Newton leads Panthers over Texans 24-17

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton joked with Stephen Curry before Sunday's game, telling the NBA star "I'm just trying to be like you, man."
Newton certainly played like an MVP on Sunday.
The fifth-year quarterback threw for 195 yards and two touchdowns and, like his buddy Curry, showed a flair for the dramatic by somersaulting into the end zone on a quarterback draw to lead the Carolina Panthers to a 24-17 victory over the Houston Texans.
Curry, a Charlotte native and loyal Panthers fan, was at the game to hit the "Keep Pounding" drum before the team's home opener wearing a No. 30 Panthers jersey.

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Newton seemed to feed off that energy.
He threw TD passes of 25 yards to Ted Ginn Jr. and 36 yards to Philly Brown and ran for 76 yards, including his highlight reel 2-yard TD run to give Carolina the lead for good at 17-10 late in the third quarter.
The go-ahead score came after Garrett Graham tied the game at 10 with a one-handed, 7-yard touchdown grab in the back of the end zone from Ryan Mallett.
On a first-and-goal from the 2, Newton took a step back before racing through an open hole in the line and sizing up defensive back Rahim Moore. Joking that he was deprived of a trampoline by his parents as a child, Newton decided the best way into the end zone was to somersault over Moore rather than try to take on the contact and run him over.
"My heart was in my socks," Newton said. "As I was flipping I was like, hey, I don't know how this is going to end."
Newton nearly landed on his feet, but was knocked down by defensive lineman Jared Crick. He stumbled for minute, then got to his feet and celebrated the score, ending it with his Superman impersonation by pretending to tear open his shirt.
"I didn't stick it, but I think I still got a high rating from the judge," Newton joked of the landing.
"I hit him too far up top. I wasn't sure if he was going to try and shake me or what," Moore said.
While the play will surely be shown repeatedly on highlight reels this week, teammates say it is par for the course when it comes to Newton.
"Stuff like that scares you, but he's an amazing athlete and he can pull that off," Brown said.
Tight end Greg Olsen joked that's exactly how the Panthers drew the play up.
"He's a special guy and we have seen him do stuff like that around here for a long time," Olsen said.
Mallett, starting in place of the benched Brian Hoyer, started slow and threw for 244 yards and a touchdown and ran for a 6-yard TD.
Texans coach Bill O'Brien didn't seem overly concerned about his team's 0-2 start.
"We're a resilient team," O'Brien said. "I don't think we're anywhere where we need to be, but we're tough. We've got to stop digging ourselves into these holes."
The Texans trailed 10-3 at the half after being held to 93 yards and six first downs against a Carolina defense playing without top defender Luke Kuechly, who sat out with a concussion.
But it was Kuechly's replacement, A.J. Klein, who came up with the big defensive play for Carolina with his team up 17-10.
Klein intercepted Mallett early in the fourth quarter and Newton cashed in with a prefect strike to Brown, who outleaped Jonathan Joseph on a post route for the 24-10 lead. Brown had struggled in the preseason with dropped passes, but has been perfect so far during the regular season.
Mallett would run for a TD on fourth-and-4 cut the lead to 24-17 with 6:31 remaining.
The Texans had one last chance to tie the game after Crick blocked Graham Gano's 53-yard goal, but Mallet's pass on fourth-and-16 from the Carolina 20 sailed out of the end zone in the closing seconds.
"There are obviously plays I could have made that I didn't," Mallett said.
Game notes
Watt had five tackles, one sack, two quarterback hurries and two tipped passes for the Texans. ... The Panthers averaged 5.2 yards per carry.

