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Denver Broncos at Carolina Panthers

Scheduled · Kickoff

2026 Regular season · Week 9 · Bank of America Stadium

Dated schedule recordUpdated

Future kickoffs are subject to scheduling changes. Unconfirmed slots are withheld. Times are normalized by WHYNFL.

Denver Broncos—Away
Carolina Panthers—Home

Matchup preview

Denver Broncos 2–2 · Road 0–2 · Streak L1 · Power Index No. 18 · 7 days of rest
Carolina Panthers 2–2 · Home 1–1 · Streak W1 · Power Index No. 13 · 10 days of rest
2026 regular season, per game · DEN 4 games, CAR 4 games
MetricDENCAR
Points per game18.527th30.33rd
Points allowed per game23.518th27.327th
Total yards per game280.327th405.84th
Passing yards per game204.821st317.01st
Rushing yards per game81.329th104.518th
Turnovers per game1.313th1.011th
Sacks allowed per game1.32nd2.520th
Penalty yards per game46.87th67.521st

Highlighted values are the better side of each line; small figures are the league rank among clubs with games (1st = best). Points come from final scores; yardage, turnovers, sacks and penalties from team statistics.

Denver Broncos: recent results

  1. L 14–24 @ SF Week 4
  2. W 30–26 vs LAR Week 3
  3. W 20–13 vs JAX Week 2
  4. L 10–31 @ KC Week 1

Carolina Panthers: recent results

  1. W 32–26 vs DET Week 4
  2. L 18–21 @ CLE Week 3
  3. W 34–3 @ ATL Week 2
  4. L 37–59 vs CHI Week 1

Denver Broncos: season leaders

Passing
Bo Nix 819 yds
Rushing
J.K. Dobbins 161 yds
Receiving
Jaylen Waddle 185 yds
Sacks
Zach Allen 3.0

Carolina Panthers: season leaders

Passing
Bryce Young 1,268 yds
Rushing
Chuba Hubbard 306 yds
Receiving
Tetairoa McMillan 385 yds

Denver Broncos: injury report

  • Out Jonathon Cooper WLB
  • Out Nick Gargiulo LG
  • Out Pat Surtain II LCB
  • Out Riley Moss

7 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 9. Full report

Carolina Panthers: injury report

  • Out Ikem Ekwonu LT
  • Out Taylor Moton RT
  • Out Tershawn Wharton RDE
  • Questionable Cam Jackson NT
  • Questionable Damien Lewis LG
  • Questionable Jaelan Phillips SLB
  • Questionable Jalen Coker
  • Questionable Monroe Freeling RT

9 on reserve lists. Latest entry Oct 6. Full report

Head-to-head since 1999

DEN 6 · CAR 2 in 8 meetings (regular season and playoffs).

  1. 2024 · Week 8 CAR 14, DEN 28
  2. 2022 · Week 12 DEN 10, CAR 23
  3. 2020 · Week 14 DEN 32, CAR 27
  4. 2016 · Week 1 CAR 20, DEN 21
  5. 2015 · Super Bowl CAR 10, DEN 24

Full series history

From WHYNFL's results archive, which begins in 1999.

Game notes

Win probability

DEN 55.6% · CAR 44.1%

Matchup quality 44.1 / 100

Model estimate, updated Sep 28, 2026. Not a WHYNFL prediction.

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