PANTHERS:

 

QB Cam Newton

• Became the first player in NFL history with 300-plus passing yards, at least five passing touchdowns and 100 or more rushing yards in a single game.
• Threw five touchdown passes for the third time in his past five games. Before this stretch, he had never thrown more than three scores in a game.
• Became the first player in NFL history with 100 rushing yards and five passing touchdowns in a single game.
• Became the fifth quarterback in NFL history with three or more games with five or more passing touchdowns in a season (Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees, Daunte Culpepper).
• Ripped off a 47-yard run, the longest rush for the Panthers this season.
• Led his fourth game-winning drive of his season and the 12th of his career.
• Became the fourth quarterback to win at least 17 straight regular-season starts in the Super Bowl era (Peyton Manning (23, ’08-’09; 17, ’12-’13), Tom Brady (21, ’06-’08; 18, ’03-’04), Jim McMahon (22, ’84-’87).
• Became the only player in NFL history to start a career with five seasons of 3,000-plus passing yards and at least 500 rushing yards.
• Has thrown 24 touchdowns and three interceptions over his past eight games.
• Has thrown 14 touchdowns and one interception during the first half of his past seven games.
• Has a passer rating of 100-plus in six of his past seven games. He had a passer rating of below 100 in six of his first seven games this season.
• Needs 464 total yards over his final two games to pass Peyton Manning (21,174) for most total yards in a player’s first five seasons.
• Needs three touchdowns to catch Steve Beuerlein for most passing touchdowns in a season (36, 1999).

 

TE Greg Olsen

• Eclipsed 1,000 receiving yards for the second straight season. His 1,048 yards this year are a career high.
• Joined WRs Steve Smith (seven) and Muhsin Muhammad (two) are the only players in Panthers’ history with multiple 1,000-yard receiving seasons.
• Scored his first touchdown in his past six games. Olsen has seven scores this season, his most since he had eight with the Bears in 2009.

 

WR Ted Ginn

• Caught his ninth and 10th touchdowns this season, the most for a Panthers’ wideout since Steve Smith had 12 in 2005.
• Caught two touchdowns for the third straight game and for the fourth time this season. Ginn had no games with more than one receiving touchdown before this year.
• Was targeted 14 times, the second-most of his career (16 with Miami vs. Indianapolis on 9/21/09).

 

WR Devin Funchess

• Continued his pattern of catching touchdowns in every other game. The rookie has scored in Week 9, Week 11, Week 13 and Week 15.

 

LB Luke Kuechly

• Had 15 tackles, his most since he had 15 against the Bears in Week 5 last season.

 

S Kurt Coleman

• Had 13 tackles, one short his career high of 14 (twice with the Eagles, 2011).

 

K Graham Gano

• Had a kick blocked for the fifth time this season (four field goals, one extra point).
• Made his second walk-off winner this season (Week 8 vs. Colts).

 

P Brad Nortman

• Punted seven times, the first time in six game he’d punted more than four times.

 

Head coach Ron Rivera

• Improved to 18-3 in December.
• Has challenged a league-high 12 times. He’s won eight of those 12 challenges.