Became the fourth team in the Super Bowl era to start 14-0. Of the previous three, the 1972 Dolphins won the Super Bowl while the 2007 Patriots and 2009 Colts lost in the Super Bowl.
Have won 18 straight regular-season games, the best streak in NFC history and the longest since the Colts won 23 straight from 2008 to 2009.
Have scored 449 points, the most during a single-season in franchise history. The previous mark was 421 in 1999.
Have scored at least 30 points in five straight games for the first time in franchise history.
Have outscored opponents 124-29 off turnovers this season. They’ve turned their 35 takeaways into 14 touchdowns and nine field goals. The Giants’ fourth-quarter touchdown after a Panthers’ fumble was the first time Carolina’s defense has allowed a touchdown after a turnover this season.
Have scored a league-best 143 points in the second quarter.
Have allowed a league-best 44 points in the second quarter.
Allowed their most points in the fourth quarter (21) since they gave up 21 to the Lions on 11/20/11.
Have rushed for at least 100 yards in 25 straight games, joining Seattle for the longest such streak. The last team to hit the century mark in as many games was the ’74-’77 Pittsburgh Steelers.
Allowed 161 rushing yards, nearly as many as they had in their past four games combined (169).
Failed to pick up a sack for the first time since Week 4 at Baltimore last season.
Are 32-for-44 (72.1%) in the red zone over their past 10 games.
Finished off a sweep of the NFC East. They also went 4-0 against the AFC South this year.
Photo: Margaret Bowles
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.
Photo: Margaret Bowles
GIANTS:
QB Eli Manning
Passed Johnny Unitas for 9th place on the NFL’s all-time passing touchdown list (291).
RB Rashad Jennings
Rushed for a season-high 107 yards.
Became just the second player to rush for at least 100 yards against the Panthers since last November (TB’s Doug Martin, 106 yards in Week 4).
WR Odell Beckham Jr.
Snapped his streak of games with 100 receiving yards (6).
Extended his streak of games with a touchdown (5).