2002 · Week 2
Detroit Lions at Carolina Panthers
Sep 15, 2002 · Ericsson Stadium · outdoors · grass
Recap
Carolina Panthers routed Detroit Lions 31–7. The result matched ScoutIndex's lean toward Panthers (59%). Panthers improve to 2-0; Lions fall to 0-2. Rodney Peete led the way with 310 passing yards and 1 TD. Panthers out-gained the opponent 385–179 in total yards. Lions turned it over 2 times to Panthers's 0.
Team stats
| DET | CAR | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | First downs | 17 |
| 179 | Total yards | 385 |
| 106 | Passing yards | 310 |
| 73 | Rushing yards | 75 |
| 12/30 | Comp / Att | 21/33 |
| 2 | Turnovers | 0 |
| 6 | Sacks taken | 0 |
Scoring & key plays
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Box score
DET
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McMahon | 9/23 | 95 | 0 | 1 |
| Joey Harrington | 3/7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike McMahon | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| James Stewart | 12 | 53 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen Trejo | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Stewart | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Scotty Anderson | 2 | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| Mikhael Ricks | 3 | 5 | 28 | 0 |
| Aveion Cason | 2 | 3 | 24 | 0 |
| Az-Zahir Hakim | 1 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Cory Schlesinger | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Larry Foster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Schroeder | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
CAR
Passing
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Peete | 21/32 | 310 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Weinke | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing
| Player | Car | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Peete | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lamar Smith | 20 | 60 | 2 |
| Steve Smith | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Dee Brown | 3 | -2 | 0 |
Receiving
| Player | Rec | Tgt | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muhsin Muhammad | 8 | 11 | 107 | 1 |
| Lamar Smith | 3 | 4 | 77 | 0 |
| Steve Smith | 4 | 6 | 71 | 0 |
| Wesley Walls | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| Brad Hoover | 1 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Isaac Byrd | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Kris Mangum | 1 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Nick Goings | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |