2014_Carolina_Panthers

2014 Carolina Panthers season
2014 Carolina Panthers season
Owner	Jerry Richardson
General manager	Dave Gettleman
Head coach	Ron Rivera
Home field	Bank of America Stadium
Results
Record	7–8–1
Division place	1st NFC South
Playoff finish	Won Wild Card Playoffs; (vs. Cardinals) 27–16; Lost Divisional Playoffs; (at Seahawks) 17–31
Pro Bowlers	TE Greg Olsen; LB Luke Kuechly
AP All-Pros	LB Luke Kuechly (1st team)
Uniform
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2014 Carolina Panthers season

20th season in franchise history

The 2014 season was the Carolina Panthers' 20th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Ron Rivera.

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The Panthers captured their second straight NFC South division title and qualified for the postseason for the first time in back-to-back years despite failing to improve on a 12–4 record and finishing with a losing record of 7–8–1. Additionally, they became the first team in NFC South history to have back-to-back division titles and also became the second team to win a division title with a sub-.500 record after the 2010 Seattle Seahawks, and would be followed by the 2020 Washington Football Team, a team that Rivera also coached, and the 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Panthers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in the Wild Card round, but lost to the Seattle Seahawks in the Divisional round.

The Panthers' four-game winning streak to close out the regular season, combined with a 14–0 start the following season, would achieve a tie with the 2003–2004 New England Patriots for the third longest regular season winning streak in NFL history, at 18.

This season was the first since 2000 Steve Smith Sr. was not on the opening-day roster.

Game summaries

Regular season

Postseason

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. #5 Arizona Cardinals

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NFC Wild Card Playoffs: (#5) Arizona Cardinals at (#4) Carolina Panthers – Game summary

at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

Date: January 3, 2015
Game time: 4:35 p.m. EST
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), rain
Game attendance: 71,849
Referee: Ed Hochuli
TV announcers (ESPN^{[upper-alpha 6]}): Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters
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The win over the Cardinals improved the Panthers' overall record to 8–8–1, with the defense turning in a record performance, holding Arizona to 78 total yards. Their record stood at 13–26–1 when Cam turns the ball over.

NFC Divisional Playoffs: at #1 Seattle Seahawks

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NFC Divisional Playoffs: (#4) Carolina Panthers at (#1) Seattle Seahawks – Game summary

at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

Date: January 10, 2015
Game time: 8:15 p.m. EST/5:15 p.m. PST
Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 68,524
Referee: Terry McAulay
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, John Lynch and Pam Oliver
Recap, Gamebook

The loss made the Panthers finish 8–9–1 overall and 13–27–1 when Newton turns the ball over.

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[12–4_TEAMS-9] Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas were ranked in seeds 1–3 based on conference record.

[11–5_TEAMS-10] Arizona defeated Detroit head-to-head (Week 11, 14–6).

[7–9_TEAMS-11] New Orleans defeated Minnesota head-to-head (Week 3, 20–9).

[6–10_TEAMS-12] The NY Giants defeated both Atlanta and St. Louis head-to-head (Atlanta: Week 5, 30–20; St. Louis: Week 16, 37–27), while Atlanta finished ahead of St. Louis based on conference record.

[13] When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

[Vikings/Giants-1] The Panthers traded their original fifth- and one of their two seventh-round selections — Nos. 168 and 225 overall, respectively — to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the Vikings' fifth-round selection (No. 148 overall). The Panthers previously acquired the No. 225 overall selection in a trade that sent linebacker Jon Beason to the New York Giants.

[2] The Panthers traded their original seventh-round selection (No. 243 overall) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for safety Colin Jones.

[FlexibleScheduling-4] The kickoff time and/or network were changed after the initial schedule release as a result of flexible scheduling.The kickoff time and/or network were changed after the initial schedule release as a result of flexible scheduling.

[WBTV-5] Simulcast on WBTV.

[WSOC-6] Simulcast on WSOC-TV.

[WJZY-7] Simulcast on WJZY.

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"Bengals, Panthers have highest-scoring tie game ever".

