List of Carolina Panthers seasons

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An aerial view of Bank of America stadium during a football game.
Bank of America Stadium (formerly Ericsson Stadium) has served as the home stadium of the Carolina Panthers in all but the team's inaugural season.

The Carolina Panthers are a professional American football club based in Charlotte, North Carolina. They play in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Panthers were founded in 1993, when they joined the NFL as an expansion team. The team home field and headquarters is Bank of America Stadium in Uptown Charlotte. The Panthers are supported throughout the Carolinas;[1] although the team has played its home games in Charlotte since 1996, they played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina during its first season in 1995.[2] In the 29 seasons the team has played, it has a record of Template:Win–loss record (a winning percentage of .474), with two Super Bowl appearances, six division titles, and eight playoff appearances.[3]

The Carolina Panthers inaugural season was in 1995, where team played as members of the NFC West division. Dom Capers was the franchise's first head coach. In their first season, they recorded a record of Template:Win–loss record, the best record for an expansion team in NFL history.[4] In their second season, they won the NFC West and reached the NFC Championship game, where they lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers; Capers won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year Award. The Panthers would fail to reach the playoffs in 1997, and in 1998, Capers was fired after a Template:Win–loss record finish.[5] George Seifert was hired to replace him as head coach, but failed to reach the playoffs in any of his three seasons. His final season as head coach was in 2001, when the Panthers finished with a league-worst Template:Win–loss record record.[6] John Fox was hired as head coach in 2002. In his nine seasons as head coach, the Panthers made the playoffs three times and won two NFC South division titles (in 2003 and 2008). They reached Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2003, the NFC Championship game in 2005, and the Divisional round in 2008.[3]

Fox was not retained as head coach following a Template:Win–loss record finish in 2010,[7] and was succeeded by Ron Rivera. Rivera's tenure as head coach was the most successful in team history.[8] The Panthers reached the playoffs four times under Rivera, and won three straight division titles from 2013 to 2015. In 2015, the Panthers recorded their most successful regular season, finishing with a league-best Template:Win–loss record record; quarterback Cam Newton received MVP and Offensive Player of the Year honors.[9][10] However, the team lost Super Bowl 50 24–10 to the Denver Broncos.[11][12] The team last recorded a playoff appearance in 2017, when they recorded an Template:Win–loss record record but lost to the New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round. Since then, the team has failed to record a winning season and has fired three head coaches (Rivera in 2019, Matt Rhule in 2022, and Frank Reich in 2023). In their most recent season, the team finished with a league-worst Template:Win–loss record record.[13] As of 2024, the Panthers have never had consecutive seasons where they finished above .500, though they have had multiple cases of following an above-.500 finish one year with a .500 season the next.

Seasons

Key
Conference champions # Division champions Template:Dagger Wild Card berth ^
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Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Awards Head coach Refs.
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Template:Nfly 1995 NFL NFC West 4th 7 9 0 Dom Capers [3]
Template:Nfly 1996 NFL NFC West Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 12 4 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Cowboys) 26–17
Lost NFC Championship (at Packers) 13–30
Dom Capers (COTYTooltip NFL Coach of the Year Award) [14][15]
Template:Nfly 1997 NFL NFC West 2nd 7 9 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 1998 NFL NFC West 4th 4 12 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 1999 NFL NFC West 2nd 8 8 0 George Seifert [3]
Template:Nfly 2000 NFL NFC West 3rd 7 9 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 2001 NFL NFC West 5th 1 15 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 2002 NFL NFC SouthTemplate:Efn 4th 7 9 0 Julius Peppers (DROTYTooltip National Football League Rookie of the Year Award) John Fox [3][16]
Template:Nfly 2003 NFL NFC # South Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 11 5 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (Cowboys) 29–10
Won Divisional playoffs (at Rams) 29–23 (2OT)
Won NFC Championship (at Eagles) 14–3
Lost Super Bowl XXXVIII (vs. Patriots) 29–32
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Template:Nfly 2004 NFL NFC South 3rd 7 9 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 2005 NFL NFC South 2nd ^ 11 5 0 Won Wild Card playoffs (at Giants) 23–0
Won Divisional playoffs (at Bears) 29–21
Lost NFC Championship (at Seahawks) 14–34
Steve Smith (CPTOYTooltip National Football League Comeback Player of the Year Award) [18][19]
Template:Nfly 2006 NFL NFC South 2nd 8 8 0 [3]
2007 2007 NFL NFC South 2nd 7 9 0 [3]
Template:Nfly 2008 NFL NFC South Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 12 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (Cardinals) 13–33 [20]
2009 2009 NFL NFC South 3rd 8 8 0 [3]
2010 2010 NFL NFC South 4th 2 14 0 [3]
2011 2011 NFL NFC South 3rd 6 10 0 Cam Newton (OROTYTooltip National Football League Rookie of the Year Award) Ron Rivera [3][21]
2012 2012 NFL NFC South 2nd 7 9 0 Luke Kuechly (DROTYTooltip National Football League Rookie of the Year Award) [3][16]
2013 2013 NFL NFC South Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 12 4 0 Lost Divisional playoffs (49ers) 10–23 Luke Kuechly (DPOTYTooltip AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award)
Ron Rivera (COTYTooltip National Football League Coach of the Year Award)[22]
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2014 2014 NFL NFC South Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 7 8 1 Won Wild Card playoffs (Cardinals) 27–16
Lost Divisional playoffs (at Seahawks) 17–31
Thomas Davis (WPMOTYTooltip Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award) [25][26]
2015 2015 NFL NFC # South Template:Dagger 1st Template:Dagger 15 1 0 Won Divisional playoffs (Seahawks) 31–24
Won NFC Championship (Cardinals) 49–15
Lost Super Bowl 50 (vs. Broncos) 10–24
Cam Newton (MVPTooltip National Football League Most Valuable Player Award, OPOTYTooltip AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award)
Ron Rivera (COTY)
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2016 2016 NFL NFC South 4th 6 10 0 [3]
2017 2017 NFL NFC South 2nd ^ 11 5 0 Lost Wild Card playoffs (at Saints) 26–31 [30]
2018 2018 NFL NFC South 3rd 7 9 0 [3]
2019 2019Template:Efn NFL NFC South 4th 5 11 0 Ron Rivera (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
Perry Fewell (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
[31]
2020 2020 NFL NFC South 3rd 5 11 0 Matt Rhule [3]
2021Template:Efn 2021 NFL NFC South 4th 5 12 0 [3]
2022 2022Template:Efn NFL NFC South 2nd 7 10 0 Matt Rhule (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
Steve Wilks (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
[32]
2023 2023Template:Efn NFL NFC South 4th 2 15 0 Frank Reich (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
Chris Tabor (Template:Win–loss record)Template:Efn
[33]
2024 2024 NFL NFC South 3rd 5 12 0 Dave Canales [34]
Totals 219 264 1 All-time regular season record (1995–2024)
9 8 All-time postseason record (1995–2024)
228 272 1 All-time regular & postseason record (1995–2024)

Notes

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