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Year-by-Year Final Scores

1995 Carolina PanthersPre-Season Result Attendance Sat 07/29
vs Jacksonville Jaguars
(Hall of Fame Game; Canton, OH)W 20-14
24,625 Fri 08/04
at Chicago Bears
L 15-18
50,300 Sat 08/12
Denver Broncos (at Clemson)
W 19-10
57,017 Sat 08/19
at San Francisco 49ers
L 10-17
51,185 Sat 08/26
New York Giants (at Clemson)
W 6-3
49,114
Regular Season Result Attendance Sun 09/03
at Atlanta Falcons
L
20-23 OT
58,808
Sun 09/10
at Buffalo Bills
L
9-31
79,190
Sun 09/17
St. Louis Rams
L
10-31
54,060
Sun 09/24 Open Date
Sun 10/01
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
L
13-20
50,076
Sun 10/08
at Chicago Bears
L
27-31
59,668
Sun 10/15
New York Jets
W
26-15
52,613
Sun 10/22
New Orleans Saints
W
20-3
55,484
Sun 10/29
at New England Patriots
W
20-17 OT
60,064
Sun 11/05
at San Francisco 49ers
W
13-7
61,722
Sun 11/12
at St. Louis Rams
L
17-28
65,598
Sun 11/19
Arizona Cardinals
W
27-7
49,582
Sun 11/26
at New Orleans Saints
L
26-34
39,580
Sun 12/03
Indianapolis Colts
W
13-10
49,841
Sun 12/10
San Francisco 49ers
L
10-31
76,136
Sun 12/17
Atlanta Falcons
W
21-17
53,833
Sun 12/24
at Washington Redskins
L
17-20
42,903

Pre-Season Result Attendance Sat 08/03
Chicago Bears
W
30-12
65,350
Sat 08/10
at Denver Broncos
L
28-40
70,649
Sat 08/17
Buffalo Bills
L
0-24
65,231
Fri 08/23
at New York Giants
W
34-7
45,713
Regular Season Result Attendance Sun 09/01 Atlanta Falcons W 29-6 Sun 09/08 at New Orleans Saints W 22-20 Sun 09/15 Open Date Sun 09/22 San Francisco 49ers W 23-7 Sun 09/29 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 14-24 Sun 10/06 at Minnesota Vikings L 12-14 Sun 10/13 St. Louis Rams W 45-13 Sun 10/20 New Orleans Saints W 19-7 Sun 10/27 at Philadelphia Eagles L 9-20 Sun 11/03 at Atlanta Falcons L 17-20 Sun 11/10 New York Giants W 27-17 Sun 11/17 at St. Louis Rams W 20-10 Sun 11/24 at Houston Oilers W 31-6 Sun 12/01 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24-0 Sun 12/08 at San Francisco 49ers W 30-24 Sun 12/15 Baltimore Ravens W 27-16 Sun 12/22 Pittsburgh Steelers W 18-14 Post Season Sun 12/29 Wild Card bye Sun 01/05 Divisional Playoff
Dallas CowboysW 26-17 Sun 01/12 NFC Championship
at Green Bay PackersL 13-30
Pre-Season Result Attendance Sun 08/03
at Jacksonville Jaguars
L 9-23
67,280 Sat 08/09
Denver Broncos
L 13-23
68,296 Thu 08/14
at Kansas City Chiefs
L 10-30
76,972 Fri 08/22
Pittsburgh Steelers
L 19-27
67,044 Regular Season Result Attendance Sun 08/31 Washington Redskins L 10-24 Sun 09/07 at Atlanta Falcons W 9- 6 Sun 09/14 at San Diego Chargers W 26- 7 Sun 09/21 Kansas City Chiefs L 14-35 Mon 09/29 San Francisco 49ers L 21-34 Sun 10/05 Open Date Sun 10/12 at Minnesota Vikings L 14-21 Sun 10/19 at New Orleans Saints W 13- 0 Sun 10/26 Atlanta Falcons W 21-12 Sun 11/02 Oakland Raiders W 38-14 Sun 11/09 at Denver Broncos L 0-34 Sun 11/16 at San Francisco 49ers L 19-27 Sun 11/23 at St Louis Rams W 16-10 Sun 11/30 New Orleans Saints L 13-16 Mon 12/08 at Dallas Cowboys W 23-13 Sun 12/14 Green Bay Packers L 10-31 Sat 12/20 St Louis Rams L 18-30
