1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Carolina	3	3	7	7	20
Atlanta	7	6	7	7	27

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOHN KASAY 31 YD, 9:15. Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards in 5:44. Key plays: Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Walls to Carolina 34; Beuerlein 22-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-4 to Atlanta 35; Beuerlein 17-yard pass to Walls on 3rd-and-9 to Atlanta 17. CAROLINA 3-0
ATL		TD		TIM DWIGHT 35 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 12:25. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards in 2:50. Key plays: Chandler 10-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 47; Oxendine 4-yard run on 3rd-and-1 to Carolina 49; Chandler 14-yard pass to Christian to Carolina 35. ATLANTA 7-3
2ND QUARTER
ATL		FG		MORTEN ANDERSEN 39 YD, 6:38. Drive: 9 plays, 56 yards in 5:17. Key plays: Chandler 32-yard pass to Oxendine to Carolina 34; Oxendine 9-yard run to Carolina 25; Chandler 6-yard pass to Oxendine to Carolina 17; Oxendine 5 carries 25 yards. ATLANTA 10-3
ATL		FG		MORTEN ANDERSEN 24 YD, 11:22. Drive: 7 plays, 26 yards in 3:21. Key plays: R Robinson 7-yard interception return to Carolina 33; Oxendine 13-yard run to Carolina 20; Chandler 11-yard pass to Calloway to Carolina 4. ATLANTA 13-3
CAR		FG		JOHN KASAY 51 YD, 14:49. Drive: 12 plays, 47 yards in 3:27. Key plays: Beuerlein 6-yard pass to Hayes on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 32; Beuerlein 6-yard pass to Mangum on 3rd-and-3 to Carolina 45; Beuerlein 11-yard pass Muhammad to Atlanta 41; Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Muhammad to Atlanta 33. ATLANTA 13-6
3RD QUARTER
ATL		TD		KEN OXENDINE 1 YD RUN (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 9:16. Drive: 2 plays, 2 yards in 1:00. Key plays: Dronett 15-yard return of Beuerlein fumble to Carolina 5 plus 3-yard facemask penalty on Panthers' Terry to Carolina 2. ATLANTA 20-6
CAR		TD		MICHAEL BATES 100 YD KICKOFF RETURN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 9:35. ATLANTA 20-13
4TH QUARTER
ATL		TD		TIM DWIGHT 4 YD PASS FROM CHRIS CHANDLER (MORTEN ANDERSEN KICK), 0:06. Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards in 5:31. Key plays: Chandler 14-yard pass to Mathis to Atlanta 43; Chandler 22-yard pass to Dwight to Carolina 34; Hanspard 10-yard run to Carolina 17; Hanspard 13-yard run to Carolina 4. ATLANTA 27-13
CAR		TD		STEVE BEUERLEIN 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 11:53. Drive: 2 plays, 70 yards in 0:42. Key plays: Beuerlein 54-yard pass to Hayes to Atlanta 16; 15-yard pass interference penalty on Falcons' Buchannan to Atlanta 1. ATLANTA 27-20

TEAM STATISTICS

	CAR	ATL
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 Punts-returns Kickoffs-returns Interceptions-returns PENALTIES-YARDS FUMBLES-LOST TIME OF POSSESSION	19 12 6-12 0-1 290 59 4.9 63 18 3.5 227 21-35 5.5 6-29 2-36.0 188 4-8 5-180 0-0 9-48 2-2 28:42	20 10 1-9 0-0 283 56 5.1 107 32 3.3 176 14-21 7.3 3-25 6-39.3 164 1-11 5-101 3-52 9-75 0-0 31:18

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
None.
Carolina rushing
Fred Lane 15-55, Steve Beuerlein 3-8.
Atlanta rushing
Ken Oxendine 17-64, Byron Hanspard 14-44, Chris Chandler 1-minus 1.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 21-35 for 256 yards, 3 INT, 0 TD.
Atlanta passing
Chris Chandler 14-21 for 201 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 5-62, Fred Lane 4-17, Wesley Walls 3-48, Eric Metcalf 3-32, Anthony Johnson 3-31, Donald Hayes 2-60, Kris Mangum 1-6.
Atlanta receiving
Terance Mathis 4-53, Tim Dwight 3-61, Bob Christian 3-40, Ken Oxendine 2-38, Chris Calloway 1-11, Byron Hanspard 1-minus 2.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Doug Evans 6-1-0, Brent Alexander 6-0-0, Antonio Edwards 4-2-0, Sean Gilbert 4-1-1, Eric Davis 4-0-0, Mike Minter 4-0-0, Michael Barrow 2-2-0, Tim Morabito 2-1-0, Mike Rucker 2-0-0, Kevin Greene 1-0-1, Donta Jones 1-0-0, Ernest Jones 1-0-1, Rick Terry 1-0-0, Steve Tovar 1-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 1-0-0, Dean Wells 2-0-0, Chuck Wiley 1-0-0, Chris Hetherington 2-0-0, Kris Mangum 1-0-0, Muhsin Muhammad 2-0-0, Damien Richardson 0-1-0, Bryan Stoltenberg 1-0-0, Michael Swift 1-0-0, Chris Terry 1-0-0.
Atlanta tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Eugene Robinson 6-2-0, Craig Sauer 7-0-0, Lester Archambeau 4-1-1, Jessie Tuggle 4-1-0, Ronnie Bradford 4-0-0, Chuck Smith 4-0-3, Ray Buchanan 3-0-0, Travis Hall 2-1-0, Marty Carter 1-2-0, Michael Booker 2-0-0, Shane Dronett 2-0-2, Ed Jasper 1-0-0, Pellom Mcdaniels 1-0-0, Henri Crockett 0-1-0, Patrick Kerney 0-1-0, Omar Brown 1-0-0, Bob Christian 2-1-0, Derrick Gardner 1-0-0, Jeff Kelly 1-0-0, Brian Kozlowski 2-0-0, Keith Thibodeaux 1-0-0.
Interceptions
Atlanta (Gerald Mcburrows 1 for 41 yards, Eugene Robinson 1 for 7 yards, Marty Carter 1 for 4 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Steve Beuerlein 2).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Atlanta (Shane Dronett, Jeff Kelly).
Officials
Referee-Tom White, Umpire-Jim Quirk, Head linesman-Paul Weidner, Line judge-Ron Marinucci, Field judge-Scott Edwards, Side judge-Gary Lane, Back judge-Bob Waggoner.
A: 52,594; T: 2:57.