Carolina hits the road to the Music City for a Week 12 matchup against the Tennessee Titans in Nissan Stadium.
This will mark the first of three straight road games for the Panthers. Carolina is one of five teams this season to have a threegame road trip and it will mark the fifth time in franchise history the team has had three consecutive road games (1995, 1997, 1998 and 2011).
All time, this will mark the seventh regular-season matchup between the two teams as the series is tied 3-3. This will mark just the third time, first since 2015, the Panthers have played the Titans in Tennessee. Originally the Houston Oilers, the Panthers played at Houston in 1996 and then traveled to Tennessee in 2007 and 2015. The two teams last squared off in 2019 in Charlotte where the Panthers defeated Tennessee, 30-20.
Carolina enters Week 12 with a 1-9 record after falling to the Dallas Cowboys, 33-10. This will mark the Panthers third matchup against the AFC South with the team’s sole win coming against the Houston Texans in Week 8.
Tennessee enters the contest with a 3-7 record, including a 1-2 record against the NFC South. The Titans defeated the Atlanta Falcons, 28-23, in Week 8 and were defeated by the New Orleans Saints in Week 1 (16-15) and lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 10 (20-6).
The Matchup
About Carolina
- The Panthers defense ranks sixth in the NFL allowing 308.6 total yards per game and ninth in the league limiting opponents to 5.0 yards per play.
- Brian Burns is currently tied for sixth in the NFC with 10 tackles for loss. He is just one of seven players in the NFC with at least five sacks, 10 tackles for loss and 10 quarterback hits through the first 11 weeks of the season.
- The 10-year veteran WR Adam Thielen enters Week 12 ranked fourth in the NFL (first in the NFC) with 76 receptions, the sec- ond-most he’s recorded through the first 10 games of a season in his career (85 in 2018).
- Through ten games, defensive end Derrick Brown has tallied 55 tackles (34 solo), one sack, nine QB hits and five tackles for loss. Brown’s 55 tackles through the first 11 weeks ranks third among all defensive linemen league-wide.
- Since 2000, Frankie Luvu is just one of 10 players in the NFL to record 80+ tackles, 4+ sacks and 7+ tackles for loss through the first 11 weeks. From Weeks 6-11, Luvu has recorded five-consecutive games of eight-plus tackles, the longest such streak of his career.
- Among all players with at least five kick returns this season, Blackshear’s 34.3 return average ranks first. His 240 kick return yards rank seventh among all players this season.
About Tennessee
- Rookie quarterback Will Levis logged his fourth consecutive start and completed
13 of 17 passes (76.5 percent) for 158 yards and two touchdowns without throwing an interception. His passer rating was 143.8, marking his second performance in four starts with a passer rating above 130.
- Running back Derrick Henry enters this week’s game with 663 rushing yards in 2023, which ranks fifth in the NFL. He is only two yards shy (8,998) of joining Adrian Peterson, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown, LaDainian Tomlinson, Eric Dickerson and Marshall Faulk as the only players in NFL history to reach 9,000 career rushing yards and 80 rushing touchdowns before celebrating their 30th birthday.
- In seven career games against the Panthers, Sean Murphy-Bunting has recorded 17 tackles, one interception and one forced fumble. On 1/1/23 against Carolina, Murphy-Bunting had three tackles, one interception and one forced fumble in the win for Tampa Bay.
- LB Azeez Al-Shaair Enters the game with 94 tackles in 2023 and needs six tackles to reach 100 for the second time in his career. He needs nine tackles to set a new career high for a season (102 in 2021).
- K Nick Folk enters the game with an all-time NFL-record streak of 74 consecutive
field goals made on attempts from less than 40 yards.
Connections
- Panthers DE Shy Tuttle played college football at Tennessee from 2015-18.
- Panthers G Cade Mays is a native of Knoxville, Tenn., and attended Knoxville Catholic HS. He went on to finish his college football career at Tennessee from 2020-21.
- Panthers LB Tae Davis played college football at Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2014-17
- Titans WR DeAndre Hopkins is a native of Central, S.C., and attended D.W. Daniel HS. He went on to play college football at Clemson from 2010-12.
- Titans S K’Von Wallace played college football at Clemson from 2016-19
- Titans DL Denico Autry is a native of Albemarle, N.C., and attended Albemarle HS.
- Titans OLB Harold Landry is a native of Spring Lake, N.C., and attended Pine Forest HS in Fayetteville, N.C.
Panthers vs Titans
All-Time Series (Regular Season): 6 matchups | Series is tied 3-3
Last Regular Season Game: 11/03/19 | Carolina 30 vs Tennessee 20
Current Streak: Carolina has won the last two matchups
How to Watch
Kickoff:Â 1:00 p.m. ET FOX: Adam Amin-Play by Play; Mark Schlereth-Analyst; Kristina Pink-Sideline
Live Stream: Panthers.com
Radio: WRFX 99.7FM in Charlotte market – Anish Shroff (Play by Play), Kurt Coleman (Color), Jim Szoke (Color), Kevin Donnalley (Sideline)
Per Release
UNC Continues to Shine into the Final Stretch