Pre-Season Result Attendance Sun 08 / 08
Jacksonville
W 30-27
62,925 Sun 08 / 14
at Buffalo
W 12-7
30,010 Sun 08 / 22
Minnesota
L 22-25 OT
64,569 Sun 08 / 29
at Pittsburgh
L 24-38
53,784 Regular Season Result Attendance Sun 09 / 06 Atlanta L 14-19 Sun 09 / 13 at New Orleans L 14-19 Sun 09 / 27 Green Bay L 30-37 Sun 10 / 04 at Atlanta L 23-51 Sun 10 / 11 at Dallas L 20-27 Sun 10 / 18 at Tampa Bay L 13-16 Sun 10 / 25 Buffalo L 14-30 Sun 11 / 01 New Orleans W 31-17 Sun 11 / 08 at San Francisco L 23-25 Sun 11 / 15 Miami L 9-13 Sun 11 / 22 at St. Louis W 24-20 Sun 11 / 29 at NY Jets L 21-48 Sun 12 / 06 San Francisco L 28-31 Sun 12 / 13 Washington L 25-28 Sun 12 / 20 St. Louis W 20-13 Sun 12 / 27 at Indianapolis W 27-19
Pre-Season Result Attendance Fri 08 / 13 at Jacksonville L 10-35 59,120 Fri 08 / 20 Pittsburgh W 20-13 59,591 Sat 08 / 28 at Baltimore L 24-28 66,247 Thu 09 / 02 New England W 23-20 52,976 Regular Season Result Attendance Sun 09 / 12 at New Orleans L 10-19 Sun 09 / 19 Jacksonville L 20-22 Sun 09 / 26 Cincinnati W 27-3 Sun 10 / 03 at Washington L 36-38 Sun 10 / 17 at San Francisco W 31-29 Sun 10 / 24 Detroit L 9-24 Sun 10 / 31 at Atlanta L 20-27 Sun 11 / 07 Philadelphia W 33-7 Sun 11 / 14 at St. Louis L 10-35 Sun 11 / 21 at Cleveland W 31-17 Sun 11 / 28 Atlanta W 34-28 Sun 12 / 05 St. Louis L 21-34
Sun 12 / 12 at Green Bay W 33-31 Sat 12 / 18 San Francisco W 41-24 Sun 12 / 26 at Pittsburgh L 20-30 Sun 01 / 02 New Orleans W 45-13
2000 Carolina Panthers Pre-Season Stadium Result Attendance Gamebooks Fri 08 / 04 Jacksonville Jaguars Ericsson Stadium L 14-34 55,703 Thu 08 / 10 at Pittsburgh Steelers Three Rivers Stadium L 0-13 44,813 Fri 08 / 18 Baltimore Ravens Ericsson Stadium L 13-24 46,794 Thu 08 / 24 at New England Patriots Foxboro Stadium L 21-29 60,292 Regular Season Stadium Result Attendance Gamebooks Sun 09 / 03 at Washington Redskins FedEx Field L 17-20 80,257 Gamebook Sun 09 / 10 at San Francisco 49ers 3COM Park W 38-22 66,879 Gamebook Sun 09 / 17 Atlanta Falcons Ericsson Stadium L 10-15 73,025 Gamebook Sun 10 / 01 Dallas Cowboys Ericsson Stadium L 13-16 73,310 Gamebook Sun 10 / 08 Seattle Seahawks Ericsson Stadium W 26-3 72,192 Gamebook Sun 10 / 15 at New Orleans Saints Superdome L 6-24 50,015 Gamebook Sun 10 / 22 San Francisco 49ers Ericsson Stadium W 34-16 73,169 Gamebook Sun 10 / 29 at Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome L 12-13 46,178 Gamebook Sun 11 / 05 at St. Louis Rams Trans World Dome W 27-24 66,048 Gamebook Sun 11 / 12 New Orleans Saints Ericsson Stadium L 10-20 72,981 Gamebook Sun 11 / 19 at Minnesota Vikings Metrodome L 17-31 64,208 Gamebook Mon 11 / 27 Green Bay Packers Ericsson Stadium W 31-14 73,295 Gamebook Sun 12 / 03 St. Louis Rams Ericsson Stadium W 16-3 73,358 Gamebook Sun 12 / 10 at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium L 14-15 77,481 Gamebook Sun 12 / 17 San Diego Chargers Ericsson Stadium W 30-22 72,159 Gamebook Sun 12 / 24 at Oakland Raiders Network Associates Coliseum L 9-52 60,637 Gamebook
