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| Panthers place CB Munnerlyn on IR |
NFL Football |
12/23/2011 |
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| Charlotte, NC (Sportsbooks) - The Carolina Panthers placed cornerback Captain Munnerlyn on injured reserve Friday with a left hamstring injury. Munnerlyn, who had started all 14 games for the Panthers this season, was hurt during Sunday's win over Houston. The third-year player had 58 tackles, two sacks and one forced fumble. He was the 17th Panther placed on IR this season, a new team record, and the fifth starter on defense to go out. |
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| Tebow, Broncos resume playoff quest against deflated Bills |
NFL Football |
12/23/2011 |
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| Elway's Broncos in the 1991 AFC Championship. Fox and Gailey have never met head-to-head as head coaches, but the two have faced their counterpart's respective teams in the past. Fox went 1-1 in two encounters with Buffalo during his tenure with the Carolina Panthers from 2002-10, while Gailey -- an assistant and former offensive coordinator for the Broncos from 1985-90 -- lost a 1998 matchup to his onetime employers while then in charge of the Dallas Cowboys. WHEN THE BRONCOS HAVE THE BALL Tebow is 7-2 as a sta |
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| Rising Panthers shoot for sweep of woebegone Bucs |
NFL Football |
12/23/2011 |
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| hard has been a continuing problem, according to Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris. Losing has been an ongoing issue as well for the Bucs, who look to put an end to their eight-game slide Saturday on the road against the NFC South-rival Carolina Panthers from Bank of America Stadium. Tampa Bay is coming off Saturday's lopsided 31-15 loss versus the Dallas Cowboys, one Morris deemed as unacceptable, disappointing and not good enough. Morris' 4-10 record may not be good enough to last another season, |
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| Levine named Sumlin's replacement at Houston |
Division I College Football |
12/22/2011 |
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| ony Levine." Levine had been on Sumlin's staff for the past four years, first as a special teams coordinator from 2008-09, then taking on the title of assistant head coach in 2010. He has 16 years of coaching experience, including two with the NFL's Carolina Panthers, three at the University of Louisville, one at Louisiana Tech and two at Auburn. Houston lost to Southern Miss in the Conference-USA championship game on December 3, spoiling its undefeated season and a bid to a BCS game. The Cougars will play Penn |
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| NFL Inactives (Sunday, December 18, 2011) |
NFL Football |
12/18/2011 |
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| . (ET) Dolphins - T Jake Long, TE Jeron Mastrud, LB Koa Misi, G Ray Feinga, DE Ryan Baker, RB Steve Slaton, T Will Barker Bills - WR Naaman Roosevelt, S Josh Nesbitt, DE Jarron Gilbert, T Sam Young, TE Scott Chandler, WR Kamar Aiken, TE Fendi Onobun CAROLINA PANTHERS AT HOUSTON TEXANS, 1:00 P.M. (ET) Panthers - QB Jimmy Clausen, K Adi Kunalic, WR Seyi Ajirotutu, CB Darius Butler, WR Darvin Adams, LB Kion Wilson, DE Eric Norwood Texans - QB Jeff Garcia, WR Andre Johnson, T Andrew Gardner, TE Garrett Graham, G Mik |
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| Panthers end Texans' seven-game winning streak |
NFL Football |
12/18/2011 |
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| Houston, TX (Sportsbooks) - Rookie Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes to help the Carolina Panthers beat the newly crowned AFC South champion Houston Texans, 28-13, at Reliant Stadium. Newton completed 13-of-23 passes for 149 yards and added 55 rushing yards for Carolina (5-9), which has won three of its last four games. "For us to come in and beat this team -- the No. 1 ranked defense, a quality running game -- does speak to our abilities and what we can become," said Panthers head coach Ron Rivera. Rook |
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| David meets Goliath as Tebow's Broncos host powerful Pats |
NFL Football |
12/16/2011 |
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| t 3-10 in his head coaching career against Denver, which includes an 0-4 mark while at the helm of the Cleveland Browns from 1991-95. Fox is 1-2 against both the Patriots and Belichick, with all three of those games coming during his tenure with the Carolina Panthers from 2002-10. One of the defeats was a 32-29 setback to Belichick's New England squad by the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII, held at Houston's Reliant Stadium to conclude the 2003 season. WHEN THE PATRIOTS HAVE THE BALL The Patriots, who'll be aimin |
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| Newton's Panthers aim to stop playoff-bound Texans' surge |
NFL Football |
12/16/2011 |
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| etwork) - There are a handful of rookie quarterbacks making headlines this season. Two of them will go at it this Sunday. T.J. Yates and the AFC South champion Houston Texans will welcome NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year candidate Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers to Reliant Stadium in a battle of first-year quarterbacks. It may appear that there's not much at stake in this interconference battle, but the Texans are still trying for the AFC's No. 1 seed and their eighth win in a row. Yates, a fifth-round draf |
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| So who's the next head coach to be fired? |
NFL Football |
12/15/2011 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - Mike Smith's brief stay at a Charlotte hospital following his Atlanta Falcons' tension-filled victory over the Carolina Panthers last weekend was a stark reminder of just how stressful this period of the season can be on NFL head coaches. Some have reason to be considerably more nervous than others. The volatility that presently exists among the head-coaching fraternity became all too apparent with the hasty dismissals of Kansas City's Todd Haley and Miami's Tony Sparano on T |
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| Ryan's four TD throws help Falcons rally past Carolina |
NFL Football |
12/11/2011 |
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| Charlotte, NC (Sportsbooks) - Julio Jones caught a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes from Matt Ryan, including a 75-yard catch-and-run to finish off the Atlanta Falcons' 31-23 comeback victory over the Carolina Panthers. Atlanta (8-5) scored 24 unanswered points after trailing by 16 at halftime to sweep its NFC South rival for the second straight season, while also staying in good position to capture a wild card spot. After the game, Falcons head coach Mike Smith was taken to a local hospital for what |
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