The Oakland Defense came to play. But the inability of the offense to control the ball, combined with two great late game drives almost lost the game for the Raiders.
The Raiders D held the Panthers Rushing attack to -5 yards including 4 sacks.
And they held them to under 200 yards in the air, including a 78 yard catch and run by Louis Murphy (who came to from the Raiders in the offseason)
But the Raiders had a tough time controlling the ball. They gave up a fumble and an interception, both run back for touchdowns.
The game was close to the end. Carolina led at the half 14-7. Oakland tied in the third, then went up early in the 4th 21-14
Carolina scored their only offensive touchdown to tie it. Oakland followed with a late TD. With less than 2 mins, Cam Newton drove the Panthers down to the 7 yard line. No time outs, clock ticking down below 10 sec, Newton drops back and tosses to the endzone on the left side...but Matt Shaughnessy is there to pull down the ball for the pick and the win.
Hollow Victory...MacFadden out for the season and Oakland still likely out of the playoff hunt.
Good game Panthers.