2001 Carolina Panthers Pre-Season Result Attendance 01 Fri 08 / 10 / 2001 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 16-18 50,970 02 Sat 08 / 18 / 2001 New England Patriots L 8-23 71,597 03 Thu 08 / 23 / 2001 at Baltimore Ravens W 20-17 66,619 04 Fri 08 / 31 / 2001 Cleveland Browns W 23-20 70,444 Regular Season Result Attendance 1 Sun 09 / 09 / 2001 at Minnesota Vikings W 24-13 64,108 2 Sun 09 / 23 / 2001 at Atlanta Falcons L 16-24 49,312 3 Sun 09 / 30 / 2001 Green Bay Packers L 7-28 73,120 4 Sun 10 / 07 / 2001 at San Francisco 49ers L 14-24 66,944 5 Sun 10 / 14 / 2001 New Orleans Saints L 25-27 72,049 6 Sun 10 / 21 / 2001 at Washington Redskins L 14-17 OT 74,480 7 Sun 10 / 28 / 2001 New York Jets L 12-13 72,642 8 Sun 11 / 04 / 2001 at Miami Dolphins L 6-23 72,597 9 Sun 11 / 11 / 2001 at St. Louis Rams L 14-48 66,069 10 Sun 11 / 18 / 2001 San Francisco 49ers L 22-25 OT 72,665 11 Sun 11 / 25 / 2001 Atlanta Falcons L 7-10 72,234 12 Sun 12 / 02 / 2001 at New Orleans Saints L 23-27 70,020 13 Sun 12 / 09 / 2001 at Buffalo Bills L 24-25 44,549 14 Sun 12 / 16 / 2001 Open Date 15 Sun 12 / 23 / 2001 St. Louis Rams L 32-38 72,438 16 Sun 12 / 30 / 2001 Arizona Cardinals L 7-30 72,025 17 Sun 01 / 06 / 2002 New England Patriots L 6-38 71,907
2002 Carolina Panthers Pre-Season Result Attendance 01 Sat 08 / 10 / 2002 Washington Redskins L 30-37 71,384 02 Sat 08 / 17 / 2002 Dallas Cowboys L 16-19 72,624 03 Fri 08 / 23 / 2002 at New England Patriots L 3-23 68,436 04 Fri 08 / 30 / 2002 at Cleveland Browns W 20-19 68,718 Regular Season Result Attendance 1 Sun 09 / 08 / 2002 Baltimore Ravens W 10- 7 70,386 2 Sun 09 / 15 / 2002 Detroit Lions W 31- 7 71,951 3 Sun 09 / 22 / 2002 at Minnesota Vikings W 21-14 63,945 4 Sun 09 / 29 / 2002 at Green Bay Packers L 14-17 63,329 5 Sun 10 / 06 / 2002 Arizona Cardinals L 13-16 72,286 6 Sun 10 / 13 / 2002 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-14 61,773 7 Sun 10 / 20 / 2002 at Atlanta Falcons L 0-30 68,056 8 Sun 10 / 27 / 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 9-12 72,892 9 Open Date 10 Sun 11 / 10 / 2002 New Orleans Saints L 24-34 72,566 11 Sun 11 / 17 / 2002 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-23 65,527 12 Sun 11 / 24 / 2002 Atlanta Falcons L 0-41 72,533 13 Sun 12 / 01 / 2002 at Cleveland Browns W 13- 6 72,718 14 Sun 12 / 08 / 2002 Cincinnati Bengals W 52-31 66,799 15 Sun 12 / 15 / 2002 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-30 58,586 16 Sun 12 / 22 / 2002 Chicago Bears W 24-14 72,602 17 Sun 12 / 29 / 2002 at New Orleans Saints W 10- 6 66,946
