Carolina Panthers

1stin NFC South · 0-1

Ugh, no.

Carolina Panthers lost to the Chicago Bears

1-0 59 – 37

0-1

Final · Sun, Sep 13

Game Details

Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte) · 72,597 fans · FOX

Recap

Caleb Williams and Bears trounce Panthers 59-37 in highest-scoring season opener in NFL history

Ben Johnson said he slept well Saturday night at the Bears' team hotel, sensing that quarterback Caleb Williams was more than ready for the season opener.

Recap via ESPN

Bank of America Stadium · Charlotte

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	T
CHI	14	17	14	14	59
CAR	7	17	7	6	37

Win Probability · Carolina Panthers

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Game Leaders

Chicago Bears

Caleb Williams · 21/29, 269 YDS, 2 TDPassing Yards
D'Andre Swift · 18 CAR, 124 YDS, 3 TDRushing Yards
Kalif Raymond · 8 REC, 84 YDSReceiving Yards
Kentavius Street · 1Sacks
Dillon Thieneman · 10Tackles

Carolina Panthers

Bryce Young · 23/37, 361 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INTPassing Yards
Chuba Hubbard · 10 CAR, 49 YDS, 1 TDRushing Yards
Jalen Coker · 8 REC, 138 YDS, 2 TDReceiving Yards
Jaelan Phillips · 1Sacks
Devin Lloyd · 13Tackles

2026 NFC North Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Minnesota	4	0	1.000
Chicago	3	1	.750
Detroit	2	2	.500
Green Bay	2	2	.500

2026 NFC South Standings

Team	W	L	PCT
Carolina	2	2	.500
Atlanta	1	2	.333
New Orleans	1	2	.333
Tampa Bay	0	4	.000

Scoring

Q4 3:40

TD D'Andre Swift 28 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)59–37

Q4 4:00

TD Jalen Coker 8 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald PAT blocked)52–37

Q4 6:27

TD Jahdae Walker 1 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Cairo Santos Kick)52–31

Q3 0:40

TD Kyle Monangai 61 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)45–31

Q3 3:05

TD D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)38–31

Q3 9:02

TD Chuba Hubbard 2 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)31–31

Q2 0:22

TD Caleb Williams 29 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)31–24

Q2 2:35

FG Ryan Fitzgerald 44 Yd Field Goal24–24

Q2 5:20

FG Cairo Santos 40 Yd Field Goal24–21

Q2 8:42

TD Bryce Young 7 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)21–21

Q2 12:40

TD Jalen Coker 51 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)21–14

Q2 13:57

TD Cole Kmet 22 Yd pass from Caleb Williams (Cairo Santos Kick)21–7

Q1 1:59

TD D'Andre Swift 1 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)14–7

Q1 5:52

TD Caleb Williams 9 Yd Rush (Cairo Santos Kick)7–7

Q1 11:33

TD Chuba Hubbard 4 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)0–7

Team Stats

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Offense

552 Total Yards 478

261 Passing Yards 353

291 Rushing Yards 125

26 First Downs 24

7.9 Yards per Play 7.7

Efficiency

10-14 3rd Down 4-9

0-1 4th Down 0-1

4-4 Red Zone 4-4

21/29 Completions 23/38

Turnovers & Clock

1 Turnovers 3

2-8 Sacks Allowed 2-8

12-57 Penalties 11-84

34:03 Possession 25:57

Box Score

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Caleb Williams	21/29	269	9.3	2	0	2-8	92.2	124.1
Team	21/29	261	9.3	2	0	2-8	--	124.1

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
D'Andre Swift	18	124	6.9	3	32
Kyle Monangai	10	100	10.0	1	61
Caleb Williams	10	65	6.5	2	29
Luther Burden III	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	39	291	7.5	6	61

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Kalif Raymond	8	84	10.5	0	28	9
Luther Burden III	5	63	12.6	0	24	5
Rome Odunze	2	52	26.0	0	47	3
Cole Kmet	2	35	17.5	1	22	3
Kyle Monangai	2	24	12.0	0	19	2
D'Andre Swift	1	10	10.0	0	10	1
Jahdae Walker	1	1	1.0	1	1	1
Colston Loveland	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
Team	21	269	12.8	2	47	26

