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Belt game 1,259 · September 18, 2005

Carolina Panthers take the belt

Carolina Panthers beat New England Patriots 27–17 at home to start reign 463 of the NFL belt, the 3rd for the franchise.

New England Patriots had held it since January 23, 2005, with 2 defenses over 238 days.

Carolina Panthers held it for 7 days and 0 defenses, then lost it to Miami Dolphins on September 25, 2005.

463Reign number
3Team's reign
0Defenses
7Days held

Box score

New England Patriots

PlayerC/ATTPYDPTDINTCARRYDRTDRECRECYDRECTDTKLSCKDINT
Tom Brady23-4427011000000000
Troy Brown0-00000003870100
Deion Branch0-00000008600000
David Givens0-00000005560000
Corey Dillon0-000014360000000
Tim Dwight0-00000002320000
Kevin Faulk0-00002303270100
Benjamin Watson0-0000000170100
Daniel Graham0-0000000111000
Chad Brown0-0000000000400
Matt Chatham0-0000000000100
Rosevelt Colvin0-0000000000110
Rodney Harrison0-0000000000700
Larry Izzo0-0000000000200
Willie McGinest0-0000000000200
Duane Starks0-0000000000200
Adam Vinatieri0-0000000000000
Mike Vrabel0-0000000000301
Lonie Paxton0-0000000000100
Richard Seymour0-0000000000400
Monty Beisel0-0000000000500
Matt Light0-0000000000100
Jarvis Green0-0000000000200
Wesly Mallard0-0000000000100
Ty Warren0-0000000000100
Eugene Wilson0-0000000000200
Vince Wilfork0-0000000000300
Guss Scott0-0000000000300
Mike Wright0-0000000000100
Ellis Hobbs0-0000000000100

Carolina Panthers

PlayerC/ATTPYDPTDINTCARRYDRTDRECRECYDRECTDTKLSCKDINT
Jake Delhomme11-26154013-20000000
Stephen Davis0-000025773000000
DeShaun Foster0-000073701230000
Ricky Proehl0-00001-803630000
Steve Smith0-00000004340000
Kris Mangum0-00000002180000
Nick Goings0-00000001160100
Karl Hankton0-0000000000100
John Kasay0-0000000000000
Mike Minter0-0000000000100
Mike Rucker0-0000000000310
Brandon Short0-0000000000200
Marlon McCree0-0000000000300
Dan Morgan0-0000000000200
Idrees Bashir0-0000000000100
Ken Lucas0-00000000001000
Will Witherspoon0-0000000000401
Julius Peppers0-0000000000100
Vinny Ciurciu0-0000000000200
Ricky Manning0-0000000000300
Chris Gamble0-0000000000700
Thomas Davis0-0000000000210
Adam Seward0-0000000000100

Player stats since 1999: nflverse (CC-BY 4.0).

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