Houston Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Ryan Mallett	27/58	244	4.2	1	1	1-5	43.1	57.0
TEAM	27/58	239	4.2	1	1	1-5	--	57.0

Carolina Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Cam Newton	18/37	195	5.3	2	1	2-17	49.1	71.3
TEAM	18/37	178	5.3	2	1	2-17	--	71.3

Houston Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chris Polk	14	38	2.7	0	13
Jonathan Grimes	2	7	3.5	0	4
Ryan Mallett	1	6	6.0	1	6
Alfred Blue	5	6	1.2	0	4
Jay Prosch	1	4	4.0	0	4
TEAM	23	61	2.7	1	13

Carolina Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Cam Newton	10	76	7.6	1	19
Jonathan Stewart	17	62	3.6	0	11
Mike Tolbert	5	31	6.2	0	13
Fozzy Whittaker	1	3	3.0	0	3
TEAM	33	172	5.2	1	19

Houston Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Nate Washington	3	63	21.0	0	48	8
DeAndre Hopkins	5	53	10.6	0	16	11
Jonathan Grimes	6	40	6.7	0	14	7
Cecil Shorts III	6	34	5.7	0	16	12
C.J. Fiedorowicz	1	19	19.0	0	19	1
Chandler Worthy	2	15	7.5	0	12	2
Chris Polk	2	9	4.5	0	6	8
Garrett Graham	1	7	7.0	1	7	5
Alfred Blue	1	4	4.0	0	4	1
Keith Mumphery	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
TEAM	27	244	9.0	1	48	55

Carolina Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Greg Olsen	6	70	11.7	0	27	14
Corey Brown	3	57	19.0	1	36	4
Ted Ginn Jr.	4	41	10.2	1	25	9
Devin Funchess	1	15	15.0	0	15	4
Jerricho Cotchery	1	11	11.0	0	11	1
Mike Tolbert	2	4	2.0	0	7	3
Kevin Norwood	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Jonathan Stewart	1	-3	-3.0	0	-3	1
TEAM	18	195	10.8	2	36	36

Houston Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
Rahim Moore	1	0	0
TEAM	1	0	0

Carolina Fumbles

	FUM	LOST	REC
No Carolina Fumbles

Houston Defensive

	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Quintin Demps	8	2	0.5	0	0	1	0
Brian Cushing	7	4	0	0	1	0	0
Jared Crick	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
J.J. Watt	5	4	1	1	2	2	0
Johnathan Joseph	5	4	0	0	0	0	0
Whitney Mercilus	5	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kareem Jackson	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
Akeem Dent	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
Justin Tuggle	4	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rahim Moore	3	3	0	0	2	0	0
Jadeveon Clowney	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
Kevin Johnson	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
Benardrick McKinney	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
Vince Wilfork	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jonathan Weeks	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Jones	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Carlos Thompson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Pleasant	1	0	0.5	0	0	1	0
Andre Hal	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	65	39	2	2	8	6	0

Carolina Defensive

	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
Thomas Davis	9	6	0	0	1	0	0
Kurt Coleman	9	5	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Harper	6	5	0	0	0	0	0
Bene Benwikere	6	4	0	1	1	0	0
Josh Norman	5	4	0	1	2	0	0
Shaq Thompson	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
A.J. Klein	4	2	0	0	1	0	0
Dwan Edwards	3	2	1	1	0	1	0
Charles Tillman	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
Kawann Short	3	0	0	0	1	0	0
Ed Dickson	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
David Mayo	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Love	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Addison	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Charles Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kony Ealy	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Teddy Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Trai Turner	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kevin Norwood	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colin Cole	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
J.J. Jansen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Jacobs	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Horton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM	71	41	1	3	8	4	0

Houston Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
Rahim Moore	1	17	0
TEAM	1	17	0

Carolina Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
A.J. Klein	1	8	0
TEAM	1	8	0

Houston Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Chandler Worthy	1	27	27.0	27	0
TEAM	1	27	27.0	27	0

Carolina Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Fozzy Whittaker	1	33	33.0	33	0
TEAM	1	33	33.0	33	0

Houston Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Keith Mumphery	6	58	9.7	15	0
TEAM	6	58	9.7	15	0

Carolina Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Ted Ginn Jr.	4	44	11.0	17	0
TEAM	4	44	11.0	17	0

Houston Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Randy Bullock	1/1	100.0	43	2/2	5
TEAM	1/1	100.0	43	2/2	5

Carolina Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Graham Gano	1/2	50.0	28	3/3	6
TEAM	1/2	50.0	28	3/3	6

Houston Punting

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Shane Lechler	8	388	48.5	0	3	60
TEAM	8	388	48.5	0	3	60

Carolina Punting

	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Brad Nortman	7	377	53.9	1	0	65
TEAM	7	377	53.9	1	0	65

All DrivesScoring Plays

• Punt3 plays, 0 yards, 0:24

  HOU0CAR0
  • Randy Bullock 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 20

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 3rd and 10 at CAR 20

    Mike Remmers -5 Yrd Penalty

  • 3rd and 15 at CAR 15

    Brian Cushing 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 3rd and 10 at CAR 20

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 4th and 10 at CAR 20

    Brad Nortman 60 Yrd Punt to HST 20 , Keith Mumphery 8 Yrd Return to 28
• Punt3 plays, -6 yards, 1:24

  HOU0CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 28

    Alfred Blue Rush , Loss of 1 Yrd

  • 2nd and 11 at HOU 27

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Garrett Graham

  • 3rd and 11 at HOU 27

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for Loss of 5 Yrds to Cecil Shorts III

  • 4th and 16 at HOU 22

    Shane Lechler 48 Yrd Punt, Fair Catch by Ted Ginn Jr. at CAR 30 , Teddy Williams 15 Yrd Penalty
• Punt3 plays, 6 yards, 1:27

  HOU0CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 15

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 7 at CAR 18

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 4 at CAR 21

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 4th and 4 at CAR 21

    Brad Nortman 60 Yrd Punt, Keith Mumphery 13 Yrd Punt Return, Justin Tuggle 10 Yrd Pnlty
• Field Goal13 plays, 53 yards, 3:48

  HOU3CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 22

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Nate Washington
  • Timeout #1 HST

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 22

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Garrett Graham

  • 3rd and 10 at HOU 22

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 16 Yrds to DeAndre Hopkins

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 38

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 38

    Chris Polk 5 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 5 at HOU 43

    Mario Addison 4 Yrd Penalty

  • 3rd and 1 at HOU 47

    Jay Prosch 4 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 49

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins , Josh Norman 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 44

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 44

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 1 Yrd to Cecil Shorts III

  • 3rd and 9 at CAR 43

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 14 Yrds to Jonathan Grimes

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 29

    Jonathan Grimes 4 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 6 at CAR 25

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Nate Washington

  • 3rd and 6 at CAR 25

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Keith Mumphery

  • 4th and 6 at CAR 25

    Randy Bullock 43 Yd Field Goal
• Punt4 plays, 14 yards, 1:47

  HOU3CAR0
  • Randy Bullock 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Cam Newton 11 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 31

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for Loss of 3 Yrds to Jonathan Stewart

  • 2nd and 13 at CAR 28

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 3rd and 13 at CAR 28

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 6 Yrds to Corey Brown

  • 4th and 7 at CAR 34

    Brad Nortman 41 Yrd Punt, Keith Mumphery Punt Return, No Gain, Darryl Morris 10 Yrd Pnlty
• Downs8 plays, 47 yards, 3:14

  HOU3CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 15

    Alfred Blue 2 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 8 at HOU 17

    Chandler Worthy Rush , Loss of 6 Yrds , Charles Johnson 14 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 31

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 3 Yrds to Chandler Worthy

  • 2nd and 7 at HOU 34

    Alfred Blue Rush For No Gain

  • 3rd and 7 at HOU 34

    Ryan Mallett Pass for 5 Yrds, Jonathan Grimes Pass From Ryan Mallett for 5 Yrds, Thomas Davis 15 Yrd Pnlty

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 46

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 46

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Keith Mumphery

  • 3rd and 10 at CAR 46

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 5 Yrds to Jonathan Grimes

  • 4th and 5 at CAR 41

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 3 Yrds to Jonathan Grimes
• Punt7 plays, 21 yards, 3:10

  HOU3CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 38

    Cam Newton 4 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 6 at CAR 42

    Jonathan Stewart 10 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 48

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 7 at HOU 45

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 7 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 38

