2017 · Week 17
Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
Dec 31, 2017 · Mercedes-Benz Stadium · closed · fieldturf
Recap
Atlanta Falcons defeated Carolina Panthers 22–10. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Falcons (59%). Falcons improve to 10-6; Panthers fall to 11-5. Matt Ryan paced the offense with 317 passing yards and 1 TD; 14 rushing yards. Panthers turned it over 3 times to Falcons's 0.
Team stats
| CAR | ATL | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | First downs | 19 |
| 267 | Total yards | 377 |
| 180 | Passing yards | 317 |
| 87 | Rushing yards | 60 |
| 14/34 | Comp / Att | 28/45 |
| 3 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 2 | Sacks taken | 1 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 14/34 | 180 | 1 | 3 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | 11 | 59 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| Cameron Artis-Payne | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devin Funchess | 2 | 6 | 48 | 1 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 5 | 8 | 40 | 0 |
| Brenton Bersin | 2 | 4 | 36 | 0 |
| Ed Dickson | 2 | 3 | 22 | 0 |
| Kaelin Clay | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Greg Olsen | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
ATL
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 28/45 | 317 | 1 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Ryan | 3 | 14 | 0 |
| Devonta Freeman | 11 | 23 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tevin Coleman | 11 | 23 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonta Freeman | 9 | 11 | 85 | 1 |
| Julio Jones | 5 | 11 | 80 | 0 |
| Mohamed Sanu | 7 | 11 | 71 | 0 |
| Austin Hooper | 3 | 3 | 35 | 0 |
| Justin Hardy | 2 | 3 | 32 | 0 |
| Tevin Coleman | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Taylor Gabriel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |