The Associated Press
November 30, 2025, 4:25 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Bryce Younger accomplished 15 of 20 passes for 206 yards and three touchdowns — two of them approaching fourth down — and the Carolina Panthers pressured three turnovers by Matthew Stafford to beat Los Angeles 31-28 on Sunday and snap the Rams’ six-game profitable streak.
The Panthers intercepted Stafford twice with Mike Jackson returning one for a 48-yard landing and ended the 37-year-old’s NFL file of 28 straight TD passes with out an interception.
Derrick Brown, who tipped a ball leading to considered one of Stafford’s first decide, got here up with a key strip-sack with 2:25 left within the sport to protect the win.
The win allowed the Panthers to stay a half sport behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers within the NFC South. The Bucs held on to beat Arizona 20-17 on Sunday.
Stafford accomplished 18 of 28 passes for 243 yards with two landing passes to Davante Adams, his thirteenth and 14th of the season, for the Rams (9-3).
The Panthers (7-6), who had only one move play of longer than 20 yards in a 20-9 loss to San Francisco on Monday night time, acquired a number of key ones from Younger on Sunday.
He related on a 35-yard TD move to Chuba Hubbard, a 33-yard TD strike to Jalen Coker and a 43-yard scoring toss to Tetairoa McMillan with 6:43 remaining that was the decisive rating.
The Panthers used a robust working sport to regulate the clock within the second half and hold Stafford and the high-powered offense off the sector. Hubbard had 83 yards dashing from Rico Dowdle added 58.
The Panthers seemed to be in management getting into the fourth quarter main 24-21 and working the ball properly.
However tight finish Ja’Tavion Sanders was flagged for a key holding name deep in Rams territory and the Panthers drive halted leading to a punt.
The Rams got here alive on offense with Blake Corum escaping round proper finish for a 34-yard run. Puka Nacua then hauled in a dramatic leaping, one-handed 30-yard catch to arrange a 7-yard TD run by Kyren Williams to offer Los Angeles the lead.
However Carolina answered when McMillan acquired behind the Rams protection and hauled in his solely catch of the sport — a 43-yard landing from Younger— on a fourth-and-2 play to offer Carolina again the lead.
Earlier within the sport, Younger discovered Coker for an extended rating on a fourth-and-3.
Stafford handed Matt Ryan to maneuver into eighth place all time in yards passing.
Stafford threw his NFL file twenty eighth straight landing move with out an interception to Adams on the sport’s opening possession to offer the Rams a 7-0 lead, however on the second possession Brown tipped his move and Nick Scott intercepted it in the long run zone.
Rams: Kyren Williams battled by an ankle harm, however stayed within the sport.
Panthers: None reported
Saints: At Arizona on Sunday.
Panthers: Have a bye subsequent weekend, then play at New Orleans on Dec. 14.
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