The Carolina Panthers had their worst year in 2001, going 1-15, losing fifteen consecutive games which eventually became a National Football League (NFL) record. They quickly turned the whole fiasco around two seasons later under the guidance of head coach John Fox, finishing the regular season with an 11-5 record. The Panthers advanced to the Playoffs after winning the National Football Conference's South Division title.

The Carolina Panthers finally got to the Super Bowl and as they had done during the regular season and the playoff, winning by coming from behind, they were about to generate history but it was all undone by a field goal with four seconds left on the clock. The Carolina Panthers lost Super Bowl XXXVIII to the New England Patriots. Carolina Panthers are a professional football team and one of four teams playing in the Southern Division of the National Football Conference (NFC), which is part of the National Football League (NFL). The Carolina Panthers play at Ericsson Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, and wear uniforms of black, blue, and silver.

During the 1996 season the Carolina Panthers won their division and qualified for the playoffs. It was only their second year of existence, and this was the earliest an NFL development team had ever encountered such success. Throughout the previous year, the team won seven games-the most ever by an NFL expansion team. In 1993 Carolina Panthers founder and owner Jerry Richardson was awarded the first new NFL franchise since 1976, when the Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers had joined the league. Two years later, Carolina Panthers and man expansion team Jacksonville Jaguars began play. Former Pittsburgh Steelers assistant coach Dom Capers was named the Panthers’ first head coach. After losing the first 5 games of the 1995 season, Carolina Panthers won 7 of its last 11 games behind wide receivers Mark Carrier and Willie Green.

Throughout the season the Panthers defeated the San Francisco 49ers to become the primary expansion team ever to beat a defending league champion. In 1996 the Carolina Panthers stunned the National Football League (NFL) by winning 12 games and capturing the NFC Western Division title. Quarterback Kerry Collins and running back Anthony Johnson anchored the crime. Carolina put together the second-best defense in the National Football Conference (NFC), featuring three Pro Bowl linebackers: Kevin Greene, Lamar Lathon, and Sam Mills. Michael Bates was the league’s top kickoff returner, averaging 30.2 yards per return. Placekicker John Kasay led the league in scoring, convert on a league-record 37 field goals. Capers were named coach of the year. After capture the division title, Carolina Panthers defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs before losing the NFC Championship Game to the eventual Super Bowl champions, the Green Bay Packers.

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Second-year wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett did his best to dismiss any rift between him and three-time Pro Bowler Steve Smith.

Last year, Smith called out Jarrett, then a rookie, during an open locker-room session. While conducting an interview at his locker with two local beat reporters, Smith interrupted and told Jarrett he should spend more time in the film room instead of talking to reporters.

It was an embarrassing incident for Jarrett, who was having trouble producing on the field.

He finished last year with just six catches.

On Monday, after pleading guilty to DWI charges, Jarrett said the much-publicized incident led to some differences between him and Smith, a three-time Pro Bowler, but that now they're on the same page.

"Steve handled...

Carolina's Brayton hopes role at DE revives career (Yahoo! Sports) We don't know if Tyler Brayton will take over at left defensive end for the Carolina Panthers .

Dwayne Jarrett pleads guilty to DWI (PA SportsTicker) CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Carolina Panthers wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired.

Panthers WR Jarrett pleads guilty to DWI charge (AP) Carolina Panthers receiver Dwayne Jarrett pleaded guilty to driving while impaired on Monday, minutes before he was scheduled to go on trial. Jarrett surrendered his driver's license and was ordered to pay $420 in court costs and perform 24 hours of community service after appearing in Mecklenburg County District Court.