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 38

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for Loss of 3 Yrds to Mike Tolbert
  • End Quarter 1

  • 3rd and 13 at HOU 41

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 4th and 13 at HOU 41

    Brad Nortman 41 Yrd Punt, TB
• Punt3 plays, 5 yards, 1:20

  HOU3CAR0

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 20

    Chris Polk 1 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 9 at HOU 21

    Chris Polk 4 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 5 at HOU 25

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins Play Reviewed, Reversed

  • 4th and 5 at HOU 25

    Shane Lechler 60 Yrd Punt to CAR 15 , Ted Ginn Jr. 11 Yrd Return to 26
• Touchdown5 plays, 74 yards, 2:04

  HOU3CAR7

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 26

    Cam Newton 15 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 41

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 12 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 47

    Jonathan Stewart 9 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 1 at HOU 38

    Mike Tolbert 13 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 25

    Ted Ginn Jr. 25 Yd pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano Kick)
• Punt4 plays, 14 yards, 1:17

  HOU3CAR7
  • Graham Gano 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 20

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 19 Yrds to C.J. Fiedorowicz

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 39

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Garrett Graham

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 39

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins

  • 3rd and 10 at HOU 39

    Ryan Mallett Sacked by Dwan Edwards For 5 Yrd Loss to HST 34

  • 4th and 15 at HOU 34

    Shane Lechler 44 Yrd Punt to CAR 22 , Ted Ginn Jr. 17 Yrd Return to 39
• Field Goal10 plays, 51 yards, 4:39

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 39

    Jonathan Stewart 2 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 8 at CAR 41

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 11 Yrds to Jerricho Cotchery

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 48

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 7 Yrds to Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 2nd and 3 at HOU 41

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 5 Yrds to Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 36

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 15 Yrds to Corey Brown

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 21

    Cam Newton Pass for No Gain, Greg Olsen Pass From Cam Newton for No Gain, Cam Newton 5 Yrd Pnlty

  • 1st and 15 at HOU 26

    Cam Newton 5 Yrd Rush , Kareem Jackson 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 16

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 16

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 7 at HOU 13

    Cam Newton 3 Yrd Rush

  • 4th and 4 at HOU 10

    Graham Gano 28 Yd Field Goal
• Punt3 plays, 1 yard, 0:53

  HOU3CAR10
  • Graham Gano 73 Yrd Kickoff, Chandler Worthy 27 Yrd KO Return, Eddie Pleasant 9 Yrd Pnlty

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 10

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 10

    Chris Polk 1 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 9 at HOU 11

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Nate Washington , Jeff Adams Penalty Declined

  • 4th and 9 at HOU 11

    Shane Lechler 55 Yrd Punt to CAR 34 , Ted Ginn Jr. 16 Yrd Return to 50
• Interception5 plays, 29 yards, 1:59

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at 50

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Devin Funchess

  • 2nd and 10 at 50

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 15 Yrds to Devin Funchess

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 35

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 12 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 23

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 2 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 2nd and 8 at HOU 21

    Cam Newton Pass Intercepted, Rahim Moore 18 Yrd Interception Return, Rahim Moore Fumble, Justin Tuggle recovered at HST 22, Tuggle to 22 for no gain
• Punt5 plays, 16 yards, 0:56

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 22

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 9 Yrds to Jonathan Grimes

  • 2nd and 1 at HOU 31

    Jonathan Grimes 3 Yrd Rush
  • Two-Minute Warning

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 34

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 4 Yrds to Jonathan Grimes
  • Timeout #1 CAR

  • 2nd and 6 at HOU 38

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Jonathan Grimes
  • Timeout #2 CAR

  • 3rd and 6 at HOU 38

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Nate Washington

  • 4th and 6 at HOU 38

    Shane Lechler 48 Yrd Punt, Fair Catch by Ted Ginn Jr. at CAR 14
• Punt3 plays, 3 yards, 0:27

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 14

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Corey Brown

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 14

    Fozzy Whittaker 3 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 7 at CAR 17

