2002 Carolina Panthers Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: John Fox (7-9)
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

2002 Carolina Panthers Roster
2002 Carolina Panthers Results

The Carolina Panthers of the National Football League ended the 2002 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's South Division of the National Football Conference.

The Panthers floundered, tallying only 258 points, and the miserly defensive unit allowed 302. Rodney Peete tossed for 2,630 yards. Muhsin Muhammad snagged 63 passes, while Steve Smith accumulated 872 receiving yards.

Lamar Smith carried the ball for a team-best 737 yards for Carolina.

The opportunistic defense led the way with 33 turnovers. Mike Minter picked off 4 opponent throws. Julius Peppers topped the defensive unit with 12 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 52 sacks.

John Fox coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Rodney Peete	381	223	58.5	2630	6.9	15	3.9	14	3.7	69	31	192	77.4
Chris Weinke	38	17	44.7	180	4.7	0	0.0	3	7.9	24	6	35	26.2
Randy Fasani	44	15	34.1	171	3.9	0	0.0	4	9.1	27	7	60	8.8
Dee Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	464	255	55.0	2981	6.4	15	3.2	22	4.7	69	44	287

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Lamar Smith	209	737	3.5	59	7
Dee Brown	102	360	3.5	24	4
Nick Goings	50	188	3.8	20	0
Brad Hoover	31	129	4.2	11	0
Randy Fasani	18	95	5.3	19	0
Muhsin Muhammad	3	40	13.3	20	0
Joe Montgomery	7	20	2.9	5	0
Rodney Peete	22	14	0.6	10	0
Chris Weinke	5	9	1.8	13	0
Rod Smart	1	2	2.0	2	0
Isaac Byrd	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Smith	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Karl Hankton	2	-4	-2.0	2	0
Totals	452	1586	3.5	59	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Muhsin Muhammad	63	823	13.1	42	3
Steve Smith	54	872	16.1	69	3
Lamar Smith	20	167	8.4	58	0
Wesley Walls	19	241	12.7	27	4
Nick Goings	18	91	5.1	14	0
Brad Hoover	17	187	11.0	33	2
Dee Brown	17	86	5.1	15	1
Kris Mangum	16	159	9.9	35	0
Isaac Byrd	14	164	11.7	31	1
Karl Hankton	9	146	16.2	31	0
Jermaine Wiggins	8	45	5.6	17	1
Totals	255	2981	11.7	69	15

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Shayne Graham	21	21	100.0	18	13	72.2	60
John Kasay	5	5	100.0	5	2	40.0	11
Jon Hilbert	3	3	100.0	2		0.0	3
Totals	29	29	100.0	25	15	60.0	74

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Todd Sauerbrun	104	4735	45.5	67
Totals	104	4735	45.5	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Steve Smith	55	470	8.5	87	2
Isaac Byrd	2	17	8.5	17	0
Totals	57	487	8.5	87	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Steve Smith	26	571	22.0	51
Isaac Byrd	14	294	21.0	35
Dee Brown	13	253	19.5	27
Nathan Black	3	44	14.7	15
Jermaine Wiggins	1	18	18.0	18
Al Wallace	1	13	13.0	13
Kris Mangum	1	12	12.0	12
Keith Heinrich	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	60	1208	20.1	51

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Mike Minter	4	125	31.2	62	1
Deon Grant	3	16	5.3	10	0
Dan Morgan	2	26	13.0	22	0
Reggie Howard	2	19	9.5	13	0
Emmanuel McDaniel	2	13	6.5	13	0
Terry Cousin	2	4	2.0	4	0
Mark Fields	1	37	37.0	30	0
Julius Peppers	1	21	21.0	21	0
Totals	17	261	15.4	62	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Julius Peppers	12.0
Mike Rucker	10.0
Mark Fields	7.5
Kris Jenkins	7.0
Brentson Buckner	5.0
Al Wallace	3.0
Will Witherspoon	1.5
Sean Gilbert	1.0
Reggie Howard	1.0
Shane Burton	1.0
Dan Morgan	1.0
Terry Cousin	1.0
Mike Minter	1.0
Totals	52.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Mark Fields	89	75	28	0	0	2	0	0	0
Reggie Howard	79.5	75	9	0	0	2	6	0	0
Mike Minter	76	66	20	9	0	1	0	0	0
Mike Rucker	63	58	10	7	0	1	0	0	4
Will Witherspoon	64	57	14	5	0	1	0	0	1
Deon Grant	61	54	14	16	0	1	0	0	1
Terry Cousin	54	46	16	18	0	1	19	0	0
Dan Morgan	46.5	39	15	4	0	0	0	0	1
Kris Jenkins	40	36	8	3				0
Julius Peppers	32.5	29	7	6	0	0	0	0	5
Brian Allen	30	27	6					0
Al Wallace	27	25	4	2	0	2	0	1	1
Brentson Buckner	28	24	8		0	1	10	0	0
Emmanuel McDaniel	25.5	23	5	0	0	2	1	0	0
Hannibal Navies	26.5	21	11		0	1	4	0	0
Shane Burton	19	16	6					0
Dante Wesley	16.5	15	3	8	0	0	0	0	1
Kemp Rasmussen	7.5	7	1					0
Jarrod Cooper	7.5	7	1					0
Damien Richardson	5.5	5	1					0
Brad Jackson	5.5	5	1					0
Sean Gilbert	5	5	0					0
Josh Taves	4	3	2					0
Jason Kyle	3	2	2		0	1	0	0	0
Lester Towns	2.5	2	1					0
Deke Cooper	2	2	0					0
Terrance Simmons	0.5	0	1					0
Steve Smith					5	2	0	0	0
Dee Brown					4	2	0	0	0
Rodney Peete					10	1	-9	0	0
Melvin Tuten					0	1	0	0	0
Todd Steussie					0	1	0	0	0
Lamar Smith					2	1	0	0	0
Brad Hoover					1	0	0	0	0
Nick Goings					2	0	-21	0	0
Jeff Mitchell					1	0	-3	0	0
Isaac Byrd					1	0	0	0	0
Randy Fasani					2	0	0	0	0
Totals	821	724	194	78	28	24	7	1	14

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Shayne Graham	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	21	0			60
Lamar Smith	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Dee Brown	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Steve Smith	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Wesley Walls	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Muhsin Muhammad	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Brad Hoover	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
John Kasay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0			11
Jermaine Wiggins	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Al Wallace	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Minter	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Isaac Byrd	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jon Hilbert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0			3
Mike Rucker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Nick Goings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2
Totals	11	15	2	0	0	1	1	0	15	29	0	1	1	258