2015 Week 14 · Sun, Dec 13, 2015 · Bank of America Stadium

Atlanta Falcons

Carolina PanthersWinner

CAR -8.5 ✓U 45.5 ✓Panthers closed -8.5 and covered, winning by 38.

Carolina Panthers 38–0 — never really in doubt late.

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

Who moved the needle

Top performers

Passing · CAR

Cam NewtonQB

15/21, 265 yds, 3 TD, 0 INT

17.1 expected points added · +19.6% completion over expected

Passing · ATL

Matt RyanQB

22/34, 224 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT

-7.7 expected points added · +0.5% completion over expected

Rushing · CAR

Jonathan StewartRB

10 att, 75 yds, 1 TD

2.1 expected points added on the ground

Rushing · ATL

Devonta FreemanRB

12 att, 40 yds, 0 TD

-2.9 expected points added on the ground

Receiving · CAR

Ted GinnWR

2/3 for 120 yds, 2 TD

12% of team targets · 10.4 expected points added

Receiving · ATL

Julio JonesWR

7/10 for 88 yds, 0 TD

24% of team targets · 2.7 expected points added

Full stat lines

Box score

Atlanta Falcons

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Matt Ryan	22/34	224	0	1	3	-7.7
Sean Renfree	3/7	11	0	1	2	-7.4

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	EPA
Devonta Freeman	12	40	3.3	-2.9
Tevin Coleman	3	15	5.0	0.2
Matt Ryan	1	-1	-1.0	0.0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	Tgt share	EPA
Julio Jones	7	10	88	24%	2.7
Nick Williams	4	4	40	10%	0.7
Roddy White	4	5	35	12%	2.2
Jacob Tamme	4	5	26	12%	-1.1
Devonta Freeman	3	5	22	12%	-5.4
Patrick DiMarco	2	3	15	7%	-0.5
Justin Hardy	1	7	9	17%	-3.8
Tevin Coleman	0	1	0	2%	-0.4
Levine Toilolo	0	1	0	2%	-0.5

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	PD
Paul Worrilow	4	4	0.0	0
Justin Durant	3	5	0.0	0
Kemal Ishmael	5	2	0.0	0
Robert Alford	5	0	0.0	2
Tyson Jackson	1	3	0.0	0
Ricardo Allen	3	0	0.0	1
Robenson Therezie	2	1	0.0	0
Jonathan Babineaux	2	1	1.0	0
Joey Mbu	1	1	0.0	0
Vic Beasley	2	0	1.0	0

Carolina Panthers

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	TD	INT	Sacked	EPA
Cam Newton	15/21	265	3	0	2	17.1
Derek Anderson	4/6	36	0	0	0	-0.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	EPA
Jonathan Stewart	10	75	7.5	1	2.1
Fozzy Whittaker	8	34	4.3	1	0.9
Mike Tolbert	6	17	2.8	0	-2.4
Corey Brown	1	9	9.0	0	0.8
Ted Ginn	1	5	5.0	0	0.1
Cam Newton	3	4	1.3	0	-0.5
Derek Anderson	3	-2	-0.7	0	-2.7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Tgt	Yds	TD	Tgt share	EPA
Ted Ginn	2	3	120	2	12%	10.4
Corey Brown	3	6	59	0	23%	4.0
Greg Olsen	3	4	52	0	15%	4.0
Devin Funchess	3	5	25	0	19%	-1.0
Jonathan Stewart	1	1	14	0	4%	1.3
Mike Tolbert	2	2	13	0	8%	0.4
Scott Simonson	1	1	10	0	4%	1.7
Jerricho Cotchery	2	2	10	0	8%	0.2
Ed Dickson	1	1	4	1	4%	2.3
Fozzy Whittaker	1	1	-6	0	4%	-1.2

Defense (top contributors)

Player	Solo	Ast	Sacks	INT	PD
Kurt Coleman	5	4	0.0	1	1
Thomas Davis	4	3	0.5	0	0
Luke Kuechly	3	2	0.0	1	1
Josh Norman	2	3	0.0	0	1
A.J. Klein	3	2	1.0	0	0
Bene' Benwikere	5	0	0.0	0	0
Ben Jacobs	2	2	0.0	0	0
Kawann Short	3	0	2.0	0	0
Mario Addison	1	1	0.5	0	0
Tre Boston	1	1	0.0	0	0

Closing number vs result

Betting context

Closing spread: CAR -8.5
Closing total: 45.5
ATL moneyline: +322
CAR moneyline: -370

Panthers closed -8.5 and covered, winning by 38.

Total closed 45.5; the game landed 38 — under by 7.5.

Conditions and crew

Game environment

Venue: Bank of America Stadium
Roof / surface: outdoors · grass
Kickoff weather: 63°F, wind 6 mph
Referee: Tony Corrente
Rest: ATL 7 days · CAR 7 days
Coaches: Dan Quinn vs Ron Rivera

Division game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.