Panthers 52-31 Bengals (8 Dec, 2002) Box Score

Cincinnati Bengals

1-12, 1-6 away

	1	2	3	4	T
CIN	7	10	14	0	31
CAR	9	7	21	15	52

Carolina Panthers

5-8, 3-4 home

Cincinnati Passing


Jon Kitna
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
25/37	295	8.0	2	0	4-38	109.6
25/37	257	8.0	2	0	4-38	109.6

Carolina Passing


Rodney Peete
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
21/29	319	11.0	3	1	0-0	128.4
21/29	319	11.0	3	1	0-0	128.4

Cincinnati Rushing


Corey Dillon
Jon Kitna
Rudi Johnson
Lorenzo Neal
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
18	55	3.1	0	17
5	20	4.0	1	12
5	8	1.6	0	5
1	0	0.0	0	0
29	83	2.9	1	17

Carolina Rushing


Dee Brown
Nick Goings
Brad Hoover
Muhsin Muhammad
Rodney Peete
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	45	2.6	1	12
4	23	5.8	0	14
5	12	2.4	0	7
1	3	3.0	0	3
2	-1	-0.5	0	0
29	82	2.8	1	14

Cincinnati Receiving


Chad Johnson
Peter Warrick
T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Corey Dillon
Ron Dugans
Rudi Johnson
Matt Schobel
Danny Farmer
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
6	114	19.0	0	32
3	52	17.3	2	37
3	43	14.3	0	18
4	30	7.5	0	16
4	28	7.0	0	10
2	15	7.5	0	9
2	9	4.5	0	7
1	4	4.0	0	4
25	295	11.8	2	37

Carolina Receiving


Steve Smith Sr.
Muhsin Muhammad
Wesley Walls
Kris Mangum
Dee Brown
Nick Goings
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
5	144	28.8	1	49
8	106	13.3	1	26
2	29	14.5	1	27
2	22	11.0	0	12
2	9	4.5	0	8
2	9	4.5	0	8
21	319	15.2	3	49

Cincinnati Fumbles


Jon Kitna
Corey Dillon
Bernard Whittington
Takeo Spikes
team

FUM	LOST	REC
3	1	0
1	0	0
0	0	1
0	0	1
4	1	2

Carolina Fumbles


Rodney Peete
Dee Brown
Al Wallace
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0
0	0	1
2	2	1

Cincinnati Defense



Mark Roman
Brian Simmons
Jeff Burris
Tony Williams
JoJuan Armour
Bernard Whittington
Justin Smith
Takeo Spikes
Cory Hall
Artrell Hawkins
Kevin Kaesviharn
Lorenzo Neal
Reinard Wilson
Canute Curtis
Adrian Ross
Marquand Manuel
Reggie Myles
Eric Ogbogu
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	7	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	0	0	1	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	1
3	2	0	0	1	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	1	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	47	0	0	3	0	2

Carolina Defense



Reggie Howard
Will Witherspoon
Mark Fields
Terry Cousin
Mike Rucker
Mike Minter
Brentson Buckner
Kris Jenkins
Dante Wesley
Deon Grant
Kemp Rasmussen
Brian Allen
Muhsin Muhammad
Al Wallace
Damien Richardson
Josh Taves
Kory Minor
Rod Smart
Deke Cooper
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
12	11	0	0	2	0	0
12	9	1	0	0	0	0
8	5	2	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
6	4	0	0	0	0	0
5	4	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	1	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	2	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
74	58	4	0	5	0	4

Cincinnati Interceptions


Cory Hall
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	2	0
1	2	0

Carolina Interceptions

	INT	YDS	TD
No Carolina Interceptions

Cincinnati Kick Returns


T.J. Houshmandzadeh
Rudi Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	99	19.8	23
2	37	18.5	20
7	136	19.4	23

Carolina Kick Returns


Isaac Byrd
Steve Smith Sr.
Kris Mangum
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
5	115	23.0	30
1	16	16.0	16
1	12	12.0	12
7	143	20.4	30

Cincinnati Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Cincinnati Punt Returns

Carolina Punt Returns


Steve Smith Sr.
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
3	153	51.0	87	2
3	153	51.0	87	2

Cincinnati Kicking


Neil Rackers
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/2	50.0	24	4/4	7
1/2	50.0	24	4/4	7

Carolina Kicking


Shayne Graham
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6
0/0	0.0	0	6/6	6

Cincinnati Punting


Travis Dorsch
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
5	162	32.4	0	0	46
5	162	32.4	0	0	46

Carolina Punting


Todd Sauerbrun
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
3	120	40.0	1	2	50
3	120	40.0	1	2	50

6:00 PM, 8 December 2002

Attendance: 66,799

Referees:
Johnny Grier

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Pittsburgh	10	5	.667	353	299
Baltimore	10	5	.667	452	349
Cincinnati	7	8	.467	423	393
Cleveland	3	12	.200	245	380

Team	W	L	PCT	PF	PA
Atlanta	8	7	.533	327	349
Tampa Bay	8	7	.533	427	352
New Orleans	5	9	.357	309	312
Carolina	4	11	.267	283	448

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