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 4th and 7 at CAR 17

    Brad Nortman 65 Yrd Punt to HST 18 , Keith Mumphery 12 Yrd Return to 30
• Punt3 plays, -4 yards, 0:36

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 30

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk
  • Timeout #2 HST

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 30

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III

  • 3rd and 10 at HOU 30

    Ryan Mallett -5 Yrd Penalty

  • 3rd and 15 at HOU 25

    Chris Polk 1 Yrd Rush
  • Timeout #3 CAR

  • 4th and 14 at HOU 26

    Shane Lechler 56 Yrd Punt, Ted Ginn Jr. Punt Return, No Gain, Bene Benwikere 9 Yrd Pnlty
• End of Half2 plays, 14 yards, 0:35

  HOU3CAR10

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 9

    Mike Tolbert 11 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Mike Tolbert 3 Yrd Rush
• Touchdown13 plays, 80 yards, 6:31

  HOU10CAR10
  • Graham Gano 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 20

    Chris Polk 13 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 33

    Chris Polk Rush For No Gain

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 33

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 11 Yrds to DeAndre Hopkins

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 44

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 4 Yrds to Alfred Blue

  • 2nd and 6 at HOU 48

    Alfred Blue 4 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 2 at CAR 48

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 3 Yrds to Chris Polk

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 45

    Chris Polk 3 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 7 at CAR 42

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 16 Yrds to Cecil Shorts III

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 26

    Chris Polk 3 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 7 at CAR 23

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 8 Yrds to DeAndre Hopkins

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 15

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 8 Yrds to DeAndre Hopkins

  • 2nd and 2 at CAR 7

    Chris Polk Rush For No Gain
  • Timeout #1 HST

  • 3rd and 2 at CAR 7

    Garrett Graham 7 Yd pass from Ryan Mallett (Randy Bullock Kick)
• Touchdown14 plays, 80 yards, 7:25

  HOU10CAR17
  • Randy Bullock 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Jonathan Stewart 2 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 8 at CAR 22

    Cam Newton 9 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 31

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 31

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Devin Funchess

  • 3rd and 10 at CAR 31

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Devin Funchess , Johnathan Joseph 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 36

    Cam Newton 19 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 45

    Quintin Demps 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 40

    Jonathan Stewart 2 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 8 at HOU 38

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 10 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 28

    Cam Newton Sacked by J.J. Watt For 4 Yrd Loss to HST 32

  • 2nd and 14 at HOU 32

    Jonathan Stewart 11 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 3 at HOU 21

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 4 Yrds to Ted Ginn Jr.

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 17

    Mike Tolbert 4 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 6 at HOU 13

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Mike Tolbert
  • Timeout #1 CAR

  • 3rd and 6 at HOU 13

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 7 Yrds to Mike Tolbert

  • 1st and Goal at HOU 6

    Jadeveon Clowney 4 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and Goal at HOU 2

    Cam Newton 2 Yd Run (Graham Gano Kick)
• Punt4 plays, 21 yards, 1:16

  HOU10CAR17
  • Graham Gano 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 20

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 12 Yrds to Chandler Worthy

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 32

    Alfred Blue 1 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 9 at HOU 33

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 8 Yrds to Cecil Shorts III
  • End Quarter 3

  • 3rd and 1 at HOU 41

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk

  • 4th and 1 at HOU 41

    Shane Lechler 43 Yrd Punt, Fair Catch by Ted Ginn Jr. at CAR 16
• Punt6 plays, -1 yard, 3:02

  HOU10CAR17

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 16

    Jonathan Stewart 2 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 8 at CAR 18

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 3rd and 8 at CAR 18

    Cam Newton 9 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 27

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 27

    Jonathan Stewart 1 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 9 at CAR 28

    Cam Newton Sacked by Eddie Pleasant For 13 Yrd Loss to CAR 15

  • 4th and 22 at CAR 15

    Brad Nortman 49 Yrd Punt to HST 36 , Keith Mumphery 10 Yrd Return to 46
• Punt3 plays, 0 yards, 0:25

