National Football League
BOXSCORE
| PLAY-BY-PLAY
| RECAP
Carolina 38,
N.Y. Giants 35
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, December 20, 2015
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Temperature: 41°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 79436
Where: MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Temperature: 41°
Head Official: Terry McAulay
Attendance: 79436
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Carolina | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
| N.Y. Giants | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 1st Quarter - 5:33 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
N.Y. Giants 0 - Carolina 7 Ted Ginn 3 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 1st Quarter - 1:24 | ||
| N.Y. Giants | TD |
N.Y. Giants 7 - Carolina 7 Rueben Randle 27 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 2:14 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
N.Y. Giants 7 - Carolina 14 Greg Olsen 37 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 0:15 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
N.Y. Giants 7 - Carolina 21 Devin Funchess 14 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 10:03 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
N.Y. Giants 7 - Carolina 28 Philly Brown 20 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 5:32 | ||
| Carolina | TD |
N.Y. Giants 7 - Carolina 35 Ted Ginn 14 yd. pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick) |
| 3rd Quarter - 1:18 | ||
| N.Y. Giants | TD |
N.Y. Giants 14 - Carolina 35 Will Tye 8 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 13:24 | ||
| N.Y. Giants | TD |
N.Y. Giants 21 - Carolina 35 Rashad Jennings 38 yd. run (Josh Brown kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 5:27 | ||
| N.Y. Giants | TD |
N.Y. Giants 28 - Carolina 35 Shane Vereen 8 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 1:46 | ||
| N.Y. Giants | TD |
N.Y. Giants 35 - Carolina 35 Odell Beckham 14 yd. pass from Eli Manning (Josh Brown kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 0:00 | ||
| Carolina | FG |
N.Y. Giants 35 - Carolina 38 Graham Gano 43 yd. field goal |
TEAMS
Team Stats
| Carolina | N.Y. Giants | |
| 1st Downs | 28 | 21 |
| Rushing | 7 | 7 |
| Passing | 20 | 11 |
| Penalty | 1 | 3 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 9-17 | 6-15 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Punts-Average | 7-45.4 | 7-45.0 |
| Return Yards | 126 | 51 |
| Punts-Returns | 3-44 | 4-32 |
| Kickoffs-Returns | 5-82 | 1-19 |
| Int - Returns | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 7-88 | 7-47 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 1-1 | 2-1 |
| Time of Possession | 30:52 | 29:08 |
| Total Net Yards | 480 | 406 |
| Total Plays | 77 | 73 |
| Average Gain | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| Net Yards Rushing | 171 | 161 |
| Rushes | 29 | 27 |
| Average/Rush | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Net Yards Passing | 309 | 245 |
| Comp-Att | 25-45 | 29-46 |
| Yards/Pass | 6.4 | 5.3 |
| Sacked-Yards Lost | 3-31 | 0-0 |
| Had Intercepted | 0 | 1 |
| Touchdowns | 5 | 5 |
| Rushing | 0 | 1 |
| Passing | 5 | 4 |
| Other | 0 | 0 |
| Extra Points | 5-5 | 5-5 |
| Field Goals | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Efficiency | 3-4-75% | 3-4-75% |
| Goal To Go Efficiency | 2-2-100% | 0-0-0% |
| Safeties | 0 | 0 |
PLAYER STATS
Carolina Panthers
(14-0)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| C. Newton | 25/45 | 340 | 5 | 0 |
New York Giants
(6-8)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| E. Manning | 29/46 | 245 | 4 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| C. Newton | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 0 | 47 |
| C. Artis-Payne | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 0 | 26 |
| M. Tolbert | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 4 |
| F. Whittaker | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| R. Jennings | 16 | 107 | 6.7 | 1 | 38 |
| S. Vereen | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 0 | 19 |
| A. Williams | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | 10 |
| E. Manning | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| T. Ginn | 14 | 6 | 85 | 14.2 | 2 | 23 |
| G. Olsen | 8 | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 1 | 37 |
| P. Brown | 4 | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 1 | 20 |
| J. Cotchery | 6 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 16 |
| C. Artis-Payne | 2 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 20 |
| D. Funchess | 7 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 1 | 16 |
| F. Whittaker | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Receiving | ||||||
| TAR | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LG | |
| O. Beckham | 9 | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 1 | 40 |
| R. Randle | 5 | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | 27 |
| S. Vereen | 10 | 8 | 43 | 5.4 | 1 | 9 |
| W. Tye | 8 | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 1 | 20 |
| M. White | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| H. Nicks | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Harris | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Cunningham | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| R. Jennings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| C. Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| No interceptions | |||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| No sacks | ||
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| R. Ayers | 1.5 | 17.5 |
| J. Pierre-Paul | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| J. Thomas | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| L. Kuechly | 10 | 5 |
| K. Coleman | 8 | 5 |
| T. Davis | 6 | 3 |
| C. Finnegan | 5 | 0 |
| R. Harper | 5 | 1 |
| C. Tillman | 4 | 1 |
| S. Thompson | 3 | 2 |
| K. Short | 2 | 0 |
| J. Norman | 2 | 1 |
| S. Lotulelei | 2 | 1 |
| K. Ealy | 1 | 0 |
| D. Edwards | 1 | 0 |
| J. Allen | 1 | 1 |
| C. Johnson | 1 | 2 |
| K. Love | 0 | 1 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| P. Amukamara | 7 | 0 |
| L. Collins | 7 | 2 |
| R. Ayers | 6 | 0 |
| C. Dahl | 5 | 2 |
| J. Casillas | 4 | 0 |
| J. Brinkley | 4 | 5 |
| D. Rodgers-Cromartie | 3 | 0 |
| J. Pierre-Paul | 3 | 0 |
| U. Unga | 3 | 2 |
| J. Thomas | 3 | 4 |
| C. Jenkins | 2 | 0 |
| J. Bromley | 2 | 1 |
| T. McBride | 1 | 0 |
| C. Taylor | 1 | 1 |
| K. Wynn | 0 | 2 |
| M. Hughes | 0 | 2 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| K. Coleman | 1.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | |
| NO. | |
| R. Ayers | 1.0 |
| J. Pierre-Paul | 1.0 |
| J. Thomas | 1.0 |
| J. Casillas | 1.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| C. Newton | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| O. Beckham | 1 |
| R. Jennings | 1 |