{"id":508727,"date":"2026-01-11T14:58:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508727\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T14:58:20","slug":"rams-hang-on-for-34-31-wild-card-playoff-road-win-over-panthers-advance-to-divisional-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508727\/","title":{"rendered":"Rams hang on for 34-31 wild card playoff road win over Panthers, advance to divisional round"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rams offense went 3-and-out to open the second half after three-straight incompletions, which led to a Panthers scoring drive capped off by a 46-yard field goal by kicker Ryan Fitzgerald to tie the game 17-17 with 7:23 left in the third quarter. The drive erased 7 minutes and 8 seconds off the clock.<\/p>\n

On the ensuing series, the Rams answered with a 42-yard field goal by Mevis to regain the lead 20-17 with 4:17 left in the third quarter. However, the kickoff return go to the Carolina 31 gained 15 extra yards from an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Rams outside linebacker Desjuan Johnson<\/a> after the return. Despite the consequent advantageous field position from its own 46, Carolina turned the ball over on downs after Young’s incomplete pass intended for Hubbard on 4th and 4 from the Rams 48.<\/p>\n

However, the next drive saw Stafford sacked for a loss of nine yards on second down, then intercepted by Panthers cornerback Mike Jackson on third down, giving Carolina the ball back at its own 38. Helped by a 52-yard completion from Young to Coker and an unnecessary roughness penalty against inside linebacker Nate Landman<\/a>, Carolina took advantage of the takeaway to take the lead 24-20 on a 3-yard touchdown run by Hubbard with 14:34 left in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Trailing by four, the Rams reached the Panthers 30 on the next series and kept the drive alive converting 4th and 1 from that spot with a 2-yard run by running back Kyren Williams<\/a>, and three plays later a Stafford sneak up the middle on 3rd and 1 from the Panthers 19, to regain the lead 27-24 on a 13-yard Stafford touchdown pass to Williams with 8:47 left in the fourth quarter. More important than any of those conversions, though, was Nacua breaking up a would-be interception by Panthers safety Nick Scott in the endzone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Rams offense went 3-and-out to open the second half after three-straight incompletions, which led to a Panthers…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1318,227601,54377,51,226052,50,1425,52],"class_list":{"0":"post-508727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-game-recap-toyota","10":"tag-game-recap","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-los-angeles-rams-at-carolina-panthers-2025-post-1","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-playoffs","15":"tag-top-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115877060052248866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}