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Luther Burden III	1	1	0
Devin Bush	0	0	1
Kaden Davis	0	0	1
Team	1	1	2

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Dillon Thieneman	10	8	0	0	1	1
Tyrique Stevenson Sr.	9	6	0	0	0	0
Cam Lewis	6	5	0	0	0	0
Devin Bush	6	2	0	0	0	1
Roschon Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	0
James Lynch	3	2	0	0	0	0
Malik Muhammad II	3	2	0	0	2	0
Jaylon Johnson	3	1	0	0	0	0
Grady Jarrett	3	0	0	0	0	1
Kentavius Street	2	1	1	1	0	1
Montez Sweat	2	1	1	1	0	1
Austin Booker	2	1	0	0	0	0
D'Marco Jackson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jahdae Walker	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Blackwell	1	1	0	0	0	0
Dayo Odeyingbo	1	1	0	0	0	0
T.J. Edwards	1	0	0	0	0	0
Neville Gallimore	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elijah Hicks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Daniel Hardy	1	0	0	0	0	0
Beau Gardner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Skyler Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	65	31	2	2	3	5

Interceptions

Player	INT	YDS	TD
Malik Muhammad II	1	0	0
Team	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Josh Blackwell	4	85	21.3	23	0
Team	4	85	21.3	23	0

Punt Returns

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kalif Raymond	1	23	23.0	23	0
Team	1	23	23.0	23	0

Kicking

Player	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Cairo Santos	1/1	100.0	40	8/8	11
Team	1/1	100.0	40	8/8	11

Punting

Player	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Tory Taylor	2	102	51.0	0	0	54
Team	2	102	51.0	0	0	54

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Passing

Player	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	QBR	RTG
Bryce Young	23/37	361	9.8	3	1	2-8	72.6	110.3
Kenny Pickett	0/1	0	0.0	0	0	0-0	100.0	39.6
Team	23/38	353	9.5	3	1	2-8	--	107.5

Rushing

Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Chuba Hubbard	10	49	4.9	1	11
AJ Dillon	5	28	5.6	0	11
Kenny Pickett	1	24	24.0	0	24
Jonathon Brooks	4	14	3.5	0	6
Bryce Young	2	10	5.0	1	7
Team	22	125	5.7	2	24

Receiving

Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
Jalen Coker	8	138	17.3	2	51	9
Tetairoa McMillan	5	75	15.0	0	21	8
Jonathon Brooks	1	48	48.0	0	48	2
Chuba Hubbard	3	38	12.7	1	29	3
Darren Waller	2	28	14.0	0	17	2
Tommy Tremble	3	25	8.3	0	11	5
Mitchell Evans	1	9	9.0	0	9	2
Xavier Legette	0	0	0.0	0	0	2
Jimmy Horn Jr.	0	0	0.0	0	0	1
Team	23	361	15.7	3	51	34

Fumbles

Player	FUM	LOST	REC
Tetairoa McMillan	1	1	0
Jimmy Horn Jr.	1	1	0
Will Lee III	0	0	1
Team	2	2	1

Defense

Player	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS
Devin Lloyd	13	9	0	0	0	0
Nick Scott	7	5	0	0	0	0
Lee Hunter	6	4	0	0	0	0
Bobby Okereke	6	3	0	1	0	0
Will Lee III	5	5	0	0	1	0
Derrick Brown	3	3	0	0	0	1
Jaelan Phillips	3	2	1	1	0	1
Princely Umanmielen	3	2	1	1	0	1
Jeremiah Moon	3	2	0	0	0	0
Jaycee Horn	3	2	0	0	0	0
Lathan Ransom	3	2	0	0	0	0
Tre'von Moehrig	3	0	0	0	0	0
Trevis Gipson	2	2	0	1	0	0
Mike Jackson	2	2	0	0	0	0
TeRah Edwards	2	1	0	0	0	0
Thomas Incoom	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Brown III	2	0	0	0	0	0
Brycen Tremayne	1	1	0	0	0	0
Feleipe Franks	1	0	0	0	0	0
Claudin Cherelus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chau Smith-Wade	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team	73	46	2	4	1	3