1996 Carolina Panthers Statistics
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Dom Capers (12-4)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
1996 Carolina Panthers Results
The Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
The Panthers racked up 367 points, and the solid defense conceded 218. Kerry Collins passed for 2,454 yards. Wesley Walls snagged 61 passes, while Mark Carrier accumulated 808 receiving yards. Willie Green contributed to the receiving game, too.
Anthony Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 1,120 yards for Carolina.
The larcenous defense pounced on 38 turnovers. Chad Cota and Eric Davis each intercepted 5 opponent throws. Kevin Greene topped the defensive unit with 14.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 60 sacks.
Dom Capers coached the team. The 1996 Carolina Panthers lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Kerry Collins | 364 | 204 | 56.0 | 2454 | 6.7 | 14 | 3.8 | 9 | 2.5 | 55 | 18 | 114 | 79.4 | Steve Beuerlein | 123 | 69 | 56.1 | 879 | 7.1 | 8 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.6 | 40 | 18 | 136 | 93.5 |
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| Totals | 487 | 273 | 56.1 | 3333 | 6.8 | 22 | 4.5 | 11 | 2.3 | 55 | 36 | 250 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Anthony Johnson | 300 | 1120 | 3.7 | 29 | 6 | Tim Biakabutuka | 71 | 229 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 | Winslow Oliver | 47 | 183 | 3.9 | 16 | 0 | Rocket Ismail | 8 | 80 | 10.0 | 35 | 1 | Dino Philyaw | 12 | 38 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 | Kerry Collins | 32 | 38 | 1.2 | 14 | 0 | Steve Beuerlein | 12 | 17 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 | Leroy Hoard | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | Howard Griffith | 12 | 7 | 0.6 | 3 | 1 | Dwight Stone | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Willie Green | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Muhsin Muhammad | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 502 | 1729 | 3.4 | 35 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wesley Walls | 61 | 713 | 11.7 | 40 | 10 | Mark Carrier | 58 | 808 | 13.9 | 39 | 6 | Willie Green | 46 | 614 | 13.3 | 50 | 3 | Howard Griffith | 27 | 223 | 8.3 | 21 | 1 | Anthony Johnson | 26 | 192 | 7.4 | 55 | 0 | Muhsin Muhammad | 25 | 407 | 16.3 | 54 | 1 | Winslow Oliver | 15 | 144 | 9.6 | 29 | 0 | Rocket Ismail | 12 | 214 | 17.8 | 51 | 0 | Scott Greene | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 1 | Dwight Stone | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 273 | 3333 | 12.2 | 55 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Rohn Stark | 77 | 3128 | 40.6 | 60 | John Kasay | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 78 | 3158 | 40.5 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Winslow Oliver | 52 | 598 | 11.5 | 84 | 1 | Tyrone Poole | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 12 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 55 | 624 | 11.3 | 84 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Michael Bates | 33 | 998 | 30.2 | 93 | 1 | Winslow Oliver | 7 | 160 | 22.9 | 33 | 0 | Rocket Ismail | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 | Leroy Hoard | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Duane Bickett | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Myron Baker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Scott Greene | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 1310 | 26.2 | 93 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Chad Cota | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 35 | 0 | Eric Davis | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 36 | 0 | Toi Cook | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 22 | 0 | Pat Terrell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | Steve Lofton | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | Tyrone Poole | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | Brett Maxie | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | Sam Mills | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Shawn King | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Damon Pieri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 22 | 277 | 12.6 | 42 | 0 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Kevin Greene | 14.5 | 0.0 | Lamar Lathon | 13.5 | 0.0 | Sam Mills | 5.5 | 0.0 | Toi Cook | 4.0 | 0.0 | Mark Thomas | 4.0 | 0.0 | Greg Kragen | 3.0 | 0.0 | Les Miller | 3.0 | 0.0 | Shawn King | 3.0 | 0.0 | Carlton Bailey | 2.5 | 0.0 | Duane Bickett | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Fox | 2.0 | 0.0 | Chad Cota | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rod Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | Gerald Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 60.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Sam Mills | 106 | 90 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 0 | Tyrone Poole | 62.5 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eric Davis | 58 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Lamar Lathon | 65.5 | 54 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Pat Terrell | 55 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Carlton Bailey | 57.5 | 47 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Greg Kragen | 43.5 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Brett Maxie | 43.5 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Kevin Greene | 44 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 1 | 2 | Chad Cota | 36.5 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Fox | 26 | 24 | 4 | 0 | Gerald Williams | 27 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Toi Cook | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | Les Miller | 23.5 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | Shawn King | 15.5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | Rod Smith | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | Damon Pieri | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Lofton | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Duane Bickett | 9.5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Mark Thomas | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Andre Royal | 4.5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Colston | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Tommy Jeter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Emmanuel McDaniel | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Steve Beuerlein | 9 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Frank Garcia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Rasby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kerry Collins | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Elliott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Dennis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Myron Baker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Howard Griffith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michael Bates | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Winslow Oliver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 741 | 640 | 202 | 0 | 25 | 26 | 151 | 3 | 17 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | John Kasay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 145 | Wesley Walls | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Mark Carrier | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Anthony Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Willie Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Howard Griffith | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Muhsin Muhammad | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rocket Ismail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sam Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dino Philyaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Scott Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Shawn King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kevin Greene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Michael Bates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Winslow Oliver | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Kerry Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 9 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 37 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 363 |
