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  FINAL
Detroit 24, Carolina 9
 
  RECAP | BOX SCORE

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
Detroit 0 10 14 0 24
Carolina 3 3 3 0 9

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOHN KASAY 21 YD, 8:06. Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards in 8:11. Key plays: Beuerlein 32-yard pass to Walls to Detroit 48; Beuerlein 14-yard pass to Walls on 3rd-and-10 to Detroit 34; Metcalf 17-yard run to Detroit 19; Beuerlein 14-yard pass to Muhammad to Detroit 1. CAROLINA 3-0
2ND QUARTER
DET   TD   SEDRICK IRVIN 1 YD RUN (JASON HANSON KICK), 5:27. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 6:21. Key plays: Batch 14-yard pass to Crowell to Detroit 35; 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Panthers' Tovar to Carolina 25; Batch 11-yard pass to Irvin on 3rd-and-6 to Carolina 1. DETROIT 7-3
DET   FG   JASON HANSON 29 YD, 10:13. Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards in 2:30. Key plays: Batch 25-yard pass to Morton to Carolina 32; Batch 15-yard pass to Morton to Carolina 13. DETROIT 10-3
CAR   FG   JOHN KASAY 30 YD, 14:40. Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 4:27. Key plays: Beuerlein 20-yard pass to Jeffers to Detroit 36; 5-yard defensive holding penalty on Lions' Jordan nullifies interception by Rice at Detroit 31. DETROIT 10-6
3RD QUARTER
CAR   FG   JOHN KASAY 23 YD, 3:41. Drive: 7 plays, 23 yards in 3:32. Key plays: Minter recovery of Fair fumble at Detroit 28; Beuerlein 14-yard pass to Muhammad to Detroit 6. DETROIT 10-9
DET   TD   DAVID SLOAN 22 YD PASS FROM CHARLIE BATCH (JASON HANSON KICK), 7:52. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards in 4:11. Key plays: Batch 5-yard pass to Morton on 3rd-and-1 to Detroit 39; Batch 17-yard pass to Morton on 3rd-and-8 to Carolina 42; Batch 20-yard pass to Schlessinger to Carolina 22. DETROIT 17-9
DET   TD   BRIAN STABLEIN 4 YD PASS FROM CHARLIE BATCH (JASON HANSON KICK), 11:47. Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 2:31. Key plays: Hill 30-yard run to Carolina 36; Batch 27-yard pass to Crowell to Carolina 9. DETROIT 24-9

TEAM STATISTICS
  DET CAR
FIRST DOWNS
Passing
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY
TOTAL NET YARDS
Total plays
Average gain
NET YARDS RUSHING
Rushes
Average per rush
NET YARDS PASSING
Completed-attempted
Yards per pass
Sacked-yards lost
PUNTS-AVERAGE
RETURN YARDAGE
Kickoffs-returns
Interceptions-returns
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-LOST
TIME OF POSSESSION
20
12
7-12
0-0
300
54
5.6
90
27
3.3
210
16-27
7.8
0-0
3-38.0
130
4-130
1-0
3-21
2-1
26:40
22
14
8-17
0-1
320
72
4.4
61
21
2.9
259
26-47
5.1
4-40
4-43.8
53
3-50
1-4
9-55
2-1
33:20

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Detroit rushing
Greg Hill 16-70, Charlie Batch 5-13, Sedrick Irvin 5-9, Ron Rivers 1-minus 2.
Carolina rushing
Fred Lane 6-20, Eric Metcalf 1-17, Steve Beuerlein 2-16, Tim Biakabutuka 9-10, William Floyd 3-minus 2.
Detroit passing
Charlie Batch 16-27 for 210 yards, 1 INT, 2 TD.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 26-47 for 299 yards, 1 INT, 0 TD.
Detroit receiving
Johnnie Morton 5-66, Germane Crowell 3-45, David Sloan 2-39, Sedrick Irvin 2-28, Brian Stablein 2-7, Cory Schlesinger 1-20, Greg Hill 1-5.
Carolina receiving
Wesley Walls 7-83, Patrick Jeffers 5-60, Muhsin Muhammad 4-62, Anthony Johnson 4-41, Tim Biakabutuka 2-35, Fred Lane 2-3, Brian Kinchen 1-8, Donald Hayes 1-7.
Detroit tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Allen Aldridge 6-1-0, Mark Carrier 5-2-0, Ron Rice 5-1-1, Terry Fair 5-0-0, Scott Kowalkowski 3-2-0, Chris Claiborne 3-2-0.5, Robert Bailey 4-0-0, Luther Elliss 3-0-0, Lamar Campbell 3-0-0, Robert Porcher 2-1-1.5, James Jones 2-1-1, Tracy Scroggins 2-0-0, Richard Jordan 1-1-0, Kelvin Pritchett 1-0-0, Andre Collins 1-0-0, J.b. Brown 1-0-0.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Mike Minter 6-2-0, Doug Evans 5-0-0, Eric Davis 3-1-0, Chuck Wiley 3-1-0, Tim Morabito 3-0-0, Mike Rucker 3-0-0, Antonio Edwards 3-0-0, Brent Alexander 2-0-0, Steve Tovar 2-0-0, Sean Gilbert 1-1-0, Michael Barrow 1-1-0, Dean Wells 1-1-0, Kevin Greene 0-2-0, Donta Jones 1-0-0, Rick Terry 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Detroit (Mark Carrier 1 for 0 yards); Carolina (Sean Gilbert 1 for 4 yards).
Fumbles lost
Detroit (Terry Fair); Carolina (Steve Beuerlein).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Detroit (Tracy Scroggins); Carolina (Mike Scurlock).
Officials
Referee-Ron Blum, Umpire-Steve Wilson, Head linesman-Mark Hittner, Line judge-Aaron Pointer, Field judge-Al Jury, Side judge-Bill Spyksma, Back judge-Kirk Dornan.
A: 64,322; T: 2:58.

 


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