Coming off a win over Atlanta, the Panthers enter Week 4 against New England eager to maintain their advantage in the series and build on last week’s performance.
The game marks the Panthers fourth-straight matchup to start the season against a quarterback selected in the top 10 in the last seven drafts: Trevor Lawrence (2021), Kyler Murray (2019), Michael Penix Jr. (2024), and Drake Maye (2024).
The Panthers hold a 4-3 record against the Patriots in the regular season, one of just four teams with a winning regular season record against them since 1995.
The Panthers faced New England in Super Bowl XXXVIII, where Hall of Honor selection Jake Delhomme (inducted in 2019) produced the franchise’s first 300-yard postseason passing performance, throwing for 323 yards and three touchdowns, including an 85-yard score to 2023 Hall of Honor selection, Muhsin Muhammad. Mike Vrabel, now the Patriots head coach, then a linebacker for New
England, caught a one-yard go-ahead touchdown pass in the fourth quarter before the Panthers would tie the game with 1:08 remaining.
Coming off a Week 3 loss against the Steelers, the Patriots enter Sunday’s matchup aiming to notch back-to-back victories over the Panthers.
About Carolina
- The Panthers have started the season with interceptions in each of their first three games (four total), one of only five teams to do so this season. The last Panthers defense with an interception in each of their first three games was the 2015 team, which started with an interception in the first four games.
- Quarerback Bryce Young has a 93.2 passer rating against the NFC South opponents since returning as the starter in Week 8 last season (2024). In five games against the NFC South, he has seven touchdowns and just one interception.
- The team’s first round pick in 2025 (eighth overall), WR Tetairoa McMillan leads the Panthers with 14 receptions for 216 yards, the most receiving yards by a rookie this season and tied for the second most receptions.
- In coverage as the nearest defender this season (2025), CB Jaycee Horn has allowed five receptions for 56 yards. His 20.0 passer rating allowed when targeted this season is the fourth-lowest in the league among the 66 cornerbacks with 50+ coverage snaps as an outside corner.
- Among the 23 rookies with at least 25 pass rush snaps this season, both OLBs Princely Umanmielen and Nic Scourton rank in the top 10 in average get off (time in seconds it takes to cross the line of scrimmage after the snap). Umanmielen ranks first, while Scourton ranks seventh.
About New England
- The Patriots have held their opponents under 65 yards rushing in each of the first three games of the season after holding Pittsburgh to 64 yards on the ground last week. The Patriots held Las Vegas to 60 yards and Miami to 61 yards.
- A Patriots linebacker has registered an interception in back-toback weeks with LB Marte Mapu recording an interception at Miami (9/14) and LB Robert Spillane recording an interception last week against Pittsburgh.
- TE Hunter Henry finished with 8 receptions for 90 yards with 2 touchdowns last week at Pittsburgh. The last Patriots tight end with consecutive games with at least 8 receptions and at least 90 receiving yards was TE Rob Gronkowski in 2014 with 9 receptions for 149 yards vs. Chicago (10/26), followed by 9 receptions for 105 yards vs. Denver (11/2).
- RB Rhamondre Stevenson enters this week in ninth place on the team’s all-time rushing list with 3,153 yards and needs 28 yards against Pittsburgh to move past Corey Dillon (3,180) into eighth place.
- RB Antonio Gibson returned a fourth quarter kickoff 90 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter at Miami (9/14).
Panthers vs Patriots
All-Time Series: 7 matchups | Carolina leads the 4-3
Last Matchup: 11/7/21 | New England 24 at Carolina 6
Series Record in New England: 3 matchups | Carolina leads 2-1
How to Watch
Kickoff: 1:00 p.m. ET FOX: Play by Play – Chris Myers; Analyst – Mark Schlereth Sideline – Jen Hale
Radio: WRFX 99.7FM in Charlotte market –Play by Play – Anish Shroff; Analyst – Jim Szoke; Analyst – Luke Kuechly; Sideline – Sharon Thorsland
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