2003 Carolina Panthers Pre-Season Result Attendance 01 Sat 08 / 09 / 2003 Washington Redskins W 20-0 71,393 02 Fri 08 / 15 / 2003 at New York Giants W 20-10 76,807 03 Sat 08 / 23 / 2003 at Green Bay Packers W 20-7 69,831 04 Fri 08 / 29 / 2003 Pittsburgh Steelers W 21-14 72,273 Regular Season Result Attendance 1 Sun 09 / 07 Jacksonville Jaguars W 24-23 72,134 2 Sun 09 / 14 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 12- 9 OT 65,621 3 Open Date 4 Sun 09 / 28 Atlanta Falcons W 23- 3 72,765 5 Sun 10 / 05 New Orleans Saints W 19-13 72,496 6 Sun 10 / 12 at Indianapolis Colts W 23-20 OT 57,082 7 Sun 10 / 19 Tennessee Titans L 17-37 72,851 8 Sun 10 / 26 at New Orleans Saints W 23-20 OT 68,370 9 Sun 11 / 02 at Houston Texans L 10-14 70,052 10 Sun 11 / 09 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 27-24 73,245 11 Sun 11 / 16 Washington Redskins W 20-17 73,263 12 Sun 11 / 23 at Dallas Cowboys L 20-24 63,871 13 Sun 11 / 30 Philadelphia Eagles L 16-25 72,977 14 Sun 12 / 07 at Atlanta Falcons L 14-20 OT 70,079 15 Sun 12 / 14 at Arizona Cardinals W 20-17 23,217 16 Sun 12 / 21 Detroit Lions W 20-14 72,835 17 Sun 12 / 28 at New York Giants W 37-24 78,130 Post Season 18 Sat 01 / 03 / 2004 Wild Card
Dallas CowboysW 29-10 73,014 19 Sat 01 / 10 / 2004 Divisional Playoff
at St. Louis RamsW 29-23 2OT 66,165 20 Sun 01 / 18 / 2004 NFC Championship
at Philadelphia EaglesW 14- 3 65,158 21 Sun 02 / 01 / 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII
New England PatriotsL 29-32 71,525
2004 Carolina Panthers Regular Season Result Attendance 1 Mon 09/13/2004 Green Bay Packers L 14-24 73,656 2 Sun 09/19/2004 at Kansas City Chiefs W 28-17 78,136 3 Open Date 4 Sun 10/03/2004 Atlanta Falcons L 10-27 73,461 5 Sun 10/10/2004 at Denver Broncos L 17-20 75,072 6 Sun 10/17/2004 at Philadelphia Eagles L 8-30 67,707 7 Sun 10/24/2004 San Diego Chargers L 6-17 73,096 8 Sun 10/31/2004 at Seattle Seahawks L 17-23 66,214 9 Sun 11/07/2004 Oakland Raiders L 24-27 73,518 10 Sun 11/14/2004 at San Francisco 49ers W 37-27 63,618 11 Sun 11/21/2004 Arizona Cardinals W 35-10 72,796 12 Sun 11/28/2004 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 21-14 73,124 13 Sun 12/05/2004 at New Orleans Saints W 32-21 58,878 14 Sun 12/12/2004 St. Louis Rams W 20- 7 73,306 15 Sat 12/18/2004 at Atlanta Falcons L 31-34 OT 70,845 16 Sun 12/26/2004 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 37-20 65,380 17 Sun 01/02/2005 New Orleans Saints L 18-21 73,302
2005 Carolina Panthers Regular Season Result Attendance 1 Sun 09/11/2005 New Orleans Saints L 20-23 72,920 2 Sun 09/18/2005 New England Patriots W 27-17 73,528 3 Sun 09/25/2005 at Miami Dolphins L 24-27 72,288 4 Mon 10/03/2005 Green Bay Packers W 32-29 73,657 5 Sun 10/09/2005 at Arizona Cardinals W 24-20 38,809 6 Sun 10/16/2005 at Detroit Lions W 21-20 61,083 7 Open Date 8 Sun 10/30/2005 Minnesota Vikings W 38-13 73,502 9 Sun 11/06/2005 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 34-14 65,014 10 Sun 11/13/2005 New York Jets W 30- 3 73,529 11 Sun 11/20/2005 at Chicago Bears L 3-13 62,156 12 Sun 11/27/2005 at Buffalo Bills W 13- 9 71,440 13 Sun 12/04/2005 Atlanta Falcons W 24- 6 73,661 14 Sun 12/11/2005 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-20 73,467 15 Sun 12/18/2005 at New Orleans Saints W 27-10 32,551 16 Sat 12/24/2005 Dallas Cowboys L 20-24 73,436 17 Sun 01/01/2006 at Atlanta Falcons W 44-11 70,796
| Regular Season | Post Season | ||||||||||
