The Carolina Panthers will travel to Huntington Bank Field to take on the Cleveland Browns in Week 3. Kickoff is set for Sunday, Sept. 27, at 1 p.m. ET.
Carolina has played Cleveland in seven regular-season games all-time, tied with Tennessee and Houston for the fewest matchups against an opposing team in Panthers history.
The Panthers hold a 4-3 advantage over the Browns and are 2-2 when playing at Cleveland.
Each of the last six matchups between the two teams have been decided by one score.
Including the teamās lone 2025 postseason game, the Panthers have scored over 30 points in each of their last three games. The team has surpassed 30 points in fourstraight games only once in team history, doing so from Weeks 11-15 in 2015 (five games).
Carolina is seeking to begin the season 2-1 for the 12th time in franchise history and first since 2021, when the team began 3-0.
With a victory on Sunday, the Panthers would win their first two road games of the season for the seventh time and first since 2019, when the team won its first three.
The Matchup
About Carolina
- Heading into Week 3, the Panthers rank first in the NFL in passing yards per game (312.5), second in points scored (71) and are tied for fourth in total offense (409.0).
- The Panthers have now scored 71 points this season, the most points in the first two games of a season in franchise history, topping the previous high of 66 points over the first two games of the 2016 season.
- QB Bryce Young paces the NFL in 25+ yard completions (nine) and is tied for first in passing touchdowns (six). He ranks second in total touchdowns (seven) and passing yards (648), while ranking sixth in passer rating (113.3). He is one of 11 quarterbacks since 1994 with nine completions of 25+ yards through the first two weeks of a season.
- WR Jalen Coker (204 receiving yards) and WR Tetairoa McMillan (176) are the second pair of Panthers teammates in franchise history to total 175+ receiving yards each in the first two games of a season. The pair is the first to do so since TE Greg Olsen (195) and WR Kelvin Benjamin (199) accomplished the feat in 2016.
- Under Head Coach Dave Canales, the Panthers have posted an 11-6 record (.647) in one-score games, tied for the fifth-best winning percentage in the league since 2024, including seven wins in 2025, which tied for the third most in the league.
- The Panthers pace the league with the most linebacker interceptions through Week 2 (three). The three picks are more than any season since 2017.
About Cleveland
- Browns’ defense has gone 47 straight games without allowing a 300-yard passer, the longest active streak in the NFL and the longest streak by any NFL team since the Colts went 52 games from 2005-08.
- The Browns’ defense has allowed 205 passing yards per game over the first two weeks, which ranks 16thĀ in the NFL. In Week 2, they limited QB Baker Mayfield to just 182 yards on 34 attempts and contained the Buccaneers’ top wide receiving duo of WR Emeka Egbuka and WR Chris Godwin to a combined 62 receiving yards.Ā
- Through two games, QB Deshaun Watson is Cleveland’s leading rusher, totaling 13 carries for 60 yards. RB Quinshon Judkins leads the Browns with 24 rush attempts, but he has recorded only 54 yards on the ground.Ā
- WR Denzel Boston leads the team with 154 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns.
- WR KC Concepcion Jr. is tied with Boston’s 11 targets for a team lead, while TE Harold Fannin is third on the Browns with nine through the first two games. Fannin had 54 receiving yards against the Buccaneers, including a critical third down conversion on the go-ahead touchdown drive.Ā
How to Watch
Kickoff:Ā 1:00 p.m. ET FOX: Play-by-Play: Chris Myers; Analyst: Mark Schlereth; Sideline: Jen Hale
Radio:Ā WRFX 99.7FM in Charlotte market āPlay-by-Play: Anish Shroff; Analysts: Kurt Coleman & Jim Szoke; Sideline: Sharon Thorsland
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