Week 16: Carolina at Miami

December 20, 2026
76°
Miami Stadium (Miami, FL) Attendance: 61,442 (82%)
Carolina 3 3 0 3 - 9
Miami 6 3 7 7 - 23

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Miami: 4-5-CAR 9 (11:50) 17-Adan Laing 26 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 3 CAR 0
(Qtr 1) Miami: 4-4-CAR 14 (6:53) 17-Adan Laing 31 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 87-Samuel Ogles was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIA 6 CAR 0
(Qtr 1) Carolina: 4-10-MIA 29 (0:34) 18-George Powers 46 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 6 CAR 3
(Qtr 2) Miami: 4-8-CAR 28 (2:00) 17-Adan Laing 45 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 9 CAR 3
(Qtr 2) Carolina: 1-10-MIA 38 (0:05) 18-George Powers 55 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 70-Charles Garmon was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. MIA 9 CAR 6
(Qtr 3) Miami: 1-10-CAR 37 (4:45) 13-Eric Marquez pass complete to 47-Jeffery Tidd for 37 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Adan Laing. MIA 16 CAR 6
(Qtr 4) Miami: 2-7-MIA 31 (8:06) 13-Eric Marquez pass complete to 89-Robert Schueler for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 17-Adan Laing. MIA 23 CAR 6
(Qtr 4) Carolina: 4-1-MIA 1 (0:27) 18-George Powers 18 yard field goal is GOOD. MIA 23 CAR 9

Team Statistics

Miami Carolina
First Downs 9 20
- Rushing 4 5
- Passing 4 14
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 318 354
- Offensive Plays 48 77
- Yards Per Play 6.63 4.60
Net Rushing Yards 53 108
- Rushing Attempts 16 33
- Yards Per Rush 3.31 3.27
Net Passing Yards 265 246
- Att/Comp/Int 30 / 19 / 0 44 / 34 / 1
- Gross Passing Yards 284 246
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 8.28 5.59
- Yards Per Completion 14.95 7.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 2 / 11 8 / 18
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 7.1 6.9
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 2 / 15 6 / 60
Punt Returns/Yards 5 / 35 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 3 / 76
Int Returns/Yards 1 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 1
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 2 0 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 21:32 38:26

Drive Charts

Miami

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 0:55 OWN 25 3 6 Punt
1 12:34 0:47 OPP 28 4 19 Field Goal
1 9:48 2:58 OWN 30 5 56 Field Goal
1 0:30 2:01 OWN 25 5 13 Punt
2 9:47 0:58 OWN 24 3 4 Punt
2 6:32 4:35 OWN 33 8 39 Field Goal
3 13:26 2:36 OWN 35 5 12 Punt
3 5:34 0:57 OWN 19 2 81 Touchdown
4 14:56 2:07 OWN 42 3 0 Punt
4 8:51 0:57 OWN 29 2 71 Touchdown
4 5:07 2:13 OWN 21 3 -1 Punt
4 1:49 0:04 OWN 14 1 0 Fumble
4 0:24 0:24 OPP 43 4 12 Game

Carolina

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 14:05 1:31 OWN 18 3 5 Fumble
1 11:47 1:59 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
1 6:49 6:20 OWN 14 11 56 Field Goal
2 13:29 3:42 OWN 15 6 21 Punt
2 8:48 2:17 OWN 24 5 5 Punt
2 1:57 1:56 OWN 25 5 37 Field Goal
3 15:00 1:34 OWN 25 3 -6 Punt
3 10:50 5:16 OWN 4 8 28 Punt
3 4:37 4:41 OWN 29 8 36 Missed FG
4 12:49 3:58 OWN 15 6 16 Punt
4 7:54 2:47 OWN 12 9 64 Interception
4 2:53 1:04 OWN 32 5 17 Punt
4 1:45 1:21 OPP 19 5 18 Field Goal

Rushing Stats

Miami

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Robert Schueler 14 35 2.50 8 0 0
Vincent Avila 1 18 18.00 18 1 0
Eric Marquez 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Carolina

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Noah Cherry 22 84 3.82 22 2 0
Chris Nguyen 7 18 2.57 7 0 0
Richard Hickman 4 6 1.50 2 0 0

Passing Stats

Miami

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Eric Marquez 30 19 284 2 / 19 2 69 0 116.53

