Carolina Panthers (1-1) AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (2-0) GILLETTE STADIUM (65,878) AUGUST 22, 2019 • 7:30 PM CAROLINA VS New England 2019 PANTHERS SCHEDULE • The Panthers travel to face off with the defending Super PRESEASON (1-1) Bowl Champion New England Patriots in their third game of Thursday Aug. 9 @ Chicago W • 23-13 the preseason Thursday night. Friday Aug. 17 Buffalo L • 14-27 Thursday Aug. 24 @ New England 7:30 p.m. • Carolina enters the game with a 1-1 preseason record after Thursday Aug. 30 PITTSBURGH 7 p.m. beating Chicago in their first preseason game, followed by a loss to the Buffalo Bills last week, 27-14. REGULAR SEASON (0-0) Sunday Sept. 8 LOS ANGELES RAMS 1 p.m. • New England has a 2-0 preseason record after defeating Thursday Sept. 12 TAMPA BAY 8:20 p.m. Detroit and Tennessee. Sunday Sept. 22 @ Arizona 4:05 p.m. • This week will mark the 11th preseason meeting between Sunday Sept. 29 @ Houston 1 p.m. the Panthers and Patriots, and the fifth matchup since 2014. New England leads the preseason series over the Panthers Sunday Oct. 6 JACKSONVILLE 1 p.m. Sunday Oct. 13 @ Tampa Bay (LONDON) 9:30 a.m. with a 7-3 record against Carolina, while the Panthers lead Sunday Oct. 20 - bye week - the regular season and postseason series with a 4-3 record. Sunday Oct. 27 @ San Francisco 4:05 p.m. Sunday Nov. 3 TENNESSEE 1 p.m. Sunday Nov. 10 @ Green Bay 1 p.m. FAMILIAR FOES Sunday Nov. 17 ATLANTA 1 p.m. This week's matchup marks the fifth time in the last six Sunday Nov. 24 @ New Orleans 1 p.m. years that the two clubs have met in the third week of the Sunday Dec. 1 WASHINGTON 1 p.m. preseason. Carolina played host to New England last year Sunday Dec. 8 @ Atlanta 1 p.m. and beat the Patriots, 25-14. Monday Dec. 15 SEATTLE 1 p.m. Sunday Dec. 22 @ Indianapolis 1 p.m. Sunday Dec. 29 NEW ORLEANS 1 p.m. BROADCAST INFORMATION TELEVISION RADIO FLAGSHIP Panthers TV Network WBT (WSOC-TV in Charlotte) (1110 AM/99.3 FM in Charlotte) Play-by-Play: Mick Mixon Play-by-Play: Jim Szoke Color Analyst: Mike Rucker Color Analyst: Mike Tolbert Sideline: Caroline Cann Sideline: Kevin Donnalley PANTHERS COMMUNICATIONS Steven Drummond Vice President - Communications & External Affairs • Ryan Anderson Assistant Director of Communications Preston Edwards Communications Assistant • Maria Vanderford Media Relations Assistant • Ben Marx Communications Intern PRESEASON WEEK 3 • CAROLINA PANTHERS AT NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 2018 REGULAR SEASON AVERAGES PANTHERS BESTS VS NEW ENGLAND (REGULAR SEASON) CAROLINA NEW ENGLAND Passing yards.............................316, Cam Newton (10/1/17) OFFENSE Rushing yards ........................ 168, Richard Huntley (1/6/02) 373.3 (10th) Total Yards Per Game 393.4 (5th) Rushing touchdowns .................. 3, Stephen Davis (9/18/05) 133.5 (4th) Rushing Yards Per Game 127.3 (5th) Receiving yards ................... 104, Kelvin Benjamin (10/1/17) 5.13 (1st) 4.26 (20th) Rushing Yards Per Attempt Sacks .......................................2.0, Julius Peppers (10/1/17) 254.4 (17th) Passing Net Yards Per Game 275.3 (t-9th) 32 (t-6th) Sacks Allowed 21 (3rd) 41.6 (9th) Third Down Efficiency 40.8 (13th) 23.5 (t-14th) Points Per Game 27.3 (4th) PREVIOUS RESULTS (REGULAR SEASON AND POSTSEASON ONLY) DEFENSE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (4-3) 353.2 (15th) Total Yards Per Game 359.1 (21st) Home: 2-1...Away: 2-1...Playoffs: 0-1 112.8 (12th) Rushing Yards Per Game 112.7 (11th) 4.7 (23rd) Rushing Yards Per Attempt 4.91 (29th) 10/29/95 at New England W • 20-17 (OT) 240.4 (18th) Passing Net Yards Per Game 246.4 (22nd) 01/06/02 NEW ENGLAND L • 6-38 35 (27th) Sacks 30 (t-30th) 02/01/04 New England L • 29-32 (Super Bowl XXXVIII) 39.9 (19th) Third Down Efficiency 38.6 (16th) 09/18/05 NEW ENGLAND W • 27-17 23.9 (19th) Points Per Game 20.3 (7th) 12/13/09 at New England L • 10-20 11/18/13 NEW ENGLAND W • 24-20 (Monday Night) 10/01/17 at New England W • 33-30 2018 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS PASSING Cam Newton Tom Brady 3,395 yds, 67.9 comp%, 4,355 yds, 65.8 comp% 24 TD, 13 INT, 94.2 rtg 29 TD, 11 INT, 97.7 rtg RUSHING Christian McCaffrey Sony Michel 1,098 yds, 7 TD, 5.01 avg 931 yds, 6 TD, 4.45 avg Cam Newton James White 488 yds, 4 TD, 4.83 avg 425 yds, 5 TD, 4.52 avg RECEIVING Christian McCaffrey Julian Edelman 867 yds, 107 rec, 6 TD 850 yds, 74 rec, 6 TD DJ Moore James White 788 yds, 55 rec, 2 TD 751 yds, 87 rec, 7 TD PRESEASON WEEK 2 RECAP • CAROLINA 14 - Buffalo 27 bills top panthers SACKS Carolina fell to Buffalo in the second game of the preseason. On Buffalo's opening drive of the game, CB Corn Elder and Carolina's defense allowed 10 points to the Bills' first-team LB/DE Mario Addison combined to bring down Bills QB Josh offense. Allen for a sack. The Panthers' 14 points came from two Joey Slye field goals The Panthers have tallied 3.0 sacks through the preseason (40 yards and 54 yards) and a nine-yard touchdown catch which ties the team's overall mark from the entire 2018 by WR Rashad Ross from QB Taylor Heinicke. RB Reggie preseason. Bonnafon followed the touchdown with a succesful rushing Carolina's 2019 first-round draft pick LB/DE Brian Burns score on the two-point attempt. leads the team with 2.0 sacks through the team's first two A majority of the players in the games. normal starting lineups for both teams saw game action, but the Panthers did not play five key starters: • QB Cam Newton • • RB Christian McCaffrey • TE Greg Olsen • LB Luke Kuechly • LB Shaq Thompson GROUND ATTACK Carolina averaged 4.9 yards per rushing attempt against a FIRST INTERCEPTION Buffalo and ecsliped the 100-yard mark in the process. The CB Lorenzo Doss recorded team finished with 103 rushing yards on 21 attempts. the first interception by a Rookie RB Jordan Scarlett led the team with 35 yards on 8 Panther this preseason. attempts (4.4 avg). Carolina's top three rushers from the On the Bills' final drive of Buffalo game are below: the third quarter, Buffalo QB Tyree Jackson threw Scarlett artis-payne holyfield a deep ball intended for WR Victor Bolden Jr. Doss 20 34 21 ran under the ball in the 35 yards • 8 rushes 18 yards • 4 rushes 17 yards • 3 rushes endzone and leaped for the 4.4 avg per rush 4.5 avg per rush 5.7 avg per rush interception, resulting in a Longest rush: 16 yards Longest rush: 11 yards Longest rush: 9 yards touchback. LEADING SCORER HEINICKE LEADS OFFENSE The Panthers signed kicker Joey Slye Fourth-year QB Taylor Heinicke led one week before the preseason opening the Panthers with a 112.5 passer game at Chicago. Through two games, rating against the Bills. Slye has made all 5 field goals and Heinicke finished the game with converted each of his 2 PAT attempts. 78 yards and 1 touchdown while His 17 points scored this preseason completing 9-of-12 attempts. His are the most on the team. nine-yard passing touchdown to WR Rashad Ross was Carolina's only touchdown on the night. PANTHERS-PATRIOTS CONNECTIONS Pro Connections College Connections • Panthers WR Chris Hogan played for the Patriots from 2015-17. During his time • Carolina Running Backs Coach Jake Peetz was an offensive assistant last there, he played in three Super Bowls and won two. year under Nick Saban at Alabama. During that season, he coached Patriots • Panthers DT Kyle Love was signed by New England as an undrafted free agent rookie RB Damien Harris on a team that went to the College Football Playoff. and played for the Patriots from 2010-13. • Patriots WR Braxton Berrios is a native of Raleigh, N.C. Berrios, alongside • Panthers QB Taylor Heinicke spent the spent 2016 on the New England practice teammates OL Tyree St. Louis, Ufomba Kamalu and DL Trent Harris, were squad and was active for three games, serving as the backup quarterback and collegiate teammates with Panthers CB Corn Elder at the University of Miami. seeing action in one game. • Panthers DE Marquis Haynes and T Greg Little played with Patriots DB Ken • Carolina DT Woodrow Hamilton spent the 2016 season on the Patriots roster. Webster at Ole Miss. • Patriots RB Coach Ivan Fears coached with Panthers Head Coach Ron Rivera at • Patriots CB J.C. Jackson and DL Byron Cowart played with Panthers WR D.J. the Chicago Bears from 1997-1998. Moore and LB Jermaine Carter Jr. at Maryland. • Patriots backup QB Brian Hoyer and WR Josh Gordon played under Panthers Of- • Carolina QB Cam Newton and New England QB Jarrett Stidham both played fensive Coordinator Norv Turner and Quarterbacks Coach Scott Turner during the quarterback for the Auburn Tigers. Also at Auburn, Panthers RB Cameron 2013 season in Cleveland. At the time, Norv Turner held the same position in Artis-Payne played with Patriots DB Jonathan Jones and LB Brandon King. Cleveland, while Scott Turner coached the wide receivers, and Gordon, specifi- • Patriots P Ryan Allen played with Panthers DT Vernon Butler at Louisiana cally. Under the tutelage of both coaches, Gordon had a career-year, leading the Tech.