| Year | W | L | T | Pct. | Finish | Div. | W | L | Pct. | Title | Head Coach |
| 1995 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | T3rd | NFC Western | Dom Capers | ||||
| 1996 | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 1st | NFC Western | 1 | 1 | .500 | Div Title | Dom Capers |
| 1997 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 2nd | NFC Western | Dom Capers | ||||
| 1998 | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 4th | NFC Western | Dom Capers | ||||
| 1999 | 8 | 8 | 0 | .500 | 2nd | NFC Western | George Seifert | ||||
| 2000 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3rd | NFC Western | George Seifert | ||||
| 2001 | 1 | 15 | 0 | .062 | 5th | NFC Western | George Seifert | ||||
| 2002 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 4th | NFC South | John Fox | ||||
| 2003 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 1st | NFC South | 3 | 1 | .750 | NFC Champ | John Fox |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | 3rd | NFC South | John Fox | ||||
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On October 26, 1993, after six years of hopeful anticipation, the Carolina Panthers were awarded an NFL expansion franchise. Fireworks exploded over downtown Charlotte as jubilant fans gathered to celebrate the news. "This is a dream come true for me and my partners and for the 10 million people in the Carolinas," said Jerry Richardson, the former Baltimore Colts wide receiver who led the bid.
Richardson's dream started on July 16, 1987, when he met in Charlotte with a group of interested parties to discuss the feasibility of entering the multi-city competition for two NFL expansion franchises. The bid was bolstered by the addition of Hall of Famer and former Seattle Seahawks general manager/head coach Mike McCormack as a consultant for the expansion effort. At the March 18, 1992, NFL owners meeting, the number of expansion hopefuls was reduced from 11 to seven. The Carolina bid made the cut. A few months later, on May 20, the NFL reduced the list to five communitiesincluding Baltimore, St. Louis, Memphis, Jacksonville and Carolina. Finally, on October 26, 1993, the NFL owners, unanimously selected the Carolinas as the 29th NFL franchise and the first expansion team since 1976. The Panthers played their first-ever game in Canton, Ohio, in the annual Hall of Fame Game. Their opponent was the NFL's other expansion franchise, the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Panthers came away with a 20-14 victory, and it was apparent that both teams had benefitted immensely from the NFL's expansion draft and the free-agent market. In short, it was clear that both teams were ready to compete in the NFL. The Panthers not only were competitive, but they established an NFL record for most wins by an expansion team when they finished 7-9. The team improved dramatically in its second season, winning the NFC West with a 12-4 record and advancing to the NFC Championship Game.
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