[standings-conf-NFL-8] [2]
"2014 Conference Standings". NFL.com. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

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Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	28	Kelvin Benjamin	Wide receiver	Florida State
2	60	Kony Ealy	Defensive end	Missouri
3	92	Trai Turner	Offensive guard	LSU
4	128	Tre Boston	Safety	North Carolina
5	148^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Bené Benwikere	Cornerback	San Jose State
6	204	Tyler Gaffney	Running back	Stanford
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	Quarterbacks 3 Derek Anderson 1 Cam Newton Running backs 28 Jonathan Stewart 35 Mike Tolbert FB 43 Fozzy Whittaker KR 34 DeAngelo Williams Wide receivers 13 Kelvin Benjamin 11 Brenton Bersin PR 16 Corey Brown 82 Jerricho Cotchery 14 Joe Webb Tight ends 84 Ed Dickson 88 Greg Olsen 86 Brandon Williams		Offensive linemen 77 Byron Bell T 64 Brian Folkerts C 63 David Foucault T 67 Ryan Kalil C 68 Andrew Norwell G 74 Mike Remmers T 79 Chris Scott G 66 Amini Silatolu G 70 Trai Turner G 75 Fernando Velasco G Defensive linemen 97 Mario Addison DE 90 Frank Alexander DE 91 Colin Cole DT 94 Kony Ealy DE 92 Dwan Edwards DT 96 Wes Horton DE 95 Charles Johnson DE 98 Star Lotulelei DT 61 Kyle Love DT 99 Kawann Short DT		Linebackers 58 Thomas Davis OLB 53 Ben Jacobs MLB 56 A. J. Klein OLB 59 Luke Kuechly MLB 52 Kevin Reddick OLB 57 Adarius Taylor OLB Defensive backs 25 Bené Benwikere CB 33 Tre Boston FS 37 Carrington Byndom CB 21 Thomas DeCoud FS 31 James Dockery CB 41 Roman Harper SS 42 Colin Jones FS 38 Robert Lester SS 24 Josh Norman CB 23 Melvin White CB Special teams 9 Graham Gano K 44 J. J. Jansen LS 8 Brad Nortman P		Reserve lists 93 Chase Blackburn LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 47 Richie Brockel FB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 78 Nate Chandler T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 76 Greg Hardy DE (Exempt) 72 Kevin Hughes T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 71 Edmund Kugbila G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 60 Kevin Matthews C (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 10 De'Andre Presley WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 65 Garry Williams T (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 62 Derek Dennis G 80 Kevin Greene TE 87 Stephen Hill WR 83 Marcus Lucas TE 27 Kimario McFadden S 55 Horace Miller LB 36 Darrin Reaves RB 72 Micanor Regis DT 73 Martin Wallace T 22 Lou Young CB Rookies in italics 53 active, 9 inactive, 10 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	August 8	Buffalo Bills	L 18–20	0–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
2	August 17	Kansas City Chiefs	W 28–16	1–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
3	August 22	at New England Patriots	L 7–30	1–2	Gillette Stadium	Recap
4	August 28	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 10–0	2–2	Heinz Field	Recap

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
1	September 7	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 20–14	1–0	Raymond James Stadium	Recap
2	September 14	Detroit Lions	W 24–7	2–0	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
3	September 21	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 19–37	2–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
4	September 28	at Baltimore Ravens	L 10–38	2–2	M&T Bank Stadium	Recap
5	October 5	Chicago Bears	W 31–24	3–2	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
6	October 12	at Cincinnati Bengals	T 37–37 (OT)	3–2–1	Paul Brown Stadium	Recap
7	October 19	at Green Bay Packers	L 17–38	3–3–1	Lambeau Field	Recap
8	October 26	Seattle Seahawks	L 9–13	3–4–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
9	October 30	New Orleans Saints	L 10–28	3–5–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
10	November 10	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 21–45	3–6–1	Lincoln Financial Field	Recap
11	November 16	Atlanta Falcons	L 17–19	3–7–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
12	Bye
13	November 30	at Minnesota Vikings	L 13–31	3–8–1	TCF Bank Stadium	Recap
14	December 7	at New Orleans Saints	W 41–10	4–8–1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome	Recap
15	December 14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 19–17	5–8–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
16	December 21	Cleveland Browns	W 17–13	6–8–1	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
17	December 28	at Atlanta Falcons	W 34–3	7–8–1	Georgia Dome	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

