CHARLOTTE (Interstat) — Bryce Young threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns as Carolina held off Detroit on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium. Young completed 29 of 41 passes for the Panthers, who improved to 2-2. Detroit’s Jared Goff threw for 412 yards and one touchdown, completing 32 of 52 passes, but the Lions fell to 2-2. Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a 1-yard score. Sam LaPorta had eight catches for 84 yards and a touchdown, while Jameson Williams added six receptions for 102 yards. Isaac TeSlaa caught four passes for 95 yards. Jake Bates made four field goals for Detroit. Carolina’s Chuba Hubbard scored two rushing touchdowns, and Tetairoa McMillan caught two touchdown passes from Young. Jack Campbell led Detroit with 14 tackles, while Christian Izien had 11 tackles and a sack. Akayleb Evans had 11 tackles for Carolina. Attendance at Bank of America Stadium was 73,436.

CHARLOTTE (Interstat) — Bryce Young threw for 329 yards and two touchdowns, Chuba Hubbard ran for two scores and the Carolina Panthers held off the Detroit Lions 32-26 on Sunday at Bank of America Stadium. The Panthers moved to 2-2, while the Lions also fell to 2-2. Attendance was 73,436. In a game that featured 58 points and multiple lead changes, Carolina did enough in the second half to protect a late advantage. Detroit had a final chance after cutting the deficit to six, but the Panthers defense kept the Lions out of the end zone in the closing minutes. Young finished 29-of-41 passing and added three rushes for 3 yards. Detroit quarterback Jared Goff countered with 32 completions on 52 attempts for 412 yards and one touchdown, but Detroit settled for four field goals from Jake Bates and could not complete the comeback. Carolina opened the scoring through its ground game after Detroit took the first lead. Bates connected on a 54-yard field goal with 12:05 remaining in the first quarter to put the Lions ahead. The Panthers answered late in the period when Hubbard broke free on a 15-yard touchdown run, and Ryan Fitzgerald’s extra point gave Carolina a 7-3 edge after one quarter. Young and the Panthers leaned on Hubbard again in the red zone later, while Detroit’s offense moved the ball well between the 20s but repeatedly had to settle for Bates field goals. Bates made a 43-yard kick early in the second quarter to trim the gap to one. Young then found Tetairoa McMillan for a 32-yard touchdown pass down the right side, pushing Carolina ahead 13-6 in the second quarter. Detroit responded with a methodical drive that ended with Jahmyr Gibbs scoring on a 1-yard run. Bates added the extra point to tie the game at 13. Fitzgerald put Carolina back in front with a 47-yard field goal with 28 seconds left before halftime, but Goff guided Detroit into range quickly. Bates made a 41-yard field goal as the half expired, sending the teams into the locker room tied at 16. Goff had already surpassed 200 passing yards by intermission, spreading the ball to Jameson Williams, Sam LaPorta and Amon-Ra St. Brown. The Panthers regained momentum in the third quarter when Young connected with McMillan again, this time on a 10-yard touchdown pass in the middle of the field. Fitzgerald missed the extra point wide right, leaving Carolina ahead 22-16. Detroit answered with Bates’ fourth field goal, a 26-yard kick that made it 22-19. But Hubbard powered in from 2 yards out later in the quarter, and Fitzgerald’s extra point stretched the Carolina lead to 29-19. That sequence gave Carolina a 10-point cushion. Detroit continued to pile up yards. Goff completed passes to Williams, Isaac TeSlaa and LaPorta, while Gibbs contributed as both a runner and receiver. Carolina added to its lead early in the fourth quarter when Fitzgerald made a 33-yard field goal for a 32-19 advantage. Detroit finally broke through for its first offensive touchdown of the second half when Goff found LaPorta on an 8-yard pass with 3:38 remaining. Bates’ extra point cut the score to 32-26, giving the Lions a chance for a late comeback. Detroit’s defense forced a stop, but the offense could not produce another touchdown. Jack Campbell finished with 14 tackles for the Lions, while Christian Izien had 11 tackles and a sack. Chuck Clark added seven stops, D.J. Reed and Tyleik Williams each had six, and Alim McNeill and DJ Wonnum each recorded a sack. Young completed 29 of 41 passes for 329 yards and two touchdowns, both to McMillan. Hubbard ran for two short touchdowns. Fitzgerald made two field goals and three extra points, with his only miss coming on the extra-point attempt after McMillan’s second touchdown. Sam Martin punted three times for 134 yards. Defensively, Akayleb Evans led the Panthers with 11 tackles, Devin Lloyd added nine, Bobby Okereke had seven, Will Lee III and Tre’von Moehrig each finished with five, and Zakee Wheatley had four. Princely Umanmielen recorded three tackles and a sack. Detroit’s offensive numbers were substantial. Goff threw for 412 yards and a touchdown, completing 32 of 52 attempts. Jameson Williams caught six passes for 102 yards, Isaac TeSlaa had four receptions for 95 yards, and LaPorta posted eight catches for 84 yards and a score. Amon-Ra St. Brown added eight receptions for 75 yards. Gibbs carried 15 times for 46 yards and a touchdown while also catching four passes for 31 yards. Bates was perfect on four field-goal attempts, hitting from 54, 43, 41 and 26 yards. Jack Fox punted twice for 81 yards. Tom Kennedy returned two kickoffs for 42 yards, and Jacob Saylors returned three kickoffs for 65 yards while adding a tackle. Carolina’s defense had to hold up late after Detroit moved the ball effectively for much of the afternoon. The Panthers received tackles from multiple defenders, including Nick Scott with three. Mitchell Evans contributed on offense with one reception for 8 yards, and Tommy Tremble caught four passes for 12 yards. Brycen Tremayne had two receptions for 32 yards and a tackle. Darren Waller caught three passes for 36 yards, and John Metchie III added three receptions for 37 yards. The Panthers also got production from their linebacker group, with Lloyd and Okereke combining for 16 tackles. Evans finished with 11 tackles. The loss left Detroit with a 2-2 record despite a productive day from Goff and a balanced receiving corps. The Lions had won two of their previous three games before Sunday, including a home victory over the New York Jets and an overtime win over New Orleans earlier in the season. They also dropped a road game at Buffalo. Carolina evened its record at 2-2 after alternating results through the first four weeks. The Panthers had lost at Cleveland in their previous game, defeated Atlanta on the road, and dropped a high-scoring home game to Chicago. Both teams will continue their schedules in the coming weeks, with Detroit set to visit Arizona and Carolina set to play at Philadelphia. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Carolina 37, Detroit 33, while Interstat’s ELO system gave Detroit a 65.7 percent probability to win. Carolina had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 3.5. The total score of 58 went under the over/under line of 51.5. Those projections and betting numbers framed a matchup that ultimately produced a closer result than the simulator expected and a different winner than the ELO system favored.