7:00 PM ET, August 30, 2012
Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, PA
Scoring Summary
| FIRST QUARTER | CAR | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD | 12:29 | Emmanuel Sanders 37 Yd Pass From Charlie Batch (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 0 | 7 | |
| FG | 00:41 | Shaun Suisham 49 Yd | 0 | 10 | |
| SECOND QUARTER | CAR | PIT | |||
| FG | 08:18 | Justin Medlock 31 Yd | 3 | 10 | |
| THIRD QUARTER | CAR | PIT | |||
| TD | 10:34 | Jared Green 3 Yd Pass From Jimmy Clausen (Justin Medlock Kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| FOURTH QUARTER | CAR | PIT | |||
| TD | 07:23 | Weslye Saunders 6 Yd Pass From Jerrod Johnson (Shaun Suisham Kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| TD | 02:31 | Lamont Bryant 79 Yd Pass From Jimmy Clausen (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed) | 16 | 17 | |
Team Stat Comparison
CAR | PIT | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Downs | 22 | 16 |
Passing 1st downs | 13 | 7 |
Rushing 1st downs | 7 | 8 |
1st downs from Penalties | 2 | 1 |
3rd down efficiency | 5-14 | 5-16 |
4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Total Plays | 60 | 64 |
| Total Yards | 379 | 311 |
| Yards per play | 6.3 | 4.9 |
| Total Drives | 11 | 15 |
| Passing | 264 | 174 |
Comp - Att | 17-37 | 18-24 |
Yards per pass | 7.1 | 7.3 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
Sacks - Yards Lost | 0-0 | 2-6 |
| Rushing | 115 | 137 |
Rushing Attempts | 23 | 38 |
Yards per rush | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Red Zone (Made-Att) | 1-2 | 1-2 |
| Penalties | 7-55 | 9-81 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Defensive / Special Teams TDs | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 26:11 | 33:49 |
| Carolina Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| J. Clausen | 9/19 | 173 | 9.1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | 114.6 | |
| D. Anderson | 8/18 | 91 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 60.2 | |
| Team | 17/37 | 264 | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0-0 | -- | |
| Pittsburgh Passing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | SACKS | RTG | ||
| C. Batch | 11/14 | 102 | 7.3 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 120.8 | |
| J. Johnson | 7/10 | 78 | 7.8 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 126.2 | |
| Team | 18/24 | 174 | 7.3 | 2 | 0 | 2-6 | -- | |
| Pittsburgh Rushing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | ||
| J. Dwyer | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| D. Harris | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| B. Batch | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 7 | |
| W. Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| C. Rainey | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| J. Johnson | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team | 38 | 137 | 3.6 | 0 | 18 | |
| Carolina Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| L. Bryant | 1 | 79 | 79.0 | 1 | 79 | 2 | |
| J. Finley | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 24 | 5 | |
| T. Poole | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| A. Edwards | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |
| L. Murphy | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 14 | 4 | |
| K. Pilares | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | |
| G. Barnidge | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | |
| J. Green | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| B. Hartsock | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| G. Olsen | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| S. Ajirotutu | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| A. Smith | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team | 17 | 264 | 15.5 | 2 | 79 | 37 | |
| Pittsburgh Receiving | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | TGTS | ||
| E. Sanders | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |
| W. Saunders | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | 29 | 3 | |
| M. Maze | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
| W. Johnson | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| J. Cotchery | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | |
| D. Williams | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| B. Batch | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| L. Pope | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | |
| D. Harris | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| D. Paulson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| D. Gilreath | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| T. Beiler | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| C. Rainey | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Team | 18 | 180 | 10.0 | 2 | 37 | 24 | |
| Pittsburgh Fumbles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FUM | LOST | REC | |
| C. Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carolina Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| J. Williams | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Wilson | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Phillips | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Stanford | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Campbell | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Keiser | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Nwagbuo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Thomas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Van Bergen | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Nixon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Kearse | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Nelson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Munnerlyn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Pilares | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Alexander | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. McClain | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Chandler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Hardy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Butler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pugh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Nortman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Barnidge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Senn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Applewhite | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 75 | 55 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Defensive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TACKLES | MISC | ||||||
| TOT | SOLO | SACKS | TFL | PD | QB HTS | TD | |
| W. Allen | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Spence | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Cromartie-Smith | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Allen | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Mundy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Johnson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. McFadden | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Victorian | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Golden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Hicks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Hampton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Robinson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Heyward | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Paulson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Igbinosun | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Bryant | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Woods | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Maze | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L. Timmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Suisham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Frederick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Lewis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Carolina Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Adams | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 30 | 0 |
| K. Pilares | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Team | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Kick Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Rainey | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Team | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Carolina Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| J. Adams | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| A. Edwards | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh Punt Returns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | |
| C. Rainey | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
| D. Gilreath | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Carolina Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| J. Medlock | 1/3 | 33.3 | 31 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Team | 1/3 | 33.3 | 31 | 1/1 | 4 |
| Pittsburgh Kicking | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | |
| S. Suisham | 1/1 | 100.0 | 49 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Team | 1/1 | 100.0 | 49 | 2/2 | 5 |
| Carolina Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| B. Nortman | 6 | 292 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Team | 6 | 292 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Pittsburgh Punting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | YDS | AVG | TB | -20 | LG | |
| D. Butler | 9 | 368 | 40.9 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| Team | 9 | 368 | 40.9 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
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