  HOU10CAR17

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 46

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 46

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins

  • 3rd and 10 at HOU 46

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III Play Reviewed, Reversed

  • 4th and 10 at HOU 46

    Shane Lechler 34 Yrd Punt, Downed at CAR 20
• Punt3 plays, 2 yards, 1:29

  HOU10CAR17

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Jonathan Stewart Rush , Loss of 1 Yrd

  • 2nd and 11 at CAR 19

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 8 at CAR 22

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Devin Funchess

  • 4th and 8 at CAR 22

    Brad Nortman 61 Yrd Punt to HST 17 , Keith Mumphery 15 Yrd Return to 32
• Interception2 plays, -3 yards, 0:50

  HOU10CAR17

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 32

    Chris Polk Rush , Loss of 3 Yrds

  • 2nd and 13 at HOU 29

    Pass Intrcptd by A.J. Klein, 8 Yrd Retrn
• Touchdown1 play, 36 yards, 0:09

  HOU10CAR24

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 36

    Corey Brown 36 Yd pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano Kick)
• Touchdown7 plays, 80 yards, 2:22

  HOU17CAR24
  • Graham Gano 65 Yrd Kickoff, TB

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 20

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 9 Yrds to Nate Washington

  • 2nd and 1 at HOU 29

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 48 Yrds to Nate Washington

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 23

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 10 Yrds to DeAndre Hopkins

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 13

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 13

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 7 Yrds to Cecil Shorts III

  • 3rd and 3 at CAR 6

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk
  • Timeout #2 CAR

  • 4th and 3 at CAR 6

    Ryan Mallett 6 Yd Run (Randy Bullock Kick)
• Missed FG7 plays, 36 yards, 3:47

  HOU17CAR24
  • Randy Bullock 69 Yrd Kickoff , Fozzy Whittaker 33 Yrd Return

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 29

    Jonathan Stewart 5 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 5 at CAR 34

    Jonathan Stewart 3 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 2 at CAR 37

    Cam Newton Pass Complete for 27 Yrds to Greg Olsen

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 36

    Jonathan Stewart 1 Yrd Rush

  • 2nd and 9 at HOU 35

    Mike Tolbert Rush For No Gain

  • 3rd and 9 at HOU 35

    Cam Newton Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Greg Olsen

  • 4th and 9 at HOU 35

    Graham Gano Missed 53 Yrd FG Blocked
• Downs12 plays, 37 yards, 2:39

  HOU17CAR24
  • Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd for Chris Polk

  • 2nd and 10 at HOU 43

    Chris Polk 4 Yrd Rush

  • 3rd and 6 at HOU 47

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins , Kony Ealy 15 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 38

    Chris Polk 3 Yrd Rush
  • Two-Minute Warning

  • 2nd and 7 at CAR 35

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk

  • 1st and 10 at HOU 43

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Chris Polk

  • 3rd and 7 at CAR 35

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 6 Yrds to Nate Washington
  • Timeout #2 HST

  • 4th and 1 at CAR 29

    Chris Polk 3 Yrd Rush

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 26

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 7 Yrds to Cecil Shorts III

  • 2nd and 3 at CAR 19

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Cecil Shorts III
  • Timeout #3 CAR

  • 3rd and 3 at CAR 19

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Keith Mumphery , Kony Ealy 5 Yrd Penalty

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 14

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For Nate Washington

  • 2nd and 10 at CAR 14

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Ryan Mallett 12 Yrd Pnlty, Play Reviewed, Upheld
  • Timeout #3 HST

  • 3rd and 22 at CAR 26

    Ryan Mallett Pass Complete for 6 Yrds to Chris Polk

  • 4th and 16 at CAR 20

    Ryan Mallett Incomplete Pass, Int'd For DeAndre Hopkins
• End of Game1 play, -1 yard, 0:05

  HOU17CAR24

  • 1st and 10 at CAR 20

    Cam Newton Rush , Loss of 1 Yrd
  • End Quarter 4