1st	2nd	3rd	4th	TOTAL
Carolina	3	14	7	7	31
Cleveland	0	3	0	14	17

Scoring
1ST QUARTER
CAR		FG		JOHN KASAY 44 YD, 2:56. Drive: 8 plays, 49 yards in 2:56. Key plays: Beuerlein 23-yard pass to Muhammad to Carolina 48; Biakabutuka 19-yard run to Cleveland 33. CAROLINA 3-0
2ND QUARTER
CLE		FG		PHIL DAWSON 23 YD, 0:03. Drive: 13 plays, 66 yards in 7:10. Key plays: Couch 19-yard run to Cleveland 48; Couch 8-yard pass to Kirby on 3rd-and-5 to Carolina 39; Couch 21-yard pass to Campbell to Carolina 21. CAROLINA 3, CLEVELAND 3
CAR		TD		WILLIAM FLOYD 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 4:09. Drive: 7 plays, 51 yards in 4:06. Key plays: Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-6 to Cleveland 38; Biakabutuka 13-yard run to Cleveland 25; Beuerlein 21-yard pass to Biakabutuka to Cleveland 1. CAROLINA 10-3
CAR		TD		WESLEY WALLS 8 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 14:42. Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards in 5:10. Key plays: Metcalf 14-yard punt return to Carolina 40; Beuerlein 12-yard pass to Walls on 3rd-and-2 to Cleveland 40; Floyd 1-yard on 4th-and-1 to Cleveland 30; Beuerlein 9-yard pass to Muhammad on 3rd-and-4 to Cleveland 15. CAROLINA 17-3
3RD QUARTER
CAR		TD		BRIAN KINCHEN 1 YD PASS FROM STEVE BEUERLEIN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 6:47. Drive: 10 plays, 77 yards in 5:42. Key plays: Biakabutuka 25-yard run to Cleveland 31; Beuerlein 19-yard pass to Jeffers to Carolina 12; Beuerlein 8-yard pass to Jeffers on 3rd-and-8 to Cleveland 2. CAROLINA 24-3
4TH QUARTER
CAR		TD		WILLIAM FLOYD 1 YD RUN (JOHN KASAY KICK), 1:46. Drive: 11 plays, 54 yards in 6:43. Key plays: Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Walls to Cleveland 40; Beuerlein 10-yard pass to Muhammad to Cleveland 17; 5-yard holding penalty on Browns' Fuller on 3rd-and-8 to Cleveland 10. CAROLINA 31-3
CLE		TD		TERRY KIRBY 2 YD RUN (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 9:39. Drive: 10 plays, 62 yards in 3:28. Key plays: Couch 18-yard pass to Kirby to Carolina 44; Couch 13-yard pass to Chiaverini to Carolina 26; Kirby 5-yard run on 4th-and-2 to Carolina 13; 3-yard offsides penalty on Panthers' Greene on 3rd-and-2 to Carolina 2. CAROLINA 31-10
CLE		TD		DARRIN CHIAVERINI 12 YD PASS FROM TIM COUCH (PHIL DAWSON KICK), 14:50. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards in 2:09. Key plays: Couch 11-yard pass to Kirby to Cleveland 31; Couch 8-yard pass to Chiaverini on 3rd-and-5 to Carolina 39; Couch 12-yard pass to Kirby to Carolina 27; Couch 9-yard pass to Johnson on 3rd-and-4 to Carolina 12; Couch 8-for-10 for 74 yards. CAROLINA 31-17

TEAM STATISTICS

	CAR	CLE
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	22 12 6-12 1-1 330 63 5.2 129 31 4.2 201 23-30 6.3 2-9 3-30.3 108 3-26 3-66 2-16 4-23 1-1 32:53	22 15 6-12 1-1 317 65 4.9 60 18 3.3 257 29-46 5.5 1-2 3-51.0 115 0-0 6-115 0-0 4-20 1-0 27:07

PLAYER STATISTICS
Missed field goals
Cleveland (Phil Dawson 38).
Carolina rushing
Tim Biakabutuka 17-93, Fred Lane 3-12, William Floyd 6-8, Anthony Johnson 1-6, Steve Beuerlein 1-4, Jeff Lewis 2-3, Eric Metcalf 1-3.
Cleveland rushing
Tim Couch 5-27, Terry Kirby 6-22, Karim Abdul-jabbar 7-11.
Carolina passing
Steve Beuerlein 21-27 for 199 yards, 0 INT, 2 TD, Jeff Lewis 2-3 for 11 yards, 0 INT, 0 TD.
Cleveland passing
Tim Couch 29-46 for 259 yards, 2 INT, 1 TD.
Carolina receiving
Muhsin Muhammad 7-72, Wesley Walls 4-39, Tim Biakabutuka 3-42, Patrick Jeffers 3-34, Anthony Johnson 2-11, William Floyd 2-10, Brian Kinchen 2-2.
Cleveland receiving
Terry Kirby 9-79, Darrin Chiaverini 8-72, Kevin Johnson 5-55, Irv Smith 2-26, Marc Edwards 2-4, Karim Abdul-jabbar 2-2, Mark Campbell 1-21.
Carolina tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Michael Barrow 7-1-0, Mike Minter 6-0-1, Dean Wells 6-0-0, Roderick Mullen 4-1-0, Sean Gilbert 3-0-0, Doug Evans 3-0-0, Michael Swift 2-0-0, Esera Tuaolo 2-0-0, Eric Davis 2-0-0, Antonio Edwards 1-1-0, Damien Richardson 1-0-0, Mike Rucker 1-0-0, Brent Alexander 1-0-0, Steve Tovar 1-0-0, Tim Morabito 1-0-0, Kevin Greene 1-0-0, Chuck Wiley 1-0-0.
Cleveland tackles-assists-sacks (unofficial)
Jamir Miller 8-3-0, Wali Ranier 6-2-0, Rahim Abdullah 5-0-0, Ryan Mcneil 4-1-0, Antonio Langham 4-0-0, Corey Fuller 4-0-0, Daylon Mccutcheon 4-0-0, Derrick L Alexander 2-1-0, John Thierry 2-1-1, Marlon Forbes 1-2-0, Stalin Colinet 2-0-0, Marquez Pope 2-0-0, Marquis Smith 1-0-0, Hurvin Mccormack 1-0-0, Roy Barker 1-0-1, James Williams 1-0-0, Marcus Spriggs 1-0-0, John Jurkovic 0-1-0, Darius Holland 0-1-0.
Interceptions
Carolina (Brent Alexander 1 for 0 yards, Eric Davis 1 for 16 yards).
Fumbles lost
Carolina (Muhsin Muhammad).
Opponent's fumbles recovered
Cleveland (Ryan Mcneil).
Officials
Referee-Dick Hantak, Umpire-Carl Madsen, Head linesman-Mark Baltz, Line judge-Tom Stephan, Field judge-Scott Steenson, Side judge-Don Carlsen, Back judge-Don Dorkowski.
A: 72,818; T: 2:49.