At this time’s the coldest residence sport in Panthers franchise historical past

CHARLOTTE — The Panthers have already set a file right now.

With a game-time temperature of 20 levels, Saturday’s sport towards the Lions is formally the coldest residence sport in Panthers franchise historical past.

The earlier file for a house sport was 30 levels at kickoff on Jan. 3 2010, towards the Saints to shut the 2009 season. (A day that was highlighted by a 67-yard landing run by Jonathan Stewart and a 30-yard landing cross from Matt Moore to Dwayne Jarrett).

It is colder in lots of different locations, nevertheless it’s nonetheless the third-coldest sport in Panthers franchise historical past total.

The coldest was the three levels on the kickoff of the 1996 NFC Championship Recreation (Jan. 12, 1997) in Inexperienced Bay, adopted by the 12 levels in Minnesota in 2014 when the Vikings performed outside on the College of Minnesota’s stadium. The Panthers misplaced each of these video games.

The coldest kickoff temperature at which the Panthers have gained a sport was 25 levels in Cleveland on Dec. 1, 2002, during which Rodney Peete’s 24-yard cross to Wesley Partitions was the one landing of the day in a 13-6 win. That sport additionally broke an eight-game shedding streak and sparked a scorching streak down the stretch in 2002, during which the Panthers gained 4 of their closing 5 video games earlier than they made a Tremendous Bowl run the next yr.