlotte. three seasons at Baylor University. • Carolina is 10-15 all-time in season openers, including Bridgewater signed with the Panthers in free agency after two seasons with New Orleans. a 4-8 record opening at home. The Panthers are 4-2 in Week 1 over the last six seasons. • This game marks just the fourth time that the Panthers have opened the season at home since 2010. • The Panthers enter this year following a 5-11 campaign in 2019. Carolina finished fourth in the NFC South. • In their final season in Oakland last year, the Raiders finished with a 7-9 record, third in the AFC West. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION RADIO FLAGSHIP CBS WBT WBTV-TV 1110am-99.3 fm Greg Gumbel Mick Mixon Rich Gannon Jim Szoke Jay Feely Kristen Balboni PANTHERS COMMUNICATIONS Steven Drummond Vice President - Chief Communications Officer • Ryan Anderson Assistant Director of Communications Bruce Speight Manager of Social Engagement & Alumni Affairs • Preston Edwards Communications Assistant Maria Vanderford Media Relations Assistant WEEK 1 • CAROLINA PANTHERS VS LAS VEGAS RAIDERS Previous results 2019 REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS Panthers (3-3) vs Raiders Home: 2-1...Away: 1-2...Playoffs: 0-0 PANTHERS RAIDERS 11/02/97 ..........OAKLAND .......... W 38-14 OFFENSE 12/24/00 ..........at Oakland ........L 9-52 341.8 (19th) Total Yards Per Game 363.7 (11th) 11/07/04 ..........OAKLAND ...........L 24-27 113.7 (14th) Rushing Yards Per Game 118.3 (13th) 11/09/08 ..........at Oakland ....... W 17-6 4.71 (6th) Rushing Yards Per Attempt 4.33 (17th) 12/23/12 ..........OAKLAND .......... W 17-6 11/27/16 ..........at Oakland ........L 32-35 258.4 (10th) Passing Net Yards Per Game 256.9 (t-12th) 58 (t-31st) Sacks Allowed 29 (8th) 31.9 (29th) Third Down Efficiency 43.8 (7th) 21.3 (20th) Points Per Game 19.6 (24th) LAST TIME THEY MET... DEFENSE Panthers 32 - Raiders 35 347.5 (23rd) Total Yards Per Game 354.8 (19th) Nov. 27, 2016 • Oakland, Calif. 143.5 (29th) Rushing Yards Per Game 98.1 (8th) The Carolina Panthers rallied from a 17-point half- 5.16 (32nd) Rushing Yards Per Attempt 3.88 (5th) time deficit to forge an eight-point lead in the second 231.0 (13th) Passing Net Yards Per Game 256.7 (25th) half, but the Oakland Raiders rallied to a 35-32 victo- 53 (2nd) Sacks 32 (t-24th) ry. Carolina’s first four second-half drives produced 39.9 (t-21st) Third Down Efficiency 42.6 (26th) touchdowns to turn a 24-7 deficit into a 32-24 lead, 29.4 (31st) Points Allowed Per Game 26.2 (24th) but the Raiders drew even midway through the fourth quarter and retook the lead with a 23-yard field goal with 1:45 left. Oakland won its fourth game of the season by three or fewer points. Carolina lost its fifth game by three or fewer points. NOTABLE CONNECTIONS Panthers Panthers QB coach Jake Peetz spent three sea- sons with the Raiders from 2015-17, coaching the QBs in his final season there. Linebacker Tahir Whitehead spent two seasons with the Raiders, leading the team with back-to- back 100-tackle seasons in 2018 and 2019. Wide receiver Seth Roberts played four seasons PEETZ with the Raiders from 2015-18, totaling 1,826 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns. Raiders Five Raiders players went to college at Clemson, including Clelin Ferrell, Trayvon Mullen, Tanner Muse, Hunter Renfrow and John Simpson. Zay Jones (ECU), Nicholas Morrow (Greenville College), Denzelle Good (Mars Hill), AJ Cole (N.C. State), Brandon Parker (North Carolina A&T), Bryan Edwards (South Carolina) and Kelsean Nixon (South Carolina) all went to school in the Carolinas. WHITEHEAD THE HEAD COACHES RHULEMATT GRUDENJON 2nd season NFL Coaching Experience 21st season 1st season Years as HC w/ current team 3rd season 0-0 (.000) Regular Season Record as HC 106-102 (.510) 0-0 (.000) Postseason Record as HC 5-4 (.556) The Carolina Panthers announced Matt Rhule as the franchise’s fifth head Jon Gruden returned as head coach of the Raiders on Jan. 9, 2018. Grud- coach in franchise history on January 8, 2020. Rhule has spent 22 years as a en served four seasons with the Raiders from 1998-2001. coach in the college and NFL