The Carolina Panthers hit the road in Week 11 to take on the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Baltimore is the third of four AFC North opponents this season for the Panthers.
The Panthers enter the week with a record of 3-7 after defeating NFC South foe, the Atlanta Falcons, by a score of 25-15. Carolina now improves to 3-1 within the division having defeated all of the NFC South teams once.
The Ravens enter Week 11 coming off a bye week with a record of 6-3 and atop the AFC North division. Baltimore is 2-0 against the NFC South this season, having defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New Orleans Saints.
This will mark just the seventh regular season matchup between the two teams, and just the third matchup in Baltimore. The Panthers lead the overall series having won four of the six matchups.
The Numbers
About Carolina
- The Carolina Panthers ran for a season-high 232 rushing yards. This is the first time the team has rushed for at least 200 yards at home since 2019 when the team tallied 285 yards against the Jacksonville Jaguars (10/6/19).
- Since Week 7, the Panthers, and the Chicago Bears are the only two teams in the NFL to rush for at least 600 yards, and score 7 rushing touchdowns.
- In week 10 running back D’Onta Foreman broke the century-mark for the third time in four weeks, finishing the game with 130 yards on 31 carries and a touchdown (4.2 ypc). His 31 carries are the most by a Panthers running back since Nick Goings rushed 33 times at Tampa Bay (12/26/04).
- The Panthers defense tallied a season-high 5.0 sacks against the Falcons, tied for the third most by any team in Week 10. The last time the Panthers registered at least five sacks in a game was against the New York Jets in the season opener of 2021 (9/12/21).
- Linebacker Frankie Luvu recorded career-highs in sacks (2.0) and total tackles
(12) in week 10. Luvu’s three sacks this season are tied for the most sacks he’s posted in a season (2018). After recording two tackles for loss, Luvu now is tied for 11th league-wide with nine tackles for loss on the season.
- Cornerback Jaycee Horn recorded his third career interception, when he picked off Falcons quarterback Marcus Mariota in the second quarter. Horn has recorded all three of his interceptions at home, and against NFC South opponents. Horn has two interceptions this season, tied for the team lead with cornerback Donte Jackson.
About Baltimore
- Baltimore is 14-1 vs. the NFC in games started by QB Lamar Jackson, who played (but did not start) at Carolina during his 2018 rookie season (the Ravens fell, 36-21). With Coach Harbaugh at the helm (since 2008), the Ravens are 22-7 at home vs. the NFC.
- Behind a suffocating defense that allowed just 243 yards (including 48 rushing), the Ravens upended the host Saints, 27-13, in a Week 9 Monday Night Football performance. Baltimore racked up 188 rushing yards of its own, surpassing the 150 mark for the eighth-consecutive games.
- Running back Kenyan Drake led the charge with 93 rushing yards and 2 TDs, while Lamar Jackson added 82 on 11 attempts (7.5 avg.), also completing 12-of-22 passes for 133 yards and 1 TD (24 yards to TE Isaiah Likely).
- Linebacker Justin Houston tallied 2.5 sacks and 1 INT, earning AFC Defensive
Player of the Week honors, while cornerback Marlon Humphrey registered a
team-high 7 tackles, 1 PD and 1 sack. Baltimore limited the Saints to 3-of-11 on third down and 0-for-2 in the red zone.
- The Ravens’ defense has registered 19 sacks in their past five games (dating back to week five), tying Tennessee for the NFL’s fifth most since then.
- Baltimore boasts the NFL’s No. 2 rushing attack, entering Week 11. Through nine contests, the Ravens are averaging 168.1 ground yards per game and 5.52 yards per carry, which also ranks No. 2 in the league.
- The Ravens have rushed for at least 150 yards in eight straight games, tying for the fifth-longest streak during the Super Bowl Era (since 1966).
Connections
- Panthers WR DJ Moore played at Maryland from 2015-2017.
- Panthers TE Ian Thomas is a native of Baltimore, MD where he attended Digital Harbor HS.
- Ravens RB Mike Davis attended South Carolina from 2012-2014.
- Ravens TE Isaiah Likely attended Coastal Carolina from 2018-2021.
- Ravens offensive line coach Joe D’Alessandris played at Western Carolina from 1973-1977, where he later became a graduate assistant from 1977-1978. He was recently inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2018. D’Alessandris also coached at Duke from 1997-2001.
- Ravens outside linebackers coach Rob Leonard played at North Carolina State from 2008-09. He went on to coach at Cardinal Gibbons HS (Raleigh, NC) in 2009 and at North Carolina State from 2010-12.
- Ravens football analyst Jason Brooks coached the defensive line at Charleston Southern from 2019-20.
- Ravens special teams coach Randy Brown was a four-year letterman placekicker for Catawba College from 1985-88.
Panthers vs Ravens
All-Time Series: 6 total matchups | Carolina leads the series 4-2
Last Regular Season Game: 10/28/18 | Baltimore 21 vs Carolina 36
Series Record at Venue: Carolina and Baltimore have split the series at Baltimore, both winning one game each.
How to Watch
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. ET FOX – Kevin Kugler, Mark Sanchez, Laura Okmin
Live Stream: Panthers.com
Radio: WRFX 99.7FM in Charlotte market; On The Call: Anish Shroff, Jake Delhomme, Luke Kuechly, Kristen Balboni, Jim Szoke
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