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WEEK 15 ? DECEMBER 15, 2019 ? 1:00 P.M. ET

Carolina Panthers (5-8)

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Seattle Seahawks (10-3)

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CAROLINA VS Seattle

? The Carolina Panthers return home for a Week 15 matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.

? CAROLINA: The Panthers fell to 5-8 after losing at Atlanta last week by a score of 40-20. Carolina sits in 3rd place in the NFC South standings.

? SEATTLE: Following a loss at the Los Angeles Rams last week, Seattle brought its record to 10-3, 2nd best in the NFC West and currently the 5th seed in the NFC playoff race.

? This week's Carolina-Seattle game marks the 10th meeting between the franchises since 2010, including two postseason games. Outside of the NFC South, Carolina has matched up with Seattle more than any other team in that period.

CMC KEEPS PACE

RB Christian McCaffrey has posted record numbers throughout the 2019 season. He currently has more scrimmage yards than each of the last 4 RBs to win NFL MVP honors. Below is a look at

how he stacks up against those 4 RBs.

*Through the first 13 games of the season*

Scrimmage Yards

2019 Christian McCaffrey CAR 1,946

2012 Adrian Peterson MIN

1,811

2006 LaDainian Tomlinson S.D. 1,906

2005 Shaun Alexander SEA 1,568

2000 Marshall Faulk St.L

1,618

Rushing Yards 1,220 1,600 1,427 1,496 925

Receiving Total Yards TDs 726 16 211 10 479 29 72 23 693 15

2019 PANTHERS SCHEDULE

L ? 27-30 L ? 14-20 W ? 38-20 W ? 16-10 W ? 34-27 W ? 37-26 L ? 13-51 W ? 30-20 L ? 16-24 L ? 3-29 L ? 31-34 L ? 21-29 L ? 20-40

BROADCAST INFORMATION

TELEVISION

RADIO FLAGSHIP

FOX

WBT

WJZY-TV

1110am-99.3 fm

Play-by-Play: Kenny Albert

Play-by-Play: Mick Mixon

Analyst: Ronde Barber

Analyst: Jim Szoke

Sideline: Lindsay Czarniak

Analyst: Jake Delhomme

Sideline: Caroline Cann

PANTHERS COMMUNICATIONS Steven Drummond Vice President - Communications & External Affairs ? Ryan Anderson Assistant Director of Communications

Preston Edwards Communications Assistant ? Maria Vanderford Media Relations Assistant ? Vernon Dennis Communications Intern

WEEK 14 RECAP

WEEK 14 AT Atlanta

MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM ? ATLANTA, GA SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019

20 - 40

(5-8)

(4-9)

CMC goes over 100

? RB Christian McCaffrey recorded 135 total scrimmage yards at Atlanta - 82 receiving and 53 rushing.

? His performance against the Falcons marked his 11th game this season with 100+ yards from scrimmage, the most by any player in 2019. No other player this season has more than 8 such performances.

? McCaffrey, who had 1,965 scrimmage yards in 2018, leads the NFL with 1,946 scrimmage yards this season and joined Hall of Famers Eric Dickerson and Ladainian Tomlinson along with Ezekiel Elliott and Edgerrin James as the only players with at least 1,900 scrimmage yards in 2 of their first 3 career seasons.

? McCaffrey led the Panthers last week with 11 receptions and 82 receiving yards. His 11 catches tied his season high, set 3 weeks prior against the same Atlanta team.

100+ yards from scrimmage in 11 games

this season, most in the NFL.

No other NFL player has more than 8 such games.

Thomas steps up

? TE Ian Thomas stepped in for an injured Greg Olsen who was inactive last week.

? The second-year TE racked up 57 receiving yards and 1 touchdown on 5 receptions. He finished the game 2nd on the team in receptions and 3rd in receiving yards.

? Thomas tallied his 1st touchdown of the season and the 3rd score of his career.

? His 5 receptions at Atlanta are tied for the second-highest singlegame total of his young career.

DJ 1K

1K

DJ Moore (22) is the youngest player in franchise history to record 1,000 receiving yards

in a single season.

? WR DJ Moore finished with 4 receptions for 81 yards at the Falcons last week.

? Moore brought his season receiving yardage total to 1,061 yards, becoming the youngest Panther to ever hit the 1K mark.

? The most recent Panther to record a 1,000-yard season was Greg Olsen in 2016 (1,073). The last WR to record a 1,000-yard season was Kelvin Benjamin in 2014 (1,008).

? Moore is now one of just 8 players in franchise history to have a 1,000yard receiving season.

? It marked his 6th-consecutive game with 75+ receiving yards.

? Over the last 6 weeks (dating back to Week 9), Moore leads the NFL with 598 receiving yards. His 40 receptions over that time ranks 4th best in the league.

? On the season, Moore has tallied 1,061 receiving yards (4th in the NFL) and 4 touchdowns on 78 receptions (8th in the NFL).

reid eclipses 100 tackles

? According to press box statistics, SS Eric Reid tied for the team lead with 11 tackles at Atlanta.