ranks. The naming of Gruden marked his return to coaching after spending Rhule joined Carolina after three seasons (2017-19) as the head coach at nearly a decade in broadcasting, including color analyst duties on the Baylor University, where he helped rebuild the Baylor program, guiding the Monday Night Football franchise from 2009-2017. Gruden compiled team from a 1-11 finish in his first season to a 7-6 record and a bowl berth a 95-81 (.540) regular season mark in 11 seasons as a head coach in 2018 to an 11-3 record and appearance in the Big 12 Championship and with the Raiders and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002-08), and a the Sugar Bowl in 2019. Baylor’s appearance in the Sugar Bowl this season 5-4 record (.556) in postseason contests, which includes a victory in was just the second-ever in school history, and under Rhule’s leadership the Super Bowl XXXVII. Bears became the first Power 5 program to go from 11 losses (2017) to 11 wins (2019) within two seasons. The youngest head coach in the NFL at age 34 upon his initial hire by Raiders Owner Al Davis in 1998, Gruden posted a 38-26 record In 2018, Rhule led the Bears to a 45-38 Texas Bowl win over Vanderbilt, and (.594) and led the Silver and Black to back-to-back AFC West titles in seven total victories, a six-win improvement over his first season. Rhule was 2000 and 2001. He guided the Raiders to an AFC Championship Game only the second coach in Baylor history to make bowl trips in two of his first appearance in 2000. three seasons. In all, Gruden-led teams have claimed five division championships Rhule went to Baylor after four seasons as head coach at Temple University. and have recorded six seasons with nine-or-more wins. As a head In his head coaching debut at Temple, (2013-16), Rhule took the Owls from coach, he has seen 24 different players combine for 42 Pro Bowl a 2-10 mark in his first season to a 6-6 record in 2014 and two consecu- selections. He has also coached recipients of the Associated Press’ tive 10-win seasons in 2015 and 2016. He guided the Owls to the school’s Defensive Rookie of the Year (Charles Woodson – 1998), Defensive first-ever back-to-back 10-win seasons. Rhule led Temple to the 2016 AAC Player of the Year (Derrick Brooks – 2002) and Offensive Rookie of the championship with a 34-10 victory over Navy in the title game and earned a Year (Carnell Williams – 2005) Awards. bid to the Military Bowl. In seven seasons as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, he In 2015, Temple played in the AAC’s inaugural championship game. Rhule’s finished as the winningest coach in franchise history by compiling a Owls finished with a school-record 10 wins (10-4), reached No. 22 in the AP 57-55 (.509) regular-season record, while leading the Buccaneers to Top 25 and played in the Boca Raton Bowl. three division titles and a 3-2 mark in the postseason. Gruden piloted Rhule returned to Temple after coaching with the New York Giants under Tampa Bay to its first-ever Super Bowl in 2002, his first season as head coach Tom Coughlin in 2012. As assistant offensive line coach, the head coach of the Buccaneers. Giants finished 9-7 and averaged 335 yards on offense, with offensive guard Gruden posted a 38-26 record in four seasons in Oakland. He led Oak- Chris Snee earning 2012 Pro Bowl honors. land to back-to-back division titles in 2000 and 2001. Prior to his stint in the NFL, Rhule spent six seasons as an assistant at Temple Prior to beginning his initial tenure in Oakland, Gruden was a sev- under head coaches Al Golden and Steve Addazio. en-year NFL assistant. Gruden spent three seasons (1995-97) as From 2002-05, Rhule was an assistant at Western Carolina, serving as assis- offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles. He was the NFL’s tant head coach during his last three seasons. He also was part of the staffs youngest offensive coordinator at age 31 when hired in 1995. at UCLA (2001), Buffalo (1999-2000) and Albright College (1998). Before joining Philadelphia, Gruden worked for three years at Green A native of New York City, Rhule played linebacker at Penn State from 1994- Bay from 1992-94.