Carolina Panthers3–26Los Angeles Chargers

Total yards: Carolina Panthers 174, Los Angeles Chargers 349. Passing plus rushing. Not a published column -- summed here so it means the same thing everywhere it appears.

Passing yards: Carolina Panthers 84, Los Angeles Chargers 130. Net of sacks, as the league counts it.

Rushing yards: Carolina Panthers 90, Los Angeles Chargers 219. Yards gained on the ground.

First downs: Carolina Panthers 7, Los Angeles Chargers 18. Passing and rushing only — a first down awarded by penalty is not published and is not counted.

Sacks: Carolina Panthers 1.0, Los Angeles Chargers 2.0. Sacks by this defence.

QB hits: Carolina Panthers 2, Los Angeles Chargers 2. Hits on the opposing quarterback, sacks included.

Tackles for loss: Carolina Panthers 1, Los Angeles Chargers 4. Runs and short passes stopped behind the line.

Takeaways: Carolina Panthers 2, Los Angeles Chargers 1. Interceptions caught plus opposition fumbles recovered.

Penalties: Carolina Panthers 9, Los Angeles Chargers 3. Penalties accepted against this team.

Penalty yards: Carolina Panthers 90, Los Angeles Chargers 15. Yards conceded to penalties.

Passing EPA: Carolina Panthers -22.1, Los Angeles Chargers 1.4. Expected points added by the passing game. Above nought is better than an average offence would have managed from the same downs.

Rushing EPA: Carolina Panthers -0.5, Los Angeles Chargers 3.0. The same for the running game.