NFC South
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
⁽⁴⁾ Carolina Panthers	7	8	1	.469	4–2	6–6	339	374	W4
New Orleans Saints	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	401	424	W1
Atlanta Falcons	6	10	0	.375	5–1	6–6	381	417	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	14	0	.125	0–6	1–11	277	410	L6

2014_Carolina_Panthers

2014 Carolina Panthers season

2014 Draft Class

Staff

Final roster

Schedule

Preseason

Regular season

Postseason

Game summaries

Regular season

Week 1: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions

Week 3: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Week 4: at Baltimore Ravens

Week 5: vs. Chicago Bears

Week 6: at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 7: at Green Bay Packers

Week 8: vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 9: vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 10: at Philadelphia Eagles

Week 11: vs. Atlanta Falcons

Week 13: at Minnesota Vikings

Week 14: at New Orleans Saints

Week 15: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Week 16: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 17: at Atlanta Falcons

Postseason

NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. #5 Arizona Cardinals

NFC Divisional Playoffs: at #1 Seattle Seahawks

Standings

Division

Conference

Notes

References

External links

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Playoff round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	NFL.com recap
Wild Card	January 3, 2015	Arizona Cardinals (5)	W 27–16	1–0	Bank of America Stadium	Recap
Divisional	January 10, 2015	at Seattle Seahawks (1)	L 17–31	1–1	CenturyLink Field	Recap

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#	Team	Division	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	SOS	SOV	STK
Division leaders
1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Seattle Seahawks	West	12	4	0	.750	5–1	10–2	.525	.513	W6
2^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Green Bay Packers	North	12	4	0	.750	5–1	9–3	.482	.440	W2
3^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Dallas Cowboys	East	12	4	0	.750	4–2	8–4	.445	.422	W4
4	Carolina Panthers	South	7	8	1	.469	4–2	6–6	.490	.357	W4
Wild Cards
5^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Arizona Cardinals	West	11	5	0	.688	3–3	8–4	.523	.477	L2
6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Detroit Lions	North	11	5	0	.688	5–1	9–3	.471	.392	L1
Did not qualify for the postseason
7	Philadelphia Eagles	East	10	6	0	.625	4–2	6–6	.490	.416	W1
8	San Francisco 49ers	West	8	8	0	.500	2–4	7–5	.527	.508	W1
9^{[lower-alpha 3]}	New Orleans Saints	South	7	9	0	.438	3–3	6–6	.486	.415	W1
10^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Minnesota Vikings	North	7	9	0	.438	1–5	6–6	.475	.308	W1
11^{[lower-alpha 4]}	New York Giants	East	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	.512	.323	L1
12^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Atlanta Falcons	South	6	10	0	.375	5–1	6–6	.482	.380	L1
13^{[lower-alpha 4]}	St. Louis Rams	West	6	10	0	.375	2–4	4–8	.531	.427	L3
14	Chicago Bears	North	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	.529	.338	L5
15	Washington Redskins	East	4	12	0	.250	2–4	2–10	.496	.422	L1
16	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	South	2	14	0	.125	0–6	1–11	.486	.469	L6
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Seattle, Green Bay and Dallas were ranked in seeds 1–3 based on conference record. Arizona defeated Detroit head-to-head (Week 11, 14–6). New Orleans defeated Minnesota head-to-head (Week 3, 20–9). The NY Giants defeated both Atlanta and St. Louis head-to-head (Atlanta: Week 5, 30–20; St. Louis: Week 16, 37–27), while Atlanta finished ahead of St. Louis based on conference record. When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest-ranked remaining team from each division.

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	10	0	10	20
Buccaneers	0	0	0	14	14

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Lions	0	0	7	0	7
Panthers	0	6	7	11	24

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Steelers	3	6	14	14	37
Panthers	3	0	3	13	19

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	3	0	10
Ravens	0	21	7	10	38