| Carolina Panthers at Houston Texans Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 2021 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: NRG Stadium Attendance: 68320 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina PanthersCAR | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Houston TexansHOU | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CAR | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Sam Darnold 5 run (Zane Gonzalez kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston TexansHOU | Anthony Miller 1 pass from Davis Mills (Joey Slye kick failed) | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Tommy Tremble 7 run (Zane Gonzalez kick) | 14 | 6 |
| 4 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Zane Gonzalez 21 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Houston TexansHOU | Joey Slye 53 FG | 17 | 9 |
| 4 | Carolina PanthersCAR | Sam Darnold 1 run (Zane Gonzalez kick) | 24 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 11 | WR | Robbie Chosen [Anderson] |
| 2 | WR | D.J. Moore |
| 75 | LOT | Cameron Erving |
| 65 | LOG | Dennis Daley |
| 61 | C | Matt Paradis |
| 67 | ROG | John Miller |
| 72 | ROT | Taylor Moton |
| 80 | TE | Ian Thomas |
| 86 | TE | Colin Thompson |
| 14 | QB | Sam Darnold |
| 22 | RB | Christian McCaffrey |
| Defense | ||
| 91 | LDE | Morgan Fox |
| 95 | LDT | Derrick Brown |
| 90 | RDT | DaQuan Jones |
| 53 | RDE | Brian Burns |
| 7 | SLB | Shaq Thompson |
| 4 | MLB | Jermaine Carter |
| 43 | WLB | Haason Reddick |
| 26 | LCB | Donte Jackson |
| 21 | SS | Jeremy Chinn |
| 31 | FS | Juston Burris |
| 8 | RCB | Jaycee Horn |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Chris Conley |
| 13 | WR | Brandin Cooks |
| 78 | LOT | Laremy Tunsil |
| 71 | LOG | Tytus Howard |
| 68 | C | Justin Britt |
| 74 | ROG | Max Scharping |
| 61 | ROT | Marcus Cannon |
| 83 | TE | Antony Auclair |
| 85 | TE | Pharaoh Brown |
| 10 | QB | Davis Mills |
| 2 | RB | Mark Ingram |
| Defense | ||
| 54 | LDE | Jake Martin |
| 91 | LDT | Roy Lopez |
| 97 | RDT | Maliek Collins |
| 52 | RDE | Jonathan Greenard |
| 48 | SLB | Joe Thomas |
| 58 | MLB | Christian Kirksey |
| 41 | WLB | Zach Cunningham |
| 26 | LCB | Vernon Hargreaves |
| 23 | SS | Eric Murray |
| 1 | FS | Lonnie Johnson |
| 24 | RCB | Tremon Smith |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Chuba Hubbard | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 7 | 31 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Royce Freeman | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Sam Darnold | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 5t | 2 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7t | 1 |
| D.J. Moore | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Mark Ingram | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Phillip Lindsay | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Brandin Cooks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Davis Mills | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||||||||
| Sam Darnold | 34 | 23 | 67.6 | 0 | 304 | 8.9 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 95.7 |
| Houston Texans | |||||||||||
| Davis Mills | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 0 | 168 | 6.0 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 95.5 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| D.J. Moore | 12 | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Terrace Marshall | 5 | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Chuba Hubbard | 5 | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Dan Arnold | 4 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Christian McCaffrey | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Tremble | 1 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Alex Erickson | 1 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Robbie Chosen [Anderson] | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Royce Freeman | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Brandin Cooks | 11 | 9 | 112 | 12.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Jordan Akins | 5 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Anthony Miller | 6 | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 10 | 1 |
| Rex Burkhead | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Mark Ingram | 1 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Chris Conley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Houston Texans | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | |||||
| Joseph Charlton | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | |||||
| Cameron Johnston | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Alex Erickson | 2 | 3 | 17 | 8.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 1 | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||
| Zane Gonzalez | 5 | 326 | 65.2 | 3 |
| Houston Texans | ||||
| Joey Slye | 3 | 195 | 65.0 | 3 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Andre Roberts | 2 | 0 | 57 | 28.5 | 38 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||
| Haason Reddick | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| Frankie Luvu | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| Brian Burns | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| Morgan Fox | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Houston Texans | ||
| Whitney Mercilus | 1.0 | 7.0 |
| Ross Blacklock | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | TFL | QH | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina Panthers | ||||||
| Shaq Thompson | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donte Jackson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Chinn | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashaan Melvin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jermaine Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haason Reddick | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Burns | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morgan Fox | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Chandler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juston Burris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Luvu | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jaycee Horn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Franklin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaQuan Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Zylstra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daviyon Nixon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Texans | ||||||
| Zach Cunningham | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Kirksey | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vernon Hargreaves | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maliek Collins | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Murray | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Greenard | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tremon Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Martin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Thomas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Blacklock | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Whitney Mercilus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Omenihu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarcus Walker | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Desmond King | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Lopez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garret Wallow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaleel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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