Regular Season Week 1: Bills at Panthers
September 06, 2026 69° Carolina Stadium
Attendance: 63,905 (88%)
Bills 0 3 3 6 - 12
Panthers 3 6 0 0 - 9
Scoring Summary
(Qtr 1) Panthers: 4-6-BUF 18 (8:48) 4-Bradley Payne 36 yard field goal is GOOD. BUF 73-Jimmy Arthur was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CAR 3 BUF 0
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 4-3-BUF 8 (12:33) 4-Bradley Payne 26 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 6 BUF 0
(Qtr 2) Bills: 4-6-CAR 31 (6:03) 16-Bradley Huffman 48 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 6 BUF 3
(Qtr 2) Panthers: 4-1-BUF 12 (0:59) 4-Bradley Payne 30 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 9 BUF 3
(Qtr 3) Bills: 4-4-CAR 20 (10:08) 16-Bradley Huffman 38 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 9 BUF 6
(Qtr 4) Bills: 4-9-CAR 26 (13:04) 16-Bradley Huffman 43 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 9 BUF 9
(Qtr 4) Bills: 4-7-CAR 7 (4:42) 16-Bradley Huffman 24 yard field goal is GOOD. CAR 9 BUF 12
Team Statistics
Panthers Bills
First Downs 15 12
- Rushing 10 5
- Passing 5 7
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 272 246
- Offensive Plays 57 54
- Yards Per Play 4.77 4.56
Net Rushing Yards 152 85
- Rushing Attempts 27 33
- Yards Per Rush 5.63 2.58
Net Passing Yards 120 161
- Att/Comp/Int 28 / 22 / 1 21 / 14 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 128 161
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 8 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.00 7.67
- Yards Per Completion 5.82 11.50
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 4 / 12 5 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.3 5.6
4th Down Conversions 1 / 2 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 10 0 / 0
Punt Returns/Yards 1 / 11 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 50 0 / 0
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 0 1 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 3 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 29 OWN 28
Time of Possession 29:13 30:48
Drive Charts
Panthers
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:26 4:42 50 8 32 Field Goal
1 4:10 6:40 OWN 12 12 80 Field Goal
2 5:59 5:03 OWN 25 11 63 Field Goal
3 15:00 2:12 OWN 20 3 10 Punt
3 10:04 3:11 OWN 25 5 26 Punt
3 3:13 0:05 OWN 39 1 0 Interception
4 13:01 3:59 OWN 23 6 19 Punt
4 7:36 0:05 OWN 41 1 0 Fumble
4 4:39 3:16 OWN 25 10 32 Downs
Bills
Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 4 24 Interception
1 8:45 4:35 OWN 25 9 30 Punt
2 12:31 6:31 OWN 25 10 44 Field Goal
2 0:56 0:56 OWN 25 2 7 Half
3 12:48 2:44 OWN 24 5 56 Field Goal
3 6:53 3:41 OWN 3 5 16 Punt
3 3:08 5:07 OPP 49 8 23 Field Goal
4 9:01 1:25 OWN 3 3 8 Punt
4 7:31 2:52 OPP 44 5 37 Field Goal
4 1:23 1:23 OWN 43 3 5 Punt
Player Stats
Rushing Stats
Panthers
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#44 Anthony Headen 16 83 5.19 15 4 0
#36 James Brown 10 68 6.80 15 5 0
#31 Arthur Poole 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Bills
Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
#29 Henry Blom 20 50 2.50 10 1 0
#34 Christopher Holford 12 35 2.92 9 0 0
#18 Keneth Messier 1 0 0.00 0 0 0
Passing Stats
Panthers
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Norman Condon 28 22 128 2 / 8 0 18 1 70.83
Bills
Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
#18 Keneth Messier 21 14 161 0 / 0 0 50 1 69.74
Receiving Stats
Panthers
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#17 John Wise 4 34 8.50 14 0
#80 Bryan Chavez 3 33 11.00 17 0
#44 Anthony Headen 4 26 6.50 18 0
#36 James Brown 3 12 4.00 12 0
#13 Oscar Goins 1 9 9.00 9 0
#85 Arthur Shaver 3 9 3.00 7 0
#82 Truman Oneill 1 4 4.00 4 0
#31 Arthur Poole 3 1 0.33 5 0
Bills
Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
#85 Jeffrey Wheatley 3 54 18.00 50 0
#89 Kyle Taylor 4 50 12.50 22 0
#84 Michael Thiessen 2 36 18.00 24 0
#29 Henry Blom 1 9 9.00 9 0
#45 Lowell Tores 2 7 3.50 4 0
#87 Will Swenson 1 3 3.00 3 0
#89 Anthony Ladwig 1 2 2.00 2 0
Blocking Stats
Panthers
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#64 Bradley Iorio 36 37 2 3
#73 Nathan Lamb 0 1 0 0
#53 Jorge Morin 3 5 0 1
#64 Kenneth Radford 0 3 0 2
#96 Norman Williams 0 3 0 0
#41 John Stone 0 3 0 0
#60 Dennis Fulkerson 0 4 0 0
#67 Randall Thompson 33 30 0 2
#70 Wallace Nelson 36 34 0 0
#62 Leon Tennison 36 34 0 1
#75 Peter Sequeira 34 31 0 1
#17 John Wise 0 9 0 0
#85 Arthur Shaver 0 10 0 1
#13 Oscar Goins 0 7 0 0
#44 Anthony Headen 4 6 0 0
#31 Arthur Poole 11 29 0 0
#81 Herbert James 0 15 0 1
#80 Bryan Chavez 7 25 0 5
#36 James Brown 4 12 0 0
#56 John Fenster 6 0 0 0
#79 Eric Kopecky 6 0 0 0
#64 Jonathan Wilson 3 0 0 0
#92 Jeffery Hulme 0 4 0 0
#97 Anthony Ferguson 0 3 0 0
#49 Joseph Paredes 0 2 0 0
#48 Larry Harmon 0 3 0 0
#55 Robert Lieberman 0 1 0 0
#57 David Weeks 0 1 0 0
#58 Justin Chiaramonte 0 1 0 0
Bills
Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
#29 Henry Blom 13 0 0 0
#76 Jeff Saylor 25 34 0 1
#52 John Frazier 29 38 0 3
#57 Tom Stotts 29 36 0 0
#34 Christopher Holford 4 2 0 0
#68 William Schiff 29 28 0 2
#75 Franklin Scott 26 36 0 1
#85 Jeffrey Wheatley 0 9 0 0
#87 Will Swenson 0 14 0 2
#45 Lowell Tores 9 27 0 3
#33 Nigel Nguyen 4 13 0 0
#89 Anthony Ladwig 0 6 0 0
#84 Michael Thiessen 0 14 0 0
#89 Kyle Taylor 0 32 0 1
#60 Robert Kinney 8 0 0 0
#56 John Martin 4 0 0 0
#86 Benny Daniel 8 1 0 0
#71 Brian Haley 10 1 0 0
#72 William Messina 4 0 0 0
#69 Samuel Serra 0 1 0 0
#90 John Bradford 0 2 0 1
#24 Gary Adkins 0 1 0 0
#73 Jimmy Arthur 0 2 0 1
#61 William Miller 0 2 0 0
#49 Gregory Jeske 0 2 0 0
#44 William Davis 0 1 0 0
#95 Jesse McBride 0 1 0 0
#36 Nathan Duggan 0 1 0 0
#39 Richard Singletary 0 1 0 0
#72 Robert Quinones 1 0 0 0
Interception Stats
Panthers
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#57 David Weeks 1 0 0.00 0
Bills
Name Int Yds Avg TDs
#54 Thomas West 1 0 0.00 0
Fumble Stats
Panthers
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#31 Arthur Poole 1 0 0 0
Bills
Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
#54 Thomas West 0 1 1 0
Punting
Panthers
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#1 Glenn Joyce 3 149 49.67 49.67 55 2
Bills
Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In20
#17 Vernon Molina 4 173 43.25 41.00 53 2
Kicking
Panthers
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#4 Bradley Payne 3 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 36 0 / 0
Bills
Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
#16 Bradley Huffman 4 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 0 48 0 / 0
Punt Return
Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
#82 Truman Oneill 1 11 11.0 11 0
Bills
Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kick Return
Panthers
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
#44 Anthony Headen 2 50 25.0 0
Bills
Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Defensive Stats
Panthers
Name Tackles Sacks
#55 Robert Lieberman 10 0
#57 David Weeks 9 0
#38 Shane Davis 5 0
#49 Joseph Paredes 5 0
#41 John Stone 4 0
#96 Norman Williams 4 0
#28 Louis Slaven 3 0
#48 Larry Harmon 2 0
#58 Justin Chiaramonte 2 0
#73 Nathan Lamb 1 0
#44 Anthony Headen 1 0
#60 Dennis Fulkerson 1 0
#62 Leon Tennison 1 0
Bills
Name Tackles Sacks
#36 Nathan Duggan 11 0
#95 Jesse McBride 8 0
#24 Gary Adkins 7 0
#49 Gregory Jeske 6 0
#54 Thomas West 5 0
#1 David Doty 5 2
#33 Clyde Spain 3 0
#96 Mark Lawson 3 0
#90 John Bradford 2 0
#29 Henry Blom 1 0
#61 William Miller 1 0
#39 Richard Singletary 1 0