carolina panthers history
carolina panthers history
Spice up your Sundays with Carolina Panthers tickets. A 6-foot-7, 290-pound dash of Peppers is the key ingredient in head coach John Fox’s recipe for success. The ultra-athletic Julius Peppers plays like a defensive back in a defensive lineman’s body. Whether he’s crashing in on quarterbacks or dropping back in coverage, Peppers is the Panthers’ ticket back to the Super Bowl. But he’s not the only ingredient to the Panthers imposing defense. Stir in a sprinkle of All-Pro tackle Kris Jenkins and a pinch of linebacker Dan Morgan and out pops one the NFL’s most feared units. Luckily for you, the Carolina D is not guarding the latest shipment of Panthers football tickets. So go ahead get a taste, spice up your Sundays with Carolina Panthers tickets.
Like any expansion franchise, the Carolina Panthers have experienced their fair share of ups and downs. The fledging franchise has already been to the Super Bowl, losing a heartbreaker to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXVIII. The Panthers have also suffered through some tougher times, including 2002’s 1-15 mark. Carolina has produced Pro Bowlers like all-time leading receiver Muhsin Muhammad and lost beloved players, like linebacker Sam Mills. Also a former Carolina coach, Mills, who succumbed to cancer in 2004, was the first player inducted into the Panther Hall of Honor.
Entering the NFL in 1995 under the tutelage of head coach Dom Capers, the Panthers ignored any talk of growing pains and quickly put together the most successful inaugural season of any expansion team. The Panthers finished the season at 7-9, barely missing out on the playoffs. Along the way, they became the first expansion team to defeat the defending Super Bowl champions with a 13-7 upset of the San Francisco 49ers. But it was only the beginning for Capers and the Panthers.
In only the franchise’s second season, the Panthers christened their new home, beautiful Ericsson Stadium with a 29-6 whipping of the Atlanta Falcons. Caper’s upstart Panthers would go on to win the NFC West title and march all the way to the NFC Championship Game, knocking off defending Super Bowl champions the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the playoffs.
Under head coach George Siefert, the Panthers endured some lean years after the magical run on 1996. John Fox was hired before the 2002 season and also paid his dues, fighting through a 1-15 season in his first year. Two years, later the Panthers would reach their first Super Bowl. Led by quarterback Jake Delhomme, Carolina outlasted the St. Louis Rams 29-23 in the fifth-longest game in NFL history to advance to the NFC Championship Game, where they upset the Philadelphia Eagles to advance to the Super Bowl.
While Carolina’s defense is busy leaving opposing offenses blue, the Panther offense, led by steady quarterback Jake Delhomme, will be looking to return to its Super Bowl form of 2003. Much to the delight of Delhomme and Panthers ticket holders, wide receiver Steve Smith is back and looking to make up for lost time. Delhomme and Smith hooked for seven touchdowns, including four of more than 40 yards in 2003. Can the two stars do it again? The best way to find out is picking up Carolina Panthers tickets today.
