The Carolina Panthers beat the Houston Texans 24-9 on Sep 23, 2021 at Reliant Stadium.
Final · Reliant Stadium
Top performers
- Sam Darnold threw for 304 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Panthers.
- Chuba Hubbard ran for 52 yards on 11 carries.
- Davis Mills threw for 168 yards, 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions for the Texans.
- Mark Ingram II ran for 21 yards on 6 carries.
Carolina Panthers box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuba Hubbard | 11 | 52 | 0 | 14 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 7 | 31 | 0 | 10 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Sam Darnold | 8 | 11 | 2 | 5 |
| DJ Moore | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 28 | 123 | 2 | 30 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Moore | 8 | 12 | 126 | 0 | 29 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 3 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 10 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Robbie Chosen | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Team | 15 | 22 | 177 | 1 | 29 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaq Thompson | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Jackson | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashaan Melvin | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Burns | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frankie Luvu | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Derrick Brown | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Franklin Jr. | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaQuan Jones | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 27 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Houston Texans box score
Rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Ingram II | 6 | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| David Johnson | 2 | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Phillip Lindsay | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Davis Mills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 17 | 42 | 0 | 7 |
Receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | TGTS: Passes thrown the player's way, caught or not. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | LNG: Longest single play, in yards. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandin Cooks | 9 | 11 | 112 | 0 | 30 |
| Anthony Miller | 4 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 10 |
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram II | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 |
| Team | 15 | 19 | 131 | 1 | 30 |
Defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Cunningham | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Kirksey | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maliek Collins | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Murray | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tremon Smith | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Thomas | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Martin | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Omenihu | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Lopez | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garret Wallow | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 51 | 29 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Panthers · 2021 season · Previous Sep 19, 2021: NO 7, CAR 26 · Next Oct 3, 2021: CAR 28, DAL 36
- Texans · 2021 season · Previous Sep 19, 2021: HOU 21, CLE 31 · Next Oct 3, 2021: HOU 0, BUF 40