CAR beats ATL 34–3 with three touchdown passes and an interception return

CAR leads 10–0 after the first quarter

ATL lost a fumble on its opening play, a nine-yard run by C. Rush, and N. Scott recovered it for CAR. Later in the first quarter, B. Young threw a three-yard touchdown pass to C. Hubbard. The extra point put CAR ahead 7–0. C. Rush was intercepted later in the quarter, and CAR added a 37-yard field goal. CAR led 10–0 at the end of the first quarter.

ATL scores before CAR extends its halftime lead

CAR made a 25-yard field goal in the second quarter to extend its lead to 13–0. ATL scored its only points on a 41-yard field goal with 1:11 left in the half. B. Young answered with a seven-yard touchdown pass to D. Waller with 24 seconds remaining. CAR made the extra point and went into halftime ahead 20–3.

CAR adds two third-quarter touchdowns

B. Young found D. Waller again for a 12-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter. The extra point extended CAR’s lead to 27–3. It was Young’s third touchdown pass of the game and Waller’s second touchdown catch. C. Rush threw his second interception later in the quarter, with no score on that play.

With 3:08 left in the third quarter, D. Lloyd intercepted a pass by J. Strand and returned it 16 yards for a CAR touchdown. The extra point made it 34–3, which remained the score at the end of the quarter. Lloyd’s return was CAR’s fourth touchdown of the game and its only touchdown that did not come on a pass from Young.

CAR finishes with 21 unanswered points

Neither team scored in the fourth quarter. With 50 seconds left, J. Strand was sacked for a seven-yard loss and lost a fumble that A. Hall recovered for CAR. The game ended 34–3. After ATL’s second-quarter field goal cut CAR’s lead to 13–3, CAR scored the final 21 points through two touchdown passes, an interception return and three extra points.