The Carolina Panthers beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-3 on Sep 20, 2026 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Final · Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Top performers
- Bryce Young threw for 287 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions for the Panthers.
- Chuba Hubbard ran for 53 yards on 12 carries.
- Cooper Rush threw for 86 yards, 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions for the Falcons.
- Bijan Robinson ran for 72 yards on 16 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 | 12 | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| Jonathon Brooks | 5 | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| Bryce Young | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenny Pickett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Dillon | 3 | -3 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 22 | 72 | 0 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetairoa McMillan | 5 | 10 | 101 | 0 | 28 |
| Jalen Coker | 8 | 9 | 66 | 0 | 25 |
| Xavier Legette | 2 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 55 |
| Darren Waller | 3 | 3 | 33 | 2 | 14 |
| Mitchell Evans | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Jonathon Brooks | 1 | 1 | -5 | 0 | -5 |
| Team | 23 | 32 | 287 | 3 | 55 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Okereke | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Devin Lloyd | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Aaron Hall | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre'von Moehrig | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zakee Wheatley | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lathan Ransom | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jackson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Akayleb Evans | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TeRah Edwards | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaelan Phillips | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Incoom | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Princely Umanmielen | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Lee III | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Nick Scott | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Trevis Gipson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 35 | 2.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Atlanta Falcons box score
Passing
| CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | 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. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Rush | 10 | 17 | 86 | 0 | 2 |
| Jack Strand | 8 | 15 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 18 | 32 | 145 | 0 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bijan Robinson | 16 | 72 | 0 | 11 |
| Brian Robinson Jr. | 11 | 51 | 0 | 9 |
| Cooper Rush | 2 | 20 | 0 | 11 |
| Jack Strand | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| Drake London | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 |
| Team | 32 | 157 | 0 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake London | 4 | 5 | 51 | 0 | 17 |
| Austin Hooper | 2 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 13 |
| Brian Robinson Jr. | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 12 |
| Kyle Pitts Sr. | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| Zachariah Branch | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 11 |
| Jahan Dotson | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 8 |
| Bijan Robinson | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Blair | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Olamide Zaccheaus | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Charlie Woerner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 18 | 31 | 145 | 0 | 17 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xavier Watts | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jessie Bates III | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hughes | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.J. Henderson | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cameron Thomas | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaCale London | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sydney Brown | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maason Smith | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendal Daniels | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Za'Darius Smith | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Divine Deablo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samson Ebukam | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gervon Dexter Sr. | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yasir Abdullah | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Harrison | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Harris | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Terrell Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Woods | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Dorlus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harold Perkins Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avieon Terrell | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 57 | 34 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Kicking
What the columns mean: LNG
Before and after
- Panthers · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: CHI 59, CAR 37 · Next Sep 27, 2026: CAR at CLE
- Falcons · 2026 season · Previous Sep 13, 2026: ATL 13, PIT 20 · Next Sep 24, 2026: ATL at GB