2015 Week 1 · Sun, Sep 13, 2015 · EverBank Field

Carolina PanthersWinner

Jacksonville Jaguars

CAR -3 ✓U 41 ✓Panthers closed -3 and covered, winning by 11.

Carolina Panthers 20–9.

Pre-2018 game — box score & context only; play-by-play visuals start in 2018

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · JAX

Blake BortlesQB

22/40, 183 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT

-15.5 expected points added · -7.8% completion over expected

Passing · CAR

Cam NewtonQB

18/31, 175 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT

-0.3 expected points added · -6.2% completion over expected

Rushing · CAR

Jonathan StewartRB

18 att, 56 yds, 0 TD

-2.8 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · JAX

T.J. YeldonRB

12 att, 51 yds, 0 TD

-1.1 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · JAX

Allen HurnsWR

5/7 for 60 yds, 0 TD

18% of team targets · 1.7 expected points added

Receiving · CAR

Ted GinnWR

2/7 for 54 yds, 0 TD

23% of team targets · 1.1 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Cam Newton	18/31	175	1	1	2	-0.3

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Jonathan Stewart	18	56	3.1	-2.8
Cam Newton	14	35	2.5	-2.7
Mike Tolbert	1	12	12.0	1.3
Fozzy Whittaker	2	2	1.0	-0.9

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ted Ginn	2	7	54	0	23%	1.1
Jerricho Cotchery	4	6	45	1	19%	5.7
Jonathan Stewart	4	4	25	0	13%	1.8
Corey Brown	2	3	13	0	10%	0.6
Greg Olsen	1	3	11	0	10%	-4.1
Devin Funchess	1	2	9	0	6%	0.0
Ed Dickson	1	2	9	0	6%	1.2
Mike Tolbert	1	2	6	0	6%	-1.8
Fozzy Whittaker	2	2	3	0	6%	-1.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Luke Kuechly	7	0	1.0	0	0
Thomas Davis	7	0	1.0	1	1
A.J. Klein	6	0	0.0	0	0
Bene' Benwikere	5	1	0.0	0	2
Josh Norman	4	1	0.0	1	2
Charles Tillman	4	0	0.0	0	0
Kurt Coleman	3	0	0.0	0	0
Mario Addison	3	0	2.0	0	0
Kawann Short	2	0	0.0	0	0
Charles Johnson	2	0	1.0	0	0

Jacksonville Jaguars

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Blake Bortles	22/40	183	1	2	5	-15.5

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
T.J. Yeldon	12	51	4.3	-1.1
Blake Bortles	4	26	6.5	0.7
Denard Robinson	5	19	3.8	-0.4

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Allen Hurns	5	7	60	0	18%	1.7
Rashad Greene	7	13	28	1	33%	-1.4
Allen Robinson	1	6	27	0	15%	-2.5
Denard Robinson	2	2	26	0	5%	2.6
Bryan Walters	2	2	17	0	5%	0.1
T.J. Yeldon	3	4	16	0	10%	-8.2
Corey Grant	1	1	5	0	3%	0.1
Bernard Pierce	1	2	4	0	5%	-0.2
Clay Harbor	0	1	0	0	3%	-5.0
Nic Jacobs	0	1	0	0	3%	-0.6

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Telvin Smith	7	2	0.0	0	0
Paul Posluszny	8	1	0.0	1	2
Dan Skuta	6	1	1.0	0	0
Sergio Brown	4	0	0.0	0	0
Johnathan Cyprien	3	1	0.0	0	0
Chris Smith	4	0	0.0	0	1
Jared Odrick	3	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Clemons	2	0	1.0	0	1
Roy Miller	2	0	0.0	0	0
Tyson Alualu	2	0	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CAR -3
Closing total: 41
CAR moneyline: -145
JAX moneyline: +131

Panthers closed -3 and covered, winning by 11.

Total closed 41; the game landed 29 — under by 12.0.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: EverBank Field
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 77°F, wind 7 mph
Referee: Ron Torbert
Rest: CAR 7 days · JAX 7 days
Coaches: Ron Rivera vs Gus Bradley