Carolina

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Willie Drake 44 34 246 0 / 0 0 18 1 80.30

Receiving Stats

Miami

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Robert Schueler 7 120 17.14 69 1
Joe Vanwagoner 2 60 30.00 44 0
Jeffery Tidd 2 58 29.00 37 1
Michael Sherman 2 28 14.00 19 0
John Simon 5 14 2.80 6 0
William Teel 1 4 4.00 4 0

Carolina

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ralph Rankin 8 56 7.00 17 0
Jeffrey Walker 4 42 10.50 17 0
Sergio Parks 3 33 11.00 16 0
Chris Nguyen 6 32 5.33 16 0
Ronnie Woods 2 31 15.50 18 0
Noah Cherry 7 27 3.86 11 0
Richard Hickman 3 20 6.67 9 0
Gerald Dumas 1 5 5.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Miami

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Foreman 43 24 1 3
James Moseley 40 17 1 2
David Giltner 42 26 0 2
Matthew Leslie 0 2 0 0
Jeffery Tidd 1 5 0 1
Charles Garmon 0 2 0 0
John Ohearn 0 3 0 1
Donald Brown 0 2 0 0
Richard Monroe 0 3 0 0
Jason Burns 0 4 0 0
David Estrada 0 1 0 0
Miles Smith 0 2 0 1
Dannie Hopping 0 2 0 0
John Simon 0 8 0 0
Tyler Morgan 0 10 0 0
Vincent Avila 6 5 0 0
Alan Boothe 0 1 0 0
Patrick Salas 0 1 0 0
Ronald Sanchez 0 4 0 0
Michael Bernhardt 0 1 0 0
David Maynard 0 1 0 0
Dudley Carr 3 3 0 2
Ronald Watson 12 0 0 0
Samuel Ogles 10 1 0 0
Brad Potter 10 8 0 0
Joe Vanwagoner 15 14 0 0
Robert Schueler 4 4 0 1
Michael Sherman 0 9 0 1
Richard Rodriguez 31 20 0 0
Robert Cornish 34 21 0 1
William Teel 1 15 0 0
Gene Wolfe 0 2 0 0

Carolina

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Edward Spooner 53 43 0 3
Brian Baker 3 3 0 0
Edward Campbell 0 1 0 1
Wesley Gore 6 1 0 0
John Crader 0 1 0 0
Michael Thomas 0 2 0 0
Jared Speier 1 2 0 0
Chris Nguyen 4 1 0 0
Billy Roark 6 1 0 0
Jeff Thompson 0 3 0 0
Don Lederman 0 3 0 0
Kevin Sumpter 0 2 0 0
Nicholas Cutler 0 3 0 2
Donnie Williams 0 3 0 0
Adam Lahr 0 4 0 0
Eric Horton 0 3 0 0
Gregory Oneill 54 49 0 1
Eddie Wilson 12 5 0 1
John Martin 9 5 0 0
Noah Cherry 6 4 0 1
Gerald Dumas 11 25 0 1
Michael Stanley 1 17 0 2
Ronnie Woods 0 5 0 0
Ralph Rankin 0 14 0 0
Jeffrey Walker 0 18 0 0
Eric Buckley 44 39 0 2
William Clark 55 43 0 1
Joseph Perdue 38 45 0 4
Sergio Parks 2 37 0 2
Richard Hickman 20 30 0 2
Malcolm Campbell 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Miami

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Joshua Rowe 1 1 1.00 0

Carolina

Fumble Stats

Miami

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Robert Schueler 1 1 0 0
Eddie Smith 0 1 1 0
Ronald Sanchez 0 0 1 0

Carolina

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Noah Cherry 1 0 0 0
Chris Nguyen 1 0 0 0
Donnie Williams 0 0 1 0
Nicholas Cutler 0 1 0 0

Punting

Miami

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Thomas Sweetman 6 284 47.33 47.33 51 4

Carolina

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Sturdivant 7 329 47.00 42.14 53 2

Kicking

Miami

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Adan Laing 3 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 0 45 2 / 2

Carolina

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
George Powers 3 / 4 2 / 3 1 / 2 55 0 / 0

Punt Return

Miami

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Joseph Godines 5 35 7.0 12 0

Carolina

Kick Return

Miami

Carolina

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Chris Nguyen 3 76 25.3 0

Defensive Stats