? Reid brought his season total to 106 tackles, tied for 11th most in the NFL. He joined LBs Luke Kuechly (114) and Shaq Thompson (103) as the only Panthers this season with 100+ tackles.

? Reid is the only player in the NFL this season with 100+ tackles and 4+ sacks.

Carolina is the only team this season with at least 3 players who have tallied 100+ tackles apiece.

Tackles

59 Luke Kuechly 114

25 Eric Reid

106

54 Shaq Thompson 103

AROUND THE NFC SOUTH

2019 NFC SOUTH STANDINGS

W L T PF PA PD

New Orleans 10 3 0 344 296 +48

Tampa Bay 6 7 0 378 381 -3

Carolina 5 8 0 300 360 -60

Atlanta

4 9 0 300 343 -43

WEEK 14 RESULTS

WEEK 15 SCHEDULE

Carolina 20 @ Atlanta 40

Seattle (10-3) @ Carolina (5-8)

Sun. 1:00 p.m. ET

San Francisco 48 @ New Orleans 46 Tampa Bay (6-7) @ Detroit (3-9-1) Sun. 1:00 p.m. ET

Indianapolis 35 @ Tampa Bay 38 Atlanta (4-9) @ San Francisco (11-2) Sun. 4:25 p.m. ET

Indianapolis (6-7) @ New Orleans (10-3) Mon. 8:15 p.m. ET

TOP 10 RANKINGS IN 2019

OFFENSE

*PRESS BOX STATISTICS*

DEFENSE

INDIVIDUAL

Statistic

Leader

Scrimmage yards Christian McCaffrey

Scrimmage yards per game Christian McCaffrey

Rushing yards

Christian McCaffrey

Rushing yards per game Christian McCaffrey

Yards per rush (min90att) Christian McCaffrey

Rush attempts

Christian McCaffrey

Rushing TDs

Christian McCaffrey

Total TDs

Christian McCaffrey

Longest rush

Christian McCaffrey

Rushes of 20+ yards Christian McCaffrey

Receptions

Christian McCaffrey

Receptions by RB Christian McCaffrey

Receiving yards by RB Christian McCaffrey

Yards after catch

Christian McCaffrey

Receptions by TE

Greg Olsen

Receiving yards by TE Greg Olsen

Receiving 1st downs by TE Greg Olsen

?Receptions

DJ Moore

Receiving yards

DJ Moore

Receiving 1st downs DJ Moore

Targets

DJ Moore

Big plays (50+ yards) DJ Moore

No. 1,946 149.7 1,220 93.8 4.96 246 12 16 84 6 86 86 726 714 48 552 33 79 1,061 55 121 4

NFL Rank 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 6th among RBs t-3rd t-3rd 1st 3rd t-9th 4th 1st 2nd 2nd 8th 7th 7th 8th 4th 4th 4th t-1st

INDIVIDUAL

Statistic

Leader

No.

Tackles

Luke Kuechly

114

Sacks among rookies Brian Burns

5.5

Sacks among safeties Eric Reid

4.0

Tackles among safeties Eric Reid

106

Safeties

Luke Kuechly

1

Safeties

Bruce Irvin

1

Opp. fumble recoveries Eric Reid

2

Forced fumbles

Vernon Butler

3

TEAM

Statistic Sacks QB hits Safeties Takeaways Interceptions

No. NFL Rank

47 2nd

89 6th

2

t-1st

20 t-6th

13 t-3rd

TEAM

Statistic

No. NFL Rank

Yards per rush

4.86 4th

Rushing TDs

17 t-2nd

Big plays (50+ yards)

8 t-2nd

Passing 1st downs

186 4th

Offensive penalties

28 t-fewest in NFL

MOORE

NFL Rank t-6th t-4th 2nd 2nd t-1st t-1st t-10th t-9th

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reid

PANTHERS VS SEAHAWKS

WEEK 15

Previous results

PANTHERS (4-9) vs SEAHAWKS

Home: 3-4 ? Away: 1-5 ? Playoffs: 1-2 10/08/00 SEATTLE...........................................W 26-3 10/31/04 at Seattle.........................................L 17-23 01/22/06 at Seattle (playoffs).........................L 14-34 12/16/07 SEATTLE...........................................W 13-10 12/05/10 at Seattle.........................................L 14-31 10/07/12 SEATTLE...........................................L 12-16 09/08/13 SEATTLE...........................................L 7-12 10/26/14 SEATTLE...........................................L 9-13 01/10/15 at Seattle (playoffs).........................L 17-31 10/25/16 at Seattle.........................................W 27-23 01/17/16 SEATTLE (playoffs)...........................W 31-24 12/04/16 at Seattle (Sunday Night) ................L 7-40 11/25/18 SEATTLE...........................................L 27-30

REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS

PANTHERS SEAHAWKS

OFFENSE

341.5 (21st)

Total Yards Per Game

383.9 (5th)

118.9 (12th)

Rushing Yards Per Game

140.8 (3rd)

4.86 (4th)

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

4.61 (7th)

255.5 (13th)

Passing Net Yards Per Game

263.2 (11th)

50 (31st)

Sacks Allowed

40 (23rd)

31.3 (29th)

Third Down Efficiency

40.2 (15th)

23.1 (t-14th)

Points Per Game

26.2 (6th)

373.9 (24th) 139.2 (29th) 5.26 (32nd) 234.8 (15th) 47 (2nd) 40.4 (19th) 27.7 (27th)

DEFENSE

Total Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Game Rushing Yards Per Attempt Passing Net Yards Per Game

Sacks Third Down Efficiency Points Allowed Per Game

375.5 (26th) 104.4 (13rd) 4.60 (25th) 271.2 (29th)

23 (t-29th) 37.7 (15th) 24.7 (22nd)

PANTHERS-seahawks CONNECTIONS

Pro Connections

? Seahawks Head Coach Pete Carroll served at the Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Coach for North Carolina State University for three seasons (1980-82).

? Panthers Interim Head Coach Perry Fewell and Seahawks Assistant Special Teams Coach Larry Izzo spent four seasons on the New York Giants coaching staff from 2011-14. Fewell served as the Defensive Coordinator while Izzo assumed the role of Assistant Special Teams Coach.

? Seahawks Defensive Coordinator Ken Norton Jr. served as the Defensive Coordinator for the Oakland Raiders from 2015-17 during the same span Panthers LB/DE Bruce Irvin was a member of that Raiders defense. In addition, Seahawks Assistant Defensive Line Coach Jethro Franklin was Irvin's position coach on that Raiders staff from 2016-17.

? Panthers Wide Receivers Coach Jim Hostler and Seahawks Offensive Coordinator Brian Schottenheimer coached for the Indianapolis Colts for two season (2016-17).

? Seahawks Strength and Conditioning Assistant Grant Steen spent time at Stanford during the same time Panthers RB Christian McCaffrey was playing there. Seahawks Assistant Wide Receivers Coach Brad Idzik served as a Graduate Assistant at Stanford from 2014-18.

? Panthers Running Game Coordinator John Matsko and Seahawks Strength and Conditioning Assistant Jamie Yanchar were on the same University of Southern California staff in 1991.

? Panthers TE Greg Olsen played at the University of Miami from 2004-06, spending time with Seattle Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Line Coach Clint Hurtt who was on the coaching staff from 2003-06.

? Seahawks Linebackers Coach John Glenn coached the linebackers at North Carolina Wesleyan College from 2006-08.

? Panthers Tight Ends Coach Pete Hoener and Seahawks Offensive Line Coach Mike Solari served on the same 49ers coaching staff in 2010.

? Panthers DL Gerald McCoy and Seahawks DT Al Woods were teammates in the 2010 season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

? Panthers S Colin Jones and Seahawks G Mike Iupati were teammates during the 2011 season for the San Francisco 49ers. In addition, Iupati and Panthers S Tre Boston spent the 2018 season as members of the Arizona Cardinals organization.

? Panthers S Tre Boston and Seahawks WR Jaron Brown were members of the Arizona Cardinals organization for the 2018 season.

? Panthers LB/DE Bruce Irvin and Seahawks CB Neiko Thorpe were teammates during the 2016 campaign with the Oakland Raiders.

? Panthers DL Gerald McCoy and Seahawks FS Bradley McDougald were teammates for four seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2013-16).

? Panthers CB Ross Cockrell and Seahawks G/T D.J. Fluker were teammates during the 2017 season for the New York Giants.

? Seahawks Co-Director of Player Personnel Trent Kirchner spent eight seasons with the Panthers as a Pro Scout.

Regional Connections

? Seahawks WR Jaron Brown is a native of Cheraw, S.C. and played his collegiate ball at Clemson.

? Seahawks G Phil Haynes is from Raleigh, N.C. and played collegiately at Wake Forest.

? Seahawks DE Jadaveon Clowney is originally from Rock Hill, S.C. and won a state championship for South Pointe High School in 2008. He was named South Carolina's "Mr. Football" in 2010.

? Seahawks DT Jarran Reed is a native of Goldsboro, N.C.

? Seahawks DT Poona Ford is from Beaufort, S.C. and attended Hilton Head High School in Hilton Head, S.C.

College Connections

? Panthers LB Jermaine Carter, WR D.J. Moore and Seahawks DT Quinton Jefferson were teammates for one season at Maryland in 2015.

? Panthers DT Kyle Love and Seahawks LB K.J. Wright played together at Mississippi State from 2007-09.

? Panthers CB Cole Luke and Seahawks RB C.J. Prosise were teammates for three seasons at Notre Dame from 2013-15.

? Panthers WR Curtis Samuel and Seahawks T Jamarco Jones played collegiately at Ohio State for three years (2014-16)

? Panthers T Greg Little and Seahawks WR D.K. Metcalf spent three seasons as teammates on the same Ole Miss Running Rebels offense from 2016-18.

? Panthers WR DeAndrew White and Seahawks DT Jarran Reed were members of the Alabama Crimson Tide during the 2014 season. In addition, Panthers LB/DE Christian Miller and Reed were teammates for the following 2015 season where they both won the BCS National Championship.

? Panthers RB Mike Davis and Seahawks DE Jadeveon Clowney were teammates at South